PIERRE DU BOIS CHAIR europe and the world
In partnership with the Fondation Pierre du Bois pour l’histoire du temps présent, the Graduate Institute decided to create a Chair to honour the memory of Pierre du Bois, a professor at the Institute who died prematurely in 2007. The first holder of the Chair was Professor Michael Goebel, from 2018 to 2021. Since September 2021, he has been the Einstein Professor of Global History at Freie Universität, Berlin. A search for his replacement at the Graduate Institute is under way.
The Fondation Pierre du Bois has generously supported the Institute for 10 years, notably financing scholarships and a prize for students, as well as an annual seminar organised by the International History Department.
Curt Gasteyger Chair in International Security and Conflict Studies
The Association for the Promotion and Study of International Security (APESI) has decided to fund a Chair for four years to encourage teaching and research activities in the area of international security. The incumbent is Professor Thomas Biersteker, who is also director of the programme on global governance.
André Hoffmann Chairs
Andre Hoffmann and the Hoffmann Foundation is funding the Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability and the five chairs affiliated to it. The center’s double mission is to conduct cutting-edge academic research on the complex interactions between natural, economic, social, legal and political systems and to inform, through research and outreach, decision-making on global sustainability for a peaceful, equitable and sustainable world for current and future living communities
The co-directors of the Centre are Professor Dominic Rohner, André Hoffmann Chair in Political Economics and Governance, and Professor Beatrice Weder di Mauro, André Hoffmann Chair of Global Economics, Climate and Nature Finance. The other holders of the chairs are Julia Cajal Grossi, Associate Professor and André Hoffmann Chair in Trade and Development, Imelda is Andre Hoffmann Assistant Professor in Environmental and Resource Economics, and Professor Timothy Swanson, André Hoffmann Chair in Environmental Economics.