University of Berne
Political Science Department
Lerchenweg 36
CH-3000 Bern 9
Switzerland
Office S 213
+41 (0)31 631 32 86
Email: bianca.rousselot@ipw.unibe.ch

Bianca Rousselot obtained her BA Politics from the Government Department of the University of Essex, Colchester, UK, and her MA Political Science from the Graduate Institute of International Studies (IUHEI, now IUHEID), Geneva, Switzerland. Additionally, she holds a postgraduate certificate in applied statistics from the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Science of the University of Berne. While at the University of Essex, she received the Lord Leatherland Prize for the best second year student and the Jean Blondel Prize for the best undergraduate degree result.
Before returning to the university and more academically-oriented research, Bianca worked as a researcher and project manager at the private polling and research institute gfs.berne (www.gfsbern.ch) where she was, among other things, responsible for the Swiss National Health Monitor, the Swiss Worry Barometer, the organisational side of the Vox analyses of federal referendums and initiatives, the opinion polls on national votes on behalf of Swiss national television, as well as the Swiss Election Barometer 2007. Currently, she works as assistant to Prof. Adrian Vatter at the University of Berne. Her tasks involve research as well as teaching activities. Her main research interests are Swiss Politics, direct democracy, theories of voting, voting behaviour, public opinion and polling.

Teaching Experience

University of Berne:

• Course lecturer in the course „Theories of Voting and Voting Behaviour – An Introduction” (together with Dr. Thomas Milic)
• Course lecturer in the course „The Analysis of Voting Behaviour in Switzerland“ (together with Dr. Thomas Milic)

University of Zurich:

• Course lecturer in the course „The political attitudes of Swiss Citizens – Introduction to Political Psychology“ (together with Dr. Thomas Milic)
• Course lecturer in the course „Political Processes in Switzerland”
• Teaching assistant to Prof. Adrian Vatter in the follow-up course „The Swiss Political System"

IUHEI Geneva:

• Teaching assistant to Profs. David Sylvan and Urs Luterbacher and tutor in the course „Political Science and International Organisation"
• Teaching assistant to Dr. Peter Bachelor in the course „War, Weapons, and Technology"

In addition to teaching academic courses, Bianca has also been regularly involved in programmes run by The Initiative and Referendum Institute (IRI) Europe and the Institute of Federalism at the University of Fribourg, giving presentations on Swiss politics (in particular direct democracy, referendums and initiatives, voting behaviour, political parties) to foreign delegations.

Publications (selection)

• Milic, Thomas/Rousselot, Bianca (2010): „Quietschende Bremse und klemmendes Gaspedal - Kontextfaktoren erfolgreicher Umweltpolitik mit direktdemokratischen Mitteln“. Wissenschaft & Umwelt Interdisziplinär. (under review; forthcoming)
• Longchamp, Claude/Rousselot, Bianca (2010): “Bürger und Politik in der Schweiz”, in: Plasser, Fritz/Gabriel, Oscar W. (Hrsg.): Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz im Neuen Europa. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
• Krömler, Oliver/Milic, Thomas/Rousselot, Bianca (2009): Analyse der eidgenössischen Abstimmungen vom 30. November 2008. Vox-Analyse Nr. 97. Bern/Zürich: gfs.bern/Universtität Zürich.
• Longchamp, Claude/Rousselot, Bianca (2007): Konzentration rechts - Umverteilung links - Sammlung in der Mitte. Medienbericht zur Wahltagsbefragung 2007. Bern: gfs.bern.
• Longchamp, Claude/Rousselot, Bianca (2007): Sorgenbarometer 2007. Bern: gfs.bern.
• Longchamp, Claude/Rousselot, Bianca (2007): Nachfrageseitig mehr Leistung und Qualität - angebotsseitig mehr Markt. Gesundheitsmonitor 2007. Basel: Interpharma.

Further Training

• August 2010: “Multivariate Statistical Analysis and Comparative Cross-national Survey Data”, ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• July 2010: “Introduction to Multilevel Models“, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection, Colchester, UK
• May 2007: Media Training, MAZ Swiss School of Journalism, Lucerne, Switzerland
• November 2005: “Multivariate Analysis and Conjoint Analysis”, Institut für angewandte Datenanalyse, Hamburg, Germany