The Team

Head of the study and director of the Department for Political Science and International Relations at Geneva University until 2021. Professor Varone has conducted various projects with and about politicians, for example about their interest group ties.

Prof. Bundi supported data collection at the National Council and Council of States in 2018. Since 2022, he is the codirector of the project. He has experience conducting studies with national and local Swiss politicians.

Catherine Ammann supported data collection at the Grand Council (Grossrat) in Berne in 2018.

Corina Schena supported data collection at the Grand Council (Grossrat) in Berne in 2018.

Carine Hunziker supports data collection at the Grand Council (Grossrat) in Berne in 2018.

Estelle Pannatier supports data collection at the Grand Council (Grossrat) in Berne in 2018.

Flurina Wäspi supported data collection at the Grand Council (Grossrat) in Berne and in 2019 wrote her MA thesis using data from this project which resulted in a publication.

Virginia Wenger supported data collection at the Grand Council (Grossrat) in Berne in 2018.

Dr Sarah Bütikofer supported data collection at the National Council and Council of States in 2018. She is the editor of DeFacto, a web platform that makes the research expertise of political science accessible. She has many years of experience in carrying out surveys, also with politicians.

Dr Elisa Volpi obtained her PhD from the European University Institute in Florence ("The Politics of Turning Coat. An Historical and Comparative Analysis of Party Switching"). She is conducting interviews with elected representatives at the federal level during the 2022 survey round.

Nicole Lemke is writing her PhD about the political regulation of artificial intelligence. In 2018, she has conducted interviews with representatives in Germany and is supporting the Swiss Team for the 2022 survey round.

Dr. Helfer's PhD focused on the influence of media on elected representatives in Switzerland and the Netherlands. She was coordinating the survey round of 2018 and the coauthor of several academic publications related to the project..

Volkan Graf supported data collection at the Grand Council (Grand Conseil) in Geneva and wrote his MA thesis using data from this project.

Vincent Meilliard supported data collection at the Grand Council in Geneva.

Dr Marion Deville supported data collection at the Grand Council in Geneva. She has written a thesis in Sociology at the faculty of Social Sciences about the Constituent Assembly of the canton of Geneva.