Previous Guest Speakers at CIS

Aldrich, John
Duke University, Durham, USA

Allemann, Peter
UNTAES (UN Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium)

Allouche, Jeremy
EPF Lausanne, Switzerland

Arcand, Jean-Louis
Graduate Institute Geneva, Switzerland

Armingeon, Klaus
Institute of Political Science, University of Bern, Switzerland

Arsano, Yacob
Faculty of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Azam, Jean-Paul
Université de Toulouse, France

Baccaro, Lucio
University of Geneva, Switzerland

Bächler, Günther
Swiss Peace Foundation,
Bern, Switzerland

Balasubramanyam, V.N.
Department of Economics, Lancaster University,
UK

Baregu, Mwesiga
Southern African Regional
Institute for Policy Studies, Harare, Zimbabwe

Bartolini, Stefano
European University Institute, Florence, Italy

Bedi, Arjun
Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands

Ben-Ami, Shlomo
Vice-President of the Toledo International Center for Peace
and former Israeli Foreign Minister

Betz, Hans Georg
York University, Toronto, Canada

Biersteker, Thomas J.
Watson Institute, Brown University, USA

Blais, André
Université de Montréal, Canada

Blatter, Joachim
Department of Politics and Management, University of Constance, Germany

Matthijs Bogaards
Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany

Bornschier, Volker
Sociological Institute, University of Zurich

Brams, Steven J.
Department of Politics, New York University, New York, USA

Cao, Xun
University of Essex, Colchester, UK

Carrubba, Clifford
Emory University, Atlanta, USA

G. Castles, Francis
University of Edinburgh, UK

Checkel, Jeffrey
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

Daase, Christopher
University of Munich, Germany

Dahinden, Martin
Minister, Deputy Head of Mission, Swiss Mission to NATO, Brussels, Belgium

Dalmolen, Albert
Department of Political Science, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, Mansfield PA, USA

Anne Deighton
Geneva Center for Security Policy, Switzerland and University of Oxford, UK

James Der Derian
Watson Institute, Brown University, United States

Eric Dickson
New York University, USA

Ines Dombrowsky
Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle GmbH (UFZ), Germany

Axel Dreher
University of Göttingen, Germany

Cédric Dupont
The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland

Burkhard Eberlein
Institute of Social Sciences, Technische Universität München, Germany

Geoffrey Edwards
Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK

René Eggenberger
Prospective Planning Office, General Staff, Swiss Ministry of Defence, Bern, Switzerland

Sumaya Farhat-Naser
Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine

Bruno S. Frey
Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich

Erik Gartzke
University of California, San Diego, USA

Philipp Genschel
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Germany

Hans Gersbach
Center of Economic Research, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Gary Goertz
University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

Jonathan Golub
University of Reading, UK

Oberst Peter Grütter 
Commander, Cantonal Police Zurich, Switzerland

David Gugerli
Institute of History, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland

Jens Hainmueller
Harvard University, USA

Heiner Hänggi
Acting Director, Modern Asia Research Centre, Geneva and Lecturer, Institute of Political Science, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Helga Haftendorn
Department of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Karl Haltiner
Swiss Military College, Au/Wädenswil, Switzerland

Jussi Hanhimäki
The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland

Paul t'Hart
University of Leiden, Netherlands

Jürg Helbling
Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Zurich

Philipp Hildebrand
Vice-president Swiss National Bank

Melvin Hinich
University of Texas, Austin

Tobias Hofmann
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, USA

Petra Holtrup
German Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin, Germany

Liesbeth Hooghe
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Evelyne Huber
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Simon Hug
University of Zurich, Switzerland

Lisa Hultman
Swedish National Defense College and University of Uppsala, Sweden

Klaus Jacob
Freie Universität Berlin

Otfried Jarren
Swiss Centre for Studies on the Global Information Society (SwissGIS), University of Zurich.

Richard Jenkins
University of Sheffield

Stathis Kalyvas
Yale University

Homa Katouzian
St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, UK

Peter Katzenstein
Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA

Mark Kayser
Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany

Daniel R. Kelemen
Departement of Political Science, Rutgers University, USA

Herbert C. Kelman
Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., USA

Dieter Kerwer
Max Planck Project Group "Common Goods: Law, Politics and Economics," Bonn, Germany

Herbert Kitschelt
Duke University, Durham, USA

Ruud Koopmans
Freie Universität Amsterdam

Michael Kosfeld
University of Frankfurt, Germany

Keith Krause
The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland

Stephen Krasner
Department of Political Science, Stanford University, Stanford CA, USA

Eva Kreisky
University of Vienna, Austria

Heinz Krummenacher
Swiss Peace Foundation, Bern, Switzerland

Paul Kubicek
Oakland University, Michigan, USA

Brigadier Rudolf Läubli
Faculty of Arts, University of Zurich

David Leblang
University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

Patrick Lehmann
Geneva Center for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland

René Lemarchand
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

Urs Luterbacher
The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland

Mauro Mantovani
Swiss National Research Programme 42 "Foundations and Prospects of Swiss Foreign Policy", Bern, Switzerland

Isabela Mares
Columbia University, New York, USA

Lisa Martin
Harvard University

Vojtech Mastny
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
Washington, D.C., USA

Christopher McNally
East-West Center, Honolulu, USA

Iren Meier
Swiss Radio DRS,
Bern, Switzerland

Wolfgang Merkel
Social Science Research Center, Berlin, Germany

Conrad Meyer
Prorector,
University of Zurich, Switzerland

Andrew Moravcsik
Princeton University, USA

Rebecca Morton
New York University, USA

Herfried Münkler
Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

Philippe Nell
Federal Office of Foreign Economic Policy, Federal Department
for Economic Affairs, Bern, Switzerland

Hasan Abu Nimah
Regional Human Security Centre, Amman, Jordan

Magnus Norell
Swedish Defense Research Agency, Stockholm,
Sweden

Barbara Orland
Institute of History, Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland

Barry Pavel
Acting Principal Director for Strategy, Office of the U.S.
Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C., USA

Robert Pahre
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Frank Pearl
Colombian High Presidential Counselor for Social and Economic Reintergration

Igor Perrig
Head Section PfP (Partnership for Peace), Federal Department
of Defense, Civil Protection and Sports, Bern, Switzerland

Claudio Radaelli
University of Exeter, UK

Andrea Riemer
Security Analyst, ARIS Forschungs- und Consultingbüro
für sicherheitspolitische Studien, Vienna, Austria

Berthold Rittberger
University of Mannheim, Germany

Ron Rogowski
University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Dominik Rohner
University of Zürich, Switzerland

Kenneth Rutherford
Department of Political Science, Southwest Missouri State
University, Springfield, USA

Manuel Rybach
Economic Research and Consulting, Credit Suisse, Zurich,
Switzerland

Thomas Saalfeld
University of Bamberg, Germany

Paul A. Sabatier
University of California - Davis

Daniel Sabbagh
SciencesPo, Paris, France

Thomas Sattler
University College, Dublin, Ireland

Bernd Schäfer
German Historical Institute Washington D.C., USA

Andreas Schiess
Chief of Mission, UN Investigation Team for Afghanistan

Samuel Schmid
Former Swiss Federal Councillor, Defense Department

Gerald Schneider
University of Konstanz, Germany

Volker Schneider
University of Konstanz, Germany

Urs Schöttli
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, Switzerland

Thomas Schmalberger
The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland

Peter Schmidt
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin, Germany

Olav Schram Stokke
Fridtjof Nansen Institute Oslo, Norway

Etienne Schweisguth
SciencesPo, Paris, France

Pascal Sciarini
Institut de Hautes Etudes en Administration Publique (IDHEAP), Lausanne,
Switzerland

Farzana Shaikh
Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, UK

Avi Shlaim
Oxford University, UK

Rune Slothuus
Aarhus University, Denmark

Paul Slovic
University of Oregon and President of Decision Research, Eugene, USA

Daniel Sprecher
Institute of Political Science, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

John Stephens
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Bruno Stöckli
Head of Alliance Sud Expertise, Bern, Switzerland

Tobias Straumann
Forschungsstelle für Sozial- und
Wirtschaftsgeschichte, University of Zurich

Kaare Strom
University of California Study Center at Lund University, Sweden

Jeremi Suri
International Security Studies, Department of History, Yale University, New Haven, Conneticut, USA

David Sylvan
The Graduate Institute of
International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland

Jacques Thomassen
Twente University, Netherlands

Robert Thomson
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Oliver Thränert
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin, Germany

Daniel Thürer
Chair for International and European Constitutional and
Administrative Law, University of Zurich

Walter Thurnherr
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Bern, Switzerland

Alexander Trechsel
European University Institute, Florence, Italy

Stefan Trechsel
Department of Law, University of Zurich, Switzerland

George Tsebelis
Department of Political Science, University of California,
USA

John A. Vasquez
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Daniel Verdier
European UniversityInstitute, Florence, Italy

James Vreeland
Yale University, New Haven, USA

Peter Waldmann
Chair for Sociology, University of Augsburg, Germany

Mike Ward
University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Thomas Willett
Claremont Graduate University, USA

Theodor Winkler
Deputy Head Security and Military Policy, General Secretariat, Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sports, Bern, Switzerland

Susan Wright
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

Klaus Dieter Wolf
Institute of Political Science, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany