Alexandra Bögner is a postdoctoral researcher in the Sustainability Research Group at the University of Basel where she investigates the implementation of sustainable supply chains due diligence legislations (such as the EU Deforestation Regulation or the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive) in the EXPECT-AGRI project led by Prof. Grabs.

Prior to joining the University of Basel, Alexandra Bögner was a doctoral researcher at the University of Salzburg’s Centre of European Union Studies (SCEUS). Her PhD thesis “Leveraging trade for climate” investigates how the EU employs different policy instruments to promote climate objectives towards its trade partners and how economic and other interest compete to shape the trade-climate nexus. During her PhD, she spent time as a visiting researcher at the University of Konstanz and the University of Antwerp.

Alexandra holds a joint Master’s degree in International Relations from the Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and University of Potsdam. She has also worked as a trade policy analyst in the private sector and as research assistant at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).