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 Chair in Environmental Economics
This Chair, funded by the Hoffmann Foundation, is intended to make an important scientific contribution to the analysis of the impact on societies and the international system of environmental changes within the confines of finite natural resources. It also seeks to contribute to the search for collective responses to the problems generated by this challenge, including through close interaction with international actors (governments, international and non-governmental organisations, private sector) working in this area. The holder of the Chair is Professor Timothy Swanson, who is also co-director of the Centre for International Environmental Studies, and Imelda is Andre Hoffmann Assistant Professor in Environmental and Resource Economics.