Irene is senior researcher at the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) of the University of Bern. Before joining the CDE, she worked for more than ten years in the Trade Division of UNCTAD. Irene holds a PhD in Law from the World Trade Institute/University of Bern, an LLM from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Law degree from the University of Pavia. She is working on a project titled "Curbing Illicit Financial Flows from Resource-Rich Developing Countries”, funded through the Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development (www.r4d.ch).