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Désirée Klingler

Désirée Klingler

Désirée Klingler

Prof. Dr.

Assistant Professor of Public Law

ILE-HSG
Büro 34-205
Varnbüelstrasse 19
9000 St. Gallen
Main Focuses

Administrative and Public Law

Law and Economics

International Economic Law

Fields of research

Public Procurement Law

Judicial Decision-Making

International Trade Law and Sustainability

Education

Summer Institute in Computational Social Sciences in Law, Adam Michiewicz University (2025)

Swiss National Science Foundation Ph.D., University of St. Gallen (2018-23)

LL.M., Yale Law School (2020)

ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, University of Michigan (2019)

Global School in Empirical Research Methods (GSERM), University of St. Gallen (2018)

LL.M. in Corporate and Financial Law, University of Hong Kong (2013)

Master of Law, University of Zurich (2012)

Bachelor of Law, University of Zurich (2008-11)

Professional Career

Lawyer, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York (2023-25)

Expert on Sustainability, UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Working Party on Public Private Partnerships (since 2022)

Lecturer, European Master in Law and Economics, University of Hamburg (2021-22)

Research Assistant to Prof. Fiona Scott Morton, Yale School of Management (2020-21)

Senior Consultant, Roland Berger, Civil Economics & Infrastructure (2015-18)

Law Clerk, Swiss Federal Administrative Court, Division II (2014-15)

Junior Associate, Homburger, Banking and Finance (2013-14)

Teaching Activities

Public Construction and Planning Law, Master of Law

Law & Economics Lecture Workshop and Lecture Series, together with ETH and University of Zurich, Master in Law and Economics

Climate Law & Policy, co-taught with economist, Bachelor in Law and Economics

International Trade Law & Policy, co-taught with economist, Bachelor in Law and Economics

European Economic Law, Bachelor in Law and Economics (spring 2026)

Public Procurement Law, Master of Law (spring 2027)

Competition Law & Economics, European Master in Law and Economics, University of Hamburg (2021-22)

Projects

Digital Transformation of Public Procurement, joint OECD/EU Project, Scientific Advisory Board (since 2026)

Purchase Power - Sustainable Public Procurement Through Private Law Enforcement (PurpLE), University of Copenhagen (2023-2025)

Public Contracts and Sustainable Development (CPEDD), Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (2023-2025)

Guidelines on Green and Sustainable Procurement of Public-Private Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals, UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) (2021-2024)

Thurman Arnold Project at Yale, Digital Platform Theory, Yale School of Management (2020)

Fiscal and Monetary Policies during Covid, Institute for New Economic Thinking, New York (2020)

Mechanisms Design in Public Purchasing, RadicalxChange Project (2019)

Affiliations

Public Contracts in Legal Globalization (since 2025)

Awards

Walther Hug Prize, for the best Ph.D. in law at University of St. Gallen (2024)

TED Ambassador Award, European Commission (2023)

International Public Procurement Award, Germany (2023)

Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Certificate, USA (2019)

GSERM Scholarship for ICPSR Summer School, University of St. Gallen (2018)

Doc.CH Scholarship for Ph.D., Swiss National Science Foundation (2018-23)

Pieter Sanders Award for best memorandum for claimant, 19th Willem C. Vis Moot Court (2012)

Editorial Board

European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review, Managing Editor (since 2025)

Yale Journal on Regulation, Lead editor Vol. 36 (2018-19)

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