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Curriculum Vitae
Simon Bornschier
Visiting Fellow
Max Weber Programme on leave
Via delle Fontanelle, 10 Institute for Political Science
I-50014 San Domenico University of Zurich
Phone. +39-055-4685-664 Switzerland
Email: Simon.Bornschier@eui.eu Email: siborn@ipz.uzh.ch
Education
2002 to 2007 Ph.D. in Political Science (summa cum laude),
University of Zurich
Title of Ph. D.: »The Transformation of Historical Cleavages and the Rise of Right-Wing Populist
Parties in Western Europe« (Supervisors: Prof. Hanspeter Kriesi, Prof. Hans-Dieter Klingemann)
July 2005 Visiting Researcher at the
Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po (Sciences Po/CNRS),
Paris
(Advisor: Prof. Pascal Perrineau)
August 2003 Swiss Summer School in Advanced Methods in Social Sciences, Lugano
Course on Multidimensional Scaling (Prof. Anthony Coxon)
1996-2002 Diploma in Political Science,
Free University Berlin
Main areas of study: comparative politics, democratic and economic theory
Subject of Diploma thesis: »Sozialstrukturen und Parteiensysteme in Lateinamerika, das Beispiel
Brasiliens« (»Social Structure and Party Systems in Latin America, the Example of Brazil«;
Supervisor: Prof. Hans-Dieter Klingemann)
1998/99 German-French Diploma in Political and Social Sciences at the
Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris
, France
Subject of Diploma thesis: »Le soutien à la démocratie et l’internationalisation de la politique«
(Supervisor: Prof. Gérard Grunberg)
Feb.-June 1995 Studies in Italian Culture at the
Università per stranieri di Perugia,
Italy.
Courses in Italian language, literature, history of arts and theatre
Academic Work Experience and Internships
September 2008- Visiting fellow at the
European University Institute,
Florence
August 2009
Since spring 2007 Senior researcher (Oberassistent),
Institute for Political Science, University of Zurich
Since 2005 Member of »EU Consent – Wider Europe, Deeper Integration? Constructing Europe Network«,
supported by the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Commission
2002 to 2007 Teaching assistant,
Institute for Political Science, University of Zurich
2002-2006 Research assistant in the project »National Political Change in Borderless Spaces. A Comparative
Assessment of the Impact of Globalization on National Party Systems«.
Project leaders: Prof. Hanspeter Kriesi (Zurich), Prof. Edgar Grande (Munich)
May-June 2000 Intern in a research project on direct democracy at the
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), Research Unit
Institutions and Social Change
(Supervisor: Dr. Christian Welzel)
Oct.-Dec. 1999 Internship at the French parliament, office of deputy Guy Hascoët (Les Verts)