Experience

UNCTAD

• Switzerland
• International Trade and Development
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Associate Economic Affairs Officer

  • Sep 2023 - Present



Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies

• Belgium
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Doctoral Researcher

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  PhD at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and the Division of Bio-economics, KU Leuven. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Miet Maertens & Dr. Axel Marx.Research focusing on Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) as non-state governance instruments for sustainability in global value chains, with a focus on institutional design of VSS in the agricultural and forestry sectors and a case study in the Indonesian cocoa sector. Research interests: governance of global trade for sustainable development, institutional design effectiveness and compliance theories.Member of the VSS4F/WOOD research project assessing the effectiveness of Voluntary Sustainability Standards in the food and wood sectors: https://ees.kuleuven.be/project/vss4fwood/Involvement in activities and research projects of the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS); support in the establishment of the UNFSS Academic Advisory Council (AAC); support in the organisation of the UNFSS AAC's various activities. https://unfss.org/Teaching assistant for KU Leuven Master's course "EU Trade Policy"A-Z creation and follow-up of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on "Sustainable Trade" (1500+ participants): edx.org/course/sustainable-tradeCreation and follow-up of the EdX Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on "The UN Sustainable Development Goals: an Interdisciplinary Academic Introduction" (9300+ participants): edx.org/course/the-un-sustainable-development-goals-an-interdisci Show less

• Research Associate

  • Oct 2019 - Jan 2020

  Several research projects on private sector development and on Voluntary Sustainability Standards as a governance mechanism for sustainability. Creation and follow-up of the EdX Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) entitled "The UN Sustainable Development Goals: an Interdisciplinary Academic Introduction" (9100+ participants): edx.org/course/the-un-sustainable-development-goals-an-interdisci



ECOLO

• Belgium
• Political Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Collaborateur

  • Apr 2018 - Aug 2018

  Research project on Brussels-Capital Region's waste management policy and Zero Waste transition (MSc Dissertation - University of Edinburgh) Research project on Brussels-Capital Region's waste management policy and Zero Waste transition (MSc Dissertation - University of Edinburgh)