Education and work experience
Trainings
University backround
1992-1997: PhD, Contemporary History, Faculty of Arts, University of Lausanne
1992: MA complement, Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, University of Turin
1991: MA Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne
1987-1990: BA, Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne
Work experience
Research and scientific activity
August- September 2022: Visiting scholar, Institute for European Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca
October-December 2019: Visiting Scholar, Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York
August-September 2019: Visiting Fellow, Department of Political Science and Law, University of Valencia
March-April 2016: Visiting Fellow, Documentation Centre for Dutch Political Parties, University of Groningen.
April 2011-: Director of the Research Observatory for regional politics, Institute of Political, historical and International Studies, University of Lausanne
1998-March 2011: Director of the Observatory for Politics, Statistical Office of the Canton of Ticino, Bellinzona (Switzerland).
2006 (April-June): Visiting Fellow in Political Science, European University Institute, Fiesole
February 2006 - July 2006 : Visiting Fellow in Political Science, Centre de recherches politiques de Science Po, Cevipof, Paris
November 1997 - May 1998 : Scientific Fellow, Cantonal Office of Statistics, Bellinzona
November 1995 - December 1996 : Research Fellow, Centro Studi Piero Gobetti, Turin
October 1991 - June 1997: Visiting Scholar, Département of History, University of Turin
October 1991 - June 1994 : Visiting Scholar, Département of Political Science politique, University of Turin
Academic Teaching
- October-November 2020: Visiting professor, Department of cultural, political and social studies, University of Turin
May 2016: Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Salzburg.
- Since January 2016: professor in political science, Institute of Political Studies, University of Lausanne
March 2012: Visiting professor in Political science, University of Turin
April 2011-: Senior lecturer in Political science, Institute of Political, Historical
and International Studies, University of Lausanne
2007-2010: lecturer in Political science at the Department of Political and International Studies of the University of Lausanne
2007-2010: lecturer in Political science at the Department of Political Science at the University of Geneva
2006 (January-June): visiting professor in Political Science at the Science Po-Paris.
2005 (February-June): visiting professor in Political Science, University of Sorbonne 1 Paris
2001-2005, lecturer in quantitative and qualitative methodology in social sciences, University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland
2001-2002: lecturer in Political science, University of Lausanne
2000-2001: lecturer in Political science, University of Geneva
Others activities
Head of Research (main projects)
2023-2026: Principal investigator, "Populism and Conspiracy in the COVID-19 Pandemic", NS-FNL, Division 1-Lead Agency-Wave, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, in collaboration with Austrian Science Fund
2019-2023: Principal investigator of the project "The Right-Wing Populist Discourse in European Cross-Border Areas. A comparison between Switzerland and Luxembourg (CROSS-POP)", funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, in collaboration with Luxembourg National Fund, Division 1-Lead Agency
2016-2019: coordinator of the project "Urban Transformations and Local Political Elites. A comparative Study among four Swiss Cities", funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, Division 1
2012-2016 (46 months): co-direction, with Damir Skenderovic (main applicant), of the research project "Parties and Election Campaigns in Post-war Switzerland. National and Regional Dimensions", funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, Division 1
2011 : main director, with Duncan McDonnell, « Mayors and Political Parties. A comparison among Switzerland and Italy », FNS, International Visiting Fellows
Congress Organisation (recent events)
2018: co-organisation, Int. workshop, "Populism and Ethno-Territorial Politics in Western and Eastern Europe", University of Salzburg 12-13.4.
2017: co-organisation, International workshop, "Citizens, Parties and Leaders in European Uncertainty. Claims for the National Sovereignty", UNIL, 10-11.11.
2016: co-organisation, International Workshop, Populism, Regionalism and Nationalism in Western European Party Mobilisation. The territorial Dimension', IEPHI, University of Lausanne, 30.09-1.10
2016: co-chair, « Party Affiliation and Leadership Strategies", ECPR General Conference, Prague, 7-10.9
2016: OM, co-chair, Panel "Populist Political Communication : party discourses, media coverage and citizens opinions in times of crisis", Società italiana di Scienza politica, Milan, 16-17.9.2016.
2015: co-organisation of the 6ème Congrès des Associations francophones de science politique, University of Lausanne, 5-7.2.2015 (member of the local committee).
2015: co-organisation, « Regional Power: Actors and Institutions" », Section « Federalism and Territorial Politics », 6ème Congrès des Associations francophones de science politique, University of Lausanne, 5-7.2.2015.
2014: co-organisation of panels, « Local and Urban Politics in Multilevel Systems », Section "Federalism and Territorial politics", Annual Conference of the Swiss Political Science Association, University of Bern, 30-31.1.2014.
2013: co-organisation Panel « Political parties: learning from social movements », ECPR General Conference, Bordeaux, 4-7.9.2013.
2013: co-organisation, «Multilevel Party Organisations: Examining the Role of Political Parties in Federal and Decentralised Political Systems», Section "Federalism and Territorial politics", Annual Conference of the Swiss Political Science Association, University of Zurich, 31.1-1.2.2013.
2013: co-organisation, Panel «Les partis suisses et leur histoire», Journées suisses d'histoire, Université de Fribourg, 7-8.1.2013.
Personalia (current)
Directeur of the VieDoc, Pôle documentaire sur la vie politique, sociale et économique en Suisse, University of Lausanne
Member of the Centre de Recherche sur l'Action Politique de l'Université de Lausanne
Co-chair of the working group "Federalism and territorial politics", Swiss political Science Association
Member of the scientific commission, CH-X, Swiss Youth Surveys, Bern
Chair of the Standing Group « Political Sociology », ECPR
Member of the board, Political Sociology Research Network, European Sociological Association
Head of the editorial Series "Le sfide della Svizzera", Armando Dadò Publisher, Locarno, Switzerland
Co-Head of the editorial Series "International Studies on Populism", Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden, Germany
Coordinator at the UNIL of the Summer School "Participation and Democracy"(UNIL-ULB-Science Po-Bordeaux-Université Laval)
Member of PhD program board, "Mutamento sociale e politico", University of Florence and University of Turin
