Dr. Ousseni Illy, a Burkina Faso national, has joined the GEG Team as an Oxford-Princeton Global Leaders Fellow. After a year in Oxford, his is currently based in Princeton, at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance. His research interest focuses on international trade law and policy, especially on how to strengthen African countries’ capacity within the Multilateral Trading System. His current project deals with trade remedies in Africa.

Ousseni holds a PhD in International Law from Geneva University and a Master in Public Law from the University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. He worked, among other things, as research assistant for Professor Gabrielle Marceau at Geneva University and for the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Furthermore, he has been an intern and consultant for the UN (Legal Affairs, Codification Division) and PhD visiting researcher at the WTO Secretariat, Geneva.
He speaks French, English, More and Dioula.

Contact: ousseni.illy@gmail.com