Bruno Wüest

Research

Since 2009: Visiting researcher at the Wilf Family Department of Politics, New York University. This stay is part of the "Fellowships for prospective researchers" programme by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

2006-2009: Research assistant in the SNSF research project "West European Politics in the Age of Globalization", chaired by Prof. Dr. Hanspeter Kriesi, University of Zurich.

• PhD thesis on the economic liberalization debate in Western Europe.
• Research and development of computional tools for content analysis.

2005: Research assistant in the SNSF research project "Public Opinion Polls and Political Representation", chaired by Prof. Dr. Sibylle Hardmeier, University of Zurich.

Teaching

2008: Teaching assistant in the proseminar "Comparative Politics" at the University of Zurich.

2004-06: Tutor in the proseminar "Theories of Comparative Politics" at the University of Zurich.

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Studies

2001-2006 Studies in Political Science, Economic History and Constitutional Law at the University of Zurich

Language skills

German (native language); good command of English (written and spoken); basic command of French, Italian and Latin.

Computer and programming skills

• Operating systems: Ubuntu Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
• User skills: Mac-/PC-Office, Stata, Mplus, SPSS, Filemaker, Photoshop/Illustrator, Hermes
• Programming skills: Python, LaTeX, HTML/XML, Stata, R, Java, Ruby

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