Anna Christmann Date of birth: 24.09.1983 (CV updated May 2012) University of Zurich Centre for Democracy Studies (ZDA) Küttigerstrasse 21, CH 5000 Aarau Tel. +41(0)62 836 9436 anna.christmann@zda.uzh.ch www.annachristmann.org www.zdaarau.ch Current Academic Positions Since 01/2012 Since 01/2011 Researcher and coordinator on the Project Elections and popular votes in Switzerland ( Wahlen und Abstimmungen in der Schweiz ) at the Center for Democracy Studies Aarau (ZDA), University of Zurich, funded by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS) Senior Researcher on the NCCR Project "Cleavages, governance and the media in European metropolitan areas" at the Center for Democracy Studies Aarau (ZDA), University of Zurich, funded by the Swiss National Fund Academic Work Experience 03/2012 05/2012 03/2008 05/2011 08 12/2010 01/ 2007 Senior Researcher on the project More direct democracy in Swiss Foreign Policy, contract research for Economiesuisse Research Assistant on the project Religious Minorities and Direct Democracy within NFP 58 of the Swiss National Fund at the Institute of Political Science, University of Bern, supervisor: Prof. Dr. Adrian Vatter. Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Study of Democracy at UC Irvine, CA Supervisor: Prof. Shaun Bowler Internship at the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) 04 09/ 2006 Data collection and analyses for the Heidelberg Studie 2006 supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dieter Roth, Dr. Andreas Wüst Education 08/2011 PhD in Political Science (Dr. rer. soc.) at University of Bern, supervisors: Prof. Dr. Adrian Vatter, Prof. Dr. Hanspeter Kriesi, grade: insigni cum laude (5.61 out of 6) 1
Thesis: Direct democracy and the rule of law: Theoretical and empirical analysis of a tense relationship (Die Grenzen direkter Demokratie. Volksentscheide im Spannungsverhältnis von Demokratie und Rechtsstaat) 02/2008 Master (Magistra Artium) at University of Heidelberg, grade: very good 03 06/2007 Visiting Student at University of Zürich, writing of the final thesis about the effects of direct democracy. (In welche politische Richtung wirkt die direkte Demokratie?) 10/2002 02/2008 Undergraduate Studies in Political Science, Mathematics and Economics at University of Heidelberg additional Vordiplom (Bachelor) in Mathematics as a Major in 2004 08/1995 06/2002 Gymnasium Groß Ilsede, Germany, Abitur (German secondary school leaving examination) Additional Training 08/2011 08/2010 QMSS 2 Summer School, Leuven Course: Analysis methods for cross national comparisons Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis Course: Bayesian Analysis in the Social Sciences 08/2009 ECPR Summer School on Methods and Techniques, Ljubljana Courses: Introduction to R, Quantitative Text Analysis 08/2009 One day course on Structural Equation Modeling using AMOS, given by Dr. Thomas Milic at the chair of Swiss Politics, University of Zürich 07/2008 05/2010 Graduate of the Program Teaching Skills including a range of specialized training in teaching techniques and teaching observations. Teaching Experience Spring 2012 Spring 2010 & 2011 Fall 2009 Spring & Fall 2009 Fall Semester 2008 Course Lecturer : Direct Democracy" One Day Seminar within the Harvard in Europe Program (Cooperation between Uni Freiburg and the Centre for Democracy Studies Aarau) Course Lecturer: Similar but not the same direct democracy in Switzerland and the US States (University of Berne) Teaching Assistant for the course: Decision making in Swiss Politics (University of Zurich) Course Lecturer Direct Democracy in an international context (University of Zurich) Teaching Assistant in the course: Introduction to Methods and Statistics for Political Science (University of Zurich) 2
10/2007 02/2008 10/2006 02/2007 Teaching Assistant at the University of Heidelberg as an undergraduate student Service to the Profession Since 2011 Since 04/2008 09/2009 06/2011 Spring 2009 04/2008 12/2009 Reviewer for American Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly Member of the Peergroup PoliNet, a group of female Academics at the CIS (ETH and University of Zurich) and beyond Mentor in the "One to One" Mentoring Program for Students at the Institute for Political Science in Bern Organizer of the PoliNet Science Lunch, a brown bag lecture series at the CIS (ETH and University of Zurich) Initiator and leader of the Peergroup PoliNet, a group of female PhD students at the CIS (ETH and University of Zurich) 10/2005 12/2006 Senator (representative for the students in the senate of the university) at the University of Heidelberg Language Skills IT German: native speaker, English: very good, French: good Microsoft Office, STATA, R, SPSS, LaTex Grants/Awards 2012 Publication Grant for PhD Thesis from the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Berne 2011 Fritz Thyssen Award (2nd) for the article "Damoklesschwert Referendum", 2010 in Swiss Political Science Review 16(1) QMSS2 Participation Grant for Summer School in Leuven Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Science Travel Grant for IPSA ECPR Sao Paulo 2010 University of Zurich Travel Grant for Research Stay at UC Irvine Swiss National Science Foundation Summer School Grant for Essex ECPR Mobility Grant for the Joint Sessions Münster 2009 Swiss National Science Foundation Summer School Grant for Ljubljana Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Science Travel Grant for MPSA Chicago 3
Publications Book Christmann, Anna (2012, forthcoming): Die Grenzen Direkter Demokratie. Volksentscheide im Spannungsverhältnis von Demokratie und Rechtsstaat, Baden Baden: Nomos. Politik und Demokratie in den kleinen Ländern Europas, Band 2 Christmann, Anna (2009): In welche Richtung wirkt die direkte Demokratie? Rechte Ängste und linke Hoffnungen in Deutschland im Vergleich zur direktdemokratischen Praxis in der Schweiz. Baden Baden: Nomos. Studien zur Sachunmittelbaren Demokratie, Band 6 Peer Reviewed Articles Christmann, Anna; Danaci, Deniz (2012): Direct Democracy and Minority Rights. Direct and Indirect Effects on Religious Minorities in Switzerland. Politics and Religion 5 (1): 133 160. Christmann, Anna (2010): Damoklesschwert Volksabstimmung? Genese von Anerkennungsregeln für Religionsgemeinschaften in den Schweizer Kantonen. Swiss Political Science Review 16(1): 1 41. (awarded by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung 2011) Chapters in Edited Volumes Christmann, Anna (2012, forthcoming): Politicians as Judges? Conflict of Interest in Swiss Parliament During Decisions on the Validity of Popular Votes. In: Peters, Anne; Handschin, Lukas; Högger, Daniel (Hrsg): Conflict of Interest in Global, Public and Corporate Governance. Cambridge University Press Christmann, Anna (2012): Direct Democracy and the Rule of Law. Assessing a tense relationship. In: Marxer, W.; Kaufmann, B.; Pállinger, Z. T. & Schiller, T. (Eds.): Direct Democracy and Minorities. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. Direct Democracy in Modern Europe: Vol. 3. Christmann, Anna (2011): Das Vorbild unter der Lupe. Sachunmittelbare Demokratie in der Schweiz. In: Neumann/Renger (Hrsg.): Sachunmittelbare Demokratie im interdisziplinären und internationalen Kontext 2009/2010. Studien zur Sachunmittelbaren Demokratie Band 9. S. 153 174 Christmann, Anna (2011): Direkte Demokratie als Damoklesschwert? Die indirekte Wirkung der Volksrechte auf die Anerkennung für Religionsgemeinschaften. In: Vatter, Adrian (Hrsg): Vom Schächt zum Minarettverbot. Religiöse Minderheiten in der direkten Demokratie. Zürich: NZZ Verlag. S.121 143 Christmann, Anna (2011): Die Rolle direktdemokratischer Instrumente in Moschee und Minarettkonflikten in der Schweiz und Deutschland. In: Vatter, Adrian (Hrsg): Vom Schächt zum Minarettverbot. Religiöse Minderheiten in der direkten Demokratie. Zürich: NZZ Verlag. S. 191 214 Christmann, Anna; Danaci, Deniz; Krömler, Oliver (2011): Ein Sonderfall? Das Stimmverhalten bei der Minarettverbots Initiative im Vergleich zu andern Abstimmungen und Sachfragen. In: Vatter, Adrian (Hrsg): Vom Schächt zum Minarettverbot. Religiöse Minderheiten in der direkten Demokratie. Zürich: NZZ Verlag. S. 171 190 Christmann, Anna (2010): Sachunmittelbare Demokratie in der Schweiz. Überblick und aktuelle Entwicklungen. In: Neumann/Renger (Hrsg.): Sachunmittelbare Demokratie im interdisziplinären und internationalen Kontext 2008/2009. Studien zur Sachunmittelbaren Demokratie Band 7. S. 57 76 4
Christmann (2010): Von links geliebt von rechts gefürchtet. Wer profitiert wirklich von direkter Demokratie? In: Neumann/Renger (Hrsg.): Sachunmittelbare Demokratie im interdisziplinären und internationalen Kontext 2008/2009. Studien zur Sachunmittelbaren Demokratie Band 7. S. 256 282 Book Review Christmann, Anna (2011): (Book Review of) Allebach, Sökelfeld (Hrsg): Muslime in der Schweiz. Zürich: Seismo. In: Swiss Political Science Review (forthcoming) Conference Papers 2012 Can Local Media Increase Democratic Legitimacy in European Mega and Metacities? Paper prepared for presentation at the IPSA World Congress 2012, July 8 12, Madrid (co authored with Daniel Kübler) How to assess direct democratic effects. A typology and an example for the German Länder. Paper prepared for presentation at the IPSA World Congress 2012, July 8 12, Madrid (co authored with Marcel Solar) Global Cities Local News? A comparative approach to assess metropolitan media systems. Paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Antwerp, April 2012 (co authored with Karin Hasler) Legitimacy of Governance Structures. A comparative approach to measure input legitimacy in metropolitan areas. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Swiss Political Science Association in Lucerne, January 2012 2011 Legitimacy of Governance Structures in European Metropolitan Areas. Paper presented at the meeting of the EGPA study group on local and regional government in Bucharest, 7 9 September When Voters Decide on Rights. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacifci Northwestern Political Science Conference, Spokane, 10/2010 and at the Dreiländertagung, Basel, 01/2011 2010 Politicians as Judges? Conflicts of Interest in the Swiss Parliament during Decisions on the Validity of Popular Initiatives. Paper presented at the Conference "Conflicts of Interests", organized by the Basel Institute on Governance, Basel 7 8 May 2010 Mobilising the Afraid Masses. How Right wing Populist Parties use Direct Decmocratic Institutions in Conflicts on Mosques and Minarets. Paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions 03/2010, Münster 2009 Conflicts on Islamic Buildings in Germany and Switzerland. A Fight between Fundamental and Political Rights. Paper prepared for presentation at the conference Global Concepts in Local Context: Socio Legal Perspectives on Nation, Religion and Fundamental Rights. Tel Aviv University, 20 23 December 2009 Do Voters Care about Rights? Protection of Rights and the Rule of Law in a (semi )Direct Democracy. Paper prepared for presentation at the ECPR General Conference, 09/2009, Potsdam, Germany 5
Religious Minorities: Who Cares Best Politicians or the People? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 04/2009 in Chicago and at the ECPR Joint Session 04/2009 in Lisbon Invited Talks 2012 Direkte Demokratie im Spannungsfeld zwischen Völkerrecht und Volksrecht. Presentation at the conference "Direkte Demokratie und partizipative Verfahren in Deutschland und der Schweiz", organized by University of Constance and others, Stein am Rhein, CH, March 2012 Überzeugungs (und Entscheidungs ) strategien in direktdemokratischen Abstimmungen. Comment at FIRAS colloquium, University of Freiburg (D), March 2012 Vom Schächt zum MinarettverbotReligiöse Minderheiten in der direkten Demokratie. Presentation at Zofingen, CH (Historische Vereinigung Zofingen), January 2012 2011 Introduction to Quantitative Text Analysis Methods. Methods talk in the CIS Brownbag Seminar, University and ETH of Zurich, November 2011 Introduction to R. Methods talk in the CIS Brownbag Seminar, University and ETH of Zurich, November 2011 Abstimmen über Grund und Minderheitenrechte? Umgang mit grundrechtsproblematischen Volksinitiativen in der Schweiz und Kalifornien. Vortrag auf der Studienwoche der Universität Freiburg, CH, April 2011 2010 Direct Democracy and the Rule of Law. Assessing a tense relationship. Paper presented at the Conference "Direct Democracy and Minority Rights", organized by the Liechtenstein Institut, Bendern, April 2010 2008 Von links geliebt von rechts gefürchtet. Wer profitiert wirklich von direkter Demokratie? Paper presented at the Conference on direct democracy, organized by the DISUD, Dresden 10/2008 Non peer reviewed articles Christmann, Anna (2011): Zum Spannungsverhältnis von (direkter) Demokratie und Rechtsstaat. In: Unipress, 149 Schwerpunkt Politikwissenschaft (forthcoming) Danaci, Deniz; Christmann, Anna (2011): Auswirkungen der direkten Demokratie auf religiöse Minderheiten. In: Tangram 27 (forthcoming) Media Christmann, Anna: Volksinitiativen und zwingendes Völkerrecht. NZZ, 24.02.2012 6
Radio Interview with DRS2: Anna Christmann on the question "Who governs Switzerland the people? Live Interview in context of the pre election reporting by the Swiss National Media (SRG), 21.09.2011 Vatter, Adrian; Christmann, Anna; Danaci, Deniz: Das Stimmvolk und religiöse Minderheiten. NZZ, 31.10.2009 7