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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

International Economic Law

Law and Economics

Fields of research

Trade Law and Sustainability

Judicial Decision-Making

Public Procurement Law

Education

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

Law & Economics Lecture Workshop and Lecture Series, together with ETH and University of Zurich, Master in Law and Economics (since spring 2025)

Climate Law & Policy, Bachelor in Law and Economics, co-taught with economist (from fall 2025)

International Trade Law & Policy, Bachelor in Law and Economics, co-taught with economist (from fall 2025)

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

Comparative Public Procurement Law, Master in Law (from spring 2027)

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

Projects

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

Public Contracts and Sustainable Development (CPEDD), Université Paris 1 (since 2023)

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 (TAP) at Yale, Digital Platform Theory, Yale School of Management (2020)

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

New Mechanisms in Public Purchasing, RadicalxChange, New Political Economy (2019)

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 (since 2022)

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

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