Biography

Bernhard is an economic geographer interested in global inequalities and its drivers, the monetary system and its influence on unsustainable practices. He was granted a Marie-Curie fellowship by the Swiss National Science Foundation and completed his PhD in 2004 in Hamburg, Germany on the subject of biotechnology clusters. Before that, he studied geography, history and English at the University of Basel where he graduated with a Master thesis on segregation patterns and dynamics in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Bernhard is also director of the Geneva-based funding agency Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS).