Vally (Vassiliki) Koubi is Professor at ETH Zurich’s Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS). Her research examines climate change’s societal consequences—especially migration and conflict in the Global South—combining political economy, international relations, and comparative politics with surveys, field experiments, and quantitative analyses. She served as Coordinating Lead Author for MedECC, was expert reviewer for IPCC AR5/AR6 (Working Group II), and contributed to the UN Sustainable Development Outlook 2019. Her work appears in Nature Climate Change, Global Environmental Change, International Organization, and Journal of Peace Research. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Rochester.