Linda Wanklin (29) is a doctoral student and research assistant for the research project GOVPET (Governance in Vocational and Professional Education and Training) at the University of St. Gallen. She is researching the transfer of collective vocational training systems and is interested in how the private sector can become involved in the governance of vocational training in non-OECD countries. She has gained international professional experience in German development cooperation at GIZ in Morocco and in the West Africa & Sahel Division at BMZ Bonn, at the ILO in Lebanon and in human rights organisations in Israel and India. She graduated in International Development from Sciences Po Paris and in International Affairs and Governance from the University of St. Gallen.