Didier Wernli

Didier Wernli is an Associate Professor at the Global Studies Institute and the Department of Computer Science of the Faculty of Science of the University of Geneva.

His collaborative research focuses on global governance and infectious diseases from a One Health perspective. A key component of his work examines antimicrobial resistance as a critical global challenge. He is particularly interested in resilience and systemic risks, institutional complexity and adaptive/transformative governance, and the link between evidence and policies in the global context.

Didier is a member of the Science in Diplomacy Lab, a collaboration between ETH Zurich and the University of Geneva. He is also affiliated with the Geneva Transformative Governance Lab which pioneers collaborative research on global challenges.

Currently, Didier teaches about computational social science, systems thinking, interdisciplinary methodology, and data science & global governance in the Master of Global Studies and the Bachelor of International relations, where he is responsible for its global interdisciplinary track. Didier is also the co-director of the Bachelor of Computational Science and International Relations (launch in September 2025). 

Didier holds a medical doctorate (MD) from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva, a Master’s degree (MA) in International Affairs from the Geneva Graduate Institute, and an interdisciplinary doctorate (PhD) from the Global Studies Institute of the University of Geneva. From 2018 to 2021, Didier was a visiting Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health of the University of Hong Kong.

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