Comparative Politics
Democracy & Democratization
Information and Communication Technologies
2011. Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland.
2006. Combined B.A/M.A. ("Magister") in Political Science, with Minors in Psychology, Media and Communication Studies. Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg & University of Mannheim [joint degree], Germany.
University of St.Gallen, Switzerland.
Full Professor (Ordinaria) of Comparative Politics (since 08.2015)
University of Warwick, United Kingdom.
Leverhulme Trust Visiting Fellow (2012-3), Assistant Professor (2013-4), Associate Professor (2014-5).
European University Institute (EUI) Florence, Italy.
Max Weber Fellow (2011-2)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland.
Doctoral researcher (2006-11), Post-doctoral researcher (2011-2).
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President of the Research Commission of the University of St.Gallen (since 02.2022)
Director of the Institute for Political Science (since 02.2017)
Director of the Master's programme "International Affairs and Governance" (2018-2022)