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09 September 2024

Welcome to Our New Faculty Members

The Geneva Graduate Institute is happy to welcome three new professors:  Johannes Boehm, Claude Raisaro, and Dominic Rohner


Johannes Boehm (PhD, London School of Economics) is Professor of International Economics at the Geneva Graduate Institute, as well as a research fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London and the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics. He conducts research and teaches on topics related to international trade, industrial development, growth, and firms, as well as on macroeconomics and environmental economics. Previously, he was a professor at Sciences Po, Paris. He has held visiting positions at Princeton, Harvard, and the Institut européen d’administration des affaires (INSEAD). His current research focuses on the role that trade and trade networks play in the process of growth, as well as on policies that can both foster the development of industrial capabilities and enhance economic resilience in the face of adverse conditions, including geopolitical risk and climate change. 
 


Claude Raisaro (PhD, University of Zurich) joins the Geneva Graduate Institute as Assistant Professor of Development Microeconomics and Pictet Chair in Finance and Development, affiliated to the International Economics Department and the Centre for Finance and Development, after completing his PhD at the University of Zurich. He is also affiliated to the Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets at Stockholm School of Economics. He works at the intersection of development and behavioural economics. His research focuses on how social norms influence organisations and the functioning of markets. Additionally, he works on the economics of education and inequality. He uses field experiments and observational data to address these topics.
 


In addition to his position as Professor of International Economics, Dominic Rohner is André Hoffmann Chair in Political Economics and Governance  and Co-director of the Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability at the Geneva Graduate Institute. He is also a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London, CESifo, Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource-Rich Economies (OxCarre), and the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN). His research on political and development economics has won several prizes and grants, including a European Research Council (ERC) grant on “Policies for Peace”. He also acts as Associate Editor at the Economic Journal, leader of the CEPR Research and Policy Network on Preventing Conflict, and is a member of the National Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).