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Board and Directorate

The main tasks of the Board are overall supervision of the IGS North-South, and setting the strategic direction. The Directorate is mainly responsible for supervision of the operational management, and making decisions on admission to the IGS North-South and certification. For further details, please see the IGS North-South Rules of Procedure.

Prof. Dr. Laurent Goetschel

Chairman, IGS North-South Board
Chairman, IGS North-South Directorate
Director, swisspeace, University of Basel
Professor of Political Science, University of Basel

Prof. Dr. Thomas Breu

Executive Director and Secretary of the Board, IGS North-South
Directorate Member, IGS North-South
Director, Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern

Prof. Dr. Norman Backhaus

Board Member, IGS North-South

Directorate Member, IGS North-South

Member, Development Study Group, University of Zurich

Professor, Institute of Geography, University of Zurich

Joana Eichenberger

Board Member, IGS North-South

Student Representative

PhD Candidate, University of Bern

Prof. Dr. Tobias Haller

Board Member, IGS North-South

Professor, Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern

Prof. Dr. Christian Kull

Board Member, IGS North-South

Professor, Institute of Geography and Sustainability,

University of Lausanne

Prof. Dr. Susan Thieme

Board Member, IGS North-South
Professor, Institute of Geography, University of Bern

Prof. Dr. René Véron

Board Member, IGS North-South
Professor, Institute of Geography and Sustainability, University of Lausanne

Prof. Dr. Jakob Zinsstag

Board Member, IGS North-South
Professor Swiss TPH, University of Basel

Management Centre

International Graduate School North-South
Universities of Basel, Bern, Lausanne and Zurich

Mittelstrasse 43
3012 Bern
Switzerland

Phone: +41 31 631 52 71
Email: igs-north-south@cde.unibe.ch