Jappe Eckhardt is senior lecturer (associate professor) in international political economy at the University of York (UK). Before joining the University of York in 2016, he worked and taught at the University of Antwerp (Belgium), University of Bern (Switzerland), and Simon Fraser University (Canada). His research interests include trade politics, global value chains, business–government relations, and the role of emerging markets in the global economy. He has published widely on these and related topics in leading disciplinary and interdisciplinary journals.