Sunayana Sasmal is a Research Fellow in International Trade Law at the UK Trade Policy Observatory, University of Sussex. Her work engages with the intersections of international trade, law, and policy, with a particular focus on the evolving architecture of global economic governance and sustainability. She brings experience across international organizations, academia, and government, having previously held positions at the World Trade Organization, the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, the World Bank, Tulip Consulting, and the Centre for WTO Studies, Government of India. Sunayana earned her LL.M. from Columbia Law School, where she was a James Kent Scholar and Jagdish Bhagwati Fellow, and a B.A., LL.B. (International Trade and Investment Law Hons.) from National Law University, Jodhpur. Her scholarship has appeared in leading journals and edited volumes, on issues at the intersection of trade, development, and sustainability.