Highlights
Rector Emeritus, University of Geneva

Almost 10 years in the presidency of the University of Geneva, 4 years as RectorUniversity of Geneva
Honorary Professor at the University of Geneva
- 30 years of teaching and research as a full Professor at the Department of economics of the University of Geneva; main subjects: public economics, public finance, economics of education & stabilization policy
- Invited professor at the University of Lausanne, Fribourg and at the University of California, Los Agenes (UCLA)
- Expert in various Commities at federal and regional levels, in particular Member of the Swiss Economic Advisers, Member of the federal expert Committee on Stabilization policy and Vice-President of the Expert Committee for economic and social statistic
Publications
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- BOOKS
- OTHER PUBLICATIONS7CONTRIBUTIONS
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Services to …
… to University and governemental organizations
- President of the Swiss Universities Rectors Conference Swiss Universities
- Founding board member of EUA (European University Association). EUA
- Vice-President and treasurer of IAU (International Association of Universities). IAU
- President of the Steering Committee for Higher Education and Research of the Councile of Europe
… to national higher education systems and to institutions
- With the World Bank, multiyear expertise in Tunisia and Vietnam as well as short missions in Azerbaïdjan, and Poland
- With the Council of Europe, mission in Bulgaria, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Moldova/li>
- For the Ministry of Higher Education and Research of Luxembourg, co-founder of the University of Luxemburg
more than 40 Evaluations & accreditations
such as :- Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
- Free university of Brussels (ULB)
- Universities of Strasbourg (France)
- Tohoku University, Sendai, (Japan)
- Trinity College Dublin, (Ireland)
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany)
- Institut d’études politiques (Sciences Po) (France)
- Paris V Descartes (France)
Founding President “The Glion Colloquium”
- A global think tank committed to the future and responsibilities of research universities
Lead organizer of 12 Colloquia from 1998 to 2019
with 20-25 university leaders of top class institutions from all over the world and co-editor of 12 books
Training and Carrier
Professional and scientific training
- Master degree in Economics and business studies as well as in Political sciences at the University of Lausanne
- PhD in Economics at the University of Lausanne
- 4 years scientific collaborator at the Department of Economic affairs, Swiss Government in Bern, the last 2 years as General Secretary of the Swiss expert Committee on Stabilization policy
- 1 year personal leave to write the PhD thesis
- Beneficiary of a 4 years research grant; visiting scolar at the Institute of Social and Economic Research of the University of York (UK)
Curriculum vitae and publication list
Awards
- 1987 Recipient of the Medal of the University of Geneva for exceptional services as Vice-Rector
- 2006 Recipient of a Dr Honoris Causa of the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve (UCL)
- Nomination as Associate Member of the belgium Royal Academy
- Recipient of a Dr Honoris Causa of the University of Neuchâtel for its contribution to the teachnig of Public economics and for his engagement in favor of an economic policy based on analyzed facts