EUP postdoctoral researcher Aydin B. Yildirim was awarded a Starting Grant by the SNSF for his project " Reshore: Political Economy of Firms’ Relocation Decisions in Europe". The five-year project will be funded with 1.77 million CHF and hosted at the University of St. Gallen. It seeks to develop a novel understanding of European firms’ responses to geopolitical tensions and the complex motivations behind their strategic relocation decisions in an increasingly fragmented global economy.
EUP senior researcher Jana Lipps was awarded an Ambizione Grant by SNSF for her project "Liberal tensions in border management”. The four-year project will be funded with 730’000 CHF and hosted at the Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich. The project explores how political oversight and legal accountability systems have evolved in state agencies that monitor cross-border movement — and how these changes shape the behavior of the agents working in the field.
A global ranking of the research productivity of political science departments puts the CIS at the top of European departments per number of faculty members.
Dr Christian Freudlsperger has been named Assistant Professor of Multilevel Politics. Professor Livia Schubiger has been appointed Full Professor of International Relations and Data Science https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2024/03/new-appointments-at-eth-zurich.html
Vally Koubi is Professor (Titular) and Senior Scientist at the Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) at the ETH Zurich and Professor at the Institute of Economics at the University of Bern, Switzerland. She was formerly the Director of CIS from 2020 - 2022. She will take over as interim Director of Studies at the MACIS Programme from 1 February 2024 to 31 January 2025, while Prof. Dr. Dominik Hangartner is on leave.