Evangelia Anevlavi is a Research Assistant at the Institute of Law (IDUSI), Faculty of Economics, of the University of Lugano, Switzerland (USI), where she contributes to the Swiss National Science Foundation's National Research Programme 84 (NRP 84) on the international legal regulation of new plant breeding technologies. She is an international lawyer specialising in international trade law, international environmental law, WTO law and EU law. Her current research examines the intersection of international trade, climate change, biodiversity protection and biotechnology regulation. Prior to joining USI, she worked in the Legal Affairs Division of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva and practised international trade and EU law in Brussels, advising governments, international organisations and private-sector clients, and participating in WTO dispute settlement proceedings and litigation before the Court of Justice of the European Union. She also regularly lectures on WTO law and EU sanctions. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Law School of the University of Athens and a LLM on International Economic Law and Policy from the Law School of the University of Barcelona.
email: evanevlavi@gmail.com