Education and work experience
Trainings
1996: PhD in political science, University of Geneva
1992: DES in Political science, University of Geneva
1989: Licence (MA) in political science, University of Geneva
Scholarships for research
1992: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), young scholars
1996: Schmidheiny Foundation
2000: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNS), advaced scholars
Work experience
Prof. invitée
VU University.
2013
- 2014
Pays-Bas
2005 - : Associated professor in political science, University of Lausanne
2002-2005: Assistant professor in political science, University of Lausanne
2000-2002: Visiting professor in political science, University of Lausanne
1999-2000: Assistant professor (Carrer development funding SNS)
1997-1999: Maître-assistante en science politique, Université de Genève
Cours-séminaire sur les méthodes quantitatives. Recherche FNS sur la protestation politique dans le domaine des migrations en France et en Suisse
1997-2000: Assistant professor (FNS fundings)
1990-1996: Assistant in political science, University of Lausanne
Visiting scholar/prof.
2013-2014: VU University.
1993-94:
- New School for Social Research, USA (Charles Tilly)
- University of Arizona, USA (Doug McAdam)
1996-1997: New School for Social Research, USA (Charles Tilly)
Others activities
EDITION
Editor
- The Swiss Political Science Review
Editorial committee
- Social Movement Studies (2009 - )
- Cohésion sociale et pluralisme culturel, Éditions Seismo (2009 - )
- Le savoir suisse, Presses polytechniques de Suisse romande (2000 - 08)
Reviewer
- Acta Politica; American Journal of Sociology; American Sociological Review; British Journal of Social Psychology; British Journal of Sociology; Comparative Political Studies; Conflicts and Change; Culture et conflit; European Journal of Political Research; European Journal of politics and gender; European Sociological Review; European Union Politics; Ethical Theory and Moral Practice ; Global Studies in Culture and Power; International Political Sociology; Identities; International Sociology; International Studies Perspectives; Journal of Common Market Studies; Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies; Journal of International Migration and Integration; Journal of Sociology and Anthropology; Mobilization; Political psychology; Politics and Religion; Political Research Quarterly ; Politique et Société (Canadian sociological review); Religion, State and Society ; Research in Social Movements; Social Movement Studies; Social Problems; Sociological Forum; Sociological Quarterly; Sociological Theory; Social Network Analysis and Mining ; Sociology and Anthropology ; Swiss Political Science Review; Swiss Sociological Review; The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest.
- Amsterdam University Press, Cambridge University Press, Manchester University Press, Palgrave Macmillan, Presses polytechniques de suisse romande, Seismo, Springer.
RESEARCH EVALUATION
Appointed expert
2015-2018 TransSOL (European paths to transnational solidarity at times of crisis).Horizon 2020 Program, EU funding.
2001-2007: PNR 40+ (Right-Wing Extremism in Switzerland: causes and Consequnces), SNSF.
2015 NCCR On the Move, SNSF.
Adhoc expertise
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
French National Research Agency (ANR)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC, UK)
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Swiss National Science Foundation (FNS).
Competences
Research direction
2017: Social and Solidarity Economy, Urban Communities and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups, SNIS (Swiss Network of International Studies)
2009:Why Stand Up for Others? A Comparative Study of Political Altruism and Contentious Participation, SNSF.
2003:Anti-globalization Contention: Activists Protesting Against the G8 in Evian
Academic Society of the Canton Vaud, Department of political science (University of Geneva), Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (University of Lausanne), Foundation of 450e (University of Lausanne), Institute of Political and International Studies (University of Lausanne), Institute of Social and Political Research (University of Geneva).
1998: The Contemporary History of Migration Politics in Switzerland, 1948-2000.
With Sandro Cattacin (University of Geneva), Marco Giugni (University of Geneva), Etienne Piguet (Swiss Migration Forum), Hans Mahnig (Swiss Migration Forum).
Swiss National Science Foundation (PNR39).
1997 Structuration of Public Debate and Collective Action in Migration and Ethnic Relations. A Comparative Study of France and Switzerland. (with Marco Giugni)
Swiss National Science Foundation (PNR39).
1996 Activism in Contentious Politics: The Activists of the World Wild Fund (WWF), University of Geneva.
