My teaching at the University of Lucerne is in International Relations, European Integration and International and Comparative Climate and Environmental Policy.

At the University of Lucerne, I have co-led the Master Program in Global Studies from 2017 onwards.

Recently, I have initiated and now co-lead a new inter-faculty MA Program in Climate Politics, Economics and Law (together with Profs. Simon Lüchinger and Sebastian Heselhaus)(Apply here!).

After more than a decade of social science research on climate change and climate politics, I observed that most Bachelor’s and Master’s programs did not adequately reflect the centrality of global warming for societies and governments. Although the scientific evidence on climate change and its consequences is now robust and extensive, the remaining barriers to mitigation are largely social scientific, concerning the roles of governments, voters, firms, and courts.
In 2021, together with colleagues from the Faculties of Law and Economics, I initiated and co-designed the Master’s Programme in Climate Politics, Economics and Law (CPEL). The program is grounded in the conviction that the social sciences not only help explain and contextualize climate challenges, but also contribute to solutions through rules, mediation, and institutional design. This ambitious interfaculty collaboration received approval from all relevant university bodies, and the first cohort began in Fall 2024. In parallel, we established the Center for Climate Politics, Economics and Law at the University of Lucerne, which hosts regular public events to disseminate research findings to policymakers and the broader public.