Registration is open for the 2026 Annual Berkowitz Lecture.
Former Chief Economist of the World Trade Organization, Ralph Ossa will deliver The Multilateral Trading System: Resilience, Erosion, and the Role of Middle Powers.
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2026
Time: 6:30pm ET; a reception will follow the lecture
Location: Seeley Hall, Trinity College, 6 Hoskin Ave., Toronto, M5S 1H8
RSVP: Due to limited seating, guests are encouraged to RSVP as soon as possible
Ralph Ossa holds the UBS Foundation Professorship in Economics at the University of Zurich. From January 2023 until June 2025 he served as Chief Economist of the Word Trade Organization. His research focuses on international economics with a particular emphasis on questions of policy relevance. For example, he has explored the economics of trade wars and trade talks and estimated how much countries gain from international trade. For his project “Deep Integration Agreements”, Ossa received an ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council. He was chairman of the Department of Economics between 2019-2022 and co-editor of the Journal of International Economics between 2016-2022. Prior to moving to Zurich, he served on the faculty of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He holds a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics.
The Berkowitz Lecture Series is presented by the Master of Financial Economics (MFE) Program in memory of Michael Berkowitz (1946 – 2004), former Department of Economics Chair and founder of the Master of Financial Economics program.
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