This series seeks to bring the work of International Organizations closer to people.
About
UW-Madison professors, including LFS Professor Tana Johnson, discuss the World Trade Organization.
Panelists
- Sumudu Atapattu (Moderator) LL.M., PhD. Law School
- Professor Atapattu is a Teaching Professor and Director of the Global Legal Studies Center at UW Law School. She is also the Executive Director of the Human Rights Program at UW-Madison. She teaches in the areas of International Environmental law and climate change and human rights.
- Tana Johnson, PhD. La Follette School of Public Affairs
- Professor Johnson is a member of the faculty in Public Affairs and Political Science. Her work is driven by big puzzles in international relations and by important real-world problems. In national and international affairs, how do we design institutions, delegate tasks, and manage bureaucracies? How do we navigate tradeoffs when issues—such as economic and environmental policy—overlap? How can governments, businesses, and civil society operate better?
- Jason Yackee, PhD, JD. Law School
- Professor Yackee is the Foley & Lardner-Bascom Professor of Law at UW-Madison. His research centers on international investment law, international economic relations, foreign arbitration, and administrative law and politics. He teaches or has taught Contracts, Public International Law, International Investment Law, International Arbitration, and International Business Transactions.
- Joseph Conti, PhD. Department of Sociology
- Professor Conti is an associate professor of sociology and law at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Professor Conti specializes in sociology of law and economic sociology and teaches classes related to globalization, global governance, American society, and the sociology of law. His research interests include global governance, law and globalization, and international trade, particularly the dispute settlement systems of the World Trade Organization. His current research focuses on multilevel regulatory regimes for trade and for nanotechnology.
Organizer
La Follette School of Public Affairs, UW-Law School, Wisconsin Business School