CURRENT POSITION

University of Zurich, Department Political Science (IPZ), Switzerland (since 2013)

Full Professor for International Relations and Political Economy

Co-Director of the UZH Center for Crisis Competence

Deputy Director of the Center for International and Comparative Studies (CIS)

EDUCATION

2007 Ph.D. in Political Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Dissertation: “Explaining Policy Responses to Speculative Attacks on Exchange Rates: The Political Economy of Currency Crises”

Committee:   Thomas Bernauer (ETH Zurich), Thomas D. Willett (Claremont Graduate University), Katharina Michaelowa (University of Zurich)

2003 M.A. in Public Policy and Management (Diplom), University of Konstanz, Germany

Additional Vordiplom in Economics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

International Political Economy, International Organizations, Financial Crises, Globalization, Disintegration, International (Non-)Cooperation, Brexit, Policy Preferences, Distributional Conflict, European Union 

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

• 2008-2013:    Junior Professor for International and Comparative Political Economy, University of Heidelberg, Institute for Political Science
• 2008-2009: Fritz-Thyssen-Fellow, Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
• 2007-2008: (Senior) Researcher, University of Zurich, Chair of Political Science Methods 
• 2003-2007: Junior Researcher and doctoral candidate, ETH Zurich, Chair of International Relations/IPE 
• 2000-2003: Research and Teaching Assistant, Managing Editor for European Union Politics, University of Konstanz, Chair of International Relations 

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

• Scond place, University of Zurich Teaching Award 2026
• Best 2022 EUSA Conference Paper Award (with Giorgio Malet, 2023)
• Extraordinary Reviewer Award, Comparative Political Studies (2022)
• Honorable mention ‘Best book on European Politics’ for “The Politics of Cad Options”, APSA Section European Politics (with Ari Ray and Nils Redeker, 2021)
• Young Researcher Award by the Swiss Political Science Association (2012)
• Award for the best paper presented at the 2010 IPES Conference of the IPE Society (2011)
• Elected Member, Die Junge Akademie at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina (2009-2014)
• Fritz-Thyssen-Fellowship, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University (2008/9)
• ETH Zurich Award for Professional Excellence (2006)
• Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) 2005 Best Poster Award at MPSA (2005)
• VEUK-Award for best M.A. thesis at the Department of Public Policy and Management (2003)

THIRD-PARTY FUNDING (selection)

• “The rise of the Global South and perceptions of inequality”
  • 2025-2028, UFSP Equality of Opportunity, University of Zurich (288.000 CHF).
• “The Mass Politics of Disintegration” (DISINTEGRATION)
  • 2019-2025, ERC Consolidator Grant, European Research Council (2mio EUR).
• "Stabilization by Deterrence?  How the Brexit negotiations affect euroskepticism in the EU-27 member states." 
  • 2018, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Forschung (22.000 CHF). 
• „Distributional Conflicts and the Politics of Adjustment in the Eurozone Crisis,“
  • Swiss National Science Foundation (465.720 CHF)
• „The Politics of Delayed Reform and Crisis: Interests, Elections, and Macroeconomic Adjustment“
  • 2010, Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung (17.300 €)
•  „The Political Economy of Climate Engineering“
  • 2010-12,  Marsilius-Kolleg, University of Heidelberg (74.000 €)
• Post-Doc-Fellowship at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
  • 2008-09, co-sponsored by the Fritz-Thyssen-Foundation and Harvard University (ca. 35.000€)

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION (current)

President of the Steering Committee, National Research Programme 87 "Deglobalisation and Supply Chain Resilience"

Associate Editor, Cambridge University Press Elements, International Relations Series (with Tanja Börzel, Jeff Checek and Ed Mansfield)
Member of the Executive Board, Institute for Global Negotiation
Member of the IPES Steering Committee 
Member of the Swiss Political Science Association Executive Committee
Editorial Board Member

• American Political Science Review
• International Organization 
• Italian Political Science Review 
• Political Science Research & Methods 

Academic Advisory Boards

• Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (member and vice-president)
• Zeppelin Universität Friedrichshafen 
• Institut für europäische Politik (IEP) Berlin
• CUP Elements series on European Politics

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Political Science
Political Systems and Theories I & II (4-5 IR-focused sessions per year)

International Relations
Lecture: International Politics 
Lecture: International relations
Seminar: Switzerland, Europe, and the World 
Seminar: The Backlash against Globalization and International Cooperation

Seminar: Global Transformations and the liberal world order

Seminar Challenges to International Cooperation 
Specialization IR: The Swiss-EU bilateral relations
Specialization IR: European Monetary Policy 
Specialization IR: Globalization

Capstone Course: Designing a Multilateral Negotiation Simulation
 

Political Economy
Lecture: Comparative and International Political Economy
Lecture: Introduction to International Political Economy 

Seminar: Geopolitics and the World Economy

Seminar: The Political Economy of AI

Seminar: The Backlash against Globalization  
Seminar: Risk and Politics 
Seminar: Theories of justice and distributive conflict in capitalist democracies 
Seminar: International Political Economy 
Seminar: Theoretical and Empirical Research on Economic Voting 
Seminar The Politics of International Money & Finance 
Seminar: Globalization and States’ Capacity to Act 
Seminar: Selected Topics in International Political Economy 
Seminar: Special Topics in IPE 
Seminar: Causes and Consequences of Globalization

Research Methods
Lecture: Introduction to Qualitative Methods
Lecture: Advanced Political Science Methods II: Advanced Regression
Seminar: Research Methods in Political Science II 
Seminar: Research Designs in Political Science
Seminar:  Statistics Refresher