Samantha S. DERKSEN is Research Assistant for our Global Platform Programme. A candidate to Master of International Law and Economics (MILE) with focus on trade regulation and WTO-law at the World Trade Institute (WTI). Earned a BA Honours degree with focus on economics, law, psychology and statistics from the University College Utrecht. Worked as a Junior consultant for A-Advies in Utrecht and as a Trainee pool on social innovation for the Nederlands Centrum voor Sociale Innovatie (Dutch Centre for Social Innovation) in Rotterdam. She is a Dutch-Swiss national.