Elsig Manfred

Manfred Elsig is Assistant Professor in International Relations at the WTI. He studied at the Universities of Bern and Bordeaux and earned a degree in political science. He worked from 1997–1999 at the Swiss Federal Office for Foreign Economic Affairs. He later joined the Political Science Institute of the University of Zurich and received his PhD (Dr Phil) in 2002. Before joining the WTI in 2005 as a Senior Research fellow, he was a teaching fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. From 2002–2004 he worked for UBS financial services group and as a personal advisor to the Minister of Economy of Canton Zürich. His research focuses primarily on the politics of international trade, European trade policy, international organisations, US–EU relations, and private actors in global politics. He has published in international peer-reviewed journals including the European Journal of International Relations, Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of Common Market Studies and Global Society. He has extensive teaching experience, having taught at various Swiss universities, the London School of Economics and Political Science and the Thunderbird School of Global Management. His courses include International Political Economy (IPE), trade diplomacy, international institutions, globalisation and European integration, and research methods. Currently, he is visiting lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.