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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

Law and Economics

Smart Governance

Climate Law & Policy

Fields of research

Public Procurement Law

International Trade Law

Empirical Legal Research

Education

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 (seit 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

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)

Guide on Sustainable Development Goals in Public Private Partnerships, UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) (seit 2021)

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 Preis, 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

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