Katrin Kuhlmann

Katrin Kuhlmann is a Professor in Graduate and International Programs at Georgetown University Law Center and co-founder and Faculty Director of the Georgetown Law Center on Inclusive Trade and Development.  She is also the Founder of the New Markets Lab, a non-profit law and development innovation lab, through which she has worked with international institutions and local partners on a range of projects and programs across Africa and Asia.  

Prof. Kuhlmann is a non-resident Senior Associate with the Global Food Security Project of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and she serves on the Trade Advisory Committee on Africa at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, along with several other boards and advisory committees. Earlier in her career, she served as a trade negotiator and has held senior positions in think tanks and NGOs.  She is widely published in the areas of international law and development, comparative law, international trade law, sustainability and social inclusion, and agriculture and food security. She holds a law degree from Harvard Law School and was a Fulbright scholar in international economics.