24 Oct 2024

Brown Bag Seminar

Third-Party Funding in the Era of Arbitration Reform and ESG: What Lies Ahead?

This article examines the role of third-party funders in arbitration, a now well-known stakeholder in international dispute resolution. It discusses how funding addresses concerns regarding the legitimacy of arbitration and access to justice …

31 Oct 2024

Brown Bag Seminar

Shared Understandings and Legitimacy: Ingredients to the Evolution of Border Carbon Adjustment Compliance

How do the evolution of norm legality and legitimacy influence each other? This research builds on literature on norm contestation and legitimacy to understand their influence on norm evolution. We combine this literature …

6 Nov 2024

Other

Intersectionality: Minority Women Self-Representation in The Digital Realm: Know the GAP gender lectures

Jody Metcalfe, PhD is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Art and History at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Until October 2024, Jody worked as a researcher at the European Centre for …

7 Nov 2024

Brown Bag Seminar

World Trade, Child Labour and Transnational Constitutionalism - The Case for a New Legal Humanism

The main query this work seek to answer is whether the current structure of the global legal order is still adequate to solve global problems such as child labour? Taking the case of …

7 Nov 2024

Other

The trade-environment nexus: debates, opportunities and challenges

8 Nov 2024

Conferences / Workshops

Space Law at the National Level: Public and Private Perspectives

Explore the legal implications of space exploration from both public and private viewpoints at our national event, Space Law: Public and Private

11 Nov 2024

Global Economic Governance

Meet Dr. Didier Chambovey, former Swiss Ambassador to the WTO General Council & to the OECD Trade Committee

Geo-political tensions, the return of industrial policies & their impact on the world trading system: Dr. Didier Chambovey, Ph.D. in Economics, former Ambassador and Delegate for Trade Agreements of the Swiss Federal Government, …

12 Nov 2024

Brown Bag Seminar

US versus Them? Reciprocal Benefits and Public Support for International Law

What explains public opinion toward international law? Research suggests that citizens respond strongly to negative cues. Yet, most studies do not incorporate information about the benefits. We theorize that cues about the reciprocity …

20 Nov 2024

Other

Transnational Divorce in Euro-Japanese Couples in Europe: Intersection of Gendered Mobility, Women's Career, and Child Custody

When a mixed marriage comes to an end, divorce or separation may present complex issues for migrant women. Due to language barriers, lack of legal knowledge, absence of familial support in the receiving …

25 Nov 2024

Alumni Talks

Alumni Talks: Fabrizio Meliadò

The World Trade Institute is pleased to welcome back alumnus Fabrizio Meliadò (MILE 10) currently Economic Affairs Officer, SPS Section, Agriculture and Commodities at the WTO

18 Dec 2024

Other

Sorority as an instrument of equality in Private international law

Rosario Espinosa Calabuig is Professor of Private International Law at the University of Valencia. Her research focus on several issues of international family law (child abduction, adoption, gender) as well as international trade …

18 Feb 2025

Alumni Talks

Alumni Talks: Marta Soprana

10 Mar 2025

Alumni Talks

Alumni Talks: Akshata Limaye

1 Apr 2025

Alumni Talks

Alumni Talks: Vitaliy Pogoretskyy

6 May 2025

Alumni Talks

Alumni talks: Maegan McCann