Prof. Dr. Kai Gehring is currently a professor for political economy and sustainable development at the Economics department of the University of Bern, in addition to being a member of the Wyss Academy for Nature. As a research professor, he is also associated with the ifo institute in Munich. Before that, he worked at the University of Zurich, funded by a 4-year "Ambizione Grant" from the Swiss National Science Foundation. Currently, he is a Gheering isa member of CESifo, the European Development Network (EUDN), the Development Economics Committee of the German Economic Association, and the "Globalization and Development" Group (GlaD).