Gilles Carbonnier

Carbonnier’s career trajectory combines academia, humanitarian action, international trade and development.

Over the same period, he was President of the Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action and Vice-President of the European Association of Development Studies.

Carbonnier has been a visiting professor in several academic institutions including the American University of Beirut (Issam Fares Institute); the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and SciencesPo - Paris.

International Trade and Development After short assignments in the 80’s with the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico and Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs (Keizai Koho Center), Carbonnier joined the Swiss Federal Office for Foreign Economic Affairs where he conducted multilateral trade negotiations under the GATT/WTO and trade-related development work (1992-1996).

Between 1993-1996 he undertook electoral supervision missions with the UN and OSCE in Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mozambique and Ukraine.