Education and work experience
Trainings
Education
2004: PhD in Political Science, University of Zurich
2002: MA in Labour Studies, University of Florence
1999: BA in Political Science, University of Geneva
Work experience
Prior positions
2017-2018: Visiting professor, University Carlos III - Juan March Institute, Madrid
2008-2009: Guest lecturer, University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
2005-2008: Lecturer, University of Geneva
2005, 2007: Guest lecturer, University of Zurich
2002-08: National secretary at the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions (SGB/USS), Berne
1999-2001: Scientific associate, Swiss Federation of Trade Unions (SGB/USS), Berne
Others activities
Founding editor & editor-in-charge of the review Social Change in Switzerland
https://www.socialchangeswitzerland.ch/
2015
Board member of European Sociological Review (2021 to present)
https://academic.oup.com/esr
2021
Member of Switzerland's Federal committee of research on vocational education research
The Scientific Advisory Board for VET/PET Research ensures the strategic orientation of VET/PET research. It evaluates and supervises the projects of the Leading Houses as well as other projects related to strategic topics.
2021
Member of the Scientific Council of the National Poverty Monitoring
Swiss Parliament has instructed the Federal Council to set up a national poverty monitoring system and to submit a report on the subject to the Federal Assembly every five years. The Federal Office for Social Security is responsible for the monitoring:
https://www.bsv.admin.ch/bsv/de/home/sozialpolitische-themen/soziale-absicherung/armutsmonitoring.html
2021
Member of the foundation board of the Haute école de travail social de Lausanne (HETSL)
https://www.hetsl.ch/
2021
Member of the Scientific committee of the review "Economics and statistics"
https://www.insee.fr/en/information/2591257
2018
Former member of the Executif Board of the European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR)
https://ecsrnet.eu/
2012
- 2018
Competences
Domaines de recherche
Social stratification, electoral analysis, industrial relations, unemployment, shifts in the employment structure
Languages
French, German, English, Spanish, Italian
