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. Andreas Balthasar
Titular Professor of Political Science, Swiss Politics and Policy Evaluation
T +41 41 226 04 26 • andreas.balthasar@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. Alrik Thiem
SNF-sponsored Professor of Political Science and Methods of Political Science
T +41 41 229 55 90 • Raum 3.A29 • alrik.thiem@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
Adriana Sbarra
Administrative Assistant of the Department of Political Science
T +41 41 229 55 91 • Room 3.B04 • adriana.sbarra@unilu.ch
Office hours: Mondays to Fridays
Bühler Nadia, MA
Study Advisor and Study Programme Coordinator LUMACSS
T +41 41 229 55 87 • Room 3.A53
nadia.buehler@unilu.ch
Office Hours: Mondays to Wednesdays
Appointments by prior arrangement
Michael Widmer, BA
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. Samuel D. Schmid
Postdoctoral Researcher (Prof. Dr. Alexander Trechsel) and Scientific Assistant (Prof. Dr. Joachim Blatter)
T +41 41 229 56 04 • Raum 3.B14 • samuel.schmid@unilu.ch
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Dr. des. 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. pol. Stefan Rieder
Permanent lecturer at the Deparment of Political Science
T ++41 41 226 04 26 • rieder@interface-politikstudien.ch
Stefan Rieder is director at the 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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Research Fellows, Research Assistants and PhD Candidates
Dr. des. Maurits Heumann
Research assistant (Prof. Dr. Joachim Blatter)
T +41 41 229 55 98 • Room 3.B11 • maurits.heumann@unilu.ch
Maximilian Lüth, MA
PhD Candidate (Prof. Dr. Lena Schaffer)
T +41 41 229 55 99 • Room 3.A11 • maximilian.lueth@unilu.ch
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Dr. Zsuzsanna Blanka Magyar
Research assistant (Ass.-Prof. Lena Schaffer)
T +41 41 229 56 08 • Room 3.A11 • zsuzsanna.magyar@unilu.ch
Lic. rer. soc. Frowin Rausis
PhD Candidate (Prof. Dr. Joachim Blatter)
T +41 41 229 55 94 • Room 3.A12 • frowin.rausis@unilu.ch
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Dr. Lusine Mkrtchyan
Research Assistant (SNF-Prof. Dr. Alrik Thiem)
T +41 41 229 56 02 • Room 3.A12 • lusine.mkrtchyan@unilu.ch
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Zuzana Sebechlebská, MSc
Research Assistant (SNF-Prof. Dr. Alrik Thiem)
zuzana.sebechlebska@unilu.ch
Dr. Mathilde van Ditmars
SNF Postdoctoral Researcher (Prof. Dr. Alexander H. Trechsel)
T +41 41 229 55 88 • Room 3.B14 • Mathilde.VanDitmars@unilu.ch
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Student assistants
Johanna Bösiger
Student assistant
T +41 41 229 57 54 • Room 3.A19 • johanna.boesiger@unilu.ch
Konstantin Kreibich
Student research assistant (Prof. Dr. Joachim Blatter)
T +41 41 229 57 54 • Room 3.A19 • konstantin.kreibich@unilu.ch
Melyssa Piña Sigg
Student Research Assistant (Prof. Dr. Joachim Blatter)
T +41 41 229 57 54 • Room 3.A19 • melyssa.pina@unilu.ch
Tutors
Laura Grawehr
Tutor Lecture "Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences" (PhD Michele Fenzl)
laura.grawehr@stud.unilu.ch
Amanda Franklin-Ryan
Tutor Lecture "Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences" (PhD Michele Fenzl)
amanda.franklin@unilu.ch
Daniel Rose
Tutor Lecture "Policy Analysis with Applications in Energy Policy" (Dr. rer. pol. Stefan Rieder)
daniel.rose@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
Dr. Andrea de Angelis
Senior Researcher and lecturer
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.