Katerina Akestoridi

Dr. Katerina Akestoridi is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow with the Global Economic Governance Initiative at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center. She is an international lawyer and researcher, specializing in international development and global economic governance with a particular focus on the role of international financial institutions and business in fostering sustainable development and the realization of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. She read law at the Democritus University of Thrace (LL.B (hons)), the University College London (LL.M (merit)) and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London (PhD).

Katerina has held various research and teaching appointments at the law faculties of the Université Catholique de Lille, the Università degli Studi di Cagliari, the University of Zurich, and University College London (UCL). Katerina is also an admitted member to the Athens Bar Association. She has practiced law in Athens, Greece and consulted in the non-governmental organization (NGO) sector on issues pertaining to democratic governance and the rule of law. Recent publications include: ‘The UN Sustainable Development Goals: A Commentary‘ (OUP 2023) edited with I.Bantekas and F.Seatzu; ‘Enhancing the Transformative Potential of the Sustainable Development Goals’ (Global Jurist 2020, with F Seatzu); ‘The Role of Business in International Development and the Attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals’ in I Bantekas and M Stein (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Business and Human Rights Law (CUP 2021).