Laura Cyron

Laura Cyron is an experienced Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), where responsibilities include contributing to G20 research on data governance, co-organizing the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-commerce and the Digital Economy, and managing projects such as the development of a new data portal on the digital economy. Previous roles in UNCTAD involved contributions to major reports and organization of high-level sessions for the Economic and Social Council. Laura's early career included a research assistant position at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, a research internship at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, and an editorial internship at Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. Laura holds a PhD in Development Economics from the Geneva Graduate Institute and has completed additional certifications in machine learning and data science programming.