Claude Longchamp

Claude Longchamp ( born March 14, 1957 in Fribourg ) is a Swiss historian and political scientist.

Longchamp has focused on the analysis of direct democracy, mainly due to the behavior of citizens in decisions on the merits, on the social and political influences on public opinion, as well as the mass media communication in politics. To this end, he has developed the " planning approach ", which analyzes the interaction between predispositions and information for decisions on the merits.

Among the fields of Longchamp include besides the Electoral voting research, the Swiss policy, European policy, especially health policy, financial, environmental and technology policy, the political culture of anti-Semitism, public opinion, political communication, public opinion research and of lobbying.

Since 1987, Longchamp and electoral voting analyst for the media SRG SSR idée suisse. Since 1992, he and his team are responsible for the gfs.berne the vote extrapolation and, since 1998, the election and vote -related surveys for the enterprise of SRG SSR idée suisse. Since 1992 he has been editor of VOX analyzes federal rounds of voting. He leads the Worry Barometer, health monitor, the monitor financial, and is currently preparing the racism Monitoring Switzerland.

Longchamp taught until 1992 at the University of Bern, political science, and since then he has been a lecturer at other universities ( University of Freiburg, University of Zurich, University of St. Gallen) and colleges ( in Winterthur, Zurich and Lausanne) operates. Since 2008 he teaches at the University of St. Gallen in the context of the course International Affairs, the subject " Policy Research in Practice". He also teaches the subject election research at the Universities of Zurich (since 2009 ) and Bern (since 2011).

From 1993 to 2003, Longchamp Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of GfS Research Institute, business policy and state. Since 2004 he has been Managing Director of the Research Institute gfs.berne, in March 2009, Chairman of the Board. The Independent Complaints Authority for Radio and Television attested in 2008 in response to criticisms against the gfs.berne Research Institute and its director, to be one of the most renowned institutions for applied policy research in Switzerland.

Claude Longchamp performs historical- political-cultural city tours, primarily for international delegations, politicians, members of the administration and the media. Longchamp is a member of the Social Democratic Party, since 1993, however, no longer politically active. He is involved in the association " Bern re-found " for an appreciation of the Bernese space for leading policy center in Switzerland.