Silvia Hostettler

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Deputy Director

silvia.hostettler@epfl.ch +41 21 69 36076 http://cooperation.epfl.ch

EPFL ENT-E CODEV
CM 2 301 (Centre Midi)
Station 10
CH-1015 Lausanne

+41 21 69 36076
Site web: http://cooperation.epfl.ch/
Unité: CODEV-GE
Local: CM 2 301

Unité: SHS-ENS

Unité: SSIE-ENS

Site web: http://cce.epfl.ch/
Unité: CCE

Données administratives

Compétences

Technologies for development in the Global South

  • Sustainable development
  • Development Engineering
  • Disaster risk reduction

    • Publications

    Enseignement & Phd

    Enseignement

    • Humanities and Social Sciences Program,
    • Environmental Sciences and Engineering

    Programmes doctoraux

    • Doctoral Program in Architecture and Sciences of the City

    Doctorants

    Cours

    Development engineering

    Découvrez les technologies du développement (Development Engineering) afin de concevoir, diriger et évaluer des technologies appropriées, abordables et robustes qui pallieront aux défis du développement durable (pauvreté, dégradation environnementale etc)... goto

    Coopération et développement

    Ce cours abordera les défis majeurs du développement durable auxquels font face les pays du Sud. Les étudiants-es travailleront en groupes interdisciplinaires sur des projets réels (p.ex. Medair, Swiss Red Cross etc.) visant le développement durable à tra... goto

    Teaching activities

    • Coordination of the MOOC: A Resilient Future: Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction (edX) • Lecturer of EPFL SHS Course: Cooperation and Development • Invited Lecturer to EPFL SHS courses: Going East and Contemporary India • Coordinator of Module, CAS in Management of Development Projects offered by EPFL until 2014

    Recherche

    Research Projects and Presentations

    Research Projects


    • “Analysis of Disaster Risk Mitigation Measures in Rural Communities in Chile" in collaboration with Universidad de Concepción (Chile) and the Universidad de los Andes (Colombia). Project duration: 2017-2019. Funded by research program Bilateral research collaboration with Brazil and the Latin American Region. (PI)

    • “Increasing community resilience through community-based disaster risk management" in collaboration with the Swiss Red Cross in Switzerland and Honduras. Project duration: 2017-2019. Funded by the Swiss agency for development and cooperation. (PI)

    • “Reducing the seismic risk of Nepal through improved design of reinforced concrete structures and women training on low-weight retrofitting techniques" co-led with Dr. João Almeida of the EPFL Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics Laboratory (EESD). Project duration: 2018-2022. Decision pending by SNSF r4d program. (not granted)

    • “Landslide early warning systems as tools for community resilience" led by Prof. Calvello (IT) submitted to the COST Open Call OC-2017-1. Project duration: 2018-2021. Decision pending by SNSF r4d program. (Secondary Proposer)

      • Selection of Presentations and Conferences


      • Moderator “Setting the stage - the new roles and tasks for science and research partnerships.“ Leveraging Research Partnerships for Global Challenges. KFPE. 22 November 2018, Bern.

      • Presentation. “Increasing community resilience through community-based disaster risk management in Honduras”. 8th International Conference on building resilience. 14 November 2018, Lisbon.

      • Session Leader “Development Engineering: Training Global Engineers“. UNESCO International Technologies for Development Conference, 29 June 2018, Lausanne.

      • Presentation „Impact Evaluation: Increasing Community Resilience through Community-Based Disaster Risk Management in Honduras“. UNESCO International Technologies for Development Conference, 28 June 2018, Lausanne.

      • Panelist “Funding and organizing transnational research: Pitfalls in European-African research collaboration and how to best cope with them", WZB Berlin Social Science Center", 17 November 2017, Berlin.

      • Moderator “UNDP 2017 Social Good Summit: Connecting Today. Creating Tomorrow", 13 October 2017, Geneva.

      • Moderator “She started it", Lausanne Innovation Forum, 28 September 2017, Lausanne.

      • Presentation “More technology – less disasters?” in the framework of the event series ‘Everyone a Humanitarian’, swissnex San Francisco, 28 January 2017, San Francisco, USA.

      • Presentation “Presentation “Innovative technologies for poverty reduction and sustainable development in the global South”. Gadgil Lab for Energy and Water Research, UC Berkeley, 26 January 2017, Berkeley, USA.

      • Presentation “Development Engineering: The emergence of a new scientific field”. Universidad del Valle, 30 November 2016, Cali, Colombia.

      • Presentation “Empowering Students to Shape the Future” at Shaping the Future – The Role of Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation, Geneva Impact Hub, 30 June 2016, Geneva.

      • Talk on aidpreneur (TOR 112) on the UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development http://aidpreneur.com/tor112-unesco-chair-in-technologies-for-development-with-dr-silvia-hostettler/ 9 June 2016.

      • Director of the UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development Conference: Technologies for Development. From Innovation to Social Impact. 2-4 May 2016, Lausanne.

      • Presentation “Technologies for Development” at the Conference Technology for Sustainable Development organized by the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) and Amrita University. 8 July 2015, United Nations, New York.

      • Moderator of the Conference Why Does Intellectual Property Matter? Technologies for Development in Emerging Economies by WIPO Global Challenges Division. 29 April 2015, Lausanne.

      • Invited to the Conference on Innovative Financial Schemes for Basic Services at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Future Research and Action. University of Geneva, University of Toulouse, Charitable Foundation Cartier, LEREPS. 19 February 2015, Geneva.

      • Participation in the Symposium From Growth to Sustainable and Inclusive Development: A Shift in Paradigm. CDE, University of Bern and SNIS. 13 November 2014, Bern.

      • Co-Moderator of the Conference Seed Money: Experiences, Achievements and Impact. 30 October 2014, Lausanne.

      • Director of the UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development Conference: Technologies for Development. What is Essential? 4-6 June 2014, Lausanne.

      • Moderator of the Thematic General Assembly of the Swiss Commission for UNESCO. 29 November 2013, Lausanne.

      • Presentation of the paper UNESCO Chair in Technologies for Development – Achievements and Challenges at the South East Europe Regional Forum of UNESCO Chairs. 12–13 June 2013, Istanbul, Turkey.

      • Panel Moderator at the Conference on Engaging the Private Sector for Development – Risks and Opportunities. Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). 5 June 2013, Bern.

      • Presentation Introduction to CODEV/EPFL and Collaboration with Colombian Universities at the Symposium on Swiss-Colombian Bilateral Relations about Scientific Exchange. ACIS, 2 November 2012, Lausanne.

      • Welcome Address at the Conference on Highly Skilled Mobility and the Development of the Research and Innovation Sector of the Republic of Moldova. 12 October 2012, Chisinau, Moldova.

      • Invited Lecturer presenting Mexican Migration: Reflections in the Landscape at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ASHOKA). 25 April 2012, Bangalore, India.

      • Co-organizer of the Symposium Energy and Development: Energy in India in collaboration with The Graduate Institute and the Indian Institute of Management. 28 November 2011, Bangalore, India.

      • Co-organizer and Moderator of the Scientific Symposium for Cooperation@EPFL Research in a Development Context: Putting Knowledge into Practice in collaboration with the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP). 14 December 2010, Bangalore, India.

      • Co-organizer and Presenter at the oikos swissnex Practitioner Day From Models to Markets for Inclusive Development at the UNDP Young Scholars Development Academy 2011. 26 August 2011, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India.

      • Invited Lecturer on Science and Technology in India for the EPFL Minor in Asian and Cultural Studies. 25 August 2011, Bangalore, India.

      • Opening Speech of the IN:CH Exhibition presenting Master Class projects by the University of Applied Science Bern. 2 June 2011, Bangalore, India.

      • Organizer and Opening Speech of the SCIENCEsuisse Exhibition. 24 November 2010, Ahmedabad, India.

      • Welcome Address at the Conference Challenges of Urban Planning in collaboration with ETHZ. 7 September 2010, Bangalore, India.

      • Moderator for swissnex at the EPFL MoT Event Becoming a Global Entrepreneur. 6 May 2010, Bangalore, India.

      • Welcome Address at the Conference Ticinese Architecture by Mario Botta. 8 February 2010, Ahmedabad, India.

      • Welcome Address at the Nestlé Innovation Partnership Event with former Federal Counselor Moritz Leuenberger. 2 February 2009, Embassy of Switzerland, New Delhi, India.

      • Presentation The swissnex Network and Swiss Education and Research Landscape to the Rotary Club. 28 January 2009, Bangalore, India.

      • Interview on Swiss TV channel TSR on the Launch of the first Swiss satellite - SwissCube, launched from Satish Dhawan Space Center. 23 September 2009, India.

      • Moderator of the Panel Student Exchange and Research Collaboration with former Federal Counselor Ruth Dreifuss. The Jaipur Forum. 20 November 2008, Jaipur, India.

      • Presentation of the paper Migration and Other Driving Forces of Land Use/Cover Change in a Rural Context in Western Mexico at the 6th Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community. 9–13 October 2005, Bonn, Germany.

      • Best Poster Award of EPFL (ENAC) PhD Poster Exhibition 2004. EPFL, Lausanne.

      • Poster presentation Land Use Change and Urban-Rural Interactions in the Ayuquila Watershed to the expert panel of the NCCR North-South. 10 September 2003, Yssik Kul, Kyrgyzstan.

      • Poster Presentation Sustainable Watershed Development: Land Use Changes and Urbanization in the Ayuquila Watershed in Western Mexico at the Conference: Rio 11: Towards a New Paradigm in Agricultural Research – The Challenge of Sustainable Development. 6 June 2003, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

      Member of PhD Jury / Reviewer / Expert

      • Reviewer for Development Engineering | Elsevier, December 2016.

      • Head of Jury. The Good Festival: Innovation Summit. 26-29 October 2016, Olympic Museum, Lausanne.

      • Reviewer for the 2016 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). Seattle, 13-16 October 2016.

      • Supervision of Master project Optimization of irrigation efficiency in Palestine using a sensor network by Gustav Isaksson (KTH Stockholm/EPFL), September 2016.

      • Reviewer for Energies | MDPI, December 2015.

      • Jury Member of the thesis by Viviana Carolina Munoz Tellez de Kieffer: Institutions, Innovation and Public Health (No. 6566). Thesis Director: Prof. Dominique Foray. 19 January 2015, Lausanne.

      • Member of Selection Committee for Academia–Industry Training Camps in India and Brazil funded by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation. 8 October 2014, Lausanne.

      • Invited Expert for three Master projects in the Framework of the Minor in Area and Cultural Studies. 15 October 2014, Lausanne.

      • Jury Member of the thesis by Chantal Basurto Dávila: On Daylight Optimization Strategies Based on Computer Simulations for Buildings Located at Low Altitudes (No. 6425) Thesis Director: Prof. Scartezzini and Dr. Kempf. 12 September 2014, Lausanne.

      • Reviewer for Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies | AOSiS OpenJournals, August 2014.

      • Reviewer for AJAR: African Journal of Agricultural Research | academicJournals, June 2014.

      • Supervisor of four final projects of the CAS Management of Development Projects. May 2014, Lausanne.

      • Member of the Selection Committee for projects submitted to the Brazilian-Swiss Joint Research Programme funded by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation. 26 February 2014, Lausanne.

      • Member of the KFPE Evaluation Committee for projects submitted to the call Learning Events funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). 24 June 2013, 3 April 2014, 1 July 2015 and 17 May 2016, Bern.

      • Member of the Selection Committee of the EPFL Seed Money Program, an annual call for researchers from all scientific disciplines of EPFL, to submit research projects in partnership with academic institutions in the global South. January 2013, January 2014, January 2015, Januray 2016, January 2017 Lausanne.

      • Jury Member for final year Master projects, Universität der Künste Berlin. 11 July 2011, Berlin, Germany.

      Committee / Board Member


      • Board Member of the Conseil Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques (CSRS) since 2016.

      • Associate Editor of the peer-reviewed Journal of Development Engineering| Elsevier. The Editorial Board brings together UC Berkeley, MIT, Yale, UC San Diego, UNAM Mexico and EPFL since 2014. The journal is an open access, interdisciplinary journal applying engineering and economic research to the problems of poverty.

      • Member of the International Programme Committee for the 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS 2015). Culture, Ethics and the Knowledge Society. 11–12 November 2015, Dublin.

      • Director and Member of the Scientific Committee of the 2014 and 2016 UNESCO Conference in Technologies for Development bringing together 460 participants from 58 countries presenting 125 papers and 30 posters over three days. 4–6 June 2014 and 2-5 May 2016, SwissTech Convention Center, Lausanne.

      • Member of the Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE) since 2012.