Staff
Professors
Prof. Dr. Joachim Blatter
Professor of Political Science and Political Theory
T +41 41 229 55 92 • F +41 41 229 55 85 • Room 3.B16 • joachim.blatter@unilu.ch
Prof. Dr. Andreas Balthasar
Titular Professor of Political Science, Swiss Politics and Policy Evaluation
T +41 41 226 04 26 • F +41 41 226 04 36 • andreas.balthasar@unilu.ch
Ass.-Prof. Dr. Lena Schaffer
Assistant-Professor of Political Science and Inter- and Transnational Relations
T +41 41 226 55 95 • F +41 41 226 04 36 • lena.schaffer@unilu.ch
SNSF-Prof. Dr. Alrik Thiem
SNSF-sponsored Professor of Political Science and Methods of Political Science
T +41 41 229 55 90 • Raum 3.A29 • alrik.thiem@unilu.ch
Prof. Dr. Alexander Trechsel
Head of the Department of Political Science; Full Professor of Political Science and Political Communication
T+41 41 229 55 90 • Room 3.B14 • alexander.trechsel@unilu.ch
Administration, Study Advisory Service and Mobility
Susanne Lindner, MA
Administrative Assistant of the Department of Political Science
T +41 41 229 55 91 • F +41 41 229 55 85 • Room 3.B04 • susanne.lindner@unilu.ch
Office hours: Monday-Thursday
Bühler Nadia, BA
Study Advisor and Study Programme Coordinator LUMACSS
Mondays to Wednesdays: Room 3.A11, T +41 41 229 55 87
Office Hours: Monday-Wednesday
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
Room 3.A53, T +41 41 229 55 89
Office hours: Mondays to Wednesdays
Appointments by prior arrangement
Research Assistants
Dr. Andrea de Angelis
Senior Researcher and Lecturer
T +41 41 229 56 96 • Room 3.B11 • andrea.deangelis@unilu.ch
Johannes Schulz, MPhil
Research Assistant and Lecturer (Prof. Joachim Blatter)
T +41 41 229 55 93 • Room 3.B11 • johannes.schulz@unilu.ch
Dr. Mathilde van Ditmars
Senior Researcher and Lecturer (Prof. Alexander Trechsel)
T +41 41 229 55 88 • Room 3.B14 • Mathilde.VanDitmars@unilu.ch
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.
Research Fellows, Research Assistants and PhD Candidates
Anina Hanimann, MA
PhD Candidate (Prof. Andreas Balthasar)
T +41 41 226 61 81 • anina.hanimann@unilu.ch
Maximilian Lüth, MA
PhD Candidate (Assistant- Prof. Lena Schaffer)
maximilian.lueth@unilu.ch
More information
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. Joachim Blatter)
T +41 41 229 55 94 • Room 3.A12 • frowin.rausis@unilu.ch
Dr. Elie Michel
Post-doctoral Researcher (Prof. Joachim Blatter)
T +41 41 229 56 04 • Room 3.B14 • elie.michel@unilu.ch
Dr. Lusine Mkrtchyan
Research Assistant (SNF-Prof. Alrik Thiem)
T +41 41 229 56 02 • Room 3.A12 • lusine.mkrtchyan@unilu.ch
Dr. Lea Portmann
Research Assistant (Prof. Joachim Blatter)
T +41 41 229 57 18 • F +41 41 229 55 85 • Room 3.A12 • lea.portmann@unilu.ch
David Sanchez, MA
Research Assistant (SNF-Prof. Alrik Thiem)
T +41 41 229 56 01 • Raum 3.A12 • david.sanchez@unilu.ch
Student assistants
Jonathan Biedermann
Student assistant
T +41 41 229 57 54 • F +41 41 229 55 85 • Raum 3.A19 • Jonathan.Biedermann@unilu.ch
Giada Crivelli
Student research assistant (Prof. Joachim Blatter)
T +41 41 229 57 54 • F +41 41 229 55 85 • Raum 3.A19 • giada.crivelli@unilu.ch
Andri Heimann, BA
Student Research Assistant (Prof. Andreas Balthasar)
T +41 41 229 57 54 • F +41 41 229 55 85 • Raum 3.A19 • andri.heimann@unilu.ch
Aline Horber, BA
Student assistant
T +41 41 229 57 54 • F +41 41 229 55 85 • Raum 3.A19 • aline.horber@unilu.ch
Greta Kurpicz
Student research assistant (Ass.-Prof. Lena Schaffer)
T +41 41 229 57 54 • F +41 41 229 55 85 • Room 3.A19 • greta.kurpicz@unilu.ch
Nick Luchsinger
Student research assistant (Ass.-Prof. Lena Schaffer)
T +41 41 229 57 54 • F +41 41 229 55 85 • Room 3.A19 • nick.luchsinger@unilu.ch
Falvia Stalder, BSc
Student research assistant (Ass.-Prof. Lena Schaffer)
T +41 41 229 57 54 • F +41 41 229 55 85 • Room 3.A19 • flavia.stalder@unilu.ch
Tutors
Jonathan Biedermann
Tutor Lecture and Proseminar "Einführung in die Demokratietheorien"
Jonathan.Biedermann@unilu.ch
Philippe Bucher, BA
Tutor Lecture and Proseminar "Einführung in die Internationalen Beziehungen"
philippe.bucher@stud.unilu.ch
Chiara Büchler, BA
Tutor Lecture "Policy-Analyse in Zeiten des Klimawandels"
Student Assistant Dr. Stefan Rieder
chiara.buechler@unilu.ch
Enea Lalive d'Epinay
Tutor Lecture and Proseminar "Einführung in die Demokratietheorien"
Dr. Raphaela Schlicht-Schmälzle
Tutor "MA Research Designs and Methods in Qualitative Studies I"
Andrea Stammbach
Tutor "BA Proseminar Methodenseminar zur Praxis der empirischen Sozialforschung II"
Librarian
Alumni and former employees
Tim Holleman
Former student research assistant (Prof. Lena Schaffer)
Dr. Doreen Spörer-Wagner
Former Study advisor for Political Science
Nenad Stojanovic
Former Senior Research Fellow (SNSF-Ambizione Grantee) and Lecturer
Sandra Lavenex
Former Professor of Political Science, International Relations and Global Governance and Founder of the Department of Political Science
Samuel D. Schmid
Former Student Assistant, Research Associate and Lecturer
Please note that this list of our alumni is not complete. We only list more recent changes here. Thank you for your understanding.