Dr. Alexandre Lambert
Professor of International Relations and International Security
- Faculty Type
- Core Teaching Faculty
- Expertise Areas
- Conflict, Security & Peace Global Governance International Law & Public Policy International Relations & Diplomacy
- Professional Experience
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- Academic Director and Founding Member, Geneva Institute of Geopolitical Studies (GIGS)
- Academic Director, SIT Study Abroad Switzerland: Global Health and Development Policy
- Professor, Webster University Geneva
- Former staff member, Security Policy Division, Swiss Federal Department of Defence
- Founding Fellow, Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF)
- Lead Researcher on the OSCE, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
- Education
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- Ph.D., Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
- University of Zurich
Biography
Dr. Alexandre Lambert is the Academic Director and founding member of the Geneva Institute of Geopolitical Studies (GIGS). He is also the Academic Director of the School for International Training (SIT Study Abroad) and its Switzerland-based Global Health and Development Policy programme.
In addition to his role at GSD, he teaches international relations with a focus on international security at Webster University Geneva. Previously, he served within the Security Policy Division of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence and is a founding fellow of the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF).
Dr. Lambert holds a Ph.D. from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, where he was also the lead researcher on the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
His academic and policy work focuses on international security, civil-military relations, geopolitics, and emerging geo-strategic developments, including the rise of China and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). He has published extensively in these fields and contributed to numerous international academic and policy conferences.