Dr. Woolcock, Stephen

Position 
Associate Research Fellow
Nationality 
United Kingdom
At UNU-CRIS 
01/10/2005 to 31/12/2016
Research Interests 

International trade policy
Regional integration
Economic diplomacy (including in particular European economic diplomacy)

Biographical Statement 

Stephen Woolcock was an Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS in Bruges until the end of December 2016. He is also Programme Director for the Masters in International Political Economy at the London School of Economics, where he teaches international political economy, the political economy of international trade and economic diplomacy. He also heads the LSE’s International Trade Policy Unit, which coordinates research on trade topics, runs training programmes for practitioners and organises seminars that bridge the gap between academic research on trade and policy. His previous posts included Senior Research Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) (1988-94) and Deputy Director for international affairs and the Confederation of British Industry (1985-1988). He has worked as consultant and advisor to a number of international organisations including the EU and national governments.

Stephen Woolcock received his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brighton Polytechnics, a Master’s Degree in European Governmental Studies from the University of Edinburgh and obtained a PhD from the London School of Economics. He was Paul Henri Spaak Fellow at Harvard University in 1983-84.