Director of a research project (2015 – 8/2018)
financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation for the promotion of scientific research: Employee Representation Bodies in the Private Sector in Switzerland
Director of a research project (2013 - 2015)
financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation for the promotion of scientific research: Europeanization Without EU- Membership? The Significance of European Works Councils (EWC) for Swiss Employees
Research Project (2010 - 2018)
The Effectiveness of Swiss Free Trade Agreements (FTA) worldwide – Evaluation of FTA-Utilization by Swiss and Foreign Companies
Director of a research project (2008 – 2009)
financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation for the promotion of scientific research: Statecraft in the non-Western World: A Multifactorial Model to Explain Persisting Differentiation
Senior Advisor (2006 – 2009)
for Swiss-Japanese Economic Relations, Secretary of the Free Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (FTEPA) Switzerland-Japan negotiations; State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Ministry of Economy, Berne, Switzerland
Researcher / Coordinator (1995 – 1997)
Swiss National Science Foundation for the promotion of scientific re¬search Project : ‘The Origins of the Single European Act (SEA)’, at the Sociological Institute of the University of Zurich, Switzerland