The Webster Geneva International Relations has 16 Faculty members:

Alexandre J. Vautravers, PhD (Dept head)

Academic Degrees

• PhD in Contemporary History (Hons.) University of Lyon2, 2003.
• PhD in Social and Economic Sciences (Hons.) University of Geneva, 2004.

Courses taught (extract):

• HIST 3050: Economic History
• INTL 3290: Politics of International Economic Relations
• INTL 5700: Humanitarian Issues
• INTL 5550: War & Diplomacy
• INTL 5860: Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution
• INTL 6000: Theory and Practice (Capstone)

Interest Areas:

• International relations
• Conflict studies and conflict resolution
• Strategy and military doctrines, geopolitics
• Humanitarian action
• Technology and environmental studies
• As well as the politics of international economic relations.

At Webster since:
2006

Ted Bikin-kita
Former Judicial and Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister of the Interior and Security (Congo-Brazzaville). Former Lecturer within the Department of Government at University College Cork (Republic of Ireland).

Academic Degrees:

• Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA, Paris); ‘René Char Graduating Class 1993-1995’
• Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) ; 1989-1991 Graduating Class
• DEA in English Studies (with the highest distinction). Université de Bretagne Occidentale-Brest (France). 1988
• Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. National University of Ireland, Cork. 2008.

Courses taught:

• Area Studies: Africa
• History of Africa

Interest Areas:
African Studies and History; Comparative Politics; International Economics; Public Administration and Public Law.

At Webster since:
2008

Curtis F.J. Doebbler, PhD

Academic Degrees:

• London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. Ph.D. (international law) awarded March 1998.
• Radboud Universiteit (Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen), Nijmegen, NL. Degree of Masters of Law (LL.M./meesterstitel) awarded January 1994.
• New York Law School, New York City, New York, USA.
  Degree of Juris Doctors awarded August 1988; GPA: 2.8 (B).
• Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA.
  Bachelors of Arts (B.A.) in English Literature (fiction writing). Bachelors of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Journalism (print). Both awarded August 1983.

Courses taught:

• International Law (graduate and undergraduate)
• International Human Rights Law (graduate and undergraduate)
• International Human Rights Law in Practice (graduate)
• The Law and Practice of the Inter-American Human Rights System (graduate)
• Human Rights in the UN System (graduate)
• Human Rights in Africa (graduate)
• Human Rights in the Arab World (graduate)
• International Migration Law (graduate and undergraduate)
• International Relations (undergraduate)
• International Law Research & Writing (undergraduate)
• Relations Between Egypt and Sudan (graduate)
• International Refugee Law (undergraduate)
• International Criminal Law (graduate)
• International Humanitarian Law (graduate and undergraduate)
• International Human Rights Law and Diplomacy (graduate)
• International Law of Non-Discrimination (graduate and undergraduate)
• International Economic Law (undergraduate)
• Comparative Constitutional Law (undergraduate)
• The International Law of Treaties (graduate and undergraduate)
• International Economics (undergraduate)

Interest Areas:

International law, especially international human rights law, international criminal law, international humanitarian law and international refugee law.

At Webster since:
2007.

Sabina Donati, PhD

Academic Degrees:

• BA (Hons) in European Studies (French and Politics), Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, 1998
• DES in International Relations (International History and Politics), IUHEI, Geneva, 2000
• PhD in International Relations (International History and Politics), IUHEI, Geneva, 2007

Courses taught:

• “Modern Europe: Nation-States and Nationalism (1789-1945)”
• “Research Methods and Perspectives”

Interest Areas:
History, Citizenship Studies, Research Methodologies

At Webster since:
2008

Oreste Foppiani, PhD

Academic Degrees:

• PHD in International History and Politics (HEI, Geneva, 2008)
• Post Lauream in Foreign Service (ISPI, Milan, 1999)
• Laurea in Political Science (University of Pavia, 1997)

Courses taught:

• HIST 1010, Topics in History
• INTL 1500, The World System since 1500
• HIST 4300, Advanced Studies in US History

Interest Areas:
Spanish-Cuban-American War, Anglo-American relations during World War II, Italian Social Republic and Republican Fascism (1943-1945), US and Italian Navies, British and US intelligences during World War II, History of EU Integration, EU Security Policies, EU-US Relations, and US Power Politics.

At Webster since:
2009

Jubin M. Goodarzi, PhD

Academic Degrees:

• B.A. in International Studies, The American University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 1986
• M.A. in Arab Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 1991
• Ph.D. in International Relations, The London School of Economics, London, England, 2002.

Courses taught:

• HIST 2130 Refugee and Migration Movements
• POLT 2550 Politics of Development
• HIST 3150 International Affairs: Arab-Israeli Conflict
• HIST 2450 Third World
• HIST 3150 International Affairs: Conflicts in the Middle East
• POLT 1050 Introduction to International Relations
• POLT 1080 Introduction to Comparative Politics
• INTL 5580 Politics of Development

Interest Areas:
History, International Affairs, Strategic Studies, Middle East

At Webster since:
2006

Otto Hieronymi, PhD

Academic Degrees:

• Doctorat ès Sciences Politiques (Mention internationale), Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva
• Licence ès Sciences Politiques (Mention internationale), Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva

Courses taught at Webster:
Graduate courses:

• Humanitarian Issues
• Theories of International Relations
• International Political Economy
• Methods of Research
• Theory and Practice
• Politics of Development
• Issues in International Politics
• Professional Seminar.
  
  

Undergraduate Courses:

• International Organizations
• Refugee Studies Seminar
• Comparative Politics
• Migration and Refugees
• Comparative Politics
• International Economic Integration
• International Affairs: Current Events;
• Advanced Studies in Political Theory
• International Relations Seminar
• Introduction to International Relations
• Introduction to Comparative Politics
• Politics of Development
• Governments and Politics of Eastern Europe
• Comparative Economic Systems
• Methods of Research; Topics in History
• Topics in Politics
• Advanced Studies in Comparative Politics
• Methods of Political Inquiry.

Areas of Interest:
International organizations; Migration, refugee, humanitarian issues, human rights; International monetary issues, economic integration, economic development, globalization, economic theory, international trade; Political theory and theory of international relations; Political and economic order; US-European relations, European-Japanese relations; Atlantic community; Eastern Europe; Political decisions-making processes, Telecommunications order; Financial and banking sector, transportation, privatisation, infrastructure, electrical and electronics industry, automobile industry, energy, regional development; R&D policies and organization.

At Webster since:
1995

Stuart John Kingma, M.D.

Academic Degrees:

• M.D. – Cornell University Medical College, New York – 1960
• BA/BSc – Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan -- 1956

Courses taught:

• Area Studies: Economic, Political & Social Developments in Africa
• The Politics of Development – Spring 2 2007

Interest Areas:
Health, HIV/AIDS, Africa, development, UN System, peacekeeping

At Webster since:
2006

Ambassador Sergio Marchi

Academic Degrees:
Hons. Art Degree, majoring in Urban Planning, York University, Canada, 1979.

Courses taught:

• Globalization and Global Governance
• Theory and Practise of Negotiations

Interest Areas:
International Trade, Global Migration, International Politics, Development.

At Webster since:
2008

Susan McCrory
Legal adviser to government departments and international governmental and non-governmental organisations

Academic Degrees:

• English Law
• French Law
• European law

Courses taught:

• Introduction to International Law
• Current Topics of Human Rights

Interest Areas:
Human Rights and Humanitarian issues; International Law

At Webster since:
2007

Francis Piccand, PhD

Academic Degrees:

• 1985-1990 The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva (CH), Ph. D. in Political Science (International Relations)
• 1979-1984 Faculty of Social Science, University Fribourg (CH), M. A. in Social Anthropology
• 1979-1983 Faculty of Arts and Journalism, University Fribourg (CH), M. A. in Journalism
• 1969-1975 Saint Michel College, Fribourg (CH), Baccalaureat / Federal Maturity.

Courses taught:
Comparative Foreign Policy

Interest Areas:
Historical sociological approaches to the study of international relations, The international relations of the Middle East, The Arab-Israeli conflict, Authoritarianism and democratic transition, from Marocco to Bagdad, Religion, oil and politics in the Arab world

At Webster since:
2010

Jean-Marc Rickli, PhD

Academic Degrees:

• Ph.D in International Relations, Lincoln College, University of Oxford, 2003-10. The Military Policies of European Neutral and Non-Allied States after the Cold War
• Ph.D in Political Science, University of Geneva 2002-03
  Ph.D begun in Geneva, then transferred to Oxford upon obtaining a three-year Berrow Scholarship
• MPhil in International Relations, St Cross College, University of Oxford, (66) 2000-02
• BA in litical Science, University of Geneva, (5,75/6 equivalent to first class) 1997-2000
• Minor in Education, University of Bern: Geography, Mathematics and Physics 1995-97
• Studies in Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Institute of Technology of Zurich 1993-95

Courses taught:

• Diplomatic History since 1945
• The Conduct of Foreign Policy
• Human Rights: Field Experience
• Methods in Political Sciences (undergraduate and graduate courses)
• US Foreign Policy: the Atlantic Community (graduate course)

Interest Areas:

• International security
• Small states foreign and security policies
• Transformation of war
• Risk management

At Webster since:
2006

Francois Rubio
Professor at the University of Le Mans (France), Head of the Legal Dpt of Doctors of the World (France); Lawyer, Member of National Council of Non Profit Organizations (CNVA France), Former teacher at Columbia University (NYC) and UCLA (California)

Academic Degrees:

• Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne. Lawyer 1977
• Université Paris X. DESS Public Law 1973
• Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. Diplôme Service Public 1972

Courses taught:
NGOs in International Relations

Interest Areas:
History of NGOs and Civil Society (Europe), NGOs and International Relations, Humanitarian Action and International Humanitarian Law, Funding of Non Profit Sector, French Revolution

At Webster since:
2009

Ibrahim Souss, PhD

Academic degrees:

• Ph.D. (Political Science) - Doctorat d'Etat ès Lettres et Sciences Humaines – University of Paris VIII
• M.A. (Political Science) - Cycle Supérieur d’Etudes Politiques - Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, University of Paris
• B.A. – Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, IEP, Universit¬y of Paris
• Graduate –The Royal College of Music - London
• Licence – Ecole Normale de Musique – Paris

Courses taught:

• INTL6000
• INTL5560

Interest areas:

• The Arab-Israeli conflict
• Israeli-Palestinian peace process
• Teaching the Holocaust
• Building Democracy
• French Foreign Policy
• US Strategy in the Greater Middle East
• Labor Law in Arab States
• Education for peace
• Musicology
• Art in general & Music in particular as educational tools for peace.

At Webster since:
2004.

Jeanette Tantillo

Academic Degrees:

• Master in International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, 1999, Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales (IUHEI)
• Master of City and Regional Planning, New Brunswick, NJ USA, 1997, Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
• Bachelor of Arts, New Brunswick, NJ USA, 1991, Rutgers University, Douglass College, Political Science

Courses taught:

• Professional Seminar For The Global Master Of Arts In International Relations
• A Functional Approach to International Organizations

Interest Areas:
trade and development, sustainable development, the impacts of information technologies on international relations, international organizations

At Webster since:
2007

Wei-Wei Zhang, PhD

Academic Degrees:

• Ph.D, University of Geneva, 1994
• Visiting fellow, Oxford University, 1991
• DES, University of Geneva, 1990
• BA, Fudan University, Shanghai, 1981

Courses taught:

• Modern Asia
• Politics of Development
• Social Development in the Pacific Region
• The Third World

Interest Areas:
The China model of development; Asian politics and development; Big power relations; Comparative politics

At Webster since:
1996