Silvia Hostettler

About Me

Silvia Hostettler is Deputy Director of the Cooperation & Development Center (CODEV) at EPFL, where she coordinates research activities and directs the UNESCO Chair's Biennial International Conference in Technologies for Development. After studying Tropical Environmental Science at the University of Aberdeen and completing development studies at EPFL, she worked as Cloud Forest Initiative Coordinator at IUCN. She earned her Ph.D. in 2007, focusing on land use change and international migration in western Mexico. From 2008 to 2012, she served as Executive Director of swissnex in Bangalore, India, establishing the office and organizing over 50 events to facilitate Swiss-Indian research collaboration. Since joining CODEV in 2012, she oversees education programs at Master and Bachelor levels while teaching cooperation and development. Her expertise spans environmental science, international development, and research coordination, reflected in her roles on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Development Engineering and the Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries.