David Sanchez started his PhD in February 2018 at the University of Lucerne as a member of the Swiss National Science Foundation-funded project ACCORds (Advancing Configurational Comparative Research Methods), which is led by Prof. Dr. Alrik Thiem. Before joining ACCORds, he obtained a Master of Arts in Public Opinion and Survey Methodology at the University of Lucerne, Lausanne and Neuchâtel, and subsequently worked as a research consultant in a leading market research institute in Switzerland for two years. Within ACCORds, David Sanchez’s work focuses on the evaluation and application of configurational methods for policy analysis and impact evaluation.