Date of birth: 22 October 1979 | Nationality: Swiss | Married, one child (*2016)
Education and Academic Positions
- Since 2012: Full Professor in Political Science (Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy), School of Economics and Political Science, University of St. Gallen
- 2010 – 2012: Associate Professor in Political Science, Department of Political Science and Public Management and Centre for Welfare State Research, University of Southern Denmark
- 2008 – 2010: Assistant Professor in Political Science, Department of Political Science and Public Management and Centre for Welfare State Research, University of Southern Denmark
- 2008: Ph.D. in Political Science, Institute of Political Science, University of Bern (summa cum laude, with distinction); Dissertation title: Regulatory Social Policy: The Politics of Job Security Regulations; Jury: Klaus Armingeon (University of Bern) & Giuliano Bonoli (University of Lausanne)
- 2005 – 2008: Doctoral Researcher, Institute of Political Science, University of Bern
- 2006 – 2008: Researcher, Network of Excellence Reconciling Work and Welfare (RECWOWE): Toward Employment-Friendly Welfare States (with Klaus Armingeon and Bruno Palier)
- 2004 – 2006: Managing Editor, Swiss Political Science Review (editor-in-chief: Klaus Armingeon)
- 2004: Licentiate (lic. rer. soc. / Master of Arts) at the Universities of Bern and Geneva (summa cum laude, with distinction); Fields: Political Science & Economics; Topic MA thesis: Partisan Complexion of Government and Public Spending
- 2004: Student Assistant, Institute of Political Science, University of Bern
- 2002 – 2004: Student Assistant, Interdisciplinary Center for General Ecology, University of Bern
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