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