Department of Strategy and Innovation

Kate Markhvida is a PhD student at the Copenhagen Business School, Department of Strategy and Innovation. Kate’s current research focuses on digital business models in maritime and air freight shipping. She earned her M.A. degree in economics from Carleton University, B.A. degree in economics and statistics from the University of British Columbia and a graduate diploma in aerospace law from McGill University. Kate held teaching appointments and guest lectured at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, the Singapore Aviation Academy, the Istanbul Technical University, the Turkish Airlines Aviation Academy and the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Prior to joining CBS, Kate was a senior economist at IATA, a global association of airlines, responsible for economic analysis to support advocacy with governments and supply chain partners. She was also responsible for advising policy and industry stakeholders on a wide range of aviation issues. Kate specialized in economic appraisal, cost-benefit analyses, economic impact assessments, including the development of research on the value of aviation and air connectivity. Kate also held positions in private transportation consulting (InterVISTAS), advising clients on regulatory and economic policy matters in aviation and the transportation industry more broadly, and taught courses in business statistics, aviation economics and law to university and professional audiences. She spent a number of years working for the federal government of Canada in areas of antitrust policy and law enforcement and legal reform in developing countries.