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ILARIA ESPA

CURRICULUM VITAE

World Trade Institute, University of Bern Tel.: +41 31 631 36 73 Hallerstrasse 6 Mobile: +41 78 912 34 43 CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland Email: [email protected]

CURRENT POSITIONS November 2015 to present Postdoctoral Senior Researcher, World Trade Institute, University of Bern

Member of the Work Package on ‘Trade and Climate Change’ of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Programme in Trade Regulation

Scientific Coordinator of the Doctoral Programme, Graduate School of Economic Globalisation and Integration, World Trade Institute, University of Bern

FORMER POSITION

2013-2015 Marie Curie Senior Research Fellow, World Trade Institute, University of Bern

HIGHER EDUCATION 2009-2013 Ph.D. International Law and Economics, Bocconi University, Milan Thesis: Emerging Trends in Critical Raw Materials Trade and WTO Regulation of Export Restrictions (ottimo, equivalent to summa cum laude) Advisor: Giorgio Sacerdoti; Second Reader: Petros Mavroidis 2007-2009 M.A. International Relations, Luiss Guido Carli University, Rome (summa cum laude) 2003-2006 B.A. Political Science, Luiss Guido Carli University, Rome (summa cum laude) Fall 2005 Erasmus Program, Université Paris X Nanterre

EXTRA-CURRICULAR COURSES Summer 2010 Summer Academy on ‘Trade, Development and Climate Change’, World Trade Institute, University of Bern Spring 2010 Course on ‘Geopolitics and International Relations’, Institute for Peace, Development and Innovation (IPSIA), Milan Summer 2009 Summer School on ‘International Trade: Law and Economics’, Luiss Guido Carli University, Rome Fall 2004-Summer 2005 ‘Values and Objectives of the European Union in the international Scenery’, European Association of International Studies (AESI), Rome

Curriculum Vitae ILARIA ESPA TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Since 2015/2016 Lecturer, Course in Environmental and Food Law (graduate), Master Programme in Environmental and Food Economics, University of Milan (with Prof. Giovanna Adinolfi) December 2015 Lecturer, Executive Course in Logistics and Customs Management: ‘Rules on the Preferential Origin of Goods’; ‘Export Control Regimes on Dual-use Goods’), New International Business Institute (NIBI), Milan Chamber of Commerce November 2015 Guest Lecturer, Course in Preparing the Ground for COP21 in Paris: From Climate Sciences to Policy (undergraduate); ‘Climate Change and Energy’, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR), University of Bern (course of Prof. Joelle de Sépibus) September 2015 Lecturer, Executive Course in Internalization in China and Far East, Business Focus Far East: ‘Regional Trade Agreements’, New International Business Institute (NIBI), Milan Chamber of Commerce September 2015 Lecturer, Tailor-made Executive Course on Bilateral and Multilateral Trade Agreements Negotiation for Officials from Taiwan: ‘The Regulation of Export Barriers in the WTO’, World Trade Institute, University of Bern cooperating with the Graduate Institute, Geneva March 2015 Lecturer, LL.M. Programme in International Trade Law - Contracts and Dispute Resolution: ‘Trade and Issues: Process and Production Methods’, International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ILO), University of Turin, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and the University Institute for European Studies (IUSE) (with Prof. Thomas Cottier) Fall 2014 Guest Lecturer, Course in International Trade Regulation (graduate): ‘Quantitative Import and Export Restrictions’, ‘Dumping and Antidumping Measures’, ‘Safeguards’, University of Bern (course of Prof. Mira Burri) May 2013 Guest Lecturer, Course in Energy Markets (graduate), Master in Green Management, Energy and Corporate Social Responsibility (MaGER): ‘WTO and Energy Markets’, Bocconi University (course of Prof. Federico Pontoni) Fall-Winter 2012 Teaching Assistant, International Law (graduate), Bocconi University Fall-Winter 2011 Teaching Assistant, International Economic Law (graduate), Luiss Guido Carli University Spring 2011 Teaching Assistant, European Union Law (graduate), Bocconi University

SHORT TERM VISITING AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Fall 2015 Consultant, European Trade Policy and Investment Support Project – EU-MUTRAP 2014, 2015 Consultant, Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), Swiss Federal Financial Administration (FFA), the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) February 2015 Member of the Panel of Judges, 7th annual edition of the Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) International Moot Court Competition (Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India) Spring 2012 Visiting Researcher, Law School, Columbia University, NYC 2009, 2010, 2011 Consultant, Trade and Environment Division, World Trade Organization (WTO) Fall 2008 Intern, Trade and Environment Division, WTO AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

2013-2015 Two-year Marie Curie Fellowship, EU FP7 COFIT Programme (COFUND International Trade Fellowship) 2013 SIDI (Italian Society of International Law) Award for Best Academic Publication by Young Researchers in International and EU Law appeared in 2012 for “Action pour le climat et mesures commerciales unilatérales: les initiatives les plus récentes de l’Union européenne” (Revue Internationale de Droit Economique) 2012 One-year Research Grant for Candidate Ph.D., Ph.D. School, Bocconi University 2011-2012 High Level Training Fellowship for Ph.D. Studies, Master and Back Program, Sardinia Region 2009-2011 Three-year Ph.D. Fellowship, Bocconi University (expired upon conferral of the High Level Training Fellowship) 2008 Pasa Fellowship for conducting research for Master’s dissertation at the WTO, Luiss University 2006 Award in Memory of Laura Bucceri, Angelo Frammartino, Luca Martini for Best Student of the Political Science Deparment, Luiss University

INVITED CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

11-12 December 2015 Building Cooperation with BRICS: From Solar Panel Wars to TTIP- led Energy Regulatory Consensus, ASIL-ESIL-MPI Scholarship Workshop on ‘The future of Transatlantic Economic Governance in the Age of BRICS’, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg (with K. Holzer) 26-27 November 2015 Mineral Export Restraints, Green Industrial Policies and the WTO Subsidy Agreement: Implications of the New Trade and Climate Change Narrative, Fifth Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law, Bangkok 23-24 September 2015 Tar Sands, Climate Change and TTIP: The Quest for the Enforcement of Environmental Provisions in PTAs, Fifth Annual ASIL Research Forum, American University Washington College of Law, Washington DC (with K. Holzer) 11-12 June 2015 Framing Policy Options to Strengthen the Regulatory System, Second Workshop of the E15 Expert Group on ‘Trade and Investment in Extractive Industries’, World Economic Forum (WEF), Geneva 14 May 2015 Agricultural Export Restrictions, Workshop on ‘Sustainable Food: Legal and Economic Challenges’, Bocconi University 5 May 2015 TTIP Negotiations on Energy, Seminar on ‘The TTIP between Trade Liberalization and National Interests’, University of Trieste School of Law 13-14 April 2015 Designing Coherent and equitable WTO disciplines on Export Restrictions, 6th Global Commodities Forum, UNCTAD, Geneva 12-13 March 2015 Export Restrictions in Relation to Extractive Industries, First Workshop of the E15 Expert Group on ‘Trade and Investment in Extractive Industries’, World Economic Forum (WEF), Geneva 13-15 November 2014 Tackling Energy Issues Under TTIP: Towards Multi-speed Regulation?, Biennial Conference of the ASIL Interest Group in International Economic Law on ‘Reassessing International Economic Law and Development: New Challenges for Law and Policy’, University of Denver School of Law (with K. Holzer)

Curriculum Vitae ILARIA ESPA 11-12 November 2014 Subsidies, Clean Energy and Climate Change, First Workshop on E15 Task Force on ‘Rethinking International Subsidies Disciplines’, World Economic Forum, Geneva (with S. E. Rolland) 31 October 2014 The Regulation of the Global Economy: The role of the International Economic Organizations, Conference on ‘The Multifaceted Regulation of the Global Economy’, Bocconi University 10 October 2014 International Trade in (Sustainable) Energy Resources and the WTO: Key Challenges in Light of the Strategic Interests of the European Union and China, Workshop on ‘EU-China Relations between Classic Trade Disputes and Sustainability Issues’, University of Bologna School of Law 26-27 September 2014 Import and Export Restrictions on Electricity, World Trade Forum on ‘International Trade in Electricity and the Greening Economy’, World Trade Institute, University of Bern 26-27 September 2014 Promoting Green Electricity through Differentiated Electricity Tax Schemes, World Trade Forum on ‘International Trade in Electricity and the Greening Economy’, World Trade Institute, University of Bern (with K. Holzer and T. Payosova) 3 September 2014 Beyond Mineral Export Restraints: Resource Nationalism, Promotion of Renewables and Climate Change in the New Trade and Environment Disputes before the WTO, Workshop of the ESIL Interest Group on International Economic Law, University of Vienna Law School 10-12 July 2014 Energy Export Restrictions in the WTO: A Roadmap to Regulatory Convergence, Fourth SIEL Biennial Conference, World Trade Institute, University of Bern 24-25 April 2014 Resource Nationalism, Climate Change and Energy Export Restrictions: The Challenges Ahead for the WTO, 3nd PEPA/SIEL Conference, Direito GV, Escola de Direito de Sao Paulo, Brazil 15 April 2014 International Trade in Energy and the WTO: The Challenges Ahead and the Position of China, Workshop on ‘Challenging the WTO System: China’s Approach to the New Energy Issues at the time of the Green Economy’, University of Bologna School of Law 4-5 October 2013 Emerging Issues Affecting Trade in Energy Resources: The Case of Export Restrictions and the Role of WTO to Provide a Balance Between Natural Resources Nationalism and Sustainable Development, Conference on ‘Natural Resources Grabbing: Erosion or Legitimate Exercise of State Sovereignty?’, University of Cagliari School of Law 12-14 September 2013 The ‘Rhetoric’ of Proliferation of Mineral Export Restraints and WTO Under-Regulation, 15th ETSG Conference, University of Birmingham 29-31 August 2013 Emerging Issues Affecting Trade in Energy Resources: An Enhanced Role for WTO to Meet Sustainable Energy Goals, International Law Association (ILA) Regional Conference on ‘Imperium Juris: Governance, Trade, Resources’, EPLO, Athens 23 April 2013 China and Natural Resources within the Multilateral Trading System, University of Bologna School of Law 25-26 January 2013 The Proliferation of Export Restrictions on Critical Raw Materials and the Shortcoming of GATT Regulation, 2nd PEPA/SIEL Conference, Institute of International and European Law, Georg- August-University Göttingen CONFERENCES ORGANIZED

9-13 November 2015 Tailor-made Training Programme on “Proferential Trade Agreement” for Officials from Vietnam, University of Milan, EU-MUTRAP and Interuniversity Centre on the Law of International Economic Organizations (CIDOIE) (with Prof. G. Adinolfi and Prof. C. Dordi) September 2014 World Trade Forum on “International Trade in Electricity and the Greening Economy”, World Trade Institute, University of Bern (with Prof. T. Cottier)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

International Law Association (ILA), Italian Branch, Member; Member of the Committee on “Role of International Law in Sustainable Natural Resource Management”, Alternate of Paolo Farah; E15 Expert Group on “Extractive Industries”, ICTSD and WEF, Member and Contributor; E15 Task Force on “Rethinking International Subsidies Disciplines”, ICTSD and WEF, Member and Contributor; American Society of International Law (ASIL), Member; European Society of International Law (ESIL), Member: Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), Member; Italian Society of International Law (ISIL), Member; Italian Association of European Lawyers (AEGI), Member.

LANGUAGES

Italian (Mother Tongue) English (C2, Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency) French (C2, DALF) Spanish (B2) German (A1)

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