Hanspeter Kriesi

University Zurich

Hanspeter Kriesi (*1949) studied Sociology

1972 Licence at the University of Berne
1975 M.A. in Sociology at the University of Chicago
1976 Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Zurich
1980 Habilitation at the University of Zurich, Private-docent ab to1986

1984-88 Full professor for collective political behavior, University of Amsterdam
1988-92 Full professor at the Departement of Political Science, University of Geneva

1991-2001 Various Function at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, at Swiss National
                   Science Foundation, at the Cornell University, Ithaca  and at the                  
                   University of Geneva

since 2002  Professor for comparative politics, University of Zurich
since 2005  Director of the NCCR „Challenges to democracy in the 21st Centry”