This research will allow us to assess existing European systems and to find solutions applicable to Switzerland. My work gives me the opportunity to get acquainted with various international institutions - and to meet many people. The comparative analysis central to my research looks at 23 countries. Interviewing people in Amsterdam or Paris, receiving emails from Malta or Poland, adds a further exciting and human factor to my daily occupations. Contact with people abroad is essential to my research, since I am the only person working in this area in Switzerland to date.
Researcher is often a rather isolated and arid profession, with only one's computer as company.
Unlike some of my colleagues, as soon as I close the office door behind me, I can forget about my work and concentrate my mind on other things or people. This is thanks to karate, which I have been practising for ten years now. Before a karate training session, one should meditate in order to clear the mind of anything which may lessen one's mental and physical energy.