Her current research focuses on the regulation of natural resources and the environment (mainly water and land, but also climate) - at international, regional and local scales - as well as on the transformation of urban areas in the face of the major contemporary environmental issues (links between transport and land use, or between urbanization and consumption of resources, for example).

Working at the ISE since 2010, Prof. Géraldine Pflieger is deeply committed to the institute, notably through the following examples:

• As Founder and Director of the Environmental Governance and Territorial Development Hub (GEDT). These hubs allow for enhanced exchanges between researchers and members, in a spirit of fruitful and friendly collaboration.
• As a researcher on interdisciplinary ISE projects, across economics, natural sciences and law, and in co-developing a group that allows the next generation of researchers to reach their potential.
• As an evaluator of the MUSE and participant in the taskforce which proposed its revision.
• Through engaging with her colleagues as chair of the Library Committee, in order to save the ISE Documentation Centre.

Prof. Anthony Lehmann is an Associate Professor at the ISE and the Faculty of Science at the University of Geneva. Having obtained his doctorate at the University of Geneva, he was subsequently a postdoctoral researcher in New Zealand and Australia. He has ongoing collaboration with UNEP/GRID on spatial and statistical analysis of environmental data.

His research and teaching focuses on environmental information systems, on connecting raw data and decision making, and on building better linkages between science and society. He has recently been interested in hydrological modeling to translate meteorological data into hydrological indicators on the quality and quantity of water available in rivers. He is also interested in ecosystem services as a vehicle for communicating the benefits that our societies derive from the environment.

 

Prof. Anthony Lehmann has been with the ISE since 2006. Amongst various projects, he:

• Participated in the Strategic Committee which resulted in the structure of the four ISE Hubs and five Research Themes, and coordinated the move to Uni Carl Vogt;
• Worked closely with UNEP and the FOEN, in the framework of the GRID partnership; and set up the GE21 group, as a close partnership between the State Biodiversity Services, UNIGE, HEPIA and the Conservatory and Botanical Garden; and
• Actively participated in the redesign of the MUSE, in particular the Specialization on Biodiversity and Ecosystems and Society, as well as redesigning the Complementary Certificate in Geomatics.

 The procedure for the appointment of the ISE’s Direction is established in the organizational rules of the Institute, and is consistent with the standard practices of the Interfaculty Centers of the University of Geneva. On 19 October 2016, it convened an extraordinary general meeting of ISE staff to inform them of its discussions, to present a proposal (Prof. Géraldine Pflieger, Director and Prof. Anthony Lehmann, Deputy Director) and to take an advisory vote. The general meeting validated this proposal by a large majority of the attendees. This proposal was then forwarded to the Rectorate for inclusion on the agenda of the ISE Council. The Council met on 30 January 2017 and the attendees unanimously approved the proposal.