Nadezhda Skotnikova works in the climate crisis team at the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS) as Events Manager and Policy – Climate & Trade Nexus. She brings more than 13 years of experience leading policy analysis, designing and delivering high-level international policy dialogues, and supporting multilateral negotiations at the intersection of trade, climate action, circular economy, and sustainable development.

Before joining TESS, Nadezhda worked as an independent consultant for international organizations, as well as for the private sector, with a focus on trade, sustainability, regulatory developments, and value chains, including in the textile sector. She has previously worked in several roles supporting inter-governmental processes at the multilateral level, serving as the Secretary to the Trade Committee at UNECE and worked at the WTO Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division.

Her research and publications focus on sustainable trade, circular economy, government procurement, global value chains, competition policy, digital trade, and sustainable development. Nadezhda is a certified Project Management Professional and a PhD candidate in International Law at the University of Zürich. She holds a Master in International Law and Economics from the University of Bern. She is fluent in English and Russian and has professional fluency in French.

Selected publications

• Sporysheva, N. (2024). Global value chains. Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law: Second Edition, Edward Elgar.
• Türk, E. and Sporysheva, N. (2022). Promoting circularity in transition economies: The role of trade and economic cooperation. Global Trade and Customs Journal, 17(2): 91–102.
• Sporysheva, N. (2021). Government procurement: green/sustainable government procurement. Trade and Environmental Law, Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law, Edward Elgar.
• Anderson, R. D., Kovacic, W. E., Müller, A. C., Salgueiro, A., and Sporysheva, N. (2020). Competition policy and the global economy: Current developments and issues for reflection. The George Washington Law Review, 88(6): 1421–1476.
• Anderson, R. D. and Sporysheva, N. (2019). The revised WTO Agreement on Government Procurement: Evolving global footprint, economic impact and policy significance. Public Procurement Law Review, 28(3): 71–91.
• Acharya, R., Al-Battashi, S., Boghossian, A., Ghei, N., Herrera, T., Jackson, L., Kask, U., Locatelli, C., Marceau, G., Motoc, I., Müller, A., Neufeld, N., Padilla, S., Pardo de Leon, J., Perantakou, S., Sporysheva, N., & Wolff, C. (2019). Trade and women—Opportunities for women in the framework of the World Trade Organization. Journal of International Economic Law, 22(3): 323–354
• WTO, WIPO, and WHO (2020). Promoting access to medical technologies and innovation: Intersections between public health, intellectual property and trade, 2nd edition. World Trade Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, and World Health Organization. Contributor.
• WTO (2020). A handbook on the WTO TRIPS Agreement, 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press and World Trade Organization. Contributor.