Clint Peinhardt is a Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Political Economy at The University of Texas at Dallas. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from The University of Michigan, a master’s from the Institute of Social Studies (now part of Erasmus University Rotterdam) in The Netherlands, and a B.A. from Birmingham-Southern College. His primary research interest is how politics affects international economics, and he has written about this interaction in a variety of settings, including the effects of public opinion on trade policy, the political determinants of the timing of financial liberalization, the politics of investor-state dispute settlement, and the effects of treaties on foreign investment. He teaches classes on international organizations, international political economy, international finance, and soccer and politics.

He will speak on "The Role of Law Firms in Investor-State Dispute Settlement".