New book on “Civil Society in Switzerland” out now! May 12, 2012 9:09 pm Published by richard Comments Off on New book on “Civil Society in Switzerland” out now! In this new book my colleagues and I provide the first Swiss-wide survey of civic engagement on the local level.... View Article
New book chapter on Religious Pluralism and Social Capital in Europe April 12, 2012 9:08 pm Published by richard Comments Off on New book chapter on Religious Pluralism and Social Capital in Europe In this chapter in an edited book I investigate the consequences of religious pluralism for the social capital (i.e. civic... View Article
Call for Papers: Quantitative Research on Religion and Socialisation March 20, 2012 9:08 pm Published by richard Comments Off on Call for Papers: Quantitative Research on Religion and Socialisation Call for papers for the 4th Workshop of the AK Quantitative Religionsforschung on “Religion and Socialisation” in Leipzig, Okober 26/27.... View Article
Two talks at the Annual Congress of the Swiss Political Science Association in Lucern January 31, 2012 9:07 pm Published by richard Comments Off on Two talks at the Annual Congress of the Swiss Political Science Association in Lucern
New journal article on the religious factor in family policy December 22, 2011 5:00 pm Published by richard Comments Off on New journal article on the religious factor in family policy In this article Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen and I test classic versus new hypotheses on the religious factor in family policy in... View Article
Invited talk on civil war and social trust at the Institute of Sociology December 14, 2011 12:00 pm Published by richard Comments Off on Invited talk on civil war and social trust at the Institute of Sociology Next week, Markus Freitag, David Born, and myself will give a talk on the impact of civil war exposure on... View Article