Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

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Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)


Established:	2008
Type:	Public
Director:	Philippe Burrin
Students:	1000
Location:	Geneva, Switzerland
Nickname:	The Graduate Institute
Website:	http://graduateinstitute.ch/

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) is a result of the merger of the Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI) and the Graduate Institute of Development Studies (IUED) and is operational since January 1^st 2008.

1 History
2 Organization
3 Academic continuity
4 Locations
- 4.1 Library
5 Prominent Graduates
6 Prominent past and present faculty
7 References
8 External links

[edit] History

The Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI) was founded in 1927 at the time of the League of Nations by William Rappard and Paul Mantoux. It was, in accordance with its statutes, "an institution intended to provide to students of all nations the means of undertaking and pursuing international studies, most notably of an historic, judicial, economic, political and social nature."

The Institute was created in Geneva in light of the development of different international and intergovernmental institutions that were established there. It was for a long time one of the few academic institutions in the world to deal exclusively with international relations, thus contributing to the renown of international Geneva. It represents a unique interface between the theory and practice of international relations and responds to the growing importance of international relations in today's world.

In 2008, the merger of HEI and IUED led to the creation of the IHEID.

[edit] Organization

[edit] Legal Status

As the two predecessor institutions, IHEID is constituted as a Swiss private law foundation (Fondation pour les hautes études internationales et du développement), sharing a convention with the University of Geneva. ^[1] This is a particular organization form, because IHEID is constituted as a foundation of private law fulfilling a public purpose. ^[2] In addition, the political responsibility is shared between the Swiss Confederation and the Canton of Geneva. Usually in Switzerland, it is the responsibility of the Cantons to run public universities, except for the Federal Institutes of Technology (ETHZ and EPFL). IHEID is therefore something like a hybrid institution, in-between the two standard categories.^[3]

[edit] Foundation Board

The Foundation Board is the administrative body of the Institute. It assembles academics, politicians, people of public live and practicioners. Roger de Weck (publicist and journalist) assumes the presidency of the Board as he did for HEI before. The vice-president is Jacques Forster (vice-president of the ICRC).

The Board includes among others: Iris Bohnet (professor at the Kennedy School of Government), Peter Gomez (president of the supervisory board of SWX, Joëlle Kuntz (journalist), Yves Mény (president of the European University Institute in Florence). ^[4]

[edit] Administration

The Institute is headed by Philippe Burrin, the former director of HEI and his deputy is Michel Carton, the former director of IUED.

[edit] Academic continuity

In a first step, the existing degree programmes (Master’s and Ph.D. in Development Studies, Master’s in International Affairs, Master’s and Ph.D. in International Studies) will continue to be offered in the following years.

M.A. and Ph.D. students beginning their course of studies in September 2007 will receive at the end of their training a diploma from the new Institute.

[edit] Locations

IHEID is distributed in different buildings between the Palace of Nations and Lake Geneva. There are plans to build a Maison de la Paix (House of peace) that would bring together the different departments of the institute and the library under one roof. It would also allow to host other institutions related to the resarch in international relations. So far it is unclear, if and when this building is to be constructed.

[edit] Library

The libraries of IUED and HEI have been merged in August 2007. The new library is now one of the richest libraries in the fields of development and international relations in Switzerland and in Europe.

[edit] Prominent Graduates

Hédi Annabi, United Nations Assistant-Secretary General, Department of Peacekeeping Operations
Kofi Annan, former-Secretary-General of the United Nations
Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005
Micheline Calmy-Rey, member of the Swiss Federal Council and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Rüdiger Dornbusch, longtime professor at the MIT Economics Department
Arthur Dunkel, director-general of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) between 1980 and 1993
Patricia Espinosa, diplomat and designated Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
Saul Friedländer, historian, Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, (see below)
Philipp M. Hildebrand, member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank
Imran Nazar Hosein, Muslim Scholar and Writer
Leonid Hurwicz, 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics
Nobuyuki Idei, Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation between 1999 and 2005
Kamil Idris, director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Sandra Kalniete, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia between 2002 and 2004
Jakob Kellenberger, President of the ICRC
Giorgio Malinverni is a Swiss law professor and the Swiss judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
Robert McFarlane, United States National Security Advisor between 1983 and 1985
Hans-Gert Poettering, President of the European Parliament
Michael Reiterer, ambassador of the European Commission to Switzerland
Jean-Pierre Roth, Chairman of the Swiss National Bank
Brad Smith, Microsoft Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary
Hernando de Soto, a Peruvian economist and President of Peru's Institute for Liberty and Democracy(ILD)
Lyal S. Sunga, Senior Lecturer and Director of Research, Raoul Wallenberg Institute
Abdulqawi Yusuf, Legal adviser and Director of the Office of International Standards and Legal Affairs for UNESCO

[edit] Prominent past and present faculty

Georges Abi-Saab - Honorary Professor, taught at the Graduate Institute , former ad hoc Judge of the International Court of Justice, former Judge of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR), currently Chairman, Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization
Bolaji Akinyemi - visiting professor in 1977^[5]
Lucius Caflisch - judge at the European Court of Human Rights, member of the UN International Law Commission
Guglielmo Ferrero - Italian historian
Saul Friedländer - after his PhD at HEI he taught there in summer semesters from 1963 to 1988 ^[6]
Hans Kelsen - taught international law between 1934 and 1940
Paul Mantoux - co-founder of the Institute.
Theodor Meron - taught international law between 1991 and 1995
Ludwig von Mises - professor for international economic relations between 1934 and 1940
Bertrand Ramcharan - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ) and first holder of the HEI Swiss Chair of Human Rights (2006)
William Rappard - co-founder and director of the Institute (1928) and director of the Mandate Department of the League of Nations.
Wilhelm Röpke - professor for international economics between 1937 and 1966

[edit] References

^ About the Foundation Board of HEI: http://www.hei.unige.ch/pres/fond.html
^ (French) Horizons IUED, No 51, Mars 2007, p.1: http://www.iued.unige.ch/information/horizons/h51.pdf
^ (German) NZZ, May 28th, 2007 http://www.nzz.ch/2006/05/28/il/articleE5QID.html
^ (French) Official press release: http://www.news-service.admin.ch/NSBSubscriber/message/fr/12617
^ Oloyede, Dokun. "Bolaji Akinyemi, the Seagull, at 60", Thisday online, Leaders & Company, 2002-01-06. Retrieved on 2007-10-27.
^ (German) Das Magazin, 2007/41 Die ganze Geschichte

[edit] External links

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Official Website
Study Programmes offered at IHEID: http://graduateinstitute.ch/corporate/teaching_en.html

v • d • e Europaeum

Bologna • Bonn • HEI, Geneva • Helsinki • Kraków (Jagiellonian) • Leiden • Madrid (Complutense) • Oxford • Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne • Prague

v • d • e The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs

Member Schools	School of International Service • Norman Paterson School of International Affairs • School of International and Public Affairs • Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy • Elliott School of International Affairs • Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service • Graduate Institute of International Studies • John F. Kennedy School of Government • Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris • Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies • Korea University • London School of Economics • Moscow State University • Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs • Ritsumeikan University • Seoul National University • St. Petersburg State University • Stockholm School of Economics • Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs • Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy • Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies • University of Denver • University of Maryland, College Park • Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy • Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs • University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs • University of Southern California School of International Relations • University of St. Gallen • Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies • Yale Center for International and Area Studies

Affiliate Member Schools	National Foreign Affairs Training Center • DePaul University • Florida International University • Fordham University • George Mason University • Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center • International University of Japan • Monterey Institute • North Carolina State University • Center for Global Change and Governance • John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations • Thunderbird School of Global Management • Universidad Externado de Colombia • Committee On International Relations • University of Miami • University of Oregon • Munk Centre for International Studies • Utsunomiya University

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