Congratulations to our Postdoctoral Researcher, Sylvain Maechler, for starting a new project: ‘Depoliticizing uncomfortable knowledge: Why and how some central banks attempt to evade environmental issues’.  The project will be  jointly hosted by the Department of International Relations and Political Science and the Global Governance Centre.

MOre About the project

‘Depoliticizing uncomfortable knowledge: Why and how some central banks attempt to evade environmental issues’ aims to explore the research question of why and how some central banks attempt to evade addressing environmental issues. The project relies on a qualitative approach incorporating case study analysis, content analysis, and discourse analysis. The focus is on the case of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), which has, to date, resisted integrating environmental considerations into its policies and practices. The reasons and strategies through which central banks navigate environmental challenges hold practical significance not only for scholars but also for policymakers and civil society. The findings address diverse audiences which will be reached through academic publications and policy briefs thanks to the Geneva Graduate Institute.

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About Sylvain Maechler

Sylvain Maechler is a Postdoctoral Researcher in International Relations with a focus on International Political economy and Global Environmental Governance. He is the principal investigator for a project funded by the Swiss National Fund for Research on central banks and the ecological crisis. He is currently based at the University of Ottawa as a Postdoctoral fellow of the Centre for International Policy Studies  Sylvain Maechler holds a PhD in political science from the University of Lausanne titled: “Accounting for Nature: Risk, Uncertainty, and the Global Political Economy of the Ecological Crisis.”