Dr Robert Basedow is an Associate Professor in International Political Economy at the London School of Economics. He works on international trade and investment governance. As a non-resident fellow at the Liechtenstein Institute, he will work with Sophie Meunier on the EU’s Global Gateway Initiative and export controls as well as pursue a new project on the political economy and role of private and commercial law in global economic governance. Prior to joining the LSE, Robert was an international civil servant at the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, worked as consultant for the European Institutions, the German government and was a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. He studied political science, law and economics at Sciences Po, the Moscow State Institute for International Relations (MGIMO), the University of St. Gallen, and the LSE. 

His recent publications include: 

Basedow, Robert. ‘Alienated Twins – The Overlooked Private Law Dimension of Global Trade and Investment Governance’. World Trade Review, 14 May 2024, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474745624000144.

Basedow, Robert. ‘Pushing the Bar – Elite Law Firms and the Rise of International Commercial Courts in the World Economy’. Review of International Political Economy 0, no. 0 (2024): 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2024.2357300.

Basedow, Robert, and Julian M. Hoerner. ‘Trading Votes: What Drives MEP Support for Trade Liberalisation?’ Journal of European Public Policy 0, no. 0 (11 August 2023): 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2023.2236654.

Basedow, Robert, Sophie Meunier, and Christilla Roederer-Rynning. ‘Fair Play? : The Politics of Evaluating Foreign Subsidies in the European Union’. Working Paper. European University Institute, 2023. https://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/75630.