Curriculum vitae
Last name	Hug
First name	Simon
Office address	Département de science politique et relations internationales
	Université de Genève
	40, Bd du Pont d'Arve
	1211 Genève
	Switzerland
Phone (office)	+41 (0)22 379 89 47
Fax (office)	+41 (0)22 379 83 64
E-mail address	simon.hug@unige.ch

Fields of Interest
Methodology	Formal theory, statistical methods
Comparative Politics	Western Europe, cross-national research
Education
1984 - 1987	Université de Genève, Licence en science politique (B.A. in political science)
summer 1987	Summer training program in quantative methods in social research, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
1987 - 1989	Université de Genève, Diplôme d'études supérieures en science politique (M.A. in political science)
1990 - 1992	University of Michigan, Master's degree in Political Science
summer 1991	Summer training program in quantative methods in social research, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
1992 - 1994	University of Michigan, Ph.D. in Political Science
Languages
German	mother tongue
French	fluent reading, writing
English	fluent reading, writing
Italian	good reading, fair writing
Spanish	fair reading, some writing
Employment and Awards
1986 - 1987	Research assistant at the Graduate Institute of International Studies (IUHEI), Geneva
1987 - 1990	Teaching assistant at the Department of Political Science, University of Geneva
1990 - 1991	Fulbright scholarship
1990 - 1991	Fellowship of the Fondation Ernst et Lucie Schmidheiny
1991	Teaching assistant at the Department of Political Science, University of Michigan
1992-1996	Chargé d'enseignement (lecturer) at the Department of Political Science, University of Geneva
1996-2000	Maître assistant (lecturer) at the Department of Political Science, University of Geneva
1996-1997	Jean Monnet fellowship, European University Institute, Florence
1997-1999	Visiting scholar at the Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego
2001-2002	Assistant Professor, Department of Government, University of Texas, Austin
2002-2005	Professor at the Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität St. Gallen
2002-2005	Director of the Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität St. Gallen
2005-2008	Professor at the Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Zürich
2005-2006	Staff member of the CSCW - Governance and Peace (PRIO, Oslo)
2006-2011	President of the Swiss Political Science Association
2006	Vice-director of the Center for comparative and international studies (CIS), ETH, University Zürich (and acting director 2006-2007)
2007-2011	Staff member of the CSCW - Human Rights, Governance, and Conflict (PRIO, Oslo)
2008-	Professor at the Department of Political Science, Université de Genève
2012	Guest professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
2014	Article "Qualitative Comparative Analysis: How inductive use and measurement error lead to problematic inference" selected for virtual issue "Top Hits" in Political Analysis
2022	SNIS IG Award for "Conflict versus Disaster-Induced Displacement: Similar or Distinct Implications for Security?" Civil Wars (with Heidrun Bohnet and Fabien Cottier)
Professional activities
since 1988	member of the Swiss Political Science Association
since 1989	member of the American Political Science Association
since 1991	member of the Midwest Political Science Association
1995-1996	co-director of a working group at the Annual Swiss Meeting of Political Science (Bern et Balstahl)
1996-1997	member of the editorial committee of the Swiss Political Science Review
1996	workshop co-director at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops (Oslo, March 29- April 3)
1996-1998	Swiss National Science Foundation research grant (with Eugene Horber and Pascal Sciarini) for Swiss part of World Values Study
1997-1999	Swiss National Science Foundation research grant (with Jan-Erik Lane) "Institutional Arrangements and Conflict Resolution. Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives"
1997-1999	Swiss National Science Foundation research coordinator
1999	workshop co-director at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops (Mannheim)
1999	Participant at European Science Foundation Network on Eastern Enlargement (NEMEU)
1999-	member of the editorial board of European Union Politics
2000-2003	member of the Game Theory Society
2000-2015	member of the editorial board of Electoral Studies
2001	Special Research Grant from the University of Texas at Austin
2002-2005	member of the advisory board of the Swiss Political Science Review
2002-	member of the "advisory board" of VoteWorld International (at the University of California, Berkeley)
2002-2005	Research project financed by the European Union (coordinator Thomas König, Universität Konstanz) on "Domestic Structures and European Integration"
2003	co-organizer (with Lars Feld, Philips University Marburg) of workshop on "Economics and Politcs," financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation
2003	co-organizer (with Nicolas Hayoz, University of Fribourg) of conference on "Tax Evasion, Trust, and State Capacities," financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation , the University of St. Gallen and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
2003-	member of the European Union Studies Association
2004	co-director (with Thomas König, University of Speyer) of a workshop at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops (Uppsala)
2005-2008	Research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation "The Political Effects of Referendums. A Systematic Cross-national Study"
2005-2008	Research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation "Civil Society, Trust and Democratization in Russia" (Scientific Co-Operation between Eastern Europe and Switzerland (SCOPES) Joint Research Project Switzerland-Russia with Nicolas Hayoz)
2005-2009	Research project funded in the NCCR "Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century" (coordinator Hanspeter Kriesi, Universität Zürich) on "Democratizing Divided Societies in Bad Neighborhoods" (with Lars-Erik Cederman and Andreas Wenger)
2005-2013	member of the Board of Directors of the Doctoral school of the NCCR "Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century"
2005-2009	co-supervisor of NCCR peer mentoring group
2006-2009	Research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation "Parliamentary Decisions. Electoral considerations, party pressure and strategic calculations" (with Tobias Schulz)
2006	organizer of conference on "The EU's Constitution-Building Process: From High Hopes to Ratification Failues and Beyond," financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation
2006	co-organizer (with Lars-Erik Cederman, Cédric Dupont, and Gerald Schneider) of Summer school of the ECPR Standing Group for Analytical Politics and Public Choice financed by the European Consortium for Political Research , the Internationale Bodensee-Universität , and the Swiss National Science Foundation
2006	co-organizer (with Karin Gilland Lutz, Uwe Serdült, and Tobias Zellweger) of conference on "Financing Referendum Campaigns," financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation , C2D , Institute for Political Science, University of Zurich , Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften , VAUZ - Vereinigung akademischer Mittelbau der Universität Zürich , Zürcher Universitätsverein , Hochschulstiftung
2006	co-organizer (with Nicolas Hayoz) of conference on "Conflict resolution and Conflict management in Multiethnic societies - the cases of Russia and Switzerland," financed by the Präsenz Schweiz
2007-2009	Research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation "Dynamik des Wertewandels in der Schweiz: Ursachen und Konsequenzen" (with Hanspeter Kriesi)
2007-2009	Research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation "Promoting Volunteer Work: Matching Volunteers' Motives with Organizational Incentives"
2007-2010	Research project funded by the European Science Foundation "Disagreggating Civil Wars" (with Lars-Erik Cederman)
2008-2013	member of the scientific board of the Regional reserch promotion program Western Balkans
2009-2012	member of the editorial board of Journal of Politics
2009-2011	convenor of the ECPR Standing Group for Analytical Politics and Public Choice
2009-2011	member of the editorial board of International Interactions
2009-2011	member of the editorial board of Legislative Studies Quarterly
2009	co-organizer (with Richard Baldwin, Axel Dreher, and Katharina Michaelowa) of the second conference on "The Political Economy of International Organizations," financed by the Swiss Network for International Studies and the Swiss National Science Foundation
2009-2012	external examinor for PhD proposals at Trinity College, Dublin
2009-2016	member of the editorial board of European Journal of Political Research
2010-2021	member of the editorial board of British Journal of Political Science
2010-	member of the editorial board of Political Analysis
2010-2012	research project "Refugee Flows and Transnational Ethnic Linkages" (with Lars-Erik Cederman, Alain Dubois, et Idean Salehyan financed by Swiss Network for International Studies
2010-2013	Research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation "Understanding roll call vote requests and their consequences"
2010-2012	Research project "Motivating Employees and Volunteers of International Organizations: Do Values Matter?" (with David Giauque (University of Lausanne), Frédéric Varone (University of Geneva), Simon Anderfuhren-Biget (University of Geneva), and Ursula Häfliger (University of Zurich) funded by the Swiss Network for International Studies
2011	workshop co-director at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops (St. Gallen)
2011-2012	member of the EPSA Council
2011-	member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the project "Database on Political Responsiveness"
2011-2019	member of the scientific board of the Mannheim Zentrum für europäische Sozialforschung (MZES)
2012-2014	Research project "Forced migration, environmental risks, and conflict" funded by the AXA Research Fund (with Clionad Raleigh and Idean Salehyan)
2012-2014	Research project "The Proliferation of Multilateral Funds. Explaining the shift towards non-core multilateral aid and related institutions" (with Katherina Michaelowa and Alex Dreher, funded by the Swiss Network for International Studies )
2012-2014	Research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation "Bound to cooperate? Mapping Swiss security in a changing global landscape" (with Andreas Wenger)
2012-2015	Research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation "Ethnic Inclusion and Power-Sharing Institutions" (with Lars-Erik Cederman)
2012-2018	associate editor of Political Science Research and Methods
2013-2019	Research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Development Agency and the "Ethnic Power Relations and Conflict in Fragile States" (with Lars-Erik Cederman)
2013-2016	member of the steering board of the Regional research promotion program Western Balkans
2014-2016	Research project "Civilian Victimization and Conflict Escalation" (with Lars-Erik Cederman (ETH Zurich), Livia Schubiger (University of Zurich) and Marcelo Olarreaga (University of Geneva), funded by the Swiss Network for International Studies )
2015-2018	Research project "Re-parliamentarisation? A quantitative assessment of the Swiss Parliament's legislative function, 1987-2015" , funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (with Pascal Sciarini and Frédéric Varone)
2015-2017	representative at INEE Working Group on Minimum Standards and Network Tools
2017-2021	member of the Committee of the CERAH
2016-2020	Research project "Parliamentary Careers in Comparison", funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (with Stefanie Bailer and Philip Manow)
2017 - 2021	member of the Scientific Committee of the Humanitarian Encyclopedia (CERAH)
2018-2021	member of the editorial board of Legislative Studies Quarterly
2019-	member of the editorial board of Political Science Research and Methods
2019-2022	External research fellow at the Center for European Studies (CeFES) (University of Milano - Bicocca
2020-2025	Research project "The Strategy of Recorded Voting in the European Parliament", funded by the Norwegian research council (with Høyland, Bjørn and Fang-Yi Chiou)
2021-	member of the editorial board of the Journal of Peace and Conflict Research
2022-2025	Research project "Drivers, impacts and interrelationships of cantonal policies and firm behaviour during the pandemic years in Switzerland" funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (with Jan-Egbert Sturm and Vera Z. Eichenauer)
2023-2026	Research project "Uncovering the role of emotion norms for conflict transformation" funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (with Sandra Penić and Eran Halperin)
2024-2025	Research project "Debating Human Rights" funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation
2024-2029	Research project "Exposure to violence, cooperative behavior and emotions" funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation
2024-2026	Research project "Long-term impact of intergroup interventions on resilience to ethnic polarisation in a post-conflict setting" funded by the Swiss Network for International Studies )
(with Sandra Penić, Sabina Cehajic-Clancy, Eran Halperin and Andreas Wimmer)
2025	"Accountability mechanisms for more inclusive international organizations: The case of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)," (Joint Seed Money Funding Scheme, University of Geneva and Yonsei University, with Simone Dietrich and Byungwon Woo)
2025-2029	Research project "When Your Country Changes Face: Disidentification Amidst National Ideological Shifts and Political Polarization" funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Israel Science Foundation (with Eran Halperin)
various years	Reviews for Cambridge University Press , Oxford University Press , Palgrave , Princeton University Press , Routledge , Sage Publications , Springer , and University of Michigan Press
various years	Reviews for American Journal of Political Science , American Political Science Review , British Journal of Political Science , Cambridge Review of International Affairs , Civil Wars , Comparative Political Studies , Comparative Politics , Conflict Management and Peace Science , Diversity , Economic Policy , Economics & Politics , Economics of Governance , Electoral Studies , Ethnicities , European Integration online Papers , European Journal of Development Research , European Journal of International Relations , European Journal of Political Economy , European Journal of Political Research , European Political Science Review , European Union Politics , Financial theory and practice , French Politics , Government and Opposition , Green Politics , International Organization , International Political Science Review , International Studies Quarterly , International Studies Review , Japanese Journal of Political Science , Journal of Civil Society , Journal of Common Market Studies , Journal of Comparative Economics , Journal of Conflict Resolution , Journal of Contemporary European Studies , Journal of Cultural Economics , Journal of Empirical Legal Studies , Journal of European Integration , Journal of European Public Policy , Journal of Historical Political Economy , Journal of International Humanitarian Action , Journal of International Organization Studies , Journal of Legislative Studies , Journal of Law, Economics and Organization , Journal of Peace Research , Journal of Public Policy , the Journal of Theoretical Politics , Legislative Studies Quarterly , Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences , Mobilization , Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics , Party Politics , Perspectives on European Politics and Society , Perspectives on Politics , Political Analysis , Political Behavior , Political Psychology , Political Research Quarterly , Political Science Research and Methods , Political Studies , Political Studies Review , Public Choice , Publius , Quality & Quantity , Quarterly Journal of Political Science , Representation , Research & Politics , Review of International Organizations , Revista de Cienca Politica , Revue Criminologie , Scandinavian Political Studies , Science , Scientific Reports , Social Science & Medicine , Socio-economic Review , Sociological Methodology , Sociological Methods and Research , Swiss Political Science Review , West European Politics , World Development and World Politics
various years	Evaluations for Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR) , Avenir Suisse , Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) , Dutch Social Science Research Council ('gebied voor Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen') of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) , Emory University , European Research Council , Fondation Europa Cultural , Fonds national suisse , Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC) , Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Independent Research Fund Denmark , Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica (IPSAS), Taipei, Taiwan , Israel Science Foundation (ISF) , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven , Leibniz-Gemeinschaft , Leiden University , London School of Economics and Political Science , National Science Foundation (USA) , New York University Abu Dhabi , Ohio University , Services fédéraux des affaires scientifiques, techniques et culturelles (Belgian science foundation) , Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften , Stanford University , Swiss national science foundation , Texas a & M University , Transparency International , Trinity College, Dublin , Université de Montréal , United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation , Universität Bern , Universität Konstanz , University of California, Davis , University of California, Merced , University of Frankfurt , University of Mannheim , University of Milan , University of Texas, Austin , Washington University and Wissenschaftsrat (Germany)
various years	Dissertations at Universitá degli Studi di Milano , University of Essex , University of Geneva , EPFL Lausanne , Université de Grenoble , University of Leiden , University of Oslo , University of St. Gallen , University of Texas at Austin , ETH Zurich , University of Zurich
various years	Book reviews for American Political Science Review , Common Market Law Review , Comparative Political Studies , EU Studies Association Review , Perspectives on Politics , Political Studies Review, Representation , Review of International Organizations , Swiss Political Science Review and West European Politics
various years	Invited presentations at
	Essex Methods Summer School
	European University Institute (Florence)
	Freie Universität Berlin (Jean Monnet Lecture)
	German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer
	Graduate Institute for International Studies (Geneva)
	Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies (Geneva)
	Hebrew University, Jerusalem
	Hertie School of Governance, Berlin
	Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
	Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica (IPSAS), Taipei, Taiwan
	KU Leuven
	London School of Economics and Political Science
	National University of Singapore
	New York University, Abu Dhabi
	Ohio State University
	Oxford University, Department of Political Science and International Relations
	Oxford University, Nuffield College
	Peace Research Institute, Oslo
	Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
	Sciences Po, Paris
	Stanford University
	Texas A & M University
	Trinity College, Dublin
	Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
	Universität Hamburg
	Universität Mannheim
	University of California, Los Angeles
	University of California, San Diego
	University of Iceland (Reykjavik)
	University of Konstanz
	University of Leiden
	University of Milano
	University of Milan-Bicocca
	Université Montréal/McGill University
	University of Texas at Austin
	University of Twente
	University of Vienna
	University of Zurich, Center for International Studies
	Yale University

Publications

Books and edited volumes

Sharing Power, Securing Peace? (2022) New York: Cambridge University Press. (with Lars-Erik Cederman and Julian Wucherpfennig)

Value Change in Switzerland (2010) Lanham: Lexington. (co-edited with Hanspeter Kriesi)

Financing Referendum Campaigns (2009) Basingstoke: Palgrave. (co-edited with Karin Gilland Lutz)

Domestic structures and constitution-building in an international organization. (special issue of the Review of International Organizations (2007) 2(2). (co-edited with Thomas König)

Policy-making Processes and the European Constitution: A Comparative Study of Member States and Accession Countries . (2006). London: Routledge. (co-edited with Thomas König).

Tax Evasion, Trust, and State Capacities . (2006). Bern: Peter Lang. (co-edited with Nicolas Hayoz ).

Economic Models in Politics and Economics: A Dialogue (special issue of the Revue suisse de science politique) . (2005) (co-edited with Lars Feld).1

Voices of Europe. Citizens, Referendums and European Integration . (2002). Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield.

Nouvelles valeurs et nouveaux clivages en Suisse . (2002). Paris: L'Harmattan (co-edited with Pascal Sciarini).

Altering Party Systems. Strategic Behavior and the Emergence of New Political Parties in Western Democracies . (2001). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Parties and Party Systems. A Bibliographic Guide to the Literature on Parties and Party Systems in Europe since 1945 . London: Sage (1998) (with Stefano Bartolini and Daniele Caramani).

Staatsreform (special issue of the Revue suisse de science politique) . (1996) 2(2) (co-edited with Pascal Sciarini).

Articles in journals

Probing PR: Does proportional representation induce ethnic power sharing and reduce conflict? Research & Politics (forthcoming) (with Nils-Christian Bormann)

Burden-shifting, encroaching and shirking: Federalism in a pandemic crisis Publius (forthcoming) with Vera Z. Eichenauer, Pascal Sciarini, Jan-Egbert Sturm, Frédéric Varone)        Decision-Making in the United Nations General Assembly. A Comprehensive Database of Resolution-related Decisions Review of International Organizations (forthcoming) (with Joshua Fjelstul and Christopher Kilby)

Candidate Selection and its Behavioral Consequences Electoral Studies (forthcoming) (with Elena Frech)

The role of politicians' perceptual accuracy of voter opinions in their reelection Legislative Studies Quarterly (forthcoming) (with Frédéric Varone, Luzia Helfer, Stefaan Walgrave, Karolin Soontjens, Lior Sheffer)

Parliaments Day-by-Day: A New Open Source Database to Answer the Question of Who Was in What Parliament, Party and Party-group and When Legislative Studies Quarterly (2022) 47(3): 761-784 (with Tomas Turner-Zwinkels, Oliver Huwyler, Elena Frech, Niels D. Goet, Philip Manow and Stefanie Bailer)

Conflict versus disaster-induced migration: Similar or distinct implications for security? Civil Wars 23(4): 493-519 (with Heidrun Bohnet and Fabien Cottier)

Shirking and Slacking in Parliament Legislative Studies Quarterly (2021) 46(2): 493-523 (with Elena Frech and Niels D. Goet)

Introducing the Ethnic One-Sided Violence Dataset Conflict Management and Peace Science (2021) 38(1): 109-126 (with Hanne Fjelde, Livia Schubiger, Lisa Hultman, Lars-Erik Cederman, and Margareta Sollenberg)

Civilian Victimization and Ethnic Civil War Journal of Conflict Resolution (2020) 64(7-8):1199-1225 (with Lars-Erik Cederman, Livia Schubiger, Francisco Villamil)

Constituency Preferences and MP Preferences: the Electoral Connection Party Politics (2020) 26(5): 619-627. (with Danielle Martin)

Just say no to p < x (∀x ∈ (0,1]), *s and other evil things Swiss Political Science Review (2019) 25(3): 312-321.        Power-sharing: Institutions, Behavior, and Peace American Journal of Political Science (2019) 63(1): 84-100 (with Nils-Christian Bormann, Lars-Erik Cederman, Scott Gates, Benjamin Graham, Kaare Strøm and Julian Wucherpfennig)

The politics of special purpose trust funds. Economics & Politics (2018) 30(2): 211-255 (with Vera Z. Eichenauer)

Conflict-induced IDPs and the spread of conflict Journal of Conflict Resolution (2018) 62(4):691-716 (with Heidrun Bohnet and Fabien Cottier)

International Conventions and Non-State Actors: Selection, Signaling, and Reputation Effects Journal of Conflict Resolution (2018) 62(2): 346-379 (with Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Livia Schubiger, and Julian Wucherpfennig)

Lobbying across venues: an issue-tracing approach State Politics & Policy Quarterly (2017) 17(2): 127-153 (with Charlotte Jourdain and Frédéric Varone)

Complying with Human Rights International Interactions (2016) 42(4):590-615 (with Simone Wegmann)

Consensus voting and similarity measures in international organisations International Interactions (2016) 42(3): 503-529 (with Frank Häge)

Party Pressure in the European Parliament European Union Politics (2016) 17(2):201-218

Dealing with Human Rights in International Organizations. Journal of Human Rights (2016) 15(1):21-39.

How minorities fare under referendums: a cross-national study Electoral Studies (2015) 38: 206-216 (with Daniel Bochsler)

Strategic behavior in parliament. Journal of Legislative Studies (2015) 21(3): 295-322 (with Sarah Bütikofer)

Parliamentary voting procedures in comparison West European Politics (2015) 38(5) 940-968 (with Simone Wegmann and Reto Wüest)

Territorial Autonomy in the Shadow of Conflict: Too Little, Too Late? American Political Science Review (2015) 109(2): 354-370 (with Lars-Erik Cederman, Andreas Schädel and Julian Wucherpfennig)

Dissenting (in part) with the dissent: A response to James Johnson Swiss Political Science Review (2015) 21(1):188-192

Further twenty years of pathologies? Is rational choice better than it used to be? Swiss Political Science Review (2014) 20(3): 486-497

Party Unity in the Swiss Parliament. The Electoral Connection Journal of Legislative Studies (2014) 20(2): 193-215 (with Denise Traber and Pascal Sciarini)

Preferences or blocs? Voting in United Nation's Human Rights Council Review of International Organizations (2014) 9(1): 83-106 (with Richard Lukacs)

Ten years in the United Nations: Where does Switzerland stand? Swiss Political Science Review (2013) 19(2): 212-232 (with Simone Wegmann)

The Use and Misuse of the "Minorities at Risk" Project Annual Review of Political Science (2013) 16: 191-208.

Elections and Ethnic Civil Wars Comparative Political Studies (2013) 46(3): 387-417 (with Lars-Erik Cederman and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch)

Qualitative Comparative Analysis: How inductive use and measurement error lead to problematic inference Political Analysis (2013) 21(2): 252-265.

How electoral systems affect MPs' positions Electoral Studies (2012) 31:192-200. (with Danielle Martin)

Federalism, the geographic location of groups, and conflict Conflict Management and Peace Science (2012) 29(1): 92-121 (with Thomas Christin)

Referendums, Trust, and Tax Evasion. European Journal of Political Economy (2011) 27: 120-131. (with Franziska Spörri)

Policy Consequences of Direct Legislation. Theory, Empirical Models and Evidence. Quality & Quantity . (2011) 45: 559-578.

Polygyny or Misogyny? Reconsidering the "First Law of Intergroup Conflict" Journal of Politics (2011) 73(1): 265-270. (with Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Julian Wucherpfennig, and Karina Reigstad)

Democratization and Civil War. Empirical Evidence Journal of Peace Research (2010) 47: 377-394 (with Lars-Erik Cederman and Lutz Krebs)

The Swiss Upper House. `Chambre de Réflexion" or Conservative Renegades. Journal of Legislative Studies . (2010) 16(2) 176-194. (with Sarah Bütikofer)

The Effect of Misclassifications in Probit Models. Monte Carlo Simulations and Applications. Political Analysis (2010) 18(1) 78-102.

Selection Effects in Roll Call Votes British Journal of Political Science (2010) 40(1) 225-235.

Some Thoughts About Referendums, Representative Democracy, and Separation of Powers Constitutional Political Economy (2009) 20(3/4)251-266.

Legislative Voting Behavior, Seen and Unseen: Adjusting for selection effects in roll call vote analysis Legislative Studies Quarterly (2008) 33 543-572 (with Clifford Carrubba and Matthew Gabel)

Democratization and War in Political Science Democratization (2008) 15(3) 509-524 (with Lars-Erik Cederman and Andreas Wenger)2

Left-Right Positions of Political Parties in Switzerland Party Politics (2007) 13(3) 305-330. (with Tobias Schulz)

Domestic Structures and Constitution-Building in an International Organization: Introduction Review of International Organizations (2007) 2(2) 105-113. (with Thomas König)

Referendums in the EU's Constitution Building Process Review of International Organizations (2007) 2(2) 177-218. (with Tobias Schulz)

The Political Effects of Referendums. An Analysis of Institutional Innovations in Eastern and Central Europe Communist and Post-Communist Studies (2005) 38(4) 475-499.

Federal Stability in Unequal Societies Constitutional Political Economy (2005) 16(2) 149-160.

Introduction. Swiss Political Science Review (2005). 1-17 (with Lars P. Feld)3

Musings About the EU's Constitutional Future. Swiss Political Science Review (2005). 227-247 (with Lars P. Feld).4

Conclusion. Swiss Political Science Review (2005). 281-283 (with Lars P. Feld).5

Changes in the Partisan Composition of the Swiss Government. 1891, 1919, 1929, 1943, 1959, 2003, . . . ? Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft (2005) 11(3) 137-155. (with Ladina Caluori)

Using Mass Survey Data to Infer Political Positions European Union Politics (2005) 6(3) 339-352. (with Tobias Schulz)

Federalism in the European Union. The View From Below (If There Is Such a Thing) Journal of European Public Policy (2005) 12(3) 488-508. (with Thomas Christin and Tobias Schulz)6

Occurrence and Policy Consequences of Referendums. A Theoretical Model and Empirical Evidence. Journal of Theoretical Politics . (2004) 16(3) 321-356.

Selection Bias in Comparative Research. The Case of Incomplete Datasets. Political Analysis . (2003) 11(3) 225-274.

Endogenous Preferences and Delegation in the European Union. Comparative Political Studies . (2003) 36(1/2) 41-74.

The State that Wasn't There. The Future of EU Institutions and Formal Models. European Union Politics . (2003) 4(1) 121-134.

Interests and Information in Referendum Voting. An Analysis of Swiss Voters. European Journal of Political Research (2002) 41(6) 759-776. (with Thomas Christin and Pascal Sciarini).

Veto Players and Referendums around the World. Journal of Theoretical Politics . (2002). 14(4 (October)) 465-516. (with George Tsebelis)

Referendums and Citizen Support for European Integration. Comparative Political Studies . (2002) 35(5) 586-618. (with Thomas Christin)

In View of Ratification. Governmental Preferences, and Domestic Constraints at the Amsterdam Intergovernmental Conference. International Organization . (2002) 56(2) 447-476. (with Thomas König)

Studying the Electoral Success of New Political Parties. A Methodological Note. Party Politics (2000) 6(2) 187-197.

Ratifying Maastricht. Parliamentary Votes on International Treaties and Theoretical Solution Concepts. European Union Politics . (2000) 1(1) 89-122. (with Thomas König)

Referendums on European Integration: Do Institutions Matter in the Voter's Decision? Comparative Political Studies (2000) 33(1)3-36. (with Pascal Sciarini).7

Interpreting Statistical Results. A comment on "Public Choice and the Public Sector" by Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer. Revue suisse de science politique . (1999) 5(3) 110-114.

Non-Unitary Actors in Spatial Models. How Far Is Far in Foreign Policy? Journal of Conflict Resolution . (1999) 43(3) 479-500.

Correcting for Selection Bias in Social Movement Research. Mobilization . (1998) 3(2) 141-161 (with Dominique Wisler).

The Literature on Parties and Party Systems in Europe since 1945. A Quantitative Analysis. European Journal of Political Research (1998). 33(4) 497-524 (with Daniele Caramani).

Integration Through Referendums?. Aussenwirtschaft (1997) 52(1-2) 287-310.8

The Commission as a Pawn of the Member Countries? Comment on "Policy Making and Commission Appointment in the European Union" by Christophe Crombez. Aussenwirtschaft (1997) 52(1-2) 83-86.9

The Emergence of New Political Parties from a Game Theoretic Perspective. European Journal of Political Research . (1996) 29(2) 169-190.

Introduction. Revue suisse de science politique . (1996) 2(2) 1-6 (with Pascal Sciarini).

Conclusion. Revue suisse de science politique . (1996) 2(2) 257-269 (with Pascal Sciarini).

Third Parties in Equilibrium. Public Choice . (1995) 82(1) 159-180.

Green Politics in Switzerland: Environmental Attitudes and Political Parties. European Journal of Political Research . (1992) 21(3) 289-306 (with Matthias Finger)

The Emergence of the Swiss Ecological Party: A Dynamic Model. European Journal of Political Research . (1990) 18(6) 645-670.

Chapters in edited volumes

Inclusive resilience in violent settings. in Gulsum Acar, Blerina Këllezi, and Sandra Penić (eds.) The Power of Collective Resilience Against Political Violence and Repression (with Penić, Sandra, Guy Elcheroth and John Dixon), Routledge, 2025, pp. 167-186

Values in International Organizations. in Bob Reinalda, (ed.) Routledge Handbook of international organizations, 2nd edition (2025) Routledge, pp. 193-207.10

Challenging IOs through Numbers, in Badache Fanny, Kimber Leah and Maertens Lucile, eds. Introduction to International Organization Research Methods (2023) Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, pp. 255-261

Switzerland: The Politics of Legislative Debate, in Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus and Jorge M. Fernandes, eds. The Politics of Legislative Debate (2021) Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 734-757 (with Elena Frech and Niels D. Goet)

Roll-call voting behavior in legislatures, in Robert Rohrschneider and Jacques Thomassen (eds.) Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies (2020) Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 137-154

Examples of Quantitative Data Processing in International Relations, in Guillaume Devin (ed.) Resources and Applied Methods in International Relations (2017) Basingstoke: Palgrave, pp. 125-138

Le vote en assemblée parlementaire in Yves Deloye and Nonna Mayer, (eds.) Traité d'analyses électorales Bruxelles: Larcier, pp. 547-592

Exemples de traitements des données quantitatives en relations internationales. in Guillaume Devin (ed.) Méthodes de recherche en relations internationales. (2016) Paris: Presses de Sciences Po, pp. 193-212

Parliamentary Voting. in Wolfgang C. Müller and Hanne Marthe Narud, (eds.) Party Governance and Party Democracy. (2013) Springer, pp. 137-157.

Values in International Organizations. in Bob Reinalda, (ed.) Routledge Handbook of international organizations (with Simon Anderfuhren-Biget and Ursula Häfliger) (2013) Routledge, pp. 270-283.

Minderheiten und direktdemokratische Institutionen in Peter Neumann and Denise Renger, (eds.) Sachunmittelbare Demokratie im interdisziplinären und internationalen Kontext (2010) Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 224-234

Strategic voting in a bicameral setting in Thomas König, George Tsebelis and Marc Debus, (eds.) Reform processes and policy change: Veto players and decision-making in modern democracies (2010) Berlin: Springer, pp. 231-246

Introduction. in Simon Hug and Hanspeter Kriesi, (eds.) Value Change in Switzerland (2010) Lexington, vii-xv. (with Hanspeter Kriesi).

Conclusion. in Simon Hug and Hanspeter Kriesi, (eds.) Value Change in Switzerland (2010) Lexington, 231-234. (with Hanspeter Kriesi).

Introduction. in Karin Gilland Lutz et Simon Hug, (eds.) Financing Referendum Campaigns (2009) London: Palgrave, 1-8. (with Karin Gilland Lutz)

Conclusion. in Karin Gilland Lutz et Simon Hug, (eds.) Financing Referendum Campaigns (2009) London: Palgrave, 229-233. (with Karin Gilland Lutz)

Parties and their success in parliament. in Fritz Sager, Adrian Vatter and Frédéric Varone, (eds.) Festschrift für Wolf Linder (2009) Haupt. pp. 117-138. (with Pascal Sciarini)

The Strategic Context of Referendums on the EU Constitution. in Claes H. de Vreese (ed.) Referendum Campaigns 2007. London Palgrave, 47-62.

Referendums in the EU's Constitution Building Process. in Wilfried Marxer and Zoltán Tibor Pállinger and Bruno Kaufmann and Theo Schiller (eds.) Direct Democracy in Europe - Current Position and Research Prospects for the 21st Century 2007. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 174-188. (with Tobias Schulz).

Institutionalismus. in Fuchs, Dieter and Edeltraud Roller (eds.) Lexikon Politik (2007) 116-120. Stuttgart: Reclam.

Institutionen. in Fuchs, Dieter and Edeltraud Roller (eds.) Lexikon Politik (2007) 120-122. Stuttgart: Reclam.

Divided Government and the Ratification of the Amsterday Treaty" in Robert Pahre (ed.) Democratic Foreign Policy Making: Problems of Divided Government and International Cooperation 2006. Palgrave (with Thomas König), 133-150.

Introduction in Hayoz, Nicolas and Simon Hug (eds.)Tax Evasion, Trust, and State Capacities . (2006). Bern: Peter Lang (with Nicolas Hayoz).

Introduction in König, Thomas and Simon Hug (eds.) Policy-making Processes and the European Constitution: A Comparative Study of Member States and Accession Countries . (2006). London: Routledge. (with Thomas König).

Conclusion in König, Thomas and Simon Hug (eds.) Policy-making Processes and the European Constitution: A Comparative Study of Member States and Accession Countries . (2006). London: Routledge. pp. 260-278. (with Thomas König).

Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der direkten Demokratie in der EU. in Cheneval, Francis (ed.) Legitimationsgrundlagen der Europäischen Union (2005). Berlin: Lit Verlag. pp. 411-431.

Neuer Institutionalismus im Unterricht. in Euler, Dieter und Karl Wilbers (eds.) E-Learning an Hochschulen: An Beispielen Lernen (2003) St. Gallen: Hochschuldidaktische Schriften, Universität St. Gallen (with Ursula Häfliger-Musgrove).

Introduction. in Hug, Simon; Sciarini, Pascal (eds.) Nouvelles valeurs et nouveaux clivages en Suisse . (2002). Paris: L'Harmattan. pp. 11-28. (with Pascal Sciarini).

Clivages et identification partisane. in Hug, Simon; Sciarini, Pascal (eds.) Nouvelles valeurs et nouveaux clivages en Suisse . (2002). Paris: L'Harmattan. pp. 207-235. (with Alexander Trechsel).

La mobilisation des clivages lors des votations. in Hug, Simon; Sciarini, Pascal (eds.) Nouvelles valeurs et nouveaux clivages en Suisse . (2002). Paris: L'Harmattan. pp. 237-267. (with Thomas Christin et Pascal Sciarini).

Conclusion. in Hug, Simon; Sciarini, Pascal (eds.) Nouvelles valeurs et nouveaux clivages en Suisse . (2002). Paris: L'Harmattan. pp. 299-318. (with Pascal Sciarini).

Legislative Responses to Direct Legislation. in Mendelsohn, Matthew; Parkin, Andrew (eds.) Referendum Democracy : Citizens, Elites, and Deliberation in Referendum Campaigns . London: Macmillan (2001) pp. 88-108. (with Elisabeth R. Gerber).

Agenda-Setting and Policy Outcomes. Comments on Susanne Schmidt's "A Constrained Commission: Informal Practices of Agenda-Setting in the Council" in Aspinwall, Mark; Schneider, Gerald (eds.) The Rules of Integration . Manchester: Manchester University Press (2001).

Example, Exception or Both? Swiss National Identity in Perspective. in Cederman, Lars-Erik (ed.) Constructing Europe's Identity. Issues and Tradeoffs . Boulder: Lynne Rienner (2000) pp. 57-88. (with Pascal Sciarini and Cédric Dupont).

The Odd Fellow. Consociationalism and Parties in Switzerland. in Luther, Kurt Richard; Deschouwer, Kris (eds.) Consociationalism and Political Parties . London: Routledge (1999). pp. 134-162 (with Pascal Sciarini).

Switzerland - Still a Paradigmatic Case? in Schneider, Gerald; Weitsman, Patricia; Bernauer, Thomas (eds.) Towards a New Europe: Stops and Starts in European Integration . Westport: Praeger (1995). pp. 55-74 (with Pascal Sciarini).

La cohésion des partis fédéraux dans la phase référendaire. in Papadopoulos, Yannis (ed.) Elite politique et peuple. Analyse des votations fédérales . Lausanne: Réalités sociales. (1994) pp. 85-112.

Les coalitions référendaires. in Papadopoulos, Yannis (ed.) Elite politique et peuple. Analyse des votations fédérales . Lausanne: Réalités sociales. (1994) pp. 57-83.

Mobilisation et loyauté au sein de l'électorat. in Papadopoulos, Yannis (ed.) Elite politique et peuple. Analyse des votations fédérales . Lausanne: Réalités sociales. (1994) pp. 161-201.

Book reviews and other publications

Forced displacement Humanitarian Encyclopedia (2021, https://humanitarianencyclopedia.org/concept/forced-displacement)

Book review of "Ideology and International Institutions" Erik Voeten. Review of International Organizations . (2021) 16: 947-951

Regionale Autonomie entschärft Konfliktpotenzial. Volkswirtschaft (2018) 91(6): 24-26 (with Lars-Erik Cederman and Julian Wucherpfennig).

Book Review of "The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies," edited by Martin, S., Saalfeld, T., Strom, K. West European Politics (2015) 38(6): 1354-1357.

Book Review of "Referendums and the European Union. A Comparative Inquiry," by Fernando Mendez and Mario Mendez and Vasiliki Triga Common Market Law Review (2015) 52(2):604-606

We Need an Open Discussion of QCA's Limitations: A Comment on Thiem. Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (2014) 2:24-27.

Book Review of "Informal Governance in the European Union. How Governments Make International Organizations Work." by Mareike Kleine. Review of International Organizations . (2013) 8:525-528

Limitations of QCA APSA-CP Newsletter (2012) 22(1): 6.

Referendums may help to reduce tax evasion by fostering greater tax morale amongst citizens. EUROPP - European Politics and Policy , (with Franziska Spörri) http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2012/08/16/referendums-and-tax-evasion/

Der Ständerat wird zum europäischen Normalfall Neue Zürcher Zeitung , 9.8.2012, 17 (with Simone Wegmann and Reto Wüest)

Pourquoi le Conseil des Etats persiste-t-il à voter à main levée? Le Temps , 8.6.2012, 13 (with Simone Wegmann and Reto Wüest) (also reported upon in http://www.domainepublic.ch/articles/20789 (11.6.2012), http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerland/show-of-hands-gives-way-to-technology-at-the-feder.shtml?31062 (12.6.2012) and Tagesanzeiger (9.6.2012, 9)).

In der Uno ist die Schweiz Japan am nächsten Neue Zürcher Zeitung , 16.4.2012, 9 (with Richard Lukacs and Simone Wegmann) (also reported upon in http://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/3926651-le-vote-suisse-a-l-onu-analyse-par-des-chercheurs.html, http://www.24heures.ch/suisse/La-Suisse-suit-la-voie-du-milieu-a-l-ONU/story/28426515 and Le Temps 17.4.2012, 8.

Steine auf dem Weg junger Wissenschafter Neue Zürcher Zeitung , 6.1.2012, 13

Election du gouvernement: vers une victoire des blocs politiques? Le Temps , 29.11.2011, 15 (with Ladina Caluori).

Licht in die "Dunkelkammer." Neue Zürcher Zeitung , 10.11.2011, 24 (with Sarah Bütikofer).

Achsen des Unsinns. Weltwoche , 10.11.2011, 39 (with Reto Wüest).

Koalitionen im Stöckli. Im Ständerat dominiert die bürgerliche Allianz. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , 13.10.2011, 13 (with Sarah Bütikofer and Danielle Martin).

Book Review of "Comportement politique" by Nonna Mayer. Swiss Political Science Review . (2010).

Allianzen im Menschenrechtsrat der Vereinten Nationen. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , 19.10.2010, 21 (with Richard Lukacs).

Book Review of "The Legitimacy of the European Union After Enlargement." edited by Jacques Thomassen. West European Politics . (2010).

Book Review of "Europe in Question. Referendums on European Integration." by Sara Binzer Hobolt. Political Studies Review . (2010).

Le parlement de milice cher aux Suisses a de fait disparu. Le Temps , 5.5.2010, 13 (with Sarah Bütikofer).

Auf dem Weg zum Berufsparlament. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , 4.5.2010, 13 (with Sarah Bütikofer).

Gescheiterte Referenden, Gescheiterte Ratifikation? - Wege Aus der Krise. Welttrends (2007) 2 53-61.

ForS - ein Schritt in die richtige Richtung. SAGW Bulletin (2006) (4) 42.

Endogeneity and Selection Bias in Comparative Research. APSA-CP Newsletter (2006) 17(1) 14-17.

Book Review of "European Integration and Political Conflict" edited by Gary Marks and Marco R. Steenbergen. EU Studies Association Review . (2005) 18(2) 18-20.

Institutional Approaches in Political Science EpsNet Kiosk Plus (2004) 3 (with Ursula Häfliger-Musgrove)

Book Review of "A Comparative Study of Referendums" by Mads Qvortrup. Perspectives on Politics . (2003) 1(2) 437-438.

SVP und FDP driften auseinander. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , 20.2.2003, 15 (with Tobias Schulz).

Book Review of "Demanding Choices" by Shaun Bowler and Todd Donovan. American Political Science Review . (2000) 94(2) 455-456.

Book Review "Bicameralism" by George Tsebelis and Jennette Money. Comparative Political Studies . (1998) 31 (December 6) 772-774.

Recension de "Les partis verts en Europe occidentale" de Jérôme Vialatte. Revue suisse de science politique . (1997) 3(2) 178-180.

A Bibliography on Parties and Party Systems in Europe since 1945. EURODATA Newsletter . (1997) 6(Autumn) 18-21. (with Stefano Bartolini and Daniele Caramani)

Analyse des votations fédérales du 9 juin 1996 . Berne, Genève: GfS, Département de science politique, Université de Genève. (1996) (with Lionel Marquis and Boris Wernli)

Recension de `Le référendum. Etude comparative" de Francis Hamon et de `Direkte Demokratie. Ein internationaler Vergleich" de Silvano Möckli. Revue suisse de science politique . (1996) 2(1) 201-204.

Time to Party? Strategic Behavior and the Emergence of New Political Parties . Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, Department of Political Science (PhD Dissertation). (1994).

Recueil des prises de position . Genève: Département de science politique. (1990) (with William Ossipow, Ioannis Papadopoulos, and Dominique Joye)

Analyse des votations fédérales du 1er avril 1990 . Zürich et Genève: Société suisse de recherche pratique, Université de Genève. (1990) (with Florence Passy, Pascal Sciarini, and Hanspeter Kriesi)

L'émergence d'un nouveau parti politique: cadre théorique et son application au parti écologiste suisse . Genève: Département de science politique (mémoire de diplôme). (1989).