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Elliott Ashمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Law and Economics
• Political Economy
• Econometrics
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Elliott Ash is an Associate Professor of Law, Economics, and Data Science at ETH Zurich's Center for Law & Economics. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and J.D. from Columbia University, a B.A. in Economics, Government, and Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin, and an LL.M. in International Criminal Law from the University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on empirical legal studies using econometrics, NLP, and ML, examining topics like judicial behavior, legislative impact, and AI-driven governance. He has been funded by the ERC, Swiss NSF, and others. Research Interests: Elliott explores automation of legal decisions, text-as-data analysis in law, and the intersection of AI with legal systems. He develops tools like BallotBot and LePaRD to enhance legal transparency and public understanding. His work bridges law, economics, and computer science, with publications in top journals like the American Economic Journal and Review of Economics and Statistics . Teaching: Courses include Building a Robot Judge , Natural Language Processing for Law , and Big Data for Public Policy . He co-organizes the Zurich Workshop in AI+Economics and Monash-Warwick-Zurich Text-as-Data Workshops. Awards: European Research Council Starting Grant, Swiss National Science Foundation Grant, and multiple grants from U.S. and Swiss institutions. His work has been featured in NPR , VoxEU , and Georgetown Law Journal . Labs/Teams: Leads the Swiss AI Initiative's Human-AI Alignment team, collaborates with the CEPR on Political Economy research, and serves as an Economic Journal Associate Editor.

• International Investment Law
• Investor-State Dispute Settlement
• Bilateral Investment Treaties
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Weijia Rao is an Associate Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law, located at 765 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. With a robust scholarly profile evidenced by 12 published papers with over 2,150 total downloads and 5 total citations, Professor Rao maintains an active research agenda in international legal studies. Professor Rao's research focuses primarily on international investment law, with particular expertise in investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms, bilateral investment treaties, and international arbitration. Their work examines the intersection of domestic politics and international investment law, the effects of foreign investors' challenges to domestic regulations, and the role of national security considerations in international legal frameworks. A significant portion of their research analyzes China's engagement with international investment law and WTO frameworks, as well as the dynamics of arbitrator behavior in ICSID proceedings. The scholarly output demonstrates a clear trend toward examining the practical implications of international investment law on domestic regulatory sovereignty, with recent work increasingly focusing on national security dimensions of international law. Professor Rao's research employs empirical methodologies to analyze how international legal frameworks interact with domestic political processes and economic outcomes, contributing valuable evidence-based insights to ongoing debates about reforming international investment law systems. Professor Rao has established productive research collaborations with scholars from institutions including University of Chicago Law School, University of Miami, and Brigham Young University. Their publications appear in prestigious venues such as the Harvard International Law Journal, Yale Journal of International Law, and Journal of Legal Studies, reflecting the high quality and impact of their scholarship.

Barton Leeمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Political Economics
• Applied Theory
• EconCS
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Barton Lee is an Assistant Professor (tenure track) and Chair of Political Economy & eDemocracy at the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC) of ETH Zurich . He holds an Affiliate Fellowship with the Stigler Center at Chicago Booth and was a Junior Research Fellow at Magdalen College, University of Oxford (2021–2022). Dr. Lee earned his PhD in Economics from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in 2021, following a visiting year at Harvard University (2018–2019). Current Role : Asst. Prof (TT) + Chair, ETH Zurich Affiliations : Stigler Center (Chicago Booth), UNSW Resilient Democracy Lab Research Focus : Political Economics, Applied Theory Dr. Lee investigates democratic fragility through lenses of legislative gridlock , technocratic governance , and populist voter behavior . His work connects economic policy with political institution design , often employing formal modeling and empirical analysis . Notable projects include studies on the feedback loops between polarization and policy failure and adaptive strategies in autocratic regimes . He actively contributes to academic networks via personal website and Google Scholar , and engages in collaborative workshops such as the 2025 IAST/TSE Workshop on Political Economy of Autocratic Rule . Dr. Lee also advocates for academic positions like the Professor of Health Economics role at ETH Zurich. Scientific Awards: Affiliate Fellow, Stigler Center (2021–present) Junior Research Fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford (2021–2022) Dr. Lee's recent work explores intersections between technology , democracy , and economic theory , with active participation in conferences and mentoring networks across Europe and Australia.

Meredith Fowlieمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• Environmental Economics
• Energy Economics
• Industrial Organization
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Meredith Fowlie is a Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, affiliated with the Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics and the Environment and Energy Economics Program. Her work focuses on environmental economics, energy policy, and industrial regulation, with particular expertise in climate policy, emissions trading, and market-based solutions. University : University of California, Berkeley School : College of Natural Resources Department : Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics Role : Co-Director of the Environment and Energy Economics Program, Research Fellow Over the past two decades, Fowlie has led influential research on carbon pricing, insurance market adaptations to climate change, energy efficiency programs, and regulatory design. Her publications span topics like NOx trading programs , satellite-based air quality analysis , and default effects in electricity pricing . She has collaborated extensively with scholars such as Catherine Wolfram, Christopher R. Knittel, and Nicholas Muller. Her recent work (2025-2022) emphasizes catastrophe insurance equity , climate risk classification , and carbon pricing mechanisms . Earlier studies (2020-2008) addressed co-benefits in regulatory analysis, emissions leakage in incomplete markets, and optimal pollution regulation across stationary/non-stationary sources.

Hugo Subtilمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Political Economy
• Political Science
• Computational Social Science
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Hugo Subtil is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Zurich, affiliated with the Chair of Comparative Politics in Political Institutions and European Politics. He is an active member of the University's Digital Society Initiative (DSI), particularly engaged with the DSI Community AI & Law and multiple other interdisciplinary communities including Cybersecurity, Digital Humanities, and Ethics. His academic background includes: Economics studies at École Polytechnique (France) PhD from École des Mines and École Polytechnique (France) Subtil's research program integrates Political Economy, Political Science, and Computational Social Science to investigate European political dynamics through quantitative text analysis. He specializes in extracting political ideologies from large-scale text corpora using machine learning algorithms and social media data, with dual research foci: (1) how institutional design shapes social norms and behaviors, and (2) longitudinal evolution of political ideologies. His methodological approach bridges traditional political science with cutting-edge computational techniques for analyzing legislative discourse and public communication. Analysis of his 12 publications (2020-2025) reveals a clear trajectory from historical economic analysis toward contemporary computational political science. Early work (2020-2021) examined Marxian economics and pandemic-era urban migration patterns, while recent research (2023-2025) increasingly focuses on European Parliament discourse, populism, and emotional rhetoric using advanced text mining techniques. This evolution demonstrates growing specialization in computational analysis of political communication within European institutions. No scientific awards or major honors are documented in the available information. While no formal advisees or grant funding details are specified, Subtil's collaborative work within the DSI framework suggests engagement with interdisciplinary research teams addressing digital society challenges. His position within the Chair of Comparative Politics indicates involvement in departmental research initiatives related to European governance. Subtil operates at the nexus of multiple research ecosystems: the Department of Political Science's European Politics research group, the university-wide Digital Society Initiative, and specialized DSI communities exploring AI-law intersections. His work contributes to the DSI's mission of addressing societal challenges through digitalization research, particularly in computational analysis of political discourse and institutional behavior.

Pascal Sciariniمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Swiss Politics
• Political Behavior
• Comparative Politics
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Pascal Sciarini is a Full Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Geneva, where he has been a faculty member since 2005. He currently serves as Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences since July 15, 2022, and previously directed the Department of Political Science and International Relations from 2005 to 2010 and again from 2015 to 2017. He has also held academic positions at the University of Basel and IDHEAP in Lausanne. Doctorate in Political Science Professor at University of Basel, IDHEAP Lausanne, and University of Geneva Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences (2022–present) Director, Department of Political Science and International Relations (2005–2010, 2015–2017) His research focuses on Swiss politics, political behavior, comparative politics, direct democracy, Europeanization, and decision-making processes. He has published extensively on Swiss political institutions, electoral behavior, and the impact of European integration on non-EU countries. His work often combines quantitative analysis with comparative perspectives. The most recent articles reflect a strong focus on electoral behavior in direct democracies, media and parliamentary agenda-setting, Europeanization, and the methodological challenges of survey research in political science. His publications frequently appear in top journals such as European Journal of Political Research , West European Politics , and Electoral Studies , and he contributes to major reference works like The Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics . Scientific Awards and Honors: President, Swiss Political Science Association (2018–2021) Member, SNSF Scholarship Commission (2011–2018) Member, Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (ASSH) Committee (2011–2018) Founder and President, Doctoral Program in Political Science of Western Switzerland (2005–2018) Sciarini has supervised several doctoral and master’s students and has been involved in numerous research projects analyzing opinion stability, campaign effects, and e-voting. He has led or contributed to major research reports on political participation, electoral reform, and parliamentary behavior in Switzerland. His work underscores the evolving nature of Swiss consensus democracy amid increasing partisanship, mediatization, and European influence. Laboratories and Research Teams: He has been central to the Swiss Political Science research community and has collaborated extensively with scholars at the University of Geneva and beyond, particularly through the Department of Political Science and International Relations and the Doctoral Program in Political Science of Western Switzerland.

Felix Gilleمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Health Policy
• Governance
• Public Trust in Healthcare Systems
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Felix Gille is a researcher at the University of Zurich , affiliated with the Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care under the Faculty of Medicine. He leads the DSI-funded project "Data handling, security and protection: reaching conceptual equivalence for the concept of public trust in national electronic health records in Switzerland and neighboring countries," collaborating with Prof. von Wyl (IfIS/DSI, UZH) and Prof. Thouvenin (Faculty of Law, UZH). His work bridges health system and policy research, digital health, data law, and data security. Education: BSc in European Public Health, Maastricht University MMedSc in Health Economics, Policy and Management, Karolinska Institute PhD in Public Trust in Healthcare Systems, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Research Focus: Gille specializes in public trust dynamics within healthcare systems, particularly examining data governance, health policy, and ethical dimensions of digital health innovations. His projects analyze cross-national trust frameworks, biobanking ethics, AI in healthcare, and pandemic data sharing mechanisms. Scientific Contributions: His publications address critical issues such as GDPR impacts on research, trustworthiness of mHealth apps, and interdisciplinary approaches to health data policy. Articles span 2015–2025, emphasizing conceptual trust models, policy harmonization, and stakeholder engagement in health data systems. Awards & Roles: Fellow of the Swiss School of Public Health Associate Editor for Public Health Reviews

Sarah Bütikoferمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Swiss Politics
• Political Science
• Legislative Behavior
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Dr. Sarah Bütikofer is a political scientist affiliated with the University of Zurich , where she serves as a Research Associate and Editor at the Policy Analysis & Evaluation Research Department . She is also a project partner at Sotomo and collaborates with the PEGO Research Group (University of Bern/Eawag) on environmental governance and policy analysis projects. Her academic work focuses on Swiss political systems, legislative professionalization, gender representation, and direct democracy. Her research spans parliamentary studies, including voting behavior in the Zurich Cantonal Council and Swiss Federalism, and the professionalization of cantonal legislatures. She has contributed to environmental policy analysis through collaborations on plastic governance in Bhutan and climate action frameworks. Recent publications address gender equality in Swiss politics, Green Party dynamics, and institutional responses to climate disasters. 2024: Gender and parenting in Swiss Parliament 2023: Green Party impact in Swiss federalism 2022: Women's electoral surge in Switzerland 2020: Institutional peculiarities of Swiss Council of States 2015: Strategic voting and political professionalization Bütikofer actively participates in public debates as an editor for DeFacto and through media engagements with Swiss outlets like SRF and 20 Minuten. She contributes to policy discussions on climate governance, plastic regulation, and Swiss political reform.

Gabriel Hofmannمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Direct Democracy
• Digital Political Participation
• E-Participation Indices
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Gabriel Hofmann is a Doctoral Candidate and Lecturer at the University of Zurich, affiliated with the Philosophical Faculty and the Department of Political Science. He is also associated with the Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau (ZDA) and the Institute for Political Science's Policy Analysis & Evaluation division. His work focuses on direct democracy, digital political participation, and the development of e-participation indices. Hofmann teaches courses such as 'Spezialisierung: Direkte Demokratie Schweiz im 21. Jahrhundert' and collaborates on projects analyzing democratic processes in Swiss cantons and internationally. His research interests include measuring digital political engagement, cantonal voting dynamics, and the impact of new technologies on democratic institutions. Recent publications explore e-participation indices, cross-country digital participation case studies (e.g., Germany, Japan, Switzerland), and the evaluation of public policies like Switzerland's food law reforms. Educational Background: MA in Political Science, current PhD candidate at University of Zurich. Key Projects: DigiPartIndex Schweiz (tracking digital participation trends), cantonal referendum analyses, church-state policy evaluations. Affiliations: ZDA Aarau, procivis think tank, and Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI). Hofmann's work bridges academic research with practical policy evaluation, emphasizing Switzerland's unique direct democracy frameworks and digital governance innovations.

Adrian Vatterمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Swiss Politics
• Federalism
• Direct Democracy
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dr. Adrian Vatter is a full Professor of Political Science (Swiss Politics) at the Institute of Political Science , University of Bern, since 2009. He previously held professorships at the University of Konstanz (2003–2007) and the University of Zurich (2008–2009). His research focuses on Swiss political institutions, federalism, direct democracy, consociational democracy, subnational governance, and comparative public policy. PhD and Habilitation in Political Science, University of Bern Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles (1993–1994) Research Fellow, ETH Zurich and University of Basel (1994–1998) His scholarly output spans empirical democracy research, institutional analysis, and federalism studies, with publications in leading journals such as British Journal of Political Science , European Journal of Political Research , and Swiss Political Science Review . He has edited major works including The Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions (2024) and The Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics (2024). Recent articles highlight institutional impacts on policy processes, economic performance of long constitutions, and crisis resilience of consensus democracies during the COVID-19 pandemic. His work on bicameralism, electoral systems, and subnational democracy has shaped debates on Swiss political reform. Third Prize, Fritz Thyssen Foundation (2008) Second Prize, Fritz Thyssen Foundation (2003) He supervises ongoing dissertations on topics like intercantonal family policy, cantonal legislative functions, and federal reform. His team includes postdocs, scientific collaborators, and student assistants.

B. Douglas Bernheimمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Behavioral Economics
• Experimental Economics
• Public Economics
• +۴ مورد دیگر

B. Douglas Bernheim is the Edward Ames Edmonds Professor of Economics at Stanford University's Department of Economics. He also serves as a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). His academic career includes chairing the Department of Economics from 2014 to 2021. His primary research focuses on behavioral economics, experimental economics, and public economics, with notable contributions to topics like paternalism, preference formation, and welfare economics. Research Interests: Bernheim's work spans behavioral decision theory, social preferences, and the empirical validation of economic models. He has pioneered studies on projective paternalism, the aggregation of ordinal preferences, and the evaluation of financial education interventions. His theoretical frameworks, such as the 'theory of chosen preferences,' explore how worldview shifts influence decision-making dynamics. Grants & Awards: While no specific prizes are listed, his extensive publications and institutional roles reflect sustained academic impact. Labs/Teams: His research often involves collaborations with institutions like NBER and SIEPR. His work frequently examines real-world policy applications, such as optimal default options in retirement plans and the design of behavioral public policies.

• High-frequency trading
• Market liquidity
• Price discovery
• +۴ مورد دیگر

S. Sarah Zhang is an Assistant Professor at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, where she conducts research at the intersection of finance, technology, and market microstructure. Her academic work spans traditional financial markets analysis and emerging fintech applications, with a particular focus on high-frequency trading systems and data-driven financial services. Dr. Zhang's research interests center on market liquidity, price discovery mechanisms, high-frequency trading dynamics, and the evolving landscape of open banking and data privacy regulations. Her work examines how information flows through modern financial markets and how technological innovations reshape traditional banking services and market structures. Recent research has increasingly focused on the societal implications of financial technology, including racial disparities in mortgage markets and the impact of privacy regulations on banking operations. Her scholarly output shows a clear evolution from traditional market microstructure research toward the intersection of finance and information technology. Early work examined high-frequency trading and price discovery mechanisms, while more recent publications address open banking, API adoption, and data privacy legislation. This trajectory reflects the broader transformation occurring within financial markets as digital technologies reshape traditional banking and trading practices. Dr. Zhang has collaborated with researchers across multiple institutions globally, demonstrating the interdisciplinary nature of her work that bridges finance, economics, and information systems. Her publications in top finance journals like the Journal of Finance and Journal of Banking and Finance indicate the significance and impact of her research within the academic community.

Anna Rogersمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Model Interpretability
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Anna Rogers is a tenured Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen , where she leads research in the Data Science Section . Her work bridges NLP , large language models (LLMs) , and sociotechnical impacts of AI , with a focus on interpretability, robustness, and ethical frameworks. She serves as co-editor-in-chief of ACL Rolling Review and is a Villum Young Investigator and ELLIS fellow . Education: PhD in Computational Linguistics (University of Tokyo), Postdocs in Machine Learning for NLP (University of Massachusetts, Lowell) and Social Data Science (University of Copenhagen) Her research explores how LLMs can be designed for transparency and fairness, with recent grants like the Villum Synergy and Inge Lehmann supporting interdisciplinary collaborations. She organizes workshops (e.g., Dagstuhl seminar 24052) and co-leads projects like CAISA (National Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Society). Key themes include: Interpretability in NLP Robustness against synthetic content Data governance and ethical use Peer review systems and academic publishing Her lab has hosted researchers such as Max Müller-Eberstein (funded by DFF) and is actively recruiting for projects on generalization benchmarks and data attribution. She emphasizes collaboration across academia, industry, and policy, shaping Denmark's data science future through roles like the Danish Data Science Academy committee. Recent articles highlight trends in corpus analysis , temporal annotation , and LLM governance .

• Women in politics
• Political representation
• Women's quotas
• +۸ مورد دیگر

Dr. Lea Sgier is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary. Her work focuses on gender in politics, qualitative methodology, and comparative political sociology, with specific expertise in political representation, citizenship studies, and feminist political theory. She contributes to academic training through MA and PhD courses on qualitative research, discourse analysis, and nationalism. Education: Master’s thesis on equality, citizenship, and gender at the University of Geneva Research: Investigates elderly citizenship in Swiss institutions (with Barbara Lucas) and doctoral training experiences in Europe Her publications analyze gender quotas, electoral participation, and meta-theoretical frameworks for gender equality. She serves as a methodological advisor for academic networks and has contributed to European policy debates on gender representation. While no formal awards are documented, her roles include editorial collaborations and intensive workshops on qualitative analysis.

• International Political Economy
• Comparative Political Economy
• Finance
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Elsa Clara Massoc is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at the School of Economics and Political Science (SEPS) of the University of St. Gallen. Her research focuses on international political economy, comparative political economy, finance, and politics, with a particular emphasis on banking policy, central bank accountability, and climate policy narratives. She examines state-bank relationships, the structural power of financial institutions, and the geo-economic foundations of policy decisions in Europe. Her work spans themes such as the governance of large European banks, the interplay between climate goals and economic stability, and the dynamics of anti-finance discourses on social media. Notable contributions include analyses of European Central Bank accountability mechanisms, state-guaranteed credit programs during the pandemic, and comparative studies of banking sector management during crises. Her research methodologies combine quantitative analysis of institutional interactions (e.g., MEP-ECB accountability forums) with qualitative case studies, such as the 2012 French banking rescue under Sarkozy. She also explores digital political behavior through studies of polarized user interactions on platforms like Reddit. Labs/Teams: While no specific lab is mentioned, her collaborative work suggests engagement with interdisciplinary teams studying European financial governance, central banking dynamics, and digital democracy.