Cluster International challenges
The cluster international challenges promotes structured and ongoing dialogue between politics and science on current developments in international cooperation.
Responsibilities
The cluster international challenges supports political decision-makers with evidence-bsed, scientific expertise. It is part of the National Network for Scientific Advice. It addresses potential global challenges and risks for Switzerland at the intersection of economic, trade and security policy.
The steering committee brings together researcjers from various disciplines, including security policy, economic policy, social sciences and humanitarian crises. Thanks to this diversity of expertise, they are able to consider international challenges from multiple perspectives by linking fact-based analyses with projetions and risk scenarios.
Steering committee
Prof. Matteo Gianni
Expertise: Citizenship, Integration, and Multiculturalism
Université de Genève
Matteo.Gianni@unige.ch
Prof. Dr. Catherine Hoeffler
Expertise: political economy of security, European Union, armament production, economic security, war financing
Université de Genève
Dr. Klaus Schöneberger
Expertise: Science and technology innovation, extreme human vulnerability, poverty, humanitarian crises and armed conflict.
EPFL ESSTECH