Organisation

The Institute of Federalism is attached to the University of Fribourg and directed in collaboration with the ch. Foundation for Federal Cooperation. It is an institute of the Law Faculty, and under the co-direction of Professors Eva Maria Belser and Bernhard Waldmann. Prof Andreas Stöckli is also a member of the board of directors. All members of the board of directors hold a chair for Constitutional and Administrative law thus securing the Institute’s close cooperation with the University of Fribourg. The Institute is also part of the Swiss Center of Expertise in Human Rights and responsible for the cluster «Institutional Issues». 

  • Institute council

    President 
    Florence NATER, Cantonal Minister for Employment and Social Cohesion (Neuenburg) and President of the ch Foundation (member since 2022)

    Vice-President
    Sylvie BONVIN-SANSONNENS, Cantonal Minister for Education and Cultural Affairs (Fribourg) (member since 2023)

    Representatives of the ch Foundation

    Roland MAYER,  Secretary-General of the Conference of Cantonal Governments (membre since 2019)

    Markus DIETH, Cantonal Minister for Finance and Resources (Aargau), President of the Conference of Cantonal Governments CdC (membre since 2023)

    Representatives of the University of Fribourg

    Martin BEYELER, Professor of Infrastructure Law and New Technologies (member since 2020)

    Flaminia DAHINDEN, Graduate Assistant, Representative of the academic mid-level faculty (member since 2023)

    Jacques DUBEY, Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law (member since 2014)

    Clémence GRISEL RAPIN, Professor of Administrative Law (member since 2020)

    Federico JORI, Student Representative (member since 2022)

    Other members

    Christoph AUER, Secretary of the Canton of Bern (member since 2017)

    Peter MISCHLER, General Secretary, Swiss conference of the cantonal financial directors (member since 2015)

    Christian RATHGEB, Cantonal Executive Councillor of the Canton of Graubünden and Head of the Department of Finance and Municipalities (member since 2021)

    Horst SCHÄDLER, Secretary of the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein (member since 2022)

  • Board of Directors
    Eva Maria Belser

    Full Professor

    Co-Director of the Institute of Federalism

     +41 26 300 81 30
    Office: BRG.01 1.04
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    Bernhard Waldmann

    Full Professor

    Co-Director of the Institute of Federalism

     +41 26 300 81 56
    Office: BRG.01 1.12
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    Andreas Stöckli

    Full Professor

    Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Federalism

     +41 26 300 81 62
    Office: BRG.01 1.08
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  • Team
    Florian Bergamin

    Diploma Assistant / Assistant paid with third-party funding

    BRG 01 - 3.24
    +41 26 300 8143
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    Flavien Felder

    Collaborateur-trice externe


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    Elisabeth Joller

    Research Associate

    BRG 01 - 3.39
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    Luis Agustin Maiorini

    Diploma Assistant / Assistant paid with third-party funding, Student Assistant, PhD Student SNSF


    +41 26 300 8129
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