The Governing Committee
The Governing Committee is composed of SNIS founding members from the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, as well as institutional founding partners in Switzerland: the World Trade Institute, Bern; the Center for Comparative and International Studies, University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich; the Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel; and the Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research, University of St.Gallen.
The Governing Committee:
- heads the Swiss Network for International Studies and the bodies and organs created within
- validates the selection made by the Scientific Committee of projects that qualified for funding
- defines and takes decision with regard to the budget
- defines long term strategies
- approves the evaluations made by the Jury of the SNIS Award as well as of the International Geneva Award
Members
| Picture | Name | Institution | Current position | Department/Institute/Section |
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Thomas Bernauer | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich | Professor of Political Science (International Relations) | Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) - Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED) |
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Philippe Burrin | Institut de hautes Etudes internationales et du Développement - Graduate Institute | Director | |
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Thomas Cottier | Universität Bern | Managing Director | World Trade Institute (WTI) |
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Yves Flückiger | Université de Genève | Vice-recteur, Professeur | Département d’économie politique |
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Sandrine Kott | Université de Genève | Professor of European contemporary history | Faculté de Lettres - Histoire |
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Elisabeth Prügl | Institut de hautes Etudes internationales et du Développement - Graduate Institute | Research programme on Gender and Global Change | Political Science |