Robert Wolfe is Professor in the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University. He was a foreign service officer for many years, serving abroad in Bangladesh and in the Canadian Delegation to the OECD in Paris. Since joining Queen's in 1995 he has published widely on Canadian trade policy and on the World Trade Organization. His current work on the WTO centres on questions of transparency and accountability.

Wolfe joined the faculty of the School of Policy Studies in July 1995. He was the MPA Program Director from 2002 until 2008. He teaches policy analysis and trade policy and is the lead director of the Annual Queen's Institute on Trade Policy. He is the coordinator of Canadian participation in the Canada-UK Colloquium and a Senior Fellow of the Centre for International and Defence Policy. Outside Queen's he is an Associate of the International Institute for Sustainable Development and a Senior Fellow of the Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy and Competitiveness Research Network.