Nicolas Bau

Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science
University of Geneva

I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. In 2025-26, I am a visiting researcher at Princeton University, USA. I study how domestic and international transitions in industrialized nations shape their engagement with the Global South, focusing on the political economy of foreign aid, development finance, international organizations, and firm behavior.

I hold an M.A. in Political Science from Sciences Po, Paris. I have gained research and policy experience at the ENS-PSL, the OECD, and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. My research has been supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Ernst and Lucie Schmidheiny Foundation.