Completed Projects

Réglementations du 'gouvernement d'entreprises' en Suisse: Origine, évolution et changements récents du comportement des entreprises
Applicant: Thomas David
Collaborators: André Mach, François Barrial, Martin Lüpold, Isabelle Paccaud et Gerhard Schnyder
Funded by: SNF
Duration: 2003-2006

 

Les élites suisses au 20e siècle: un processus de différenciation inachevé?
Applicants: André Mach and Thomas David
Collaborators: Stéphanie Ginalski, Steven Piguet, Andrea Pilotti, Frédéric Rebmann and Yves Steiner         
Funded by: SNF
Duration: 2007-2010

 

Academic Elites in Switzerland 1910-2000: Between Autonomy and Power
Applicants: Félix Bühlmann, André Mach et Thomas David
Collaborators: Marion Beetschen, Pierre Benz, Steven Piguet et Thierry Rossier,
Funded by: SNF
Duration: 2013-2017

 

Lobbying, litigation and direct democracy: Comparing advocacy strategies of interest groups in Switzerland and California
Applicants: Frédéric Varone and André Mach
Collaborators: Marion Beetschen, Steven Eichenberger, Charlotte Jourdain and Steven Piguet
Funded by: SNF
Duration: 2013-2017

 

Networks or good campaigns? Electoral success of Swiss candidates in the 2015 elections
Applicants: Georg Lutz and André Mach
Collaborator: Riccardo Primavesi
Funded by: SNF
Duration: 2015-2018

 

Urban Transformations and Local Political Elites. A Comparative Study among four Swiss Cities
Applicants: Oscar Mazzoleni, Andrea Pilotti and André Mach
Collaborators: Roberto Di Capua and Karim Lasseb
Funded by: SNF
Duration: 2016-2020
Research Project realized in Collaboration with the Research Observatory for Regional Politics (OVPR-UniL)

 

The Rise of the Financial Elite – Access, Integration and Spread of Power
Applicant: Felix Bühlmann
Collaborators: Lena Ajdacic, Fabien Foureault et Steven Piguet
Funded by: SNF
Duration: 2018-2022

 

Rockefeller fellows as heralds of globalization: the circulation of elites, knowledge and practices of modernization (1920s-1970s)
Applicants: Ludovic Tournès, Thomas David and Davide Rodogno
Collaborators: Ahmad Fahoum, Yi-Tang Lin, Steven Piguet, Mathilde Sigalas and Hannah Tyler
Funded by: SNF
Duration: 2018-2023

 

‘Businessmen of the World, Unite!’ The International Chamber of Commerce and the Rise of Global Capitalism in the Twentieth Century
Applicant: Pierre Eichenberger
Funded by: SNF Postdoc.Mobility
Duration: 2019-2020

 

The Swiss Power Elite and Field of Power. Tensions between Elite Coordination and Differentiation since the 1950s
Applicant: Thierry Rossier
Funded by: SNF Early Postdoc.Mobility
Duration: 2019-2020

 

La fabrique des « sports nationaux ». Les élites du sport suisse et l’institutionnalisation d’un champ sportif suisse (années 1860-1930)
Applicant: Grégory Quin
Collaborators: Hans-Dieter Gerber, Gil Mayencourt, Cyril Michaud, Hugo Torrigiani et Philippe Vonnard
Funded by: SNF
Duration: 2019-2023

 

Gendered Relations in Elite Occupations. A Comparative Study on Elite Selection and Careers
Applicant: Thierry Rossier
Funded by: FNS Postdoc.Mobility
Duration: 2021-2022

 

Women in Corporate Power. A Comparative Study of the Gendered Inequalities in Corporate Networks in Small European Countries
Applicant: Thierry Rossier
Fundedy by: SNF Return CH Postdoc.Mobility
Duration: 2022-2023

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