Anita Manatschal
Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies (SFM)
University of Neuchâtel
Rue A.-L. Breguet 2
CH-2000 Neuchâtel
Phone: +41 (0)32 718 3965
anita.manatschal@unine.ch
www.unine.ch/sfm/home/presentation/collaborateurs/manatschal.html
www.anitamanatschal.com

Curriculum Vitae
Academic and research positions
Since 8/2022
Since 9/2019
6/2016-7/2022
4-8/2018
8/2015-5/2016
4/2012-7/2015

1-4/2013

University of Neuchâtel (CH)
Professor at the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies (SFM)
Deputy Director of the SFM
Assistant Professor at the SFM. Affiliation: SNSF Centre of Competence in
Research “NCCR on the move. The migration - mobility nexus”
Maternity leave for our second child
University of California at Berkeley (CA; USA)
Postdoctoral researcher (host: Prof. Dr. Irene Bloemraad)
University of Bern (CH)
Postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Political Sociology, Institute of Political
Science (research unit “Volunteering and Social Capital”)
Maternity leave for our first child

11/2009-5/2010

Contract research on behalf of the Federal Office of Public Health (BAG) for
the Büro Vatter, Political Research and Consultancy, Bern (CH). Topic:
Comparative study on organ donation policies in Switzerland and Spain

8/2009-12/2011

University of Bern (CH)
Research Assistant at the Chair of Swiss Politics

5/2008-7/2009

University of Zurich (CH)
Research Assistant at the Chair of Swiss Politics

CV Anita Manatschal, 1Education
5/2012

University of Bern (CH)PhD in Political Science (Dr. rer. soc; summa cum laude), supervisors: Prof. Dr.
Adrian Vatter (Bern), Prof. Dr. Marco Giugni (Geneva)
Topic: “Kantonale Integrationspolitik im Vergleich. Eine Untersuchung derDeterminanten und Auswirkungen subnationaler Politikvielfalt” (“Immigrant
integration policy in federal states, a comparative analysis of the determinants
and outcomes of subnational policy diversity in Switzerland”)

1-3/2012
8/2009-12/2011
5/2008-7/2009

European University Institute, Florence (IT)Visiting student (host: Prof. Dr. Rainer Bauböck)
University of Bern (CH)PhD candidate (Prof. Dr. Adrian Vatter)
University of Zurich (CH)PhD candidate (Prof. Dr. Adrian Vatter)

11/2007

University of Zurich (CH)
Master in Political Science (lic.phil., equivalent: Master of arts)

9/2003-3/2004
9/2001-10/2007
8/1993-1/2000

Topic: “Demokratiedebatte zwischen Islamismus, Säkularismus undreformerischem Denken. Eine Untersuchung von Vorschlägen zeitgenössischerIntellektueller aus dem islamischen Raum” (“Debates on Democracy in theIslamic World: Between Islamism, Secularism and Reform”) (summa cumlaude)
Catholic University of Quito (ECU)
Visiting student
University of Zurich (CH)
Master student (Political Science, General Linguistics, Islamic Studies)
Gymnasium in Bulach, Zurich (CH)

Teaching and study programs
University of Neuchâtel
Since 2023

Creation of a new study program in political science at U Neuchâtel (pilier
secondaire BA, 60 ECTS), launched in 2023

2022

Lecturer in the international EuMIGS lecture series (MA)

2022, 2023
2021BA-seminar Sociologie politique (political sociology)
BA-seminar Introduction à la sociologie politique (introduction into politicalsociology)

2020, 2021

MA ScS Methods Day module « Big data » : un domaine de recherche enpleine expansion, et le besoin d’expertise en sciences sociales », with Salomon
Bennour
MA-seminar Diversifying Democracy

2020
2019
2018, 2019, 2020,
2022, 2023

NCCR doctoral school, core course #3, Migration policy beyond and below thenation state
MA-seminar Xenophobia
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MA-seminar Immigrant political incorporation

2016, 2017, 2018,2019, 2021, 2022
2016, 2017, 2018,

MA-seminar Asylum Policy

2019, 2020, 2021,2022

2017

MA-seminar Introduction aux études des migrations et de la citoyenneté(introduction into the research on migration and citizenship), together with
Prof. Dr. Gianni D’Amato
MA-seminar Immigrant civic engagement

2017, 2019, 2020

MA-seminar Integration policy in subnational regions

2016, 2017, 2018,
2020, 2021

Lectures in the BA Propaedeuticum Mapsium, since 2021 : Dialogues
interdisciplinaires

Bern University
2015

BA-seminar Multikulturelle Demokratie (Multicultural democracy)

2014

BA-proseminar Zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement von Immigranten(Immigrant civic engagement)

2013
2012

MA-seminar Freiwilliges Engagement (Volunteering)BA-proseminar Freiwilliges Engagement (Volunteering)2011

BA-seminar Integrationspolitik in föderalen Systemen (Integration policy infederal states)
BA-proseminar Integrationspolitik in föderalen Systemen (Integration policy infederal states)

2010
University of Zurich
2008-2009

MA-seminar Demokratiemuster in den Schweizer Kantonen (Patterns ofDemocracies in Swiss cantons), together with Prof. Dr. Adrian Vatter (twosemesters)

2006
2005

Tutorship of the seminar US-Aussenpolitik (US-foreign policy)
MA-seminar Erdöl und indigene Völker im Amazonas (Crude oil and indigenouspeople in the Amazon) with Dr. Tobias Haller, Madlen Kobi and Karin Mettler

2004-2005

Tutorship of the Seminar Einführung in die Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft(Introduction into General Linguistics) (two semesters)

Other
2005-2008

German teacher (for adults) at SCW Sprachkurse, ZurichSupervision of MA theses, PhD candidates and postdocs (since 2016, University of Neuchâtel)Supervision of 16 MA theses, expert for 4 MA theses
Since 2/2023

Postdoc supervision of Valon Hasanaj, fellow of our Weave project “Equalaccess to equal rights? Tackling street-level discrimination against mobile EU
citizens across four national administrative contexts”, Feb. 2023 – Jan. 2026.

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PhD supervision of Orlane Jadeau, associated fellow to our Weave project“Equal access to equal rights? Tackling street-level discrimination against
mobile EU citizens across four national administrative contexts”, Feb. 2023 –Jan. 2026.

Since 12/2022

Postdoc supervision of Mia Gandenberger, fellow of our NCCR on the moveproject “Attitudes Towards Migration and Democracy in Times of IntertwinedCrises”, June 2022 – May 2026

Since 12/2022

PhD supervision of Daniska Tampise Klebo, associated PhD to the NCCR on themove project “Attitudes Towards Migration and Democracy in Times ofIntertwined Crises”, June 2022 – May 2026

2017-2022

PhD supervision of Salomon Bennour; topic: “The great accelerator: The
relationship between inclusive political reception contexts and immigrants’sedentary ties”, cumulative dissertation by articles
PhD committee (jury de thèse): Noemi Carrel (defense in 2022, U Neuchâtel),Marco Bitschnau (defense in 2022, U Neuchâtel)2022

Since 2018

Expert for Habilitation: Oliver Gruber (October 2022; U Vienna, AT)
PhD co-supervision: Beyza Büyüker (U of Illinois, Chicago, main supervisor
Prof. Alexandra Filindra, PhD defense in 2021)
Postdoc supervisions: Dr. Verena Wisthaler, Dr. Marco Pecoraro, Dr. Lorenzo
Piccoli
Research collaborations with PhDs, Postdocs and research fellows: Dr.
Emanuele Politi (KU Leuven), Dr. Xavier Fernandez-i-Marín (LMU München),Dr. Katrin Sontag (U Basel), Matthieu Vétois (U Geneva), Dr. Judit Kende (ULausanne), Dr. Elie Michel (ULB Brussels), Burcu Kolcak (U Rutgers)

Project grants and awards
2/2023-1/2026

International research grant co-funded by the Swiss NSF and the German DFG
for the Weave project “Equal access to equal rights? Tackling street-level
discrimination against mobile EU citizens across four national administrativecontexts”, Feb. 2023 – Jan. 2026, 698’500 CHF, of which SNSF funding:328'870 CHF (main applicant, co-applicants: Prof. Eva Thomann [U Konstanz]
and Prof. Christian Adam [U Friedrichshafen])

6/2022-5/2026

Research Grant from the Swiss NSF for the NCCR on the move – the migration
mobility nexus project “Attitudes Towards Migration and Democracy in Timesof Intertwined Crises”, June 2022 – May 2026, 600’000 CHF (co-applicant withProf. Eva Green and Prof. Juan Manuel Falomir-Pichastor)

06/2018 – 5/2022

Research Grant from the Swiss NSF for the NCCR on the move – the migration
mobility nexus project “Societal Norms”, June 2018 – May 2022, 780’000 CHF(co-applicant with Prof. Eva Green and Prof. Juan Manuel Falomir-Pichastor)
Research Grant from the Swiss NSF for the NCCR on the move – the migration
mobility nexus pilot project “Bureaucratic discrimination against mobile EUcitizens”, 50’000 CHF (main applicant, co-applicants: Prof. Christian Adam,Prof. Oliver James, Prof. Carolin Rapp, Prof. Eva Thomann)
Research Grant from the Swiss NSF for the NCCR on the move – the migration
mobility nexus project, “Electoral rights for foreign residents in regionalelections”, 48’000 CHF (partner, principal investigator: Dr. Lorenzo Piccoli)

10/2019 – 5/2021

9/2018 – 8/2020

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Research Grant from the Swiss NSF for the NCCR on the move – the migration
mobility nexus project “Regional dynamics of Integration and Citizenship
Regulation”, 95’000 CHF (main applicant, co-applicant: Dr. Jean-ThomasArrighi)

8/2015 – 5/2016

Advanced Postdoc Mobility Grant from the Swiss National Science
Foundation (University of California at Berkeley, 80’650 CHF), including returngrant (August 2016 – January 2017, University of Bern, 50’695 CHF, not used
due to assistant professorship at Uni Neuchâtel from June 2016 on)
Winner of the best PhD award 2014 from the Swiss Political ScienceAssociation

2/20151-3/2012
1-12/2011
3/2010-10/2011

Grant for international short visits (EUI Florence, 8340 CHF) by the Swiss
National Science Foundation
Grant for junior scientists (5000 CHF) by the University of Berne
Grant for the second term of peer mentoring group “PoliNet” (18’000 CHF)
by the University of Zurich

5/2008-12/2009

Grant for peer mentoring group “PoliNet” (18’000 CHF) by the University ofZurich

Since 2008

Several grants for conference and Summer School attendances abroad(Swiss National Science Foundation, Swiss Academy of Humanities and SocialSciences, Institutes for Political Science of the Universities of Zurich and Berne)

Project collaborations
4/2012-7/2015
11/2009-5/2010“Schweizer Freiwilligenmonitor 2016”, funded by Schweizer Gemeinnützige
Gesellschaft (SGG), Zürich (directed by Prof. Markus Freitag, U Bern)“Comparative study on organ donation policies in Switzerland and Spain”,
research project commissioned by the Federal Office of Public Health (BAG)(directed by Prof. Adrian Vatter and Christian Rüefli, Büro Vatter, Political
Research and Consultancy, Bern)

Institutional responsibilities
Since 9/2019

University of Neuchâtel (CH)
Deputy Director of the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies(SFM)

Since 9/2019
Since 8/2018

Member of the SFM steering committee (Comité de Coordination ComCoor)Member of the acquisition committee of the “Centre de documentation”(SFM)

6/2021

Participation in the workshop on the teaching and learning functions of thefuture UniHub building
Member of the publication committee at the FLSH

Since 2020
11/2020-3/2021

Member of the ad hoc committee for the constitution of the new deanship ofthe FLSH for the period 2021-2023

4-6/2019

Member of the nomination committee (lecturer position MER, Sociology ofMigrations)

5-6/2017

Member of the recruitment committee (lecturer position MA, quantitative
methods for the Social Sciences)

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2/2009-12/2012

Member of the NCCR task force preparing the transition from phase I (20142018) to phase II (2018-2022)
University of Berne
Doctoral student representative, Department of Social Sciences

Reviewing activities
Institutional review activities: Swiss National Science Foundation (division 1)
Peer-reviewed journals: Acta Sociologica; American Political Science Review; American Journal of PoliticalScience; Comparative Political Studies; Ethnic and Racial Studies; European Sociological Review; EuropeanUnion Politics; International Journal of Comparative Sociology; International Migration Review; Journal ofElections; Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies; Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies; Journal of
Public Policy; Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics; New Media & Society; Policy Studies Journal; PublicOpinion & Parties; Rationality and Society; Regional & Federal Studies; Swiss Political Science Review; Swiss
Journal of Sociology; Zeitschrift für Soziologie; Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
Membership in panels, boards and scientific societies
Member of the Scientific Commission of the Swiss MOSAiCH survey (International Social Survey
Programme ISSP, FORS); Member of Ethmigsurveydata EU COST action; Swiss Political Science Association;
American Political Science Association; IMISCOE (International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion);
European Consortium for Political Research ECPR (Standing Group “Migration and Ethnicity”)
Organization of conferences and workshops (since 2016)
6/2023: Kick-off workshop of Weave project “EU-society”, co-funded by the Swiss NSF and German DFG,
co-organized with Prof. Eva Thomann and Prof. Christian Adam, University of Neuchâtel, 15-16 June 2023
1/2021: Global webinar on “Making regional citizens? Insights into subnational immigrant integration
policies worldwide”, joint cooperation of: Eurac Research (IT); BIRMM & IES Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE);University of Neuchâtel (CH); University of Konstanz (GER); CEPI/CSPI Concordia University (CA), coorganized with Dr. Verena Wisthaler (EURAC Bozen), Dr. Catherine Xhardez (U Brussels), and Prof. ChristinaZuber (U Konstanz)
9/2017: Author workshop on the “Causes and effects of immigrant integration policies at the subnational
level. A global comparison”, co-organized with Dr. Verena Wisthaler and Prof. Christina Zuber, University ofKonstanz
Since 2016: Organization of numerous conference panels (SVPW, IMISCOE, ECPR)
Invited talks and roundtables (selection)
2/2023Invited discussant at the launch of Christina Zuber’s OUP book “Ideational
legacies and the politics of migration in European minority regions”, Konstanz,February 13.

12/2022

Invited speaker for the EuMIGS lecture series 2022 on the topic: “Howeffective are integration policy reforms? The case of asylum-related migrants
in Switzerland”, online, 5 December.

12/2021

Invited speaker for the academic conversation with Hein de Haas on the topic:“Too Soft, or Too Tough? The Truth About Migration Policies in Europe”, NCCR
on the move, Neuchâtel.
Invited talk at the Summer University Sliding Doors: « Les migrations enEurope en temps de crise », Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, F

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6/2021Moderator at the conference “In A Faraway Country - Emigration and NewMobility” co-organized by the Istituto Svizzero and the NCCR on the move,
Rome
Invited speaker at the Neue Helvetische Gesellschaft NHG “Participation gapund Migrationshintergrund”, Winterthur

1/2021

Invited speaker at the global Webinar “Making regional citizens? Insights into
subnational immigrant integration policies worldwide”, organized by NCCR onthe move (University of Neuchâtel), European Research Academy (EURACBolzano), Center for the Study of Politics and Immigration CSPI (ConcordiaUniversity), Cluster of Excellence (University of Konstanz)

12/2019

Keynote speech at the “Comparative Migration Law” conference, Swiss
Institute of Comparative Law, LausanneExpert in roundtable at the NCCR on the move Graduate Conference, topic:“Enduring Inequalities in Academia”, University of Neuchâtel

9/201910/2017

Moderator for expert dialogue (NCCR on the move): “Die Schweiz ‘all
inclusive’? Migration und Mobilität: Verschiedene Facetten des Ein- undAusschlusses», Stapferhaus, Lenzburg

11/2017

Guest lecturer at the Masters’ seminar of Dr. Nenad Stojanovic (“democracyin multicultural societies”), University of Lucerne
Invited talk for the Research Workshop on Comparative Political Economy(CPE) at the University of Konstanz (DE)
Invited talk for the Race, Ethnicity and Immigration Colloquium presented by
the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) at UC Berkeley, CA
Invited expert to the VIM workshop at the ACSUS conference in Las Vegas, NV

1/2017
11/2015
10/2015
9/20155/20142/2014Invited expert to the pre-APSA Workshop by the Migration Policy Lab at
Stanford University, CA
Guest lecturer at the Masters’ seminar of Prof. Dr. Christina Zuber“Comparative politics of migration: immigrant integration in multi-levelsystems”, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
Invited speaker at the graduate celebration (Bachelor, Master and PhDstudents) at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Bern University

9/2013Invited talk for the senior management of the State Secretariat for Migration,
Bern

5/2012Invited talk at the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies,
Neuchâtel

1/2012Invited talk within the framework of the official visit of Dr. Mauro Dell’Ambrogio, Swiss State Secretary of Education and Research, and BernardinoRegazzoni, Swiss Ambassador in Rome, at the European University Institute,Florence, Italy

1/2012Invited expert to the ACIT (“Access to citizenship and its impact on immigrantintegration“) kick-off conference launched by the European Union Democracy
Observatory on Citizenship, Brussels, Belgium

1/2011

Invited speaker at a podium on “motors of political and societal integration”
at the tri-national political science conference, University of Basel

CV Anita Manatschal, 7Media appearances (since 2016)« En Suisse, la migration est une nécessité démographique », Watson Actu, 13.03.2023.
« 9-Millionen-Schweiz: «Die Migration ist eine demografische Notwendigkeit », Watson, 07.03.2023.
« Wahljahr 23: Interesse an Secondos als potentielle Wähler wächst », SRF News, Rendez-vous, 22.02.2023« Migrations des hommes et déambulations du monde », en direct N° 303, novembre-décembre 2022,
p.16-23.
« Carta Academica : Peu de préjugés malgré une forte présence migrante ? Un plaidoyer pour l’égalité dedroits entre natifs et immigrés », Le Soir (Belgique), 13.11.2021.
"Diversität in der Schweiz", SRF 1 Tagesschau Hauptausgabe, 28.10.2021.
"Participation gap, und wie man ihn verkleinert", Radio Stadtfilter, Winterthur, 14.9.2021.
"L’intégration est plutôt une affaire de régions", UniNews #59, Neuchâtel, August 2021, p.13.
"Tschau Svizzera – Migranten verlassen die Schweiz", SRF 2 Kontext, 24.2.2020, replay 10.08.2021.
"Cette Hollandaise qui dérange la Suisse", Tribune de Genève, 18.05.2019.
"In votes to grant citizenship, Switzerland's direct democracy shows its cracks", The Japan Times,18.05.2019.
Guest commentary for the series "Die Schweiz im Wandel", Die Zeit, 18.10.2018, N°43, p.11.
"Ces jeunes qui croient encore au bénévolat", 11.7.2016, Migros Magazine, p.8-10.
"Dis-moi où tu vis, l’étranger, et je te dirai si tu peux voter", par Federico Bragagnini, 21.9.2016,
Swissinfo.ch.
Additional Training
9/2019Participation in the didactic workshop « flipped classroom » (« la classe
inversée »), University of Neuchâtel

3-6/2011

Course in Bayesian Inference (Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Marco Steenbergen),Institute for Political Science, University of Berne
Oslo Summer School in Comparative Social Science Studies, Oslo, NOR (CaseStudies, one week). Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Andrew Bennett

8/20108/20099/2008-3/2010
9-12/2008
8/20083/2008-12/2012

ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, Ljubljana (Mixed Methods,two weeks)
Attendance of University Teaching and Learning Program “Novice Module Professionalizing Teaching Skills”, University of Zurich
Introduction to Scientific Writing in English – Arts and Social Sciences, course
attended at the language center of University and ETH, Zurich
Summer School on Advanced Methods in Social Sciences, University ofLugano (Statistics Refresher workshop)
Various coachings to improve professional skills facilitated by PoliNet andmvub grants (University of Bern) for junior scientists, such as time-, project-,and self-management, rhetoric and scientific presentation skills etc.

Additional international experience
1-4/2008

Internship for the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA) at the Swissembassy in Tunis, Tunisia
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Language course (Arabic) in Damascus, Syria

4-9/2001

Volunteering for Experimento - international living in Ecuador, Ecuador

Additional Skills
Language skills

German:mother tongue
English:fluentFrench:fluentSpanish:fluentItalian:
good
Croatian:
good
Arabic:basic knowledge
Latin:
passive knowledge
Ancient Greek: passive knowledge

IT

Microsoft Office, Open Office, LaTeX, STATA, SPSS, MLwiN, R

Neuchâtel, December 2023

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