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2026

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Overview

Thomas Cottier is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of Social Sciences and Business, Management and Accounting, with a focus on Political Science, International Relations, and Law-related disciplines. Their research spans subjects such as International Arbitration and Investment Law, World Trade Organization Law, Intellectual Property and Patents, and International Law and Human Rights.

Their recent papers include:

  • Tax Incentives for Technology Dissemination in Trade and Investment by Exporting and Home States, 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Article XIV GATS - General Exceptions, 2022, Commentaries on World Trade Law Online
  • Recalibrating the WTO Dispute Settlement System: Towards New Standards of Appellate Review, 2021, Journal of International Economic Law
  • Migration, Trade and Investment: Towards a New Common Concern of Humankind, 2021, Journal of World Trade
  • Der Strukturwandel des Aussenwirtschaftsrechts, 2020, Open Access CRIS of the University of Bern

The researcher collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Zaker Ahmad, Brigitta Imeli, Elisabeth Bürgi Bonanomi, Anirudh Shingal, and Rosa Maria Losada.

Thomas Cottier's work appears frequently in publication venues such as the SSRN Electronic Journal, The Journal of World Investment & Trade, Journal of International Economic Law, Journal of World Trade, and Open Access CRIS of the University of Bern.

Their main fields of study highlight interdisciplinary engagement, particularly combining aspects of Social Sciences with Business and Management frameworks. Subfields include Political Science and International Relations, Strategy and Management, Sociology and Political Science, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Law.

Main topics covered through their academic contributions include:

  • International Arbitration and Investment Law
  • World Trade Organization Law
  • Intellectual Property and Patents
  • International Law and Human Rights
  • Human Rights and Development
  • Corporate Law and Human Rights
  • International Maritime Law Issues

Best Publications

  • Ein Binnenmarkt für Rechte des geistigen Eigentums. Mitteilung der Kommission an das europäische Parlament, den Rat, den europäischen Wirtschafts- und Sozialausschuss und den Ausschuss der Regionen; Förderung von Kreativität und Innovation zur Gewährleistung von Wirtschaftswachstum, hochwertigen Arbeitsplätzen sowie erstklassigen Produkten und Dienstleistungen in Europa. Brüssel, den 24.5.2011 KOM(2011) 287 endgültig

    Thomas Cottier

  • LEGAL PERSPECTIVES ON TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE: THE CASE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION

    Thomas Cottier;Marion Panizzon

  • The International Intellectual Property System: Commentary and Materials

    Frederick M. Abbott;Thomas Cottier;Francis Gurry

  • International Intellectual Property in an Integrated World Economy

    Frederick M. Abbott;Thomas Cottier;Francis Gurry

  • Human rights and international trade

    Thomas Cottier;Joost Pauwelyn;Elisabeth Bürgi

  • International trade regulation : law and policy in the WTO, the European Union and Switzerland : cases, materials and comments

    Thomas Cottier;Matthias Oesch;Thomas M. Fischer

  • Trade and Human Rights: A Relationship to Discover

    Thomas Cottier

  • From Progressive Liberalization to Progressive Regulation in WTO Law

    Thomas Cottier

  • The prospects of 21st Century constitutionalism

    Thomas Cottier;Maya Hertig

  • The prospects of international trade regulation: From fragmentation to coherence

    Thomas Cottier;Panagiotis Delimatsis

  • Energy in WTO Law and Policy

    Thomas Cottier;Garba Malumfashi;Sofya Matteotti-Berkutova;Olga Nartova

  • The relationship between World Trade Organization law, national and regional law

    T Cottier;KN Schefer

  • The Principle of Common Concern and Climate Change

    Thomas Cottier;Philipp Aerni;Baris Karapinar;Sofya Matteotti

  • The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

    Thomas Cottier

  • The Balance of Power in WTO Decision-Making: Towards Weighted Voting in Legislative Response

    Thomas Cottier;Satoko Takenoshita

  • The Prospects for Intellectual Property in GATT

    Thomas Cottier

  • Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization: Characteristics and Structural Implications for the European Union

    Thomas Cottier

  • International Trade Law: the Impact of Justiciability and Separations of Powers in EC Law

    Thomas Cottier

  • What Role for Non-Discrimination and Prudential Standards in International Financial Law?

    Thomas Cottier;Markus Krajewski

  • Rights to Plant Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge: Basic Issues and Perspectives

    Susette Biber-Klemm;Thomas Cottier;Danuta Szymura Berglas

  • Equitable Principles of Maritime Boundary Delimitation

    Thomas Cottier

  • International Trade and Human Rights. Foundations and Conceptual Issues

    Frederick M. Abbott;Christine Breining-Kaufmann;Thomas Cottier;Michelle Foster

  • International trade regulation and the mitigation of climate change : World Trade Forum

    Thomas Cottier;Olga Nartova;Sadeq Z. Bigdeli

  • Limits to International Trade: the Constitutional Challenge

    Thomas Cottier

  • Regulatory Barriers and the Principle of Non-discrimination in World Trade Law: Past, Present, and Future

    Thomas Cottier;Petros Constantinos Mavroidis;Patrick Blatter

  • State Trading in the Twenty-First Century: The World Trade Forum, Volume 1

    Thomas Cottier;Petros Constantinos Mavroidis;Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer

  • International Trade and Human Rights: Foundations and Conceptual Issues (World Trade Forum, Volume 5)

    Christine Breining-Kaufmann;Frederick Abbott;Thomas Cottier

  • The Rule of Law in Monetary Affairs: World Trade Forum

    Thomas Cottier;Rosa María Lastra;Christian Tietje;Lucía Satragno

  • The Prospects of International Trade Regulation

    Thomas Cottier;Panagiotis Delimatsis

  • International trade and climate change

    Thomas Cottier;Nashina Shariff

Frequent Co-Authors

Petros C. Mavroidis
Petros C. Mavroidis Columbia University
Elena Xoplaki
Elena Xoplaki University of Giessen
Jan Wouters
Jan Wouters KU Leuven
Joost Pauwelyn
Joost Pauwelyn Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
John H. Jackson
John H. Jackson Georgetown University
Peter K. Yu
Peter K. Yu Texas A&M University

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