Digital Scholars Network

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Dr. Susan Aaronson

GWU Research Professor; Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation (GIGI); Director, Digital Trade & Data Governance Hub

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: digital trade, trade and human rights, AI and data governance

email: saaronson2@gmail.com

Carolina Ines Aguerre

Associate Professor, University of St. Andrews, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Digital Trade, Internet Governance, AI

email: carolinaaguerre@gmail.com

  • Aguerre, Carolina (2020). National AI Strategies and Data Governance in the Region in Aguerre, C. (Ed.) Inteligencia Artificial en América Latina y el Caribe. Ética, gobernanza y políticas. CETyS, Universidad de San Andres. ISBN 2684-0278

Mira Burri

Professor, University of Lucerne

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: WTO, WTO and digital trade, intellectual property

email: mira.burri@unilu.ch

Oscar Borgogno

Research Officer, International Relations and Economics Directorate Directorate General for Economics, Statistics and Research - Italy

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Antitrust Law And Financial Regulation

email: oscar.borgogno@bancaditalia.it

Anupam Chandar

Professor of Law, Georgetown University

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Communications and technology law, intellectual property, international trade, privacy

email: ac1931@georgetown.edu

Sabina Ciofu

Head of EU and Trade Policy, techUK (Policy Advisor in the European Parliament for almost a decade)

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Tech-related legislation, international trade and EU-US relations, relationship between artificial intelligence and foreign policy decision-making

email: sabina.ciofu@techuk.org

Dan Ciuriak

Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation (GIGI); Distinguished Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Economics of the data-driven economy and the international trade aspects of the digital

email: dan@ciuriakconsulting.com

Nigel Cory

Associate Director, Trade Policy, Information and Technology Innovation Foundation (and former Australian trade official)

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: ecommerce, digital trade, data governance, data-driven innovation, digital intellectual property, WTO ecommerce negotiations, and digital development

email: ncory@itif.org

Thomas Cottier

Professor, University of Bern (former Managing Director of the World Trade Institute)

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Intellectual property and international trade regulation, human rights and theory of multilevel governance, and general principles of law

email: thomas.cottier@wti.org

Sissi De la Peña

Regional Digital Trade Manager, ALAI Public Policy & Government Affairs

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Digital trade & commerce, digital taxation

email: sissidelapena@alai.lat

William J. Drake

Professor, University of Zurich

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Digital trade & commerce, digital taxation

email: william.drake@uzh.ch

Sam duPont

Deputy Director, Digital Innovation and Democracy Initiative, German Marshall Fund (former Director, Digital Trade, Office of the US Trade Representative)

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: WTO e-commerce negotiations, US-EU digital trade relations, Indian digital policy, foreign investment review, surveillance technology

email: sdupont@gmfus.org

Manfred Elsig

Professor, University of Bern

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Politics of international trade, digital trade, regional trade agreements, and private actors in global politics

email: manfred.elsig@wti.org

Robert (Bob) Fay

Director of Research for Digital Economy, Centre for International Governance Innovation (GIGI)

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Digital economy, macro- and micro-economic research and policy analysis

email: rfay@cigionline.org

Janos Ferencz

Trade Policy Analyst, Trade in Services Division, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Services trade, digital trade regulations, barriers to digital trade

email: Janos.FERENCZ@oecd.org

Martina Francesca Ferracane

Research Associate & DTE Project Manager ECIPE (European Centre for International Political Economy)

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Digital trade, data flows, digital trade restrictions

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Henry S. Gao

Professor, Singapore Management University

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: WTO, e-commerce negotiations, free trade agreements, data regulation, China

email: henrygao@smu.edu.sg

Stephanie Honey

Honey Consulting and former trade negotiator for New Zealand

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Digital trade rules, the digital economy, regional economic integration, the World Trade Organization (WTO), agriculture and food trade

email: stephanie@honeyconsulting.co.nz

Kristina Irion

Professor, University of Amsterdam; Research Director in public policy at the Centre for Media and Communications Studies at the Central European University in Budapest

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: EU law, International trade law, Human rights-based governance, Global data value chains, Transnational technologies

email: k.irion@uva.nl

Burcu Kilic

Director, Digital Rights Program & Research Director, Public Citizen

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Trade agreements, privacy, data protection, consumer rights, transparency, intellectual property, and AI

email: bkilic@citizen.org

Dongchul Kwak

Assistant Professor, Kyungpook National University

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Digital trade, digital trade policy, international economic law, ICT standardization

email: kwakdc@knu.ac.kr

Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås

Senior Associate, CEP; Visiting professor, Örebro University - Sweden

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Digital technology, regulation, services trade, competition, and jobs in the services sectors

email: Hkn@cepbweb.org

Patrick LeBlond

Professor, University of Ottawa, Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation (GIGI)

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Global economic governance and international political economy, regional economic integration, financial regulation, and business and public policy

email: patrick.leblond@uottawa.ca

Javier López González

Senior Trade Policy Analyst, OECD – OCDE

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: WTO e-commerce discussions, economic analysis of digital trade, cross-border data flows, e-commerce moratorium

email: Javier.LOPEZGONZALEZ@oecd.org

Bashar Malkawi

Global Professor of Practice in Law, University of Arizona

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Interaction between digital trade and international trade agreements

email: bmalkawi@arizona.edu

Joshua Meltzer

Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; former trade negotiator for Australia

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: WTO and FTA negotiations relating to investment, services and digital trade; G20 data flow priorities; APEC digital economy and trade developments

email: jmeltzer@brookings.edu

Prof. Andrew Mitchell

Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Law, Monash University, Australia

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Digital Trade; International Trade Law; International Investment Law; International Law

email: andrew.mitchell@monash.edu

Shin-yi PENG

Distinguished Professor of Law, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Digital Trade; Trade in Services; International Trade Law

email: sypeng@gapp.nthu.edu.tw

Teresa Scassa

Research Chair in Information Law, University of Ottawa Law School

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Intellectual property law, law and technology, and privacy

email: Teresa.Scassa@uottawa.ca

Antony Taubman

Director, Intellectual Property Division, World Trade Organization

Areas of Expertise/Specialization: Intellectual property, digital trade, trade in knowledge

email: antony.taubman@wto.org

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