Teaching
Lecture: “Introduction to the theories of comparative politics“, BA-course, University of Zurich, Spring 2008, lecturer during 9 of 14 weeks (replacement for lecturer on maternity leave).
» Syllabus (PDF, 58.63 Kb)Seminar: “Party Systems and Democratization in Latin America and Africa”, together with Timotheos Frey, University of Zurich, held in Winter 2006-7 and in Fall 2007.
» Syllabus (PDF, 41.64 Kb)Research seminars: Teaching and supervision of student research –
1-year seminars together with Hanspeter Kriesi et al.:
“Value Change in Switzerland” (2007-8)
“The Performance of Democracies” (2006-7)
“Electoral Systems and Party Systems in Comparative Perspective” (2005-6)
“The Political Relevance of Social Capital” (2004-5)
“The 2003 National Elections in Switzerland” (2003-4)
“National Political Change in Borderless Spaces” (2002-3)
Supervision of student master theses:
12 theses supervised since 2002
Teaching Statement
At the University of Zurich, I have jointly with Hanspeter Kriesi and other collaborators at the chair for comparative politics taught one-year MA-courses since 2002 on a variety of themes. While the first term is generally dedicated to lectures and student presentations, the second term is devoted to supervising student research papers that empirically applied the theories and methods encountered.
Together with Timotheos Frey, I designed a new course on party systems and democratization, which made extensive use of online teaching resources. Recently, I held a introductory lecture for BA students to the theories of comparative politics. I have also supervised MA theses on various issues in comparative politics since 2002.