Abstract
Daniel Bochsler is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Zurich. He received his PhD (2008) from the University of Geneva, where his dissertation was on electoral systems and party systems in 20 Central and Eastern European democracies, with a special focus on party nationalisation. His research is centered on the effect of political institutions, namely electoral systems and referendums. He has stayed at Universities in Tartu, Irvine (University of California), and Budapest (Central European University), and has conducted field research in Serbia.