Research projects

Ongoing projects

Federalism (especially fiscal federalism)

Verfassungsrecht der Schweiz, 2. Auflage: Beiträge zum Schweizerischen Föderalismus (Constitutional Law, 2nd edition: Contributions on Swiss Federalism) (Eva Maria Belser/Bernhard Waldmann)

Project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation: Thea Bächler, Die verfassungs- und völkerrechtlichen Vorgaben der Sozial- und Nothilfe – Eine Einbettung der Unterstützung Bedürftiger in den föderalistischen und grundrechtlichen Kontext (The constitutional and international law framework of social and emergency aid – embedding the support of the needy in the context of federalism and fundamental rights)

Project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation: Fabrizio Crameri, Transitional Constitution-making – The Role of the Judiciary under the Rule of an Interim Constitution

• Concluded Projects

  Participating in the «Interdisciplinary Advisory Board» of the Swiss National Science Foundation Research project «The Swiss Confederation: A Natural Laboratory for Research on Fiscal and Political Decentralization» (Director: Prof. Marius Brülhart, University of Lausanne)

  Academic advisory group for the research project «Federalism and Competitiveness» (Conference of Cantonal Governments, 2015–2017)

  Sharing of Tasks and Competences in the Swiss Confederation (2015–2016). Expertise opinion (2015) and guidelines (2016)