Staff
Professors
Prof. Dr. Joachim Blatter
Head of the Department of Political Science; Professor of Political Science and Political Theory
T +41 41 229 55 92 • Room 3.B16 • joachim.blatter@unilu.ch
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Prof. Dr. Lena Schaffer
Professor of Political Science and Inter- and Transnational Relations
T +41 41 226 55 95 • lena.schaffer@unilu.ch
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Prof. Dr. Alexander Trechsel
Full Professor of Political Science and Political Communication
T+41 41 229 55 90 • Room 3.B14 • alexander.trechsel@unilu.ch
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Administration, Study Advisory Service and Mobility
Stephanie Deuber
Administrative Assistant of the Department of Political Science
T +41 41 229 55 91 • Room 3.B04 • stephanie.deuber@unilu.ch
Office hours: Mondays to Thursdays
Dr. Samuel D. Schmid
Programme Manager and Study Advisor LUMACSS
Coordinator Digital Skills
T +41 41 229 56 04 • Room 3.A18 • samuel.schmid@unilu.ch
Office hours: Monday to Thursday
Appointments by prior arrangement
Michael Widmer, MA
Study Advisor and Study Programme Coordinator for BA/MA in Political Science, Dual Degree MA in Political Science and MA in World Society and Global Governance
T +41 41 229 55 89 • Room 3.A53
michael.widmer@unilu.ch
Office hours: Mondays to Wednesdays
Appointments by prior arrangement
Research Assistants
Dr. Álvaro Canalejo-Molero
Assistant and SNSF Postdoctoral Researcher (Prof. Dr. Alexander Trechsel)
T +41 41 229 55 85 • Room 3.A12 • alvaro.canalejo@unilu.ch
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Dr. Johannes Schulz
Assistant and Senior Researcher (Prof. Dr. Joachim Blatter)
T +41 41 229 55 93 • Room 3.B11 • johannes.schulz@unilu.ch
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Permanent lecturers
Dr. rer. soc. Tobias Arnold
Permanent Lecturer
T +41 41 226 04 26 • arnold@interface-pol.ch
Tobias Arnold is Shareholder and Section Head at Interface Political Studies Research Consulting in Lucerne. He acts as Permantent Lecturer at the Deparment of Political Science at the University of Lucerne.
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Dr. des. Zora Föhn
Permanent Lecturer
T +41 41 226 04 26 • foehn@interface-pol.ch
Zora Föhn is Senior Project Manager at Interface Political Studies Research Consulting in Lucerne. She acts as Permantent Lecturer at the Deparment of Political Science at the University of Lucerne.
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Dr. rer. pol. Stefan Rieder
Permanent Lecturer
T +41 41 226 04 26 • rieder@interface-politikstudien.ch
Stefan Rieder is Senior Consultant and Shareholder at Interface Political Studies Research Consulting in Lucerne. He acts as Permantent Lecturer at the Deparment of Political Science at the University of Lucerne.
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Dr. Tobias Schulz
Permanent Lecturer
T +41 44 739 24 77 • tobias.schulz@wsl.ch
Tobias Schulz is Research Assistant at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), part of the ETH Domain. He acts as Permantent Lecturer at the Deparment of Political Science at the University of Lucerne.
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Research Associates and PhD Candidates
Anatolij Gerichhausen M.A.
Research Assistent / Doctoral Student (Prof. Dr. Lena Schaffer)
T +41 41 229 55 88 • Room 3.B14 • anatolij.gerichhausen@unilu.ch
Dr. phil. Maurits Heumann
SNSF Postdoctoral Researcher (Prof. Dr. Joachim Blatter)
T +41 41 229 55 98 • Room 3.B11 • maurits.heumann@unilu.ch
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Student assistants
Angela Baumann
Student Research Assistant
angela.baumann@unilu.ch
Marco Di Giuseppe
Student Assistant
T +41 41 229 57 54 • Room INS-8 • marco.digiuseppe@unilu.ch
Tutors
Pablo Bänninger
Tutor to lecture Einführung in die Demokratietheorien in fall semester 2025
pablo.baenninger@stud.unilu.ch
Gaia Ischi
Tutor to lecture Einführung in die Demokratietheorien in fall semester 2025
gaia.ischi@stud.unilu.ch
Aline Quinche
Tutor to the BA Methodenseminar zur Praxis der empirischen Sozialforschung II / Politikwissenschaft
aline.quinche@stud.unilu.ch
Library
Dr. Daniel Geiger
Lecturer for Information literacy Politics
daniel.geiger@zhbluzern.ch
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The core team with its student assistants
Alumni and former employees
Prof. Dr. Andreas Balthasar
Titular Professor of Political Science, Swiss Politics and Policy Evaluation
Prof. Dr. Alrik Thiem
SNF-sponsored Professor of Political Science and Methods of Political Science
Dr. Andrea de Angelis
Senior Researcher and lecturer
Dr. Mathilde van Ditmars
SNF Postdoc Researcher (Prof. Dr. Alexander H. Trechsel)
Dr. des. Lea Portmann
Research Assistant (Prof. Dr. Joachim Blatter)
Dr. Elie Michel
Post-doctoral Researcher (Prof. Joachim Blatter)
Dr. Resul Umit
Postdoc-Forscher (Prof. Lena Schaffer)
Dr. Diego Garzia
Senior Research Fellow (SNF Ambizione-Stipendiat)
Samuel Huber, MA
Study Advisor and Study Programme Coordinator
David Sanchez, MA
Research Assistant (SNF-Prof. Alrik Thiem)
Andri Heimann, BA
Student Research Assistant (Prof. Andreas Balthasar)
Giada Crivelli
Student research assistant (Prof. Joachim Blatter)
Tim Holleman
Former student research assistant (Prof. Lena Schaffer)
Please note that this list of our alumni is not complete. We only list more recent changes here. Thank you for your understanding.
