Matteo Frey
Research Fellow and PhD Student
(Lucerne Graduate School in Ethics)
T +41 41 229 52 37 • 3.B56 • matteo.frey @ unilu.ch
CV
PhD student at the Lucerne Graduate School in Ethics (LSGE) at the Institute for Social Ethics (ISE) of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Lucerne. He is working on his research project in the field of sports ethics under the supervision of Prof. Dr. theol. lic. phil. Peter G. Kirchschlaeger.
Master's degree in religious studies, economics and political science at the Universities of Lucerne, Basel and Zurich as part of the interdisciplinary programme of the Centre for Religion-Economy-Politics [2021: Master of Arts in Religion-Economy-Politics]. He wrote his final thesis on the virtue ethics approach in political peace building (supervisor: Thomas Wallimann, ethik21 / Laurent Goetschel, Swisspeace). Before that, he completed a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration in International Management with a focus on "Social Entrepreneurship" at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland [2017: Bachelor of Sciences in Business Administration (International Management)]. During his studies, he gained academic experience abroad in Riga, Latvia (Latvijas Universitāte, 2014-2015) and Tel Aviv, Israel (Tel Aviv University, 2020), among others. Initially, he completed an apprenticeship as a businessman in the field of fiduciary services.
Professional experience in project management and development cooperation at World Vision as Project Specialist (2022) and International Programme Coordinator (2019-2020). Further experience from volunteering at the Swiss Hospital Service of the Order of Malta (MHDS) as On-Site and Team Leader to support people with mental and physical disabilities in Lebanon (2017-2020); National Project Manager at Erasmus Student Network (ESN) Switzerland to promote the Sustainable.
Research
- Sports ethics
- Human Rights and Religions
- (Religion in) Peace and Conflict Studies
- Virtue ethics
Publications
Achievements
Vested interests
- Societas Ethica - European Society for Research in Ethics, Member, Switzerland, 2022–
- Ethics in a Global Context LSUE Alumni Network, Member, Switzerland, 2019–
- Visiting (guest) researcher, Yale University, 2023–2024