Tim Hirschel-Burns

Tim Hirschel-Burns is Policy Liaison for the Global Economic Governance Initiative at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center. His work spans development finance, financial stability, and trade and investment and he closely follows related policy processes at the Bretton Woods institutions, the UN and the G20. Tim engages closely with policymakers, think tanks and civil society organizations.

Tim has written for publications including Foreign Policy, Just Security, The Los Angeles Review of Books and The Yale Journal of International Law, and his analysis has been featured in outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian and The BBC. Prior to his current role, Tim was a Bernstein International Human Rights Fellow with Oxfam America. He is a trained lawyer with a J.D. from Yale Law School. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Swarthmore College and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Benin.