Switzerland
Rahel Freiburghaus, PhD, is a PostDoc in political science at the Institute of Political Science, University of Bern, Switzerland. She specializes in comparative and Swiss politics, federalism, and intergovernmental lobbying, as well as in the comparative study of political institutions and democracy, respectively. Her research has appeared in West European Politics, Democratization, and Local Government Review, among other venues. She is currently co-editing a Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions that brings together both leading authorities in the field and up-and-coming academics. She teaches courses on the challenges facing Swiss politics, as well as potential solutions, that operate at the science–policy interface, addressing students, established scholars, and practitioners alike.