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RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS: GTDW WORKSHOP — autumn SEMESTER 2026

Geneva Trade and Development Workshop(1)

Autumn Semester 2026

Programme

Date Speaker Title
Monday 21 September
14:15-15:30
University of Geneva
Uni Mail, Room M 3250,
3rd Floor, Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve 40 		Feodora Teti
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany) 		"Evading Sanctions"
(co-authored with Lisa Scheckenhofer, David Torun and Joschka Wanner)
Monday 5 October
14:15-15:30
University of Geneva
Uni Mail, Room M 3250,
3rd Floor, Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve 40 		Katharina Erhardt
(Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany) 		"The Role of Comparative Advantage in Shaping Economic Geography: Evidence from East Germany"
(co-authored with Max Löffler and Andreas Lichter)
Tuesday, 6 October
14:15-15:30
Maison de la Paix
2 Chemin Eugène Rigot, Geneva
Petal 1, Room S5 		Gianmarco Ottaviano
(Bocconi University, Italy) 		"AI Unbound: Digital Infrastructure, AI Adoption, and Firm Performance"
(co-authored with Nuriye Melisa Bilgin (Koç University).
Tuesday, 20 October
14:15-15:30
Maison de la Paix
2 Chemin Eugène Rigot, Geneva
Petal 1, Room S5 		Anna Vitali
(New York University) 		"Causes and Consequences of Labor Utilization:
Evidence from Ugandan Firms"
(co-authored with V. Bassi, I. Rasul, O.A.Veroux)
Thursday 22 October
14:15-15:30
University of Geneva
2 Chemin Eugène Rigot, Geneva

Uni Mail, Room M R080,
Ground Floor, Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve 40

Giovanni Maggi
(Yale University, USA) 		"Imperfect Regulations and North-South Trade"
(co-authored with Monika Mrazova)
Tuesday, 27 October
14:15-15:30
Maison de la Paix
2 Chemin Eugène Rigot, Geneva

Petal 1, Room S5

 Guillaume Daudin
(Université Paris Dauphine-PSL) 		"Trade that ties: Trade communities over two centuries (1833-2025)"
(co-authored with Béatrice Dedinger, Youssef Ghallada and Paul Girard)
Monday 9 November
14:15-15:30
University of Geneva
Uni Mail, Room M 3383,
3rd Floor, Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve 40 		Paola Conconi
(University of Oxford, UK)		 "The Trade-Distorting Effects of Rules of Origin: A Firm-Level Analysis"
(co-authored with Federico Gallina, Thierry Mayer, and Gianluca Orefice)
Monday 16 November
14:15-15:30
University of Geneva
Uni Mail, Room M 3250,

3rd Floor, Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve 40

 Catherine Thomas
(London School of Economics, UK) 		"Global Supply Chain Flexibility: The Role of Contracts in LNG"
(co-authored with Swati Dhingra, Ningyuan Jia, Gianmarco Ottaviano, and Thomas Sampson)
Tuesday, 17 November
14:15-15:30
Maison de la Paix
2 Chemin Eugène Rigot, Geneva,

Petal 1, Room S5

 Eric Verhoogen
(Columbia University, NY-USA) 		Cancelled!
Tuesday, 24 November
14:15-15:30
Maison de la Paix
2 Chemin Eugène Rigot, Geneva

Petal 1, Room S5

 Dávid Krisztián Nagy
(Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional, Barcelona, Spain)
Tuesday, 15 December
14:15-15:30
Maison de la Paix
2 Chemin Eugène Rigot, Geneva

Petal 1, Room S5

 Chiara Criscuolo
(International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank Group)

Note:
1. The workshop is a joint initiative organized by the Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM), the Graduate Institute (IHEID), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Its objectives are to provide a forum for discussion for academics and researchers working in the area of trade and development, to support high-quality research, and to facilitate outreach to policy makers.