Susette Biber-Klemm read law and obtained her doctorate at the University of Basel. She was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Basel from 1995 to 2014, and Senior Research Fellow at the World Trade Institute. She specializes in interdisciplinary international and national environmental law and interdisciplinary law of sustainable development.
Suzette led the research team on biodiversity and traditional knowledge at the WTI and is an expert on access and benefit sharing, pastoralists’ land rights and traditional knowledge of indigenous and rural stake-holders in international law. She has been heavily involved in consulting for stakeholders and government, and has been manager of the consulting firm Syntrans – Synthesis by Transfer since 2000.