Curriculum Vitae

Research

2006-2012: PhD at the Department of Political Science, Center for Comparative and International Studies, University of Zurich. The thesis is entitled The Strength and Limits of Neoliberal Dominance: An Analysis of the Public Debate on Economic Liberalization in Western Europe.

2011: Visiting researcher at the Department of Political and Social Sciences (invited by Prof. Peter Mair), European University Institute, grant awarded by the Fellowships for prospective researchers programme of the SNSF.

2010-2011: Visiting researcher at the Wilf Family Department of Politics (invited by Prof. Michael Laver), New York University, grant awarded by the Fellowships for prospective researchers programme of the SNSF.

2006-2010: Research assistant in the SNSF research project "West European Politics in the Age of Globalization", chaired by Prof. 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. Sibylle Hardmeier, University of Zurich.

Teaching

from 2012: Teaching assistant at the chair of Policy Analysis (Prof. Dr. Gilardi), University of Zurich.

2008-12: 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.

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: Windows-/Open-Office, Stata, R, Netlogo, Mplus, SPSS, Filemaker, Photoshop/Illustrator, Hermes
  • Programming skills: Python, LaTeX, HTML/XML, Stata, R, Java, Ruby