Joel Sandhu

Joel Sandhu is a Research Assistant with the Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin. His research interests focus on the EU-China relations, the WTO, global governance and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Joel manages GPPi’s website and newsletter as well as supports GPPi’s research on the EU-China relations and global governance.

Before joining GPPi in January 2008, Joel worked in London with Policy Network as a policy officer on their Globalisation and Social Justice research team where he researched the EU’s role in economic globalisation. He also wrote various on-line publications on trade issues between the EU and China; Social Inequalities and Dysfunctional Societies; and Global Economic Governance for Policy Network. Previously, Joel worked with Sister Cities International US, a non-profit citizen diplomacy network, where he acted as the official translator to the Mexican delegation. He also served as a research specialist in the office of the former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Jim Wright.

Joel holds a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from Texas Christian University, US, and a M.A. in International Relations and International Law from the University of Sussex, UK.

Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Punjabi, Cantonese and Mandarin.