Prof. Dr. Beat Habegger

Activities at FHNW

Co-Head of Institute Nonprofit- and Public Management

Profile

Professional experience

since 2023 FHNW School of Business, co-director NPPM Institute
since 2022 Habegger Strategy, Managing Director
2011-2021 Swiss Re, various leadership positions in risk management (Head political risk management, sustainability risk, emerging risk)
2010-2011 EBP AG, Risk and Security Consultant
2005-2010 ETH Zürich Center for Security Studies, Project Leader

Civic engagement

since 2022 President Interkantonale Legislativkonferenz ILK
since 2017 Member, Committee for the Equality of Women and Men, Canton of Zurich
since 2015 Member, Parliament of the Canton of Zurich
2015-2023 Member, International Advisory Board, ZHAW School of Management and Law

Education

2020 CAS Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of St. Gallen
2020 Leadership for Global Business and Politics, Yale School of Management
2005 Doctorate/PhD (Staatswissenschaften), University of St. Gallen
1995-2000 Studies in Business, Economics, Law, and Social Sciences at the Universities of Berne, St. Gallen, and Sciences Po Paris

Research

Academic Activities

since 2005 Lecturer, University of St. Gallen
2022-2023 Senior Lecturer, ZHAW School of Management and Law
2021-2023 Global/Associate Fellow, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
2009 Visiting Researcher, LKY School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (SNF-Fellow)
2003 Visiting Researcher at the Council of Europe, OSCE and IPU (SNF-Fellow)
2000-2003 Research Associate (Political Science, Public and Administrative Law), University of St. Gallen

Research focus

Security and (qualitative) risk management in the private and public sector
Organizational anticipation and foresight of future developments (strategic foresight)
Influence of geopolitics on the economy, business, and society
Political system and especially the role of parliaments

Selected publications

Securing the Future: The Use of Strategic Foresight in the Security Sector, in: Strategic Security Analysis, Issue 23, 2022, Geneva: Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
Wirksame parlamentarische Kontrolle durch Aufsichtskommissionen: Mitglieder, Zusammensetzung und Ansätze zur Attraktivitätssteigerung, in: Parlament: Mitteilungsblatt der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Parlamentsfragen, 24(2), 2021, pp. 14-20
Political Risk Management as an Imperative for the Insurance Industry – and Beyond, in: Wirtschaft und Management, Band 29, 2020, pp. 51-62.
Strategic Foresight in Public Policy: Reviewing the Experiences of the UK, Singapore, and the Netherlands, in: Futures: The Journal of Policy, Planning and Futures Studies, 42(1), 2010, pp. 49-58.
Democratic Accountability of International Organizations: Parliamentary Control within the Council of Europe and the OSCE and the Prospects for the United Nations, in: Cooperation and Conflict, 45(2), 2010, pp. 186-204.

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