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Francis Cheneval studied philosophy at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and political science at Georgetown University (Washington D.C., USA). He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and has been lecturer and professor in Paris (École pratique des hautes études), Bogotá (Universidad de los Andes), Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and at several Swiss universities. Francis Cheneval is guest professor of political theory at the Université de Nantes and Senior Associate Member of St. Antony’s College (University of Oxford). He also holds the position of a lecturer at the European Institute of the University of Geneva.

Dr. Cheneval’s main research areas are: democratic theory, property rights and human rights, normative theory of multilateralism, cosmopolitanism, history of political thought. He also engages in public dialogue as contributor to the daily press, Radio, and television. During the last two years, he served as Rapporteur to the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor (UNDP, New York).