Vice President Faculty Affairs and Scientific Information

Ralph Ossa earned his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and, prior to joining UZH, held positions at Princeton University and the University of Chicago. In 2017, he was appointed full professor of international trade at UZH. His research focuses particularly on policy-relevant issues such as the economics of trade wars and trade negotiations, and the extent to which countries benefit from international trade. In 2018, he received an ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council for his research on trade agreements. He served as Director of the Department of Economics at UZH from 2019 to 2022 and as Chief Economist of the World Trade Organization (WTO) from 2023 to 2025.