Axel Marx

Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies

Axel Marx is Deputy Director of the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, an interdisciplinary research centre at KU Leuven. He has managed over 80 funded research projects, including multi-team and international European initiatives, and served as a consultant to various national and international organizations, such as EU institutions, several UN agencies, the OECD, World Bank, and multiple national governments. He has published over 200 academic works in leading international peer-reviewed journals, including ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, World Trade Review, Global Policy, International Labour Review, Regulation and Governance, European Political Science Review, and Sustainable Development, among others. He recently co-edited the Research Handbook on Global Governance, Business and Human Rights (Edward Elgar, 2022), and guest co-edited special issues in International Labour Review, Global Policy, Sustainability, and Journal of European Integration. He developed a MOOC on Sustainable Development Goals and Sustainable Trade on the EdX platform and launched an EdX Professional Certificate on Global Sustainability Governance. He regularly lectures at various universities and currently serves as co-chair of the Academic Advisory Council of the UN Forum on Sustainability Standards, and holds advisory roles in other international research and policy networks. His research interests include sustainability standards, sustainable development and trade, human and labour rights, global governance, and EU trade policy.