Adjunct Faculty-International Trade Economists

Achike Ifeyinwa Anthonia, Ph.D

Anthonia Ifeyinwa Achike is a lecturer and head of department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. She holds a PhD and MSc in agricultural economics, and a BSc in Agricultural education. She has published widely in gender and agricultural issues. Courses at trapca: TRP 505: Trade and Sectoral Policies (economic aspects)

Aikaeli Jehovaness, Ph.D.

Jehovaness Aikaeli holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Dar es Salaam. He is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Dar es Salaam and he is a former Senior Economist of the Bank of Tanzania. He has also consulted with the World Bank on Tanzania investment climate survey and the public expenditure review. Furthermore, he is a resource person in the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and participates (as a member) in the AERC Examinations Committee for collaborative PhD (Economics) comprehensive examinations.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development (economic aspects)

Ajumbo Gerald

Gerald Ajumbo is currently working at the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat as a Principal Trade Officer. Prior to his position at the EAC he has been working for the government of Kenya in different trade related issues. He holds a Master degree in International Economics from the International University of Japan, in Japan, and a Bachelor degree from University of Nairobi, Kenya.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100 and TRP 312: Trade, Regional Integration issues

AKA Bédia François, Ph.D.

AKA Bédia François is an Associate Professor, Department of Economics & Development, University of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire. He holds a doctorate in economics and a Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies in Economics from the University of Paris XII Val-de-Marne, France and BS in Economics from the University of Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire. He has published and consulted widely on globalisation, growth and development.

Courses at trapca: TRP 304 and TRP 102: Quantitative Trade Policy Analysis and Regionalism

Bhasin Vijay, Ph.D.

Vijay K. Bhasin is Senior Lecturer of Economics at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He holds a doctoral degree in Economics from Delhi University, India, and also holds a Master’s degree specializing in Econometrics and Advanced Statistics. He has taught and published widely in this area and is a member of the Global Development Network among other professional societies.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development (economic aspects)

Chukwuma Agu, Ph.D.

Agu Chukwuma holds a BSc, MSc and PhD from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and works with the African Institute for Applied Economics, Enugu Nigeria. He is an alumnus of the Economic Modelling School, Brussels, the Cambridge Advanced Programme on Rethinking Development Economics and was visiting scholar at the University of Oxford in 2006. He has published extensively on African macroeconomic, trade and finance issues and is consultant to a number of development partners and economic think-tanks across the continent. He has also been actively involved in development policymaking, being part of the team that developed Nigeria's current economic policy reforms programme.

Courses at trapca: TRP 301: International trade policy and development.

Degbelo Jacques, Ph.D.

Jacques Degbelo is Chief in the Europe/Africa section, Trade Policy and Review Division of the World Trade Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland. He holds a doctoral degree from the Graduate Institute of International Studies. Mr. Degbelo has taught and published in his areas of specialization; economic theory, international economics and monetary economics. Courses at trapca: TRP 304 and TRP 503: Quantitative Trade Policy Analysis

Falvey Rod, Ph.D.

Rod Falvey is a Professor of International Economics, University of Nottingham, UK. He has held academic positions at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Tulane University and the Australian National University. The focus of his research interest is International Trade Theory. He has published extensively in refereed journals including the American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, International Economic Review, Journal of International Economics and the Economic Journal. He has been an Associate Editor of the Review of International Economics and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the World Economy. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/economics/staff/details/rod_falvey.html Courses at trapca: TRP 501: Economic Foundations of International Trade Policy

Ghoneim Ahmed, Ph.D.

Ahmed Ghoneim is Associate Professor in Economics at Cairo University. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Friedrich-Alexander-Univeristaet, a M.A. in Economics from Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, and a B.Sc. in Economics from Cairo University. He has also worked as a consultant for the World Bank, UNDP and WIPO.

Courses at trapca: TRP 509: Trade in Services

Gullstrand Joakim, Ph.D.

Joakim Gullstrand is an Associate Professor of Economics at Lund University and Research Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy at Nottingham University. He holds a doctorate in economics from Lund University and has published widely on international trade. Joakim is a co-examiner at trapca (works up to 15% with trapca).

Designation: Associate Professor of Economics

Heydon Kenneth

Ken Heydon holds a BSc.Econ. from the London School of Economics and an M.Econ from the Australian National University. He is an economic consultant, a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, and a Visiting Lecturer at Sciences-Po in Paris. Until 2006, he was Deputy Director for Trade at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Before his last appointment at the OECD, Ken Heydon was Deputy Director-General of the Office of National Assessments in Canberra, providing advice to the Prime Minister on international economic, political and strategic developments. He has extensive experience in economic policy and trade advisory positions in the Australian government and has been closely involved in various GATT Rounds and Australia’s bilateral and regional trade and economic relations.

Course at trapca: TRP 506: Political Economy of Trade

Hisali Eria, Ph.D.

Eria Hisali is a lecturer at the Department of Development Economics—Faculty of Economics and Management, Makerere University. He holds a doctorate and a master in Economics from the University of Dar es Salaam and bachelors from Makerere University. He has undertaken various researches and consultancies. At Makerere, he lectures Agricultural economics, Macroeconomics, and Econometric among other courses.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development (Data retrieval and economic aspects)

Johansson Pernilla , Ph.D

Pernilla Johansson holds a doctorate and a Master of Science in Economics from Lund University and with research oriented towards development economics and macroeconomics. She currently works for Ministry of Finance in Sweden.

Designation: Academic Programme Advisor

Kabiru Waruhiu Henry

Henry Kabiru Waruhiu has over 14 years working experience drawn from donor organizations, research institutions the private sector and the NGO sector. While in the NGO sector, Mr. Waruhiu managed multi-site, multi-donor funded programs, interfaced with senior policy makers in the government and established strategic partnerships as well as knowledge networks in the Eastern and Southern African region.  His first degree was in Economics before later on doing his MBA in Strategic Management at the University of Nairobi. He has attended other courses at the University of Antwerp, University of Washington (Seattle), and Gothenburg University. Henry’s research interests are in strategic partnerships, networks, competitive strategy, and tourism, with particular reference to the developed and developing countries. Currently, he teaches Global Supply Chain Management, and Global Strategy in the MBA program at ESAMI.

Course at trapca: TRP 313: Strategic Management for Trade

Kaukab S. Rashid

Rashid S. Kaukab graduated from GC Lahore in Economics and English Literature and has Masters Degrees in Economics (Karachi University) and Business Administration (Yale University). He joined the Geneva-based South Centre, an intergovernmental organization of developing countries, in March 1998. He worked as Coordinator of South Centre Work Programme on Trade and Development and as Head, Strategic Policy and Planning. Currently he is Acting Head, Programme and Research Coordination at the South Centre. He led the South Centre delegation to the Geneva, Seattle, Doha and Cancun Ministerial Conferences of the WTO and the XI Ministerial Conference of UNCTAD. He has been actively involved in negotiations on implementation and the built-in agenda (i.e., agriculture, services and intellectual property) of the Uruguay Round agreements, and other issues under the WTO.

Courses at trapca: TRP 505: Trade and Commercial Policies

Kirru Joy, Ph.D.

Joy Kirru is a lecturer at the University of Nairobi, School of Economics. She holds a PhD in agricultural economics from Bonn University, an Ma in economics from the University of Malawi and a BA in economics and Philosophy from Nairobi University. She was a researcher with the Center for Development Research, Bonn University and part-time project assistant at the Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research and Analysis. Her research interests are in microfinance and agricultural issues.

Courses at trapca: TRP 311: Trade, Gender and Poverty Reduction

Kolawole Wumi, Ph.D.

Wumi Kolawole Olyayiwola is Associate Senior Fellow at the Trade Policy Research and Training Programme at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He holds doctorate, masters and a Bachelors degree in economics from the University of Ibadan. He has taught and published widely in these areas.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development (economic aspects)

Kuwahara Hiroaki, Ph.D.

Hiroaki Kuwahara holds a PhD in Economics from University of Rochester, USA, a MSc in Economics from Kingston, Canada, and a BSc in Economics from University of British Columbia. He currently works as department head at UNCTAD. Previous to this position he worked as Economic Affairs Officer at UNCTAD.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development

Laird Samuel

Samuel Laird is currently Consultant to the UNCTAD/WTO International Trade Centre and also Special Professor of Economics, University of Nottingham, UK. He has previously worked for the World Bank and has been a Visiting Professor in Universities in France, Switzerland and Japan. He has published extensively in the area of Applied International Economics. Professor Laird obtained his MA in Economics and Law from the University of Edinburgh.

Courses at trapca: TRP 304, TRP 503 and TRP 506: Tools for Trade Policy Analysis and Aid for Trade

Low Patrick, Ph.D.

Patrick Low has been Director of Economic Research and Analysis at the World Trade Organization since May 1997. Prior to that he worked for two years in the WTO's Trade in Services Division. He worked in the research complex (International Trade Division) of the World Bank from 1990-94. Prior to that, he taught at El Colegio de México in Mexico City and worked as a consultant, from 1987-90. From 1980-87, Patrick Low worked at the GATT secretariat in Geneva. He holds a PhD in economics from Sussex University in the United Kingdom, and has written widely on a range of trade policy issues.

Courses at trapca: TRP 506: Aid for Trade

Mangani Ronald, Ph,D.

Ronald Mangani holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Cape Town, a MSc in Economics from University of York and a BSocSc in Economics from University of Malawi. He is currently working as a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Malawi. Where he has been working since 1994. Previous to this Dr Mangani worked at the Malawi Institute of Education.

Courses at trapca: TRP 304: Quantitative Trade Policy Analysis

Mbithi Lucia Mary, Ph.D.

Mary Lucia Mbithi is a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She obtained her Ph.D. in Development Economics from the State University of Ghent, Belgium. She also holds a Master of Science in Eremology from the same institution, and a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics from Egerton University, Kenya. She has been a consultant for many national and international organizations.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100, TRP 309 (International Trade and Development and Economic aspects of Trade in Agriculture)

Molua Ernest Lytia, Ph.D.

Ernest Lytia Molua is a lecturer, Department of Economics & Management, University of Buea. He holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Germany, MSc. in Natural Resource Economics, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark, MSc. in Agricultural Economics, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria and BSc.in Agricultural-Economics, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. He has published and consulted widely in the agricultural and trade in agriculture issues.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development (economic aspects)

Mugume Adam, Ph.D.

Adam Mugume holds Ph.D from Oxford University, UK; a Masters Degree in Economics from University of Botswana and Bachelor of Science degree majoring in economics from Makerere University. His Ph.D work focused on Applied Econometrics and Macroeconomics. He is currently the Head of the Department of Economic Theory and Analysis, Makerere University. Dr. Mugume has been a consultant for the World Bank and African Economic Research Consortium from November 2004 to June 2007 and his research interests include: Macroeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Fiscal and Monetary Policies in the contest of developing economies, Economic forceasting, Policy analysis and evaluation.

Courses at trapca: TRP 304 and TRP 301: Quantitative Trade Policy Analysis and Trade Policy

Mwila Chungu, Ph.D.

Chungu Mwila is Director, Investment Promotion and Private Sector Development, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). Prior to his current position, he held different senior positions in the SADC Secretariat where he oversaw the development of sectoral policies. He holds a doctorate in Economics from the University of Bradford, a Master of Development Studies from Institute of Development Studies, Hague and a BA from University of Zambia.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development

Nilsson Therese, Ph.D

Therese Nilsson holds a doctorate and a Master of Science in Economics from Lund University and with research oriented towards development economics and the measurement of inequality and poverty. She coordinates specialised short courses and the Master of Science Programme in International Trade Policy and Trade Law. Therese is a co-examiner at trapca (works up to 15% with trapca).

Designation: Academic Programme Advisor

Nkendah Robert, Ph.D.

Robert Nkendah holds a PhD and a Master in rural economy (agro-economist) from the University of Cocody-Abidjan, and a Master degree in economy and business management from the University of Yaounde. He is currently working as a lecturer, researcher and consultant at the University of Douala. Where he has been since 2000.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development

Patel Chandra, Ph.D.

Chandra Patel works with the Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI). He has a solid international practical as well as academic experience in the field of trade and international economics. Mr. Patel holds a Ph. D in Economics and a Masters degree in the same academic topic.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100 and TRP 312: International Economics and Regional Integration

Reed Geoff

Geoff Reed has been a member of staff at the University of Nottingham, UK, since 1966, and is currently a Reader in Economics. His research and consultancy interests lay primarily in the fields of international trade policy, international commodity markets and applied general equilibrium modelling. He has published in various academic journals as well as in a number of books. He has been a consultant to the European Commission, H.M. Treasury, DTI and MAFF. Mr. Reed holds a Bachelors degree in economics from University of Nottingham, UK.

Courses at trapca: TRP 501: Economic Foundations of International Trade Policy

Rudaheranwa Nichodemus, Ph.D.

Nichodemus, Rudaheranwa holds a PhD in Economics with focus on International Trade and Development from University of Nottingham, a MSc in Economics with bias in Natural Resource and Environmental Economics from University of Botswana and a BSc in Economics from Makerere University. He currently works as an economic advisor for The Commonwealth Secretariat in London. Previous to this he worked as a Senior Research Fellow at Makerere University. Dr Rudaherenwa has besides this also been involved in different trade and development related projects with for example the WTO, the World Bank, UNIDO and the EU.

Courses at trapca: TRP 306 Trade and Environment

Sichilima Mupelwa

Mupelwa Sichilima holds a Master of Science in Economics, majoring in Economics, Social Statistics and Management from George Washington University. He has a long experience in the Zambian Civil Service and in the Secretariat of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development (Data retrieval)

Ssemogerere Germina, Ph.D.

Prof. Germina Ssemogerere is a professor of Economics at Makerere University, Faculty of Economics and Management. She holds a PhD Economics and MA from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina and BA Cum Laude from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. She held various leadership positions at the Makerere University ranging departmental headship to Associate Dean and is currently a member of the University senate. She has published widely in internationally recognized journals covering international finance, trade and macroeconomic issues. She has also been involved in many consultancies under both multilateral and national institutions on development issues. She has a long teaching and supervision experience in economics at both undergraduate levels. She is currently a member of the Scientific Committee of the African Integration Review Journal.

Course at trapca: TRP 507: Regional, Bilateral and Multilateral Trade Policies

Thede Susanna, Ph.D.

Susanna Thede is a lecturer and researcher in international economics at Lund University. She holds a doctorate in economics from Lund University and she specialises in international trade and economic development. Susanna is a co-examiner at trapca (works up to 15% with trapca).

Designation: Academic Advisor

Vinaye Ancharaz, Ph.D.

Ancharaz Vinaye is a senior lecturer at the University of Mauritius, and currently, Head of the Department of Economics and Statistics. Dr Ancharaz is also the team leader of the Multidisciplinary Centre of Excellence in International Relations and Diplomacy at the University of Mauritius and director of the MA Economics program. He has researched and published widely in the area of international trade. He holds a BSc (Hons) in economics from the University of Mauritius and MSc and PhD degrees in international economics from Brandeis University, USA, where he was a Fulbright scholar. Dr Ancharaz has previously worked as an economist in the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, Mauritius, and as a research assistant at the Centre for International Development at Harvard University.

Courses at trapca: Food and Agricultural Trade (Joint trapca-WBI)

International Trade Law Experts

Ado Koffi, Ph.D.

Koffi Ado holds a PhD from the Faculty of Law, University of Bern , Switzerland.  He has a Master’s Degree in Law from the University of Leicester, UK, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Sociology from the University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.  He also has a postgraduate diploma in Industrial Administration from the Deutsche Angestellten Akademie, Ingolstadt , Germany. He has acted as advisor to the African Union office in Geneva on trade issues, in particular on the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). He has also been a consultant to the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Kenya and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). He was until mid-June 2007 an international policy advisor with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Mongolia and UNDP Mongolia office. Mr. Addo has published a number of articles on international trade issues.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development (legal aspects)

Bossche Peter Van den, Ph.D.

Peter Van den Bossche is Professor of International Trade Law and Co-Director of Studies of the Magister Iuris Communis Programme. He studied Law at the University of Antwerp (Lic. jur., 1982), the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (LL.M., 1986) and the European University Institute, Florence (Dr. jur., 1990). He worked at the European University Institute as a research associate (1988-90) and at the Court of Justice of the European Communities, Luxembourg, as référendaire of Advocate-General W. Van Gerven (1990-92). In May 1992, he joined the Faculty of Law of the Universiteit Maastricht. From 1993 to 1996, he served as Director of Studies of the Magister Iuris Communis programme. From 1997 to 2001, Peter Van den Bossche was Counsellor to the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization, Geneva. In 2001, he served as Acting Director of the Appellate Body Secretariat. He is consultant to UNCTAD on international economic dispute settlement, visiting professor at the University of Amsterdam, member of the International Faculty of the World Trade Institute, Bern, and member of the Board of Editors of the Journal of International Economic Law.

Courses at trapca: TRP 502: Legal Foundations of International Trade and Development

 

Choukroune Leila, Ph.D.

Leila Choukroune holds a PhD from Sorbonne University. She is a qualified Lawyer to the Paris Bar. She currently works as Assistant Professor in international economic law at Maastricht University. Where she hold the position of Academic Coordinator for Project Implementation of IGIR and Deputy Director of Studies of the Advanced Masters in International and European Economic Law. Previously she worked as an Assistant Professor at HEC Paris School of Management, Law Department. Prior to HEC she worked in Hong Kong as Research Fellow for the French Centre of Research on Contemporary China and, in Paris, as Lecturer in International Law at Sorbonne University and Consultant for the OECD. Leila Choukroune specialises in the interactions between economic globalisation, trade and international human rights with a particular interest for Asia, China and India. She has published and co-edited several books on China and International Law and her articles appear in international scientific journals as well as in media.

Courses at trapca: TRP 502: Legal Foundations of International Trade and Development

 

El Hadji Diouf, Ph.D.

El Hadji Diouf is Manager for ICTSD’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) and Regionalism Programme. Dr. Diouf holds a PhD in law from the University of Bern, Switzerland. He obtained a Masters in International Economic Law from the University of Geneva and a Maîtrise de Droit Public from the University of St Louis, Senegal. He also holds a Masters in Communication and Media Sciences from the University of Geneva. Current areas of work and research include among others: development issues in international trade, agriculture, cotton, legal issues in international trade (WTO, EPA and Regional integration), article XXIV of GATT, GSP and bilateral agreements within Africa. Prior to joining ICTSD, he worked for several NGOs in Geneva on human rights issues, participating intensively for three years at the UN Sub-commission on human rights. Later, he joined the law firm Suter et Associés in Geneva working on WTO issues, before spending a short period at the WTO’s Legal Division. Dr. Diouf has been working for ICTSD since July 2002.Dr. Diouf is a citizen of Senegal.

Courses at trapca: TRP 102: Regionalism

Gappah Petina, Ph.D.

Petina Gappah is a Counsel, Advisory Centre on WTO Law (ACWL), an international organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland. She holds a doctorate from the Karl-Franz University in Graz, Austria, a Master of Laws degree from Cambridge University and a Bachelor of Laws Honours degree from the University of Zimbabwe. Ms Gappah was a lawyer in the Appellate Body Secretariat of the World Trade Organisation, which provides support to the Members of the Appellate Body. She also worked with several individual Appellate Body Members appointed as arbitrators to determine the reasonable period of time for implementation and participated in technical assistance missions and trade policy courses.

Courses at trapca: TRP 302: International Trade Law

Gathii James, S.J.D., Ph.D.

James Thuo Gathii is the George E. Pataki Professor of International Commercial Law at the Albany Law School, USA. He holds doctoral and Master’s degrees from Harvard University, USA, and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He has taught and published widely in his areas of specialization, including commercial law, public international law, trade law and human rights.

Courses at trapca: TRP 302, TRP 502 (International Trade Law)

Häberli Christian, Ph.D.

Christian Häberli studied law in Zurich, Geneva and Basel where he graduated in 1977 with a Ph.D. on the subject of African Investment Law; he also studied development sciences (1973-75) and obtained a degree at the Institut Universitaire d'Etudes du Développement in Geneva. After a short stint with Swissair, Geneva, as an Air Transport Employee (1977-78), his professional career started in 1978 at the International Labour Organisation (ILO), with 2 years each in Madagascar and Thailand, followed by 3 years with the Swiss Development Cooperation in Nepal. As from 1986 he worked at the Swiss Federal Department (Ministry) for Economic Affairs: At the Foreign Economic Affairs Office until 1999 (UNCTAD, UNIDO, UNCED, OECD and GATT/WTO), and until 2007 at the Agriculture Office (WTO, OECD, EU – as chair of the Swiss-EC Joint Agriculture Committee). In WTO, he chaired the Committee on Agriculture (Regular Session) and served or serves in a number of panels, namely in EC - Bananas, Japan - Apples, EC - Biotech and China - Trading Rights. Numerous publications on legal and political aspects of trade, development, commodity and environmental issues, ethics, agriculture, non-trade concerns, and WTO. In WTI/NCCR, he works as a Senior Consultant on various trade, agriculture and development policy issues. Course at trapca: TRP 305: Trade Remedies and Dispute Settlement

 

Herran Roberto Rios, Ph.D.

Roberto Rios Herran is a graduate of the University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico where he studied law and holds a masters degree in Public Administration from the American University, Washington D.C. and a Ph. D in law from the Sorbonne in Paris. Prior to joining RRO, Roberto was director of legal studies and research at the World Trade Institute in Bern, Switzerland. After qualification, Roberto worked as lawyer for the major oil and engineering construction company in Mexico after which he joined Baker & McKenzie. Working in both the firm's Warsaw office and its European law centre in Brussels, Roberto's practice was focused on mergers and acquisitions, energy, EU and World Trade Organization matters. In addition to work for clients, Dr. Rios writes and lectures internationally on energy and WTO related issues. He is a visiting professor at HEC in France, Instituto de Empresa in Spain, WTI in Switzerland, and Capital University in the USA. He is also a member of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE).

Course at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development (Negotiations)

Kaggwa Moses

Moses Kaggwa holds a Master in Law from University of Florida and a Bacelor in Law from Makerere University. He is currently working as the Commissioner for the Micro Finance Department at the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in Uganda. Previous to this he worked as Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner, and Senior Finance Officer for the Tax Policy Department at the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in Uganda.

Courses at trapca: TRP 312: South-South Regional Integration

Katende Esther

Esther Katende graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from Makerere University, Uganda, and later obtained a Master of Laws qualification in International Trade and Investment Law from the University of Western Cape, South Africa. She currently works as an Advocate in Kampala and teaches trade law subjects at the Makerere University School of Business.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development (Dispute Settlement and moot negotiations)

Kessie Edwini, S.J.D.

Edwini Kessie works as Counsellor in the Council and Trade Negotiations Committee of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. He holds a doctorate degree from the University of Technology, Australia. He also holds Masters’ degrees in law from the University of Toronto, Canada and the Free University of Brussels, Belgium and a Bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Ghana.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100, TRP 309, TRP 504 (International Trade Law and Legal aspects of Trade in Agriculture)

Kindiki Kithure, Ph.D.

Kithure Kindiki is Associate Dean of the School of Law University of Nairobi. He previously served as Head, Department of Public Law and Senior Lecturer of International Law in the same University. He holds a doctoral degree in International Law from the University of Pretoria. He also holds a Master’s degree specializing in International Law and a Bachelor of Laws degree. He has taught and published widely in his area of specialization and is a member of the Academic Council on the United Nations System among other professional societies.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100, TRP 302, TRP 502 (International Trade Law)

Kwakwa Edward, S.J.D.

Edward Kwakwa is the Legal Counsel for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland. He has served as Visiting Professor of International Law at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Boston, USA, and also at the University of Pretoria, South Africa and the International Law Institute in Kampala, Uganda. He obtained his doctorate and a Master’s degree in international law from Yale University, USA. Previously, he had obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M) from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada and before then a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the University of Ghana, Legon, and Accra, Ghana. He is widely published on various aspects of international law.

Courses at trapca: TRP 302, TRP 502 (International Trade Law)

Mangeni Francis, Ph.D.

Francis Mangeni holds a Doctorate and a Master of Laws Degree from the London School of Economics in International Economic Law. Dr. Mangeni has taught law courses in Uganda at the Law Development Centre, Makerere University, and Uganda Martyrs University Nkozi; and in the United Kingdom at the London School of Economics. He has worked and consulted extensively on the multilateral trade system and economic integration. He was Legal Advisor to the Minister of Commerce and Industry of the Government of Malawi; a diplomat at the Permanent Delegation of the African Union to the United Nations and other International Organization based at Geneva, Switzerland; and has since 2005 been the Regional Trade Policy Advisor at the Commission of the African Union. He has written books and a large number of papers, reports, negotiation briefs, and advisory notes on economic integration in Africa and the multilateral trade system. He has been an advocate of the High Court of Uganda since 1994.

Courses at trapca: TRP 507: Regional, Bilateral and Multilateral Trade Policies

Mbobu Kyalo

Kyalo Mbobu holds a Master Degree in International Business Law from Georgetown University Law Center Washington D.C. He teaches International Trade Law at undergraduate level and International Commercial Arbitration Law at post-graduate level at the Nairobi University School of Law. He is currently involved in the compilation of the materials on student texts on Law of Evidence in Kenya, likely to be published later in 2009. He has been an Advocate in the High Court of Kenya for 22 years with good standing. His main interests are in Commercial Law and Civil Litigation as well as Arbitration of Commercial Disputes. He also advises several banks, financial institutions and insurance companies on various issues related to financial disputes, transfer of property, insurance claims and compensations.

Course at trapca: TRP 509: Drafting and Interpretation of Trade Agreements

Ngangjoh-Hodu Yenkong, LL.D.

Yenkong Ngangjoh-Hodu holds a doctorate degree in law from the University of Helsinki. He is currently a lecturer in International Economic Law at the University of Manchester School Of Law. Before coming to Manchester in 2008, he was the programme coordinator on Global Trade and Regional Integration at the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) in Uppsala-Sweden. He is also currently the head of NAI's Trade and Globalisation programme. He lectures and supervises PhD students in International Trade law broadly defined, intellectual property law and public international law. He regularly provides consultancy services upon request to African governments seeking to enter into RTAs, NGOs and international organizations and to related stakeholders on trade and investment-related areas. His specific research interests include the law and economics of the world trading system, Intellectual Property Rights Law, Public International Law, international development law, regional integration, SINO/African trade and African trade relations with the EU, and the US. He has published widely in these areas.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100 and TRP 509: Trade law, Drafting and Interpretation of Trade Agreements

Otieno-Odek James, S.J.D.

James Otieno Odek is a professor of intellectual property and currently the managing director of Kenya Industrial Property Institute. He is the chairman of the Paris Union. He holds a doctorate in juridical science from the University of Toronto, a master of laws and a bachelor of laws. He has an extensive and solid experience in international law and has published widely in this field. He was involved in the drafting and write-up of the popular WTO book, The Legal Texts: The Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations.

Courses at trapca: TRP 302 and TRP 510: Trade Law and Intellectual Property

Pannizon Marion, Ph.D.

Marion Panizzon is an Assistant Professor of law at the University of Bern and a faculty member of the World Trade Institute's MILE programme. During the NCCR phase 1 (2005-2009), Marion was the alternate leader of the services group and a visiting scholar at COMPAS, Oxford University. Next to leading a four-year NCCR Trade project on the treaty law of economic migration (2009-2013), Marion was awarded a multi-year Swiss National Science Foundation funding to explore transnational migration partnerships. Marion received a bilingual law degree from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and a PhD in law from the University of Bern. She spent two years in the US, first for an LLM at Duke University and thereafter as a research assistant at Georgetown University Law Center.

Courses at trapca: Labour Migration and Trade

Poretti Pietro, Ph.D.

Pietro Poretti works for the European Free Trade Association, Geneva, Switzerland, where he specializes in international trade and investment matters. He holds a PhD from the World Trade Institute/University of Berne and a LL.M. in European law from Saarbrücken University in Germany. Pietro Poretti studied law at University of Fribourg.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100, TRP 302 and TRP 310: Trade Law and Trade in Services

Sabune Sheila

Sabune Sheila has a Master’s in International Law & Economics from the World Trade Institute and a Bachelor’s in Law from Makerere University. She is currently working as Legal Technical Officer for the World Health Organization in Geneva. Previous to this she has worked as Legal/Economic Affairs Officer for the WTO, Programme Officer for the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development in Geneva and as Legal Officer for the Permanent Mission of Uganda to UN.

Courses at trapca: Labour Migration and Trade

Sauvé Pierre

Pierre Sauvé is a Visiting Fellow in the International Relations Department of the London School of Economics (LSE), in London, U.K., where he also serves as a Research Associate of the School's International Trade Policy Unit. He is also a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the World Trade Institute in Berne, Switzerland, where he directs a Swiss National Science Foundation research project on trade regulation in services. He was a Visiting Professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques' (Sciences-Po) in Paris, France, in 2003-04. Since January 2003, he has served as a Paris-based consultant with the World Bank Institute, working on a range of trade-related capacity-building projects. He served as a senior economist in the OECD Trade Directorate from 1993-2002, a period during which he also taught at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and was appointed Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. (1998-2000). Prior to joining the OECD, he served as services negotiator within the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Office of North American Free Trade Negotiations (1991-93). He was previously a staff member of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in Geneva, Switzerland (1988-91) as well as the Bank for International Settlements, in Basle, Switzerland (1987-88). Mr. Sauvé was educated in economics and international relations at the Université du Québec à Montreal and Carleton University in Canada and at Cambridge and Oxford universities in the United Kingdom.

Courses at trapca: TRP 509: Trade in Services

Zunckel Hilton, Ph.D.

Hilton Zunckel is a director and trade practitioner with Trade Law Chambers. He is also an external associate with the World Trade Institute Advisors (Geneva). He has previously formed part of South Africa’s representation to the WTO Committee on Agriculture, the International Grains Council, the International Food Aid Convention and Southern African Customs Union (SACU) negotiating forums. Hilton has also contributed meaningfully to capacity building in Africa while serving as a senior researcher with the Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa (tralac). He continues to serve as an external faculty member to several Southern African universities, and contributes to academic and analytical studies on trade issues. Hilton holds a Masters degree in International Law and Economics from Switzerland’s World Trade Institute. He completed his grain trade training with the Canadian International Grains Institute in Winnipeg. Hilton is originally a graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) South Africa, in financial accounting and law.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development

 

International Trade and Political Economy Experts

Björkdahl Annika, Ph.D.

Annika Björkdahl is an Associate Professor of Political science at Lund University. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Lund University. She extensive teaching experience in cross-cultural negotiations that covers international political economy and the relations between the “North” and the “South”, conflict resolution, diplomacy, negotiation and mediation. Her research interests include Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution, Just and Durable Peace, Norms in International Relations, International Organizations, and Cosmopolitan Approaches to Conflict Resolution, State, peace and democracy-building. She has published and consulted widely in these areas.

Courses at trapca: TRP 303 and TRP 508: International Trade Negotiations and Cooperation

Mukhisa Kituyi, Ph.D.

Mukhisa Kituyi is currently the Executive Director of the Kenya Institute of Governance. Previous to this he served as Minister for Trade and Industry in Kenya and as a member of the Kenyan Parliament. Dr. Kituyi holds a PhD in Social Anthropology, a Master of Philosophy in Development Studies and a Diploma in Science, Comparative Production Systems, all from the University of Bergen, Norway. He also holds a BA in Political Science and International Relations from Makerere University. Dr. Kituyi has also worked as Director at the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Nairobi and as Programme Officer at the Norwegian Agency for International Development (NORAD).

Courses at trapca: TRP 506: Political Economy of International Trade

Woolcock Stephen, Ph.D.

Stephen Woolcock received his B.A. in Mechanical Engineering from Brighton Polytechnics, an M.A. in European Governmental Studies from the University of Edinburgh and obtained a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. He was Paul Henri Spaak Fellow at Harvard University in 1983-84.He is Associate Research Fellow at the Comparative Regional Integration Studies Programme of the United Nations University (UNU-CRIS) in Bruges. He is also Programme Director for the Masters in International Political Economy at the London School of Economics, where he teaches international political economy, the political economy of international trade and economic diplomacy. He also heads the LSE’s International Trade Policy Unit, which coordinates research on trade topics, runs training programmes for practitioners and organises seminars that bridge the gap between academic research on trade and policy. His previous posts included Senior Research Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) (1988-94) and Deputy Director for international affairs and the Confederation of British Industry (1985-1988). He has worked as consultant and advisor to a number of international organisations including the EU and national governments. His research interests include: international trade policy; regional integration; economic diplomacy (including in particular European economic diplomacy).

Courses at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development (moot negotiations)

International Trade and Management Experts

Chinyanga Clement, Ph. D.

Clement Chinyanga is a professor working with the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI). His specific areas of expertise include strategic management, planning and managing projects as well as e-commerce. Professor Chinyanga holds a Ph. D. from PWU, USA and a Master degree from Walse, UK.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development (IT Skills)

Dieye Cheikh Tidiane, Ph.D.

Dieye Cheikh Tidiane holds a PhD in Development Studies from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and a Master in Development Studies from Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis (UGB, Sénégal). He is currently working as a programme coordinator for the NGO Environment and Development Action in the Third World. Previously he has worked for the African Institute for Economic Development and planning which is a subsidiary to United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development

Lyewe Martin

Martin Lyewe works with the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI). His specific areas of expertise are human resource management, office administration and management and conflict management. Mr. Lyewe holds a MBA degree from ESAMI, Tanzania and a Bachelors degree from Dar es Salaam University, Tanzania.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development (paper writing and presentation skills)

Mumba Joseph, Ph. D.

Joseph Mumba is a professor working with the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI). His academic qualifications include a Ph. D. from Strathclyde, Scotland and a Bachelors degree from University of Malawi. Professor Mumba’s specific areas of management expertise include energy project planning, environmental management and natural resource management.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100: International Trade and Development (economic aspects)

Mwape Bonard, Ph. D.

Bonard Mwape is a professor of public sector management and the Director General of the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI). His specific areas of management development expertise include policy and public sector management, human resources management and leadership skills development. Mr. Mwape holds a Ph. D from Pittsburgh, USA and a Master degree from London, UK.

Courses at trapca: TRP 100 and TRP 508: Leadership in trade and Cooperation

Patek Stanislaw, Ambassador

Stanislaw Patek has 40 years of experience working in various positions from the Swedish Government and in international organisations. He has been highly involved in negotiations of trade agreements, joint commissions on trade and industrial co-operation. Ambassador Patek holds a Bachelors degree in Political Science from University of Uppsala, Sweden. Courses at trapca: TRP 303: International Trade Negotiations and Cooperation

 

 

 

 

 

 

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