David Dorn holds the Chair of International Trade and Labor Markets at the University of Zurich. He has previously been an Associate Professor at CEMFI Madrid, a Visiting Professor at Harvard University and a Visiting Scholar at Boston University, MIT and the University of Chicago. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of St. Gallen.

His current research studies the labor market impacts of trade and technology, and patterns of economic geography.

David joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in October 2008 and became a Research Fellow in December 2011.