Géraldine Pflieger

Géraldine Pflieger is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Urban Policy and the Environment at the University of Geneva, where she has been a faculty member since 2010. She holds a PhD from the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and has previously served as a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and as a Senior Researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne. Dr. Pflieger's research focuses on the governance of common resources, particularly water and land, at various scales—international, regional, and local. She examines how urban governance is transformed in response to significant infrastructural and environmental challenges, such as the coordination of transport and land use. In addition to her research, she teaches courses related to environmental policy and international relations. Since 2015, she has co-directed the UNESCO Chair in Hydropolitics at the University of Geneva and has been involved in climate negotiations as a representative for Switzerland. Her work contributes to understanding complex interactions between urbanization, resource management, and environmental sustainability.