Highlights

Rector Emeritus, University of Geneva

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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

    See the sections:

  • 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

Founding President “The Glion Colloquium”

A global think tank committed to the future and responsibilities of research universities

Founding President “The Glion Colloquium”

A global think tank committed to the future and responsibilities of research universities
Glion Colloquium

Monographies, edited books and main papers

  • 6 books in economics and public economics
6 books
  • 16 books on Higher education and research issues
12 Books
  • More than 100 book chapters, papers, published expertise and lecures in economics or higher education and research (see under chapters and papers)

    Curriculum vitae and publication list

  • Short biography (english)
6 books

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

  • Short biography (english)
  • Brève biographie (français)
  • Biographie détaillée (français)
  • Publication list/Liste de publications Read more…
  • 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