Virginia Tech University (VT)

Virginia Tech is a US public land-grant university founded in 1872. The Institute for Society, Culture and Environment (ISCE) is a multi-disciplinary academic unit at Virginia Tech tasked with strengthening the university's competitive position in the social sciences, arts, and humanities.

The Global Issues Initiative (GII) centered at Virginia Tech's National Capital Region is one component of ISCE. GII addresses international policy questions facing countries at the bilateral, regional and multilateral levels in such areas as trade and economic integration, global security, counter-terrorism, and public health and science. An initial research and public information focal area is the international trade regime including multilateral trade negotiations and the impact of these negotiations on economic prosperity, trade in goods and services, economic development, and the integration of developing countries into the global economy.

Relevant international project experience:

• "Foundation Analysis for Agricultural Trade Reform." Hewlett Foundation (+IFPRI), 2007-08.
• "Economic Analysis of Technical Barriers Limiting Agricultural Trade of China." Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (+ IFPRI), 2005-07.
• "Cotton Trade Policy and Poverty in Pakistan and India." World Bank (+ IFPRI) 2005-07.
• "Design of Systems Approaches to Invasive Species Pest Risk Management." USDA, 2003-07.

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