Zarlasht M. Razeq received her Ph.D. in Political Science (IR) from McGill University in the Fall of 2023. Her research interests are in the IPE of trade, GVCs, and FDI. Her dissertation examined the effect of trade institutions (deep PTAs) on global value chains (GVCs) at the country and firm levels. Her current projects expand on her dissertation research and focus on MNCs’ supply chain networks, FDI and climate change, and the role of international trade institutions in supply chain resilience. In 2022, her work won the UNCTAD & the Academy of International Business Award for Best Research on Investment and Development(Link is external). In the 2023/2024 academic year, she was a Research Fellow at the Warwick Business School U.K., where she worked on the analysis of supply chains and FDI. In 2023, she served as a consultant for UNCTAD’s Division on Investment and Enterprise in Geneva. Zarlasht also holds an M.A. in International Development and an M.A. in International Affairs, specializing in global political economy (GPE).