The World Trade Institute (WTI) is the leading interdisciplinary academic institution dedicated to teaching and research focused on international trade and investment regulation, economic globalisation and sustainability.
Our program uniquely combines a multidisciplinary perspective with a strong applied focus. In addition to our resident faculty, we bring in the world’s leading trade and investment experts from law firms, international organizations, policy research institutes and top universities.
As a centre of excellence at the University of Bern with an international, interdisciplinary focus, we explore the interconnections between the fields of law, economics and political science.
Gauri Tyagi practiced as a commercial lawyer in India for almost 5 years, primarily focusing on admiralty and customs law — fields that intersect with trade. She observed how closely these areas are tied to the movement of goods, economic relations, and regulatory frameworks. Then during the COVID pandemic, Gauri …
Arbitration and commercial litigation funding plays an increasingly important role in an interdependent justice system, with forthcoming caselaw paving the way for the growth of funding availability for meritorious ESG-aligned cases. We sit down with Lucas Macedo, a Senior Investment Manager at Nivalion. Macedo believes that funders play a critical …
Launch of CEDAW’s General Recommendation No. 40 on the Equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making systems
19 Nov 2024
Economic growth theory has since linked innovation to growth hence countries developed a system in which works of human ingenuity are protected through a system …
19 Nov 2024
Chapter by Craig Atkinson, WTI Non-Resident Fellow and joint Research Affiliate at Singapore Management University Centre for AI and Data Governance/Centre for Computational Law, published …
30 Oct 2024
The present research started from the legal analysis of women’s participatory rights in leadership positions in public and political life, as enshrined in the United …