
External faculty
Addor, Felix
Felix Addor serves as the Deputy Director General of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (Swiss Ministry of Justice), the federal agency ...
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External faculty
Felix Addor serves as the Deputy Director General of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (Swiss Ministry of Justice), the federal agency ...
Researchers
Topic of Dissertation: Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Economic Growth in Landlocked Low income Countries I was born in Afghanistan. I obtained my ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Iveta Alexovičova is Assistant Professor of International Economic Law at Maastricht University, Department of International and European Law, focusing predominantly on international trade ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Todd Allee is Associate Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on international organisations, international trade, the ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Prior to joining the University of Ottawa, Wolfgang worked for several years as an individual contractor for UNCTAD’s Section on International Investment Agreements ...
External faculty
Prof. Anderson is Counsellor in the Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division of the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in ...
External faculty
R.V. Anuradha is a Partner at Clarus Law Associates, New Delhi and heads her firm’s practice in International Trade and Investment Law and ...
Advisory Board, External faculty
Arthur E. Appleton is an Adjunct Professor of International Law at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Bologna (SAIS-Europe), where ...
Researchers
Craig Atkinson is a former Visiting Research Fellow with the World Trade Institute (WTI). Craig is a consultant with the International Trade Centre ...
Advisory Board
Richard Baldwin is Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute, Geneva since 1991, and Editor-in-Chief of Vox since he founded it in ...
External faculty
Eddy Bekkers is research economist at the World Trade Organization, focusing on quantitative trade modelling. Before that he worked for three years as ...
Advisory Board, External faculty, Non-Res. Fellows
Thomas Bernauer is a professor of political science at ETH Zurich. He and his research group are based at the Center for Comparative ...
Researchers
Topic of Dissertation: “Extraterritoriality in Intellectual Property Law” Alexandra Bhattacharya is a Doctoral Candidate specialising in Intellectual Property Law. She has an LL.M ...
Researchers
Ewa Bienkowska is a PhD candidate in law at the World Trade Institute of the University of Bern. She is Polish by nationality. ...
Researchers
Elias Bieri joined the WTI in January 2021 as an assistant researcher under SNSF Professor Elisa Fornalé. With special methodological interests in assessing ...
Researchers
Boris Biksadsky, a citizen of the Slovak Republic, holds a Masters degree in law (LLM Comenius University in Bratislava). Prior to being accepted ...
In-house faculty
Mr. Jan Bohanes joined the ACWL in September 2010. Previously, he was a member of the Secretariat of the WTO's Appellate Body from ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Chad P. Bown is a Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, DC, a Research Fellow at CEPR in ...
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Non-Res. Fellows
Marius Brülhart received his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Fribourg, and his PhD in economics at Trinity College Dublin (1996). ...
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Executive Board
Aymo Brunetti (1963) is Full Professor of Economic Policy and Regional Economics at the Department of Economics of the University of Bern. He ...
External faculty, Non-Res. Fellows
Mira Burri is a senior lecturer and managing director internationalization at the University of Lucerne. She is also the principal investigator of a ...
Researchers
Hugo joined the WTI in September 2018 as a Ph.D. candidate in law. He is writing his Ph.D. thesis on Disaster Risk Management ...
External faculty
Kaarlo Castren is a Counsellor with the WTO Appellate Body Secretariat where he has worked as lead lawyer on substantive and procedural issues ...
Advisory Board
Didier Chambovey was born in 1961 in Sion, Switzerland, where he attended high school. He holds a PhD in economics from the University ...
Researchers
Roberto Claros has a Master’s degree in International Economic Law (summa cum laude) from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) and has undertaken ...
Researchers
Dino completed his bachelor’s degree in economics at the University of Bern (2017) and visited the University of Copenhagen in Denmark as an ...
Advisory Board, In-house faculty, Researchers
Thomas Cottier, former Managing Director of the World Trade Institute, is Professor Emeritus of European and International Economic Law at the University of ...
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Admin
Pablo Rahul Das is the WTI's Head of Communications. He began working at the WTI as assistant of the MILE and TRAIL+ Advanced ...
Admin
Francesco De Fino is the communications officer/web editor for the CLISEL project. He is also a member of the CLISEL Management Committee. He ...
Researchers
Valentino joined the WTI in November 2015 as Research Fellow for the SNIS project “Diffusion of International Law: A Textual Analysis of International ...
Advisory Board, External faculty
Victor do Prado currently works as Director of Council and TNC Division at the WTO. He previously served as a Counsellor in the ...
External faculty
Victoria Donaldson is the Deputy Director of the Services and Free Trade Agreements Government Legal Department, of the UK government Department for International ...
External faculty
Claudio Dordi is Technical Assistance Team Leader of the EU-Vietnam Multilateral Trade Assistance Project and Professor of International Law and Director of the ...
External faculty, Non-Res. Fellows
Professor of International Relations/Political Science and Director of Executive Education at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, Cédric Dupont is a Senior Research Fellow of ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Andreas Dür is Professor of International Politics at the Department of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Salzburg, Austria. He holds ...
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Advisory Board, Non-Res. Fellows
Roberto Echandi is the Global Product Leader on Investment Policy of the Investment Climate Department of the World Bank Group. He was formerly ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Jappe Eckhardt joined the Department of Politics at the University of York in January 2016 as a Lecturer in Politics and International Relations. ...
External faculty
Lothar Ehring is an official of the Directorate-General for Trade of the European Commission, where he currently serves in the Legal Unit, after ...
Executive Board, In-house faculty, Researchers, Executive Committee
Manfred Elsig is Professor of International Relations, Deputy Managing Director and Director of Research of the World Trade Institute of the University of ...
+41 31 631 5495
Executive Board, External faculty
Susan Emmenegger is a professor of law and the director of the Institute of Banking Law at Bern University. She is a member ...
External faculty, Non-Res. Fellows
Ilaria Espa is Assistant Professor of International Economic Law at USI Lugano, Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer at the WTI and at the ...
Researchers
WTI Fellow Hassan Fartousi is a Doctor of Philosophy in International Law, the Geneva Law School (UNIGE), Attorney at law and a member ...
In-house faculty, Researchers
Octavio Fernandez-Amador is a Postdoc Senior Researcher at the World Trade Institute (WTI) of the University of Bern (Switzerland). He holds a PhD ...
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External faculty
James Flett is deputy to the Director of the Trade Policy and WTO Team of the European Commission Legal Service. He has twenty-seven ...
In-house faculty, Researchers
Since January 2017, Elisa Fornalé has been a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Professor at the World Trade Institute (WTI), University of Bern. ...
Executive Board, In-house faculty, Researchers, Executive Committee
Joseph Francois is Managing Director and professor of economics at the World Trade Institute. He served as deputy director of the NCCR Trade ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Parika Ganeriwal joined the WTI as a non-resident Fellow in November 2017. At the WTI, she is assistant editor of the bi-annual on-line ...
Researchers
Irene is a PhD candidate in Economics at the World Trade Institute (WTI) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Joseph Francois. Her research ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Kimani .F. Goddard is an experienced Intellectual Property Law and Policy Advisor. Ms Goddard has been a Senior IP Advisor for several years, ...
Researchers
Vilane completed her degree in Economics from the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco in Brazil (2012). She has an MPhil in Administration and ...
Advisory Board, External faculty
Arancha González, an expert in international trade issues with 20 years of experience, has served as Executive Director of the International Trade Centre ...
Alumni
Karolis joined the WTI as a PhD researcher under the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research Trade Regulation project in 2014. He ...
In-house faculty, Researchers
Christian Häberli has been a Fellow of the World Trade Institute (Bern University) since 2007 and is a consultant for scientific research and ...
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Executive Board, In-house faculty, Executive Committee
Michael Hahn is the Director of the Institute for European and International Economic Law of the University of Bern Law School and a ...
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Researchers
Umida Haqnazar is a nonresident Ph.D. candidate from Uzbekistan under the supervision of Professor Peter Van den Bossche. Her Ph.D. thesis is on ...
Researchers
Selina Hauser is a PhD candidate in Economics at the World Trade Institute (WTI) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Joseph Francois. Her ...
Advisory Board, External faculty
Bernard Hoekman is Professor and Program Director, Global Economics at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute in Florence, Italy ...
Researchers
Brigitta Imeli is a PhD candidate at the WTI, participating in the SNSF project NRP73 - Switzerland's Sustainability Footprint: Economic and Legal Challenges. ...
External faculty
Lee Ann Jackson is the Head of the Agro-food Trade and Markets Division in the OECD’s Trade and Agriculture Directorate. Based in Paris, ...
Advisory Board
Beata Javorcik is a Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College. She is also a ...
Admin
Sandra Joseph is on the administrative staff of both the World Trade Institute and the Institute of European and International Economic Law (IEW) ...
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Non-Res. Fellows
Dannie Jost is Scientific Advisor at Innosuisse – Swiss Innovation Agency. Formerly, she was a Senior Research Fellow and the Science Advisor at ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Flavia Jurje is a senior researcher at the University of Geneva/Global Studies Institute and recipient of an SNSF Advanced Postdoc Fellowship. Previously, she ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Professor Dr. Sufian JUSOH is the Director and Professor of International Trade and Investment at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), ...
Admin
Corinne Karlaganis is based in India since 2011, where she is involved in WTI outreach activities. From 2008 to 2011 she was the ...
External faculty
Edwini Kessie has a Doctorate Degree in Law form the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, and Master’s Degrees in Law from the University ...
Alumni
Hojjat Khademi has a Bachelor of Law (1995) and Master of International law (2003). He has worked as legal advisor and attorney at ...
Researchers
After obtaining a master’s degree in International Studies with a major in International Commerce from the Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Soo Yeon Kim joined the Department of Political Science in July 2011. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Yale University and ...
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Researchers
Dissertation topic: "The governance of regulatory standard-setting and international trade". Sebastian Klotz is a PhD candidate at the World Trade Institute (WTI) and ...
External faculty
Bernard Kuiten is Head of External Relations at the World Trade Organization since 2009 where he oversees the organization's dealings with the private ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Sandra Lavenex is Professor of International Relations and Global Governance at the University of Geneva and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe. ...
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Researchers
Lisa Lechner is postdoctoral researcher (tenure track) for methods and methodology in political science at the University of Innsbruck. She is also member ...
Admin
Aline Lehnherr is a librarian at the University Library of Bern. She is responsible for the Library of Economics in the UniS building ...
Alumni
Rosa Maria Losada Eiroa is a research fellow at the World Trade Institute of the University of Bern. Her work at the Institute ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Dr Patrick Low is Chief Economist at the World Trade Organization and an Adjunct Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. ...
Researchers
Miriam Manchin is a Senior Researcher at WTI. She is also an Associate Professor at University College London. She obtained her Phd at ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Tamal Mandal joined the WTI as a non-resident Fellow in November 2017. At the WTI, he is assistant editor of the bi-annual on-line ...
Advisory Board, External faculty
Gabrielle Marceau, PhD, is Senior Counsellor in the Legal Affairs Division of the WTO, which she joined in September 1994. Her main function ...
External faculty, Alumni
Fernando Piérola is a senior lawyer at the Advisory Centre on WTO Law (ACWL) in Geneva, Switzerland, where he represents governments of developing ...
Alumni
Santanu Mukherjee is an Advocate and founder of Ex Lege Chambers, Advocates and Regulatory, Policy Advisors based in New Delhi, India. He represents ...
Alumni, Non-Res. Fellows
Anirudh Shingal is a Senior Fellow at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi and a Programme Associate ...
Alumni
Julian Clarke is a Senior Economist with more than 10 years' experience in Cambodia, Malaysia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam. He has managed ...
Alumni
Maxine Kennett is an accomplished international commercial lawyer (UK) and economic growth specialist with nearly 20 years of international work experience in China, ...
Alumni, Non-Res. Fellows
Olga Nartova joined the World Trade Institute as a research fellow in 2007. She was a co-leader of Work Package 5 on Trade ...
Alumni
Marina Foltea is a former Research Fellow at the World Trade Institute (WTI) in Bern. She has investigated legal aspects of the institutional ...
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Alumni
Joachim Monkelbaan is the Representative for Sustainable and Just Economic Systems at the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva. This means that ...
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Alumni
Sheila Sabune earned a Master's in International Law and Economics from the World Trade Institute, Berne Switzerland, a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice ...
Alumni
Dr. Arno Hold is the Executive Director of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI). Prior to that, he held ...
Alumni
Prior to joining the WTI’s MILE 7 class, David Kleimann received his Bachelor degree in Law, Economics and Political Science from Erfurt University ...
Alumni
Wakako Oshima, a Japanese national, took a creativity break from her work as an in-house legal counsel at The Walt Disney Company in ...
Alumni
Dr Valéria Silva, a Brazilian national, is a postdoctoral researcher in the Oxford-Princeton Global Leaders Fellowship Programme. She has previously worked for the ...
External faculty, Alumni
Christian Vidal-León joined the ACWL as Counsel in May 2016. He previously worked as a dispute settlement lawyer in both the Legal Affairs ...
Alumni
Academic: University of Azerbaijan: PhD in Political Science; University of Essex, UK: MA in International Relations Professional: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the ...
Alumni
André Barbosa has been a Foreign Trade Analyst within the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil since 2003, when he ...
Alumni
Dr. Maria Anna Corvaglia joined the Birmingham Law School in January 2017. Previously, she was a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Durham ...
Alumni
A Trade Policy Analyst by qualification, equipped with an MSc Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, as ...
Alumni
Tim Kaeser is a Swiss national who graduated from the University of Bern with a major in Political Science and minor in International ...
Alumni
Stacey Chen holds Bachelor Degrees in both Law and Economics and a Master of International Law from Wuhan University, China. She also completed ...
Alumni
Lisa Sandén is an Erasmus (European exchange) student from the University of Stockholm in Sweden where she is currently studying for a Bachelor ...
Alumni
Joy Hara has been working at the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Malawi for seven years, focusing on industry and trade analysis ...
Alumni
Sevara Hasanov obtained her law degree with honours in 2009 from the University of Kent in England. Prior to her studies and during ...
Alumni
Judit Maria Guerrero graduated from the American University in Nicaragua with a Bachelor's degree in International Relations and Diplomacy. Since that time she ...
Alumni
Stefanie Allemann has a Bachelor of Law and a Master in International and European Law from the University of Bern. Her Master Thesis ...
Alumni
Judith Ameso completed her undergraduate studies in International Business at Kampala’s Makerere University Business School. Prior to completion of her studies she did ...
Alumni
Faisal Babri graduated with a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from GIK Institute, one of South Asia’s top engineering schools. His primary area of ...
Alumni
Harsh Hiroo Gursahani obtained a law degree from ILS Law College, Pune, India and was accepted to the Bar Council of India in ...
Alumni
Jonas Habich grew up in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. At the age of 18 he spent one year as an exchange student ...
Alumni
Kristina Klykova is a Ukrainian lawyer with an LL.B degree from Odessa National Academy of Law, Ukraine. Her studies specialised in corporate law, ...
Alumni
Viktoriia Kotsiubska holds a Master’s Degree in International Law with Honours from the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Ukraine. Since graduating she has ...
Alumni
Joyce Mmamatlhola Letswalo has a Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Management from the University of Limpopo, South Africa (SA) and an Honours Degree in ...
Alumni
Alessandro Marongiu graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and International Relations from the La Sapienza Università di Roma in 2008. His ...
Alumni
Jean Abel Msabila is an Economist at the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Marketing in the Department of Trade Integration under the section ...
Alumni
Hanna Mykolska obtained her Master’s Degree in Law, specialising in civil law and procedure, from Lviv National University, Ukraine in 2009. Student activities ...
Alumni
Thao Nguyen graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam in 2009 with a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations. As a student, she represented ...
Alumni
Stephen Mickson Opoku holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Philosophy from the University of Ghana. His studies have specialized ...
Alumni
As of 2013, Darius Rao is a Policy Advisor at IDEAS Centre Geneva, a not-for-profit organisation focusing on trade and development issues. He ...
Alumni
Cristina Sanchez Rocha obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Social Science with a major in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Pontificia ...
Alumni
Marta Soprana is a trade policy advisor. An experienced, dedicated and highly qualified professional with over ten years of experience, she has worked ...
Alumni
Agne Sovaite holds a Bachelor of laws degree and a Master’s degree in business law from the Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania. Her ...
Alumni
Vladimir Talanov holds a Bachelor’s Degree, cum laude, and a Master’s Degree in Law from Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia. In 2006 he also ...
Alumni
Thomas Tzieropoulos is a lawyer, holding both Swiss and Greek citizenships. He graduated magna cum laude with a Master of Law (MLaw) degree ...
Alumni
Ngan Vu obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, with a specialization in International Business Law, from the Foreign Trade University (FTU) Hanoi, ...
Alumni
Samal Zharylgassynkyzy holds a Bachelor’s Degree with Honours in Customs Administration from the Eurasian National University of Astana, Kazakhstan. In 2009 she completed ...
Alumni
Andrii Gryshko is a lawyer who graduated from the Institute of Foreign Relations, Kyiv National University, with a Master of International Law. His ...
Alumni
Born and raised in South Africa, Barry Peterson has maintained strong ties with Switzerland where he is a dual national. He began a ...
Alumni
In 2008, George Owuor graduated with a Law Degree from Warwick, one of the top English Universities. While studying at Warwick, George’s interest ...
Alumni
Salvatore Della Villa III graduated from North Carolina State University in the U.S. with a BA in the Philosophy of Law and a ...
Alumni
David Farrugia, a dual citizen of the United States and Malta (European Union), has developed both transactional and litigation legal skills in corporate, ...
Alumni
Mohammad Farhad holds a Master’s Degree in Development Studies, with a major in Trade and Policy Economics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. ...
Alumni
Benjamin Utter completed his undergraduate studies with a Bachelor in Economics from the University of Massachusetts in May 2007. After graduation he joined ...
Alumni
Ifeoma Ijemba is a Law graduate from the University of Nigeria who was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2006. Furthermore, she is ...
Alumni
Minh graduated in 2010 from the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam where she majored in International Law. Following graduation she worked as a legal ...
Alumni
Academic: BA, International Business Law, Foreign Trade University, Hanoi Professional: Lecturer, Foreign Trade University, Hanoi
Alumni
Victoria Simon graduated from the Catholic University of Lille with a Bachelor's degree in Law and European Law and a Master in International ...
Alumni
Kätlin Pertel earned her LL.B. degree with a minor in international relations from the University of Tartu (Estonia). She also studied at the ...
Alumni
Patricia Arratíbel Siles graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor's degree with honours from the Faculty of Law of the National Autonomous University of ...
Alumni
Georges Bauer graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2006, earning degrees in Political Science (International Relations track) and Economics. At the ...
Alumni
Gonzalo Bernal Neumann holds a law degree from the Catholic University of Peru (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru) and a Postgraduate Degree in ...
Alumni
Currently Arpit is serving as an Observer for the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS) in India. Alongside he is working as ...
Alumni
Amanda Bisong is a Nigerian national, with a background in Law (Bachelor/ Barrister in Nigeria) and a Master degrees in International Law and ...
Alumni
Mariana Cavezza holds a Bachelor's Degree in International Relations and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management. She interned at the Mexican Chamber of ...
Alumni
Kuena Diaho is from the Kingdom of Lesotho and holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB) from the National University of Lesotho as ...
Alumni
Ali Dadkhah is a practising lawyer and a member of the British Columbia Bar. He obtained a Masters in International Law and Economics ...
Alumni
Faith Ugonna Ekwekwuo was born in Jamaica at the height of the Nigerian civil war and moved to Nigeria at age four. She ...
Alumni
Jian Guan holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting from the Anhui University of Finance and Economics, and a Master's Degree in ...
Alumni
Javier has considerable experience in the negotiation of bilateral preferential trade agreements and throughout his career he has had the opportunity of negotiating ...
Alumni
Regula Hofer is Swiss and holds a BSc degree in Politics and International Relations from the University of London (London School of Economics ...
Alumni
Maura Iliuteanu holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Bucharest. During her undergraduate studies, she developed a strong ...
Alumni
Krystal Yvonne Jean Baptiste originates from the small Caribbean island of Saint Lucia in the West Indies. In 2009 she graduated from Trent ...
Alumni
Azwimpheleli Langalanga holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Fort Hare, South Africa and a Master of Laws degree from ...
Alumni
Carolina Lenkey graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in 2005 with a Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences, majoring in Economics. Her ...
Alumni
Viktoria Lövenberg graduated from Budapest Eötvös Loránd University with a combined degree in Law and Political Science. At the College of Europe (Bruges, ...
Alumni
Ankur Mahanta graduated from Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and also holds a Masters in Development ...
Alumni
Nana Mensah was born in Kumasi, Ghana, and raised in Norway. His background contributed to shaping his worldview and motivated him to pursue ...
Alumni
Dineo Moledi graduated from the University of the Witswatersrand with a Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences and from the University of Johannesburg with ...
Alumni
Lilya Mukhamedzhanova graduated from Kazan State University, Russia in 2006 with a major in International Relations. During her university years, Lilya interned at ...
Alumni
Anara Myrzaeva graduated from the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek in 2011, holding a Bachelor's Degree in Economics. During her studies ...
Alumni
Chi-Le Ngo holds a BA in International Trade and Business from the Foreign Trade University in Vietnam. After graduation she completed a 6 ...
Alumni
Iryna Polovets is a Dispute Settlement Lawyer at the Appellate Body Secretariat of the World Trade Organization. Prior to joining the World Trade ...
Alumni
Denisse Rodriguez holds a law degree from the Universidad Católica de Bolivia and a Master's degree in International Economic Relations and Integration from ...
Alumni
Miguel A. Rodriguez Cuadros is a lawyer who graduated Suma Cum Laude from the University of Lima. Post graduate Master Studies took him ...
Alumni
Nazym Shalbayeva graduated with a Diploma with honours, specialising in International Economic Relations, from the Kazakh State Academy of Management, Almaty, Kazakhstan in ...
Alumni
Sainabou Taal graduated in 2008 with honours from the University of Toronto for a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a double minor ...
Alumni
Kairat Torebayev graduated from Kazakh State Academy of Management in 2000. He began his career as an economist at the Statistic Data Centre ...
Researchers, Alumni
María joined the WTI as a doctoral student under the SECO project, which supports the development of Regional Competence Centres for Trade Law ...
Alumni
Nadia Vassos graduated from the University of Ottawa with a Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences with Honours in International Development and Globalization. As ...
Alumni
Karina Zaur, a native of Kazakhstan, obtained a Bachelor's degree in International Law from Kazakh Humanitarian Law University and in 2006, won a ...
Alumni
Fanfan Zhang obtained her Juris Master's degree in 2010 from Wuhan University in China. In three years' study, she learned many laws and ...
Alumni
Máté Kander is an economist currently holding a Trade and Economics Manager position at the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) in Brussels. Before ...
Alumni
Gulmira Kuzhagaliyeva was born in Kazakhstan. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. She later took ...
Alumni
A Ghanaian resident in Switzerland, James holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with classical history and civilisation from the University ...
Alumni
Abu Ndah Ali is a Principal Commercial Officer of the Department of Trade, with the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment in Nigeria. ...
Alumni
Zaker, a graduate of the MILE 13 class, obtained his Dr. iur. degree from the WTI in 2020. He also holds LLB and ...
Alumni
Mazen was born in Jerusalem and received his BA degree in law in (2002) from Al Quds University, Jerusalem. He began his professional ...
Alumni
Paroma Bhat earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Delhi University, India in 2010. She then moved on to the communications industry, where ...
Alumni
Oleksandra Brovko holds a Bachelor of Law Degree (Honours) in International Law from the Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of ...
Alumni
Federica Casi holds a Master of Arts in International Affairs - with a focus on international security and the post-Soviet area - from ...
Alumni
Monica is a social innovator with a legal background, focused on the link between international trade and sustainable development. She is an expert ...
Alumni
Khuong Duy Dinh graduated from the Foreign Trade University (FTU) of Vietnam with a Bachelor's degree in Internal Business Economics in 2010. Since ...
Alumni
Pablo Escobar Ullauri is a member of the Ecuadorian Foreign Service. His last posting was at the Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the ...
Alumni
Ayush Ghimire, a Nepalese citizen, obtained his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from ILS Law College, India in 2007. After completing his studies, he ...
Alumni
Michèle Glauser graduated from the tri-national study programme in International Business Management, from France, Germany and Switzerland. During this time, she concluded an ...
Alumni
Demitta holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) Degree in Business Management with first class honours from University of Jos, Nigeria. She also completed ...
Alumni
Enrik Haxhirexha earned his Bachelor's Degree in Law in Albania, 2011. His interest in deepening his knowledge in the commercial field of law ...
Alumni
Truong Giang graduated from the Foreign Trade University, Vietnam in 2010 with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, specialising in International Business Management. ...
Alumni
Sara Keller, a South African, obtained her LLB from North West University in 2006. During her studies, she was a student assistant to ...
Alumni
Sergii Kurnosenko is a Ukrainian lawyer with an LL.B and an LL.M from Odessa National Academy of Law, Ukraine. His studies specialized in ...
Alumni
Alejandro Matsuno Remigio holds a Bachelor of Laws from Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) where he graduated with honours. As a student, ...
Alumni
Sergii Melnyk obtained his Master’s degree in International Business Law from the Central European University, Budapest. He holds a Bachelor of International Law ...
Alumni
Le Nguyen received a Bachelor’s degree in International Business and Economics at the prestigious Foreign Trade University in Vietnam. During her studies, she ...
Alumni
Nguyen Vu Quynh Trang is a Vietnamese national who holds a Bachelor of Law (LL.B) degree from the Ho Chi Minh City University ...
Alumni
Ogwuche Sunday is currently a Commercial Officer with the Department of Trade, Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment, Abuja, Nigeria where he handles ...
Alumni
Adriana Pérez-Gil Ochoa studied Law at the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and obtained an honours degree ...
Alumni
Truong Xuan Pham graduated in 2009 from the Foreign Trade University (FTU), Vietnam, with a high distinction degree in international business economics. His ...
Alumni
Henrique Sachetim is a Foreign Trade Analyst at the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade charged with government activities in the ...
Alumni
Dode Seidu holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration, a Bachelor of Economics from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, as ...
Alumni
Karla Solis graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in 2009 with a Bachelor in Social Sciences, majoring in Economics. She has ...
Alumni
Evelyn Umudi hails from Delta State and lives in Lagos, Nigeria. She obtained a Bachelors of Law degree (LL.B) from the University of ...
Alumni
Susana Wong Chan graduated from the University of Costa Rica with a Bachelor´s degree in Customs Administration and Foreign Trade. A student, she ...
Alumni
Alexandre holds a Bachelor of Law from the Catholic University of Santos. After graduation, he had his own law firm before becoming a ...
Alumni
Alvita graduated (with honours) from Universitas Pelita Harapan, Indonesia, majoring in International Trade Relations. Upon her graduation in January 2013, she began her ...
Alumni
Bharti Lamba graduated from National Law University, Jodhpur, with a Bachelor in Law (Honours). She was selected to be a Legal Intern at ...
Alumni
Songyuan LI received her Master of Laws focusing on American Business Law, in 2013, from Emory University School of Law, USA. Before this, ...
Alumni
Ha Le graduated from Foreign Trade University (FTU), Hanoi, Vietnam, with a Bachelor Degree of International Business Economics. During that time, Ha took ...
Alumni
Hanna Deringer holds a tri-national five-year diploma in “International Cultural and Business Studies” from the Universities of Passau, (Germany), Limerick (Ireland) and Granada ...
Alumni
Isaac Hubert Arthur holds a Master’s Degree in International Development Studies from the Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble 1) in France, a Bachelor’s Degree ...
Alumni
Kholofelo holds a BA in International Studies and Economics from the University of South Africa, as well as an LLB degree from the ...
Alumni
Camila Moreno is a graduate student from Universidad de la Sabana with an International Business Management degree. Her professional experience dates back to ...
Alumni
MaryRose Mafalo is a law graduate from the University of the Witwatersrand. Upon completion of her degree she attended the School for Practical ...
Alumni
Quynh Nguyen holds her Bachelor Degree in International Relations, majoring in International Law from the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam under the Ministry of ...
Alumni
Nithya Anand obtained her Bachelor’s degree in law, from the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata, India. She also then engaged a ...
Alumni
Rebecca Gilgen is a U.S. citizen with a Bachelor of Arts in English. Her professional background is in accounting, law and education. Rebecca ...
Alumni
Thalis Andrade holds a Master in International Law and a Bachelor in Law, both from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil. ...
Alumni
Ginnette Deneumostier holds a Juris Doctor (JD) Degree from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru in Lima. She is a native Spanish speaker ...
Alumni
Nathalie is a lawyer, having graduated from the Catholic University of Peru. She started her career as a legal assistant in the Defense ...
Alumni
Paul graduated from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. He obtained two Bachelor's degrees, firstly in Economics with Political science as a minor ...
Alumni
Maxim Gubarev holds an LL.M. degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law. Previously, he graduated with honours from Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State ...
Alumni
Assylzat Karabayeva received an International Relations Bachelor degree in Kazakhstan in 2012. Having gained a basic knowledge of international relations and economics during ...
Alumni
Augustine Kidisil received his Bachelor of Laws degree (Honours) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana in 2009. He ...
Alumni
Titilayo Obiri holds a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in European Studies from the Katholieke Universiteit (K.U.) Leuven in Belgium. Her module of ...
Alumni
Actively involved in various ASEAN-related extracurricular activities, Nuanpan Thamanovanish continued her deep interest in ASEAN by serving as an Academic Officer at the ...
Alumni
Keyla Villegas Gomez graduated from the University del Norte, Colombia in 2012, with a Bachelor's degree in international relations and major in international ...
Alumni
Hang Zhang graduated from East China Jiaotong University with a Bachelor's degree in International Economics and Trade in 2012. He then attended the ...
Alumni
Oleksandr Dorofieiev graduated from Ukrainian Odessa National Academy of Law in 2013 with a Master's degree. He specialised in international public law, constitutional ...
Alumni
As a passionate learner, Phuong Tong is continually inspired by law, economics, politics and international relations. She holds a master’s degree in international ...
Alumni
Purity Bere graduated from Witwatersrand University, South Africa in April 2014 with a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB). In 2009, she worked as ...
Alumni
Amaliia Mkhitarian holds a specialist degree with honours in International Relations from Saint Petersburg State Polytechnic University (2014), Russia. She was an exchange ...
Alumni
Jordan Ricketts went to Florida International University in Miami, USA. He graduated with a Bachelor in International Relations, a Bachelor in Psychology and ...
Alumni
Lamiya is an Egyptian citizen who grew up in Kuwait. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, with a double major in ...
Alumni
Kekeletso Mashigo is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa since 2002. She holds a BA degree and an LLB ...
Alumni
Michael Hayes is an exchange student from the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law, where he is currently completing his final year ...
Alumni
Aisuluu Mambetkazieva obtained her Bachelor’s degree in law from the Kyrgyz State Law Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in 2009. During her studies, she ...
Researchers, Alumni
Alex was born in Pretoria, South Africa. Having moved to Johannesburg in his early teenage years, he completed a Bachelor of Laws degree ...
Alumni
Cherika holds a Bachelor of international relations from Parahyangan Catholic University in Indonesia. During her Bachelor studies, she was very active in the ...
Alumni
Viktoriya Ereshchenko was born and raised in Russia. In 2014, she received a Master’s degree in international trade from the Saint Petersburg State ...
Alumni
Gayatri Sashidharan is a lawyer from India. She received her Bachelor’s degree in law from I.L.S Law College, Pune, India. She also holds ...
Researchers, Alumni
Iryna is a PhD candidate at the University of Bern, working in the research project under the supervision of Professor Thomas Cottier. In ...
Alumni
Jimena Sotelo has a Bachelor’s degree in international trade from the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa, which is accredited at the international level ...
Alumni
Krisi Kllapi holds a Master’s degree in business law from the European University of Tirana and a Bachelor’s degree in law from the ...
Alumni
Mengying Yu participated in an exchange programme between the University of Wuhan in China and the University of Perpignan in France. After completing ...
Alumni
Rishab is a qualified lawyer from India with an undergraduate degree in law and social sciences with a specialisation in international law and ...
Alumni
Sayoni Chaudhuri completed her B.B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) from Mats Law School, Raipur with a specialisation in business law in 2014. She attended several moot ...
Alumni
Sebastian Gomez holds a Master’s degree in international law (LL.M), with a focus on investment, trade and arbitration from the University of Chile ...
Alumni
Trang Ngo graduated magna cum laude from the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, majoring in international law. During her undergraduate studies, she was a ...
Alumni
Varun Eknath obtained his Bachelor’s degree in law from the National Law University, Delhi (NLUD), India in 2013. He is enrolled in the ...
Alumni
Vinitha Johnson is a lawyer from Chennai, India. She graduated with an LL.B from the National Law University, Jodhpur, where she specialised in ...
Alumni
Nelisile Thanjekwayo holds an LL. B degree from the University of the Witwatersrand and is currently in the process of obtaining her master’s ...
Alumni
Philomena obtained her LL.B. and LL.M. in human rights law from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Her work experience has ...
Alumni
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will," said Mahatma Gandhi. Stanley Kinga Mwendia is a Kenyan business ...
Alumni
Yeji Lee received Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. During her undergraduate studies, she interned at the Consulate ...
Alumni
Saule Chalbasova received her Bachelor’s degree in economics in 2012 from the American University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan. After graduation, she started ...
Alumni
Jimena María Solar Alvarez graduated Magna cum Laude from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. She has further been a visiting student at ...
Alumni
Bakhniyaz was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She graduated from the Kazakh State Al-Farabi University and received a degree in political science. She applied ...
Alumni
Charbel graduated from the University of Carabobo, Venezuela, with a degree in law. He obtained an LLM in European and International Economic Law ...
Alumni
Angela Nyakotey went to Headington School, Oxford, in the United Kingdom and subsequently the Diocesan School for Girls in Grahamstown, South Africa. She ...
Alumni
Fernando Alcaraz is an international trade and international economics professional with more than 10 years' experience in positions of increasing responsibility in the ...
Alumni
Maria Cristina Rubiano Passos is a graduate of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (PFUR) in Moscow, Russia. The Russian Ministry of Education ...
Alumni
Harjodh Singh obtained his Bachelor’s degree in law from India with an interest in intellectual property rights. After working in a Mumbai based ...
Alumni
Heloisa Pereira is the former deputy director of the Department of Trade Remedies (DECOM) of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade ...
Alumni
Ilmari is an economist interested in the intersection of trade policy, regional integration and private sector development, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has ...
Alumni
Iulianna received her Master’s diploma in law with honours from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in 2015. In 2013 Iulianna participated ...
Alumni
In 2015, Khuong Le graduated from the Foreign Trade University of Vietnam with an excellent Bachelor’s degree in international trade. Working on his ...
Alumni
Kyeremeh Yeboah was born in a small town on the western border of Ghana called Dormaa–Ahenkro, but was raised in the capital, Accra. ...
Alumni
Melanie Theisinger has a background in economics and political science and has experience working for the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), the Canadian ...
Alumni
Nadezhda Sporysheva holds a Bachelor’s degree in international relations (2012) and a Master’s degree in economics (2014) from the National Research University Higher ...
Alumni
Yomeini Perez Andrade is a lawyer with work experience in Peruvian Governmental Agencies such as the Ministry of Production, the Ministry of Transport ...
Alumni
Yury Rovnov is an international trade law consultant. His main area of expertise is sanitary, veterinary and phytosanitary measures (including the WTO SPS ...
Alumni
Faith Tigere obtained her LLB (2012) and her Postgraduate Diploma in Law (2015) at the University of Witwatersrand. During her studies, Faith was ...
Alumni
Solomiya Koshulynska-Chuba obtained her Master’s degree in international law from the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine. While an undergraduate she studied ...
Alumni
Atinuke received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s in International Business from the University of Hertfordshire. After graduating, she spent a ...
Alumni
André Apollus has over 15 years' work experience in trade policy. Prior to joining the MILE programme, he was stationed at the Embassy ...
Alumni
Elloa-Wadé Saleh Aboubakar obtained her LLB in European Law at the University of Orléans, France and her MA in International Business Law and ...
Alumni
Fuji Anrina worked as a trade analyst in the Directorate of Trade Defense, Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Trade, Republic of ...
Alumni
Giovanna Tullume Carrion is a Peruvian lawyer interested in international law and economics. She has experience in the fields of international law and ...
Alumni
Jean-Philippe Herbert holds degrees in Civil Law (B.C.L.) and Common Law (LL.B) from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Dual qualified (Quebec Bar and ...
Alumni
Jimmy is a lawyer with experience in administrative law and in the fields of legal research and development, having worked with subnational governments ...
Alumni
Jorge is a lawyer who graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru where he authored a dissertation on Tacit Agreements in the ...
Alumni
Kajori De holds a Bachelor’s degree and LL.B in Law (2016) from Hidayatullah National Law University, India. Her Honour Papers were on International ...
Alumni
Maria Gaviria is an international trade professional with more than 14 years of experience, mainly in the public sector. She holds a Bachelor's ...
Alumni
Phuong Lan graduated from the Foreign Trade University (FTU), one of the most reputable universities of Vietnam, where she obtained a very good ...
Alumni
Rutendo Tavengerwei received an LLB degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa as well as a Postgraduate Course in International ...
Alumni
Selma was born in Mozambique but raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Political Science and Law, ...
Alumni
Stuti Toshi holds a Bachelor's in Law from Hidayatullah National Law University, India. She pursued her minors in Political Science and Economics while ...
Alumni
Selma Boz holds a Bachelor's in International Relations from the University of Exeter, UK, and a Master's in International Political Economy from the ...
Alumni
Ximena Montenegro is a Chilean lawyer. She holds a Bachelor of Law from the Catholic University of Chile along with a certificate in ...
Alumni
Ali Al-Hafeedh was born in Muscat, Oman where he also grew up and completed his BSc in Commerce and Economics (Major: Economics), College ...
Alumni
Andrea De Angelis Effrem holds a Bachelor in Economics from University of Padova (Italy). As a student, he was granted a scholarship to ...
Alumni
Amalie Øgård Sirevaag holds a BA first Class honours degree in Business Management from the University of Winchester, UK and an MSc in ...
Researchers, Alumni
Yinuo LIU comes from China where lightning-fast advancements have been taking place in all domains. Law is no exception. Yinuo LIU has devoted ...
Alumni
Evgeniya Amaeva was born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Evgeniya holds a Master’s degree in Economics (1999) from the Academy of Public Administration (Russia) and ...
Alumni
Jianping Mei comes from China. She is currently a MILE 18 (Master of International Law and Economics) candidate at the World Trade Institute ...
Alumni
Gowoon April Suk holds a Bachelor’s in International Trade and Logistics from Pukyong National University (South Korea) and pursued a minors in European ...
Alumni
Lisa Annelle White is an attorney-at-law, called to the Jamaican bar, with at least 12 years’ experience in litigation. She has acquired experience ...
Alumni
Aditi Pandey received her Bachelor’s degree in law in 2013 from Amity Law School in India. With an innate preoccupation to be a ...
Alumni
Akshata Limaye, an Advocate currently enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa was born in a small town near Mumbai, India. ...
Alumni
Carla holds an LL.B. from the University of Applied Sciences of Peru, where she graduated with high honours. As a student, she has ...
Alumni
Daniil was born in Russia and after graduating from high school was accepted into the Foundation Programme in Economics, Finance and Management with ...
Alumni
Daria Shabalina has been working for the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation since 2014. Being a consultant at the Trade ...
Alumni
Georgy Annenkov holds a Bachelor in International Relations from National Research University «Higher School of Economics» in Moscow (Russia). During his studies, he ...
Alumni
Julia Heinzen is a Brazilian lawyer who has experience in the areas of international trade law and customs duties. Her practical experience began ...
Alumni
Patricia Vilarouca de Azevedo has been working in international trade since 2013. She started her career in trade remedies at the Department of ...
Alumni
Zahra Faheina Gadelha holds a Bachelor in Economics from the Federal University of Ceara (Brazil) and a MBA in Trade Remedies from IBMEC ...
Alumni
Teresa Hug Alonso graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London with a Bachelor in Economics and Law. Her ...
Alumni
Urvi Tembey holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (B.A.LLB.) degree from Symbiosis Law School, Pune, India. She interned at various ...
Researchers, Alumni
Yuliia is an experienced multilingual lawyer with advanced degree in international trade and economic law. Currently she is pursuing a PhD in law ...
Students
After her initial studies of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Bern, Alessa Hool has been working as a project ...
Students
Jhanvi Trivedi was born and brought up in India. She completed her Bachelor’s in Commerce from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, which ...
Students
Originally from Brazil, Marianna Henud Cresci has ten years of international experience in Asia, Latin America, and Europe. She holds a Bachelor of ...
Students
Rachel Runqiu Du joined the WTI in September 2019 as a candidate of the Master of Advanced Studies in International Law and Economics ...
Students
Roger So was raised in Guangdong, China and after finishing junior school in 2011, he went on continuing his senior and higher education ...
Students
Sun Zifu graduated from Shandong Normal University with a degree in financial mathematics (economics). He is currently studying at Shanghai University of International ...
Students
Alberto Corradi graduated from the University of Parma with a master’s degree in Business Administration. He started his career in FMGC, before moving ...
Students
Karma Yangzom is from Bhutan. She is currently employed at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Royal Government of Bhutan. She has a postgraduate ...
Students
Sulaiman M. Al-Awni was born and raised in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He earned a BSc at King Saud University, College of ...
Students
Graduated from Shanghai Normal University with a degree in English language and culture. Wang Zihao is currently studying at Shanghai University of International ...
Students
Gloria has been working with the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Tanzania as a Senior Trade Officer. Gloria has been working actively ...
Students
Nguvan Faith Agah was born and brought up in Nigeria. She successfully obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration after which she started ...
Students
Stella is a Ugandan, with nine years’ professional experience in legal practice. She obtained her bachelor’s degree from the University of Dar es ...
Students
Mr. Alisher Islomidinzoda Ali has been working for the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan since 2010. Being ...
Students
Utkarsh was born in Mumbai and raised in Delhi. He finished his high school from there and then went to National Law University ...
Students
Since 2014, Viktoriia Mykuliak has been working at the International Trade Practice of Sayenko Kharenko, a top-tier law firm in Ukraine, where, together ...
Students
Anna Kubiak holds Master’s degree in Taxation (Law, Administration and Practice) having graduated from Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, United ...
Students
Samanta holds two Bachelor of Sciences degrees, one in the area on International Affairs and, on Political Science, with a specialization in negotiations. ...
Students
Before joining the MILE programme, Nomin received her master's degree in international management. She is interested in furthering her knowledge in trade affairs. ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Karolina Milewicz is University Lecturer in International Relations and Tutorial Fellow at University College Oxford. Previously she was a post-doctoral fellow at the ...
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External faculty
PD Dr. iur Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer is Vice-director and Head of the Legal Division at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law. Previously working with ...
External faculty
A trade lawyer with a specialisation in WTO rules, Nora Neufeld joined the World Trade Organization in early 2001. As the Secretary of ...
External faculty
Andrew Newcombe is an Associate Professor, Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where he teaches international arbitration, international ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Quynh Nguyen started her PhD in International Relations and International Political Economy, under Professor Bernauer, in April 2012 after having received her joint ...
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Non-Res. Fellows
Dr. Huong Quynh Nguyen (Daisy Nguyen) has expertise in data analysis (firm-level data, industrial level-data, and map layers data), and in empirical research ...
Researchers
Aixuan Nie is a PhD candidate in law at China University of Political Science and Law. She received an LLM degree in European ...
Admin, Executive Committee
Markus Obi joined the staff at the end of 2016 and acts as Finance Coordinator for the WTI. He has a Bachelor’s degree ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Matthias Oesch is professor of public law, European law and international economic law at the University of Zurich. Furthermore, he is a Senior ...
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Marcelo Olarreaga is Professor of Economics at the University of Geneva and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) ...
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Researchers
Marion Panizzon studied law at the University of Fribourg, obtained an LLM at Duke Law School and earned a PhD in Law (Dr. ...
Admin
Zoe Pauli is Assistant of the WTI Advanced Master Programmes. Before joining the institute in August 2019 she did internships at the Swiss ...
Researchers
Dissertation Topic: Foreign Investor Protection and State Regulation Delei Peng was born in China and obtained his Master's degree and PhD from Shanghai ...
External faculty
Georgios is partner at 3 Crowns and formerly the head of the Paris arbitration team of a leading international firm, and of that ...
In-house faculty, Researchers
Rodrigo is a Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern, a Legal Advisor at the Swiss Institute of ...
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Non-Res. Fellows
Denise Prévost is Associate Professor of International Economic Law at Maastricht University. She served as the Deputy Director of the Institute for Globalisation ...
In-house faculty, Researchers
Since January 2017 Damian Raess has been an SNSF Professor at the WTI, University of Bern. Trained as a political scientist (BA, University ...
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Advisory Board
Before joining Vodafone in April 2017, Joakim was the Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations ...
Researchers
Dissertation topic: Outflow Chinese foreign investment and labour protections Wanlin Ren joined the World Trade Institute (WTI) in January 2017 as a political ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Hugo Rojas-Romagosa is a research economist at the World Bank. He worked as senior fellow researcher at the World Trade Institute in Bern ...
Admin
Karin Rosenberg is the Programme Administrator at the WTI. Karin was born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden. Her passion for traveling and exploring ...
External faculty
Davide Rovetta is a customs and trade lawyer at Brussels based law firm Grayston and Company as well as Of Counsel at the ...
External faculty
Dr. Martin Roy is Counsellor in the Trade in Services and Investment Division of World Trade Organization. With the WTO since 2002, he ...
External faculty
Dr Luca Rubini is Reader (Associate Professor) and Deputy-Director of the Institute of European Law at the University of Birmigham, Law School. Luca ...
Admin
Fred Rüfli has been head of IT since the WTI was founded (2000). His responsibilities include ensuring IT functions, providing the resources and ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Victor joined the WTI as a PhD researcher, under the SECO Project which supports development of Regional Competence Centres for Trade Law and ...
External faculty
Roy Santana is an expert on tariff and customs issues who has worked for the Market Access Division of the World Trade Organization ...
Alumni
Lucia Satragno, born and raised in Argentina, has been a doctoral fellow at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern since May 2014 ...
External faculty
Pierre Sauvé is a Senior Trade Specialist within the World Bank Group's Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice, where he manages interactions with ...
Researchers
Stefanie Schacherer is a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) post-doctoral research fellow. Her research project critically assesses regulatory cooperation and regulatory coherence commitments ...
Researchers
Judith Schäli is a doctoral student at the Institute of European and International Economic Law and the Graduate School of Economic Globalisation and ...
Researchers
Andrea Schläpfer is a PhD student at the Graduate School of Economic Globalisation and Integration of the World Trade Institute (WTI), lecturer and ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Dr Kelly K Shang’s research focus includes international trade law and public international law; she is particularly interested in studying the relationship between ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Charlotte Sieber-Gasser is PostDoc Fellow and Lecturer in Law at the Chair of Prof. Bernhard Rütsche at the University of Lucerne, and Lecturer ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Maarten Smeets is head of section at the Institute for Training and Technical Co-operation (ITTC) in the WTO, managing the WTO Chairs Program ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Gabriele Spilker is an assistant professor at the University of Salzburg. Her main research interest is in international relations and international political economy. ...
In-house faculty, Researchers
Sean Stacy, a dual citizen of the United States and Ireland, holds advanced degrees in law (J.D. Harvard University Law School) and economics ...
Admin
Christian Steiger took up his job as IT support for the WTI in June 2005. Before that he spent several years working as ...
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Non-Res. Fellows
Marc Steiner holds a Master of Law from the University of Basel and is admitted to the bar. He has delivered an expertise ...
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Alumni
Jenny successfully completed her PhD in Global Political Economy at the World Trade Institute in 2019. Her dissertation on intellectual property rights (IPRs) ...
Admin
Sophia Thompson is personal assistant to the directors Joseph Francois, Manfred Elsig and Peter Van den Bossche. Her main focus is to facilitate ...
+41 31 631 4551
Researchers
Patrick is a Postdoc researcher at the World Trade Institute located in Bern. He graduated from the University of Linz in 2015 with ...
Alumni
Amrit Onkar Bhatia completed his schooling in Geneva and acquired a BA Honours degree in Political Science and Economics from the University of ...
Researchers, Alumni
Hsin-Yi Wu was born and grew up in Taiwan, where she received her LL.M. from the Institute of Law for Science and Technology ...
Alumni
Leonardo Lahud has been working as a Foreign Trade Analyst at the Brazil’s Foreign Trade Secretariat (Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services ...
Alumni
Aaditri Solankii obtained a degree in Law [BA LLB (Hons.)] from Amity University, India where she wrote a dissertation on “Legal Challenges concerning ...
Alumni
Kimberley Nyajeka, born in Harare, Zimbabwe, holds and LLB and Bachelor of Arts Degree (Politics and International Relations and Legal Theory) from Rhodes ...
Alumni
Ridhish Rajvanshi was born and raised in Jaipur, India. He obtained his bachelor’s degree (B.A. LL.B.) from Symbiosis Law School, Pune in 2018. ...
Alumni
After completing her schooling from Dubai, Shishira transferred to India to pursue higher education. She holds an undergraduate double degree in Bachelors of ...
Alumni
Ashita holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours (International Law and Globalisation) from the University of Birmingham, UK. During her undergraduate studies, she ...
Students
Sarah is a native Nigerian who obtained her LLB Honours degree from the University of Birmingham. She has also completed a Micromasters in ...
Students
Lisa Ningombam is a native of Imphal, India. She has completed her degree in Bachelors of Business Administration (BBA) after which she obtained ...
Students
Nikhita Pais was born and brought up in Mumbai, India. She obtained a Bachelor of Legal Sciences (BLS) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) ...
Students
Swati Sharma was born in a small town in Rajasthan, India. Swati holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the Institute of Chartered ...
Students
Vishal Shrivastava, from Delhi, India holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Laws (B.B.A. L.L.B.) degree from Symbiosis International University. As ...
Students
Li Yiming holds a Bachelor Degree in Law from the East China University of Political Science and Law. He also holds a Bachelor ...
Students
Nithya Grace Fenn holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws degree from National Law University, Jodhpur, India with a specialization ...
Students
Esha Sandhu hails from New Delhi, India. She followed a dual BA LLB degree course at Symbiosis International University, Pune, India, graduating in ...
Students
Burak Bedük was born in Mersin, Turkey. After acquiring an international vision in Tarsus American College, he joined Istanbul Bilgi University’s LL.B programme ...
Students
Emily was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. She is a lawyer and Advocate-in-training, awaiting admission as an Advocate of the High Court ...
Students
Alemekezeke Mando is an aspiring International Trade and Investment Lawyer from Malawi, Southern Africa. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) Degree with ...
Students
Shivani Trichnopoly Ravi Kanth was born and raised in Hyderabad, India. She holds a degree in Bachelor of Business Administration & Bachelor of ...
Students
Liang was born in China. He holds a Bachelor degree of Law from the Gansu University of Political Science and Law, and a ...
Students
Mishael M. Wambua was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya popularly referred to as ‘the green city in the sun’. He holds a ...
Alumni
Jhans Panihuara received an LL.B. degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. As a student, he attended courses on the LL.M. in ...
Alumni
Nomfundo holds an LL.B. degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Following the completion of her undergraduate degree, Nomfundo served her ...
Executive Board
Jeanne Tschopp is an applied economist with interests in Labor Economics and International Trade. Her primary research agenda involves understanding how labor market ...
Researchers
Thomas is an economist with an interdisciplinary research profile, specialising in remote sensing and natural hazards and their impact. He has a PhD ...
Executive Board, In-house faculty, Executive Committee
Peter Van den Bossche is Director of Studies of the World Trade Institute and Professor of International Economic Law at the Faculty of ...
External faculty
Paolo R. Vergano is a partner at FratiniVergano - European Lawyers (www.fratinivergano.eu) and a member of the firm’s Trade Group. His practice focuses ...
External faculty
Edwin Vermust has practiced international trade and EU law and policy since 1985 and is a founding partner of VVGB Advocaten. He is ...
Admin, Executive Committee
In January 2002, Margrit was appointed to the position of Director of Administration as well as of Programme Administrator to the MILE Programme ...
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Researchers
Achim Vogt is a PhD student at the WTI working on the medium-scale FP7 research project PRONTO on NTMs in international trade (data ...
Researchers
Patrick Wagner is currently a PhD candidate at the World Trade Institute and works as part of the BRICS Globalization and Labour Protections ...
Researchers
Dissertation Topic: The Interpretation of Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) Clause in International Investment Arbitration Anqi Wang joined the WTI in September 2017 as a PhD ...
Researchers
Simona Weber is a PhD candidate at the Institute for European and International Economic Law, University of Bern, and currently works as an ...
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Researchers
Irina Weissert joined the University of Bern’s World Trade Institute (WTI) as a PhD candidate in 2016. Before joining the Institute, Irina worked ...
Non-Res. Fellows
Simon Wüthrich is the Deputy Head of he Americas section at the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs. He covers the bilateral economic ...
Researchers
Umid Yakubkhodjaev joined the World Trade Institute (WTI) in September 2018 as a doctoral student in Law. His research primarily focuses on investigating ...
Researchers
Aydin is a political scientist specializing in international political economy (IPE). His research focuses on the politics of international trade and international institutions, ...
Researchers
Aylin Yildiz joined the WTI in September 2017 as a PhD candidate in law. She will be writing her PhD thesis in the ...
Researchers
Xiwei Zhao's learning experience started from School of Law, Nankai University during the period from September 2012 to June 2016 where he obtained ...
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