Till Schöfer is a PhD researcher at the Hertie School in Berlin. He holds degrees in international relations and history from the London School of Economics, Sciences Po, Paris and the University of Cambridge. His doctoral thesis interrogates changes in Chinese foreign policy amidst a contemporary crisis of multilateralism. These changes cover EU–China relations, strategic narratives and international aid flows. Further research covers the rights of developing countries in the WTO and the international trade regime more broadly. He works as a researcher at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, having previously held research positions at the Hertie School in Berlin and Asia House in London.