The World Trade Institute (WTI) is the leading interdisciplinary academic institution dedicated to teaching and research focused on international trade and investment regulation, economic globalisation and sustainability.
Our program uniquely combines a multidisciplinary perspective with a strong applied focus. In addition to our resident faculty, we bring in the world’s leading trade and investment experts from law firms, international organizations, policy research institutes and top universities.
As a centre of excellence at the University of Bern with an international, interdisciplinary focus, we explore the interconnections between the fields of law, economics and political science.
Arbitration and commercial litigation funding plays an increasingly important role in an interdependent justice system, with forthcoming caselaw paving the way for the growth of funding availability for meritorious ESG-aligned cases. We sit down with Lucas Macedo, a Senior Investment Manager at Nivalion. Macedo believes that funders play a critical …
Launch of CEDAW’s General Recommendation No. 40 on the Equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making systems
We were honored to hear from Ambassador Dr. Athaliah Molokomme, the Permanent Representative of Botswana to the UN
30 Oct 2024
The present research started from the legal analysis of women’s participatory rights in leadership positions in public and political life, as enshrined in the United …
22 Oct 2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fundamentally reshaping various facets of social, political and economic life. Within this transformative paradigm, both international organizations and national governments are …
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