Sieber-Gasser Charlotte

Charlotte Sieber-Gasser obtained her BLaw from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and completed her MLaw in European and International Law with special mention at the University of Bern, Switzerland in 2008. During her legal studies, Charlotte wrote about the prosecution of criminal offences committed by UN-personnel, the universality of human rights, and the enforcement of freedom of speech in Russia. Charlotte continued her studies at the University of Manchester, UK where she graduated in 2009 with an MA degree in Development Studies. In Manchester, she wrote about the role of legal and social institutions in development, corporate governance in emerging markets, and the legal protection of people with albinism in Tanzania. Charlotte joined the WP4 team of the NCCR Trade Regulation in October 2009 as a doctoral researcher in law enrolled at the University of Bern. The academic interests of Charlotte are centred on the interaction between law and development. She believes that the legal system plays a key role in enabling sustainable development, as well as in shaping social, economic and political interaction. By combining the strengths of legal and development studies in her research, Charlotte hopes to shed light on new aspects of this relationship and raise awareness for its importance.