Regula Stämpfli is a Swiss-born

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Biography

Stämpfli's childhood was spent in Switzerland. Her teenage years were spent in

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, USA. She returned to Switzerland for college, studying history and political philosophy. She continued her studies in

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. Stämpfli holds a

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in political science and also studied history and philosophy at the

University of Bern The University of Bern (, , ) is a public university, public research university in the Switzerland, Swiss capital of Bern. It was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the canton of Bern. It is a comprehensive university offering a br ...

. She is also a well known political commentator on current affairs in Switzerland and the author of many textbooks and articles dealing with issues such as democratic theory, European political decision making, women's history, design, political communications and political philosophy. In 2021, Stämpfli was named one of the 50 most important Swiss intellectuals.

Journalism

Working for many years as a "star columnist" for the ''

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'', the ''

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'' as well as for the first Swiss online news platform ''news.ch'', Stämpfli has also written opinion pieces for the ''

Neue Zürcher Zeitung The (''NZZ''; "New Newspaper of Zurich") is German language daily newspaper, published by NZZ Mediengruppe in Zurich. The paper was founded in 1780. It has a reputation as a high-quality newspaper, as the German Swiss newspaper of record ...

'' and is cultural editor and head of "political literature" at the cultural magazine ''ensuite''.www.sichtart.at
Retrieved 7 July 2022. She is a columnist for ''Radio1'' in

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, the politics-expert for ''Radio 24'' in Zürich, media-expert for www.kleinreport.ch, the German feminist magazine EMMA and columnist for ''Sonntag'' and ''Leben&Glauben''. Since the summer of 2020, Stämpfli, together with Isabel Rohner, has published a feminist weekly podcast review ''Die Podcastin''. Stämpfli is also a concept developer and host of the science podcast for ''TA-SWISS'' and for ''Art is a Piece of Cake'', together with Raimund Deininger.

Academic Positions

Stämpfli is a member of the Ethics Council of Switzerland's Federal Office of Statistics, the Advisory Board of the ''International Forum of Design'' in

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, the Foundation Board of the ''Gosteliarchive'' and the University Council of the University of Applied Sciences Cologne. She is also an independent expert for the

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. Stämpfli has taught history, political science and political philosophy at several Swiss and European educational institutions, including the University of Bern and

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. She is currently working as a political scientist and as a part-time professor at the Swiss College for Journalism in

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. Stämpfli recently directed the

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Lectures at the

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Retrieved 7 July 2022. Since 1988, she has worked as a lecturer at the Media Training Center (CNAC) in Lucerne.

Writing (selected)

''Direct Democracy and Women's Suffrage: Antagonism in Switzerland''
In: Barbara J. Nelson/Najma Chowdhury (ed.): ''Women and Politics Worldwide''. Yale University Press, New Haven–London 1994, pp. 690–704. * ''With the apron in the national defense. Emancipation of women and Swiss Military 1914–1945''. Orell Füssli, Zürich 2002, (revised dissertation, University of Bern, 1999). * ''From silent citizens to voters: The ABC of Swiss politics''. Orell Füssli, Zürich 2003, . * Christoph Dejung/Regula Stämpfli: ''Army, State and Gender: Switzerland in international comparison, 1918–1945''. Chronos, Zürich 2003, .
''Berufsverbände zwischen gestern und heute''
In: ''Ars Medici'' vol. 18/2004, pp. 896–897. Rosenfluh, Schaffhausen 2004. Retrieved 7 July 2022. * ''In der Schweiz gilt das Normale als Kritik.'
Online-Publikation
Bern–Brussels 2005, online published by Jonas Fertig 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2022. * ''The power of the right barber: About pictures, media and women''. Bartleby, Brussels 2007, .
''Populism in Switzerland and the EU: from'' vox populi ''to'' vox mediae
In: Clive H. Church (ed.): ''Switzerland and the European Union: a close, contradictory and misunderstood relationship''. Publication series ''Europe and the nation state'' vol. 11. Routledge, London 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2022. * Joseph Riegger (photos)/Regula Stämpfli (text): ''Women without a mask. About women and their professions''. Stämpfli, Bern 2009, . * ''Outside Prada – empty inside? A philosophical kaleidoscope''. Bartleby, Brussels 2010, . * ''Measuring the woman. From Botox, hormones, and other madness''. Gütersloher Publishing House, Gütersloh 2013, .
''Souvenirs: Marie Rameau''
In: ''ensuite – Zeitschrift für Kultur & Kunst'' (ed.): ''Édition La ville brûle''. Bern 2015, online published 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
''It's Democracy, Stupid!''
In: ''Magazin für Zukunftsmonitoring'' (ed.): ''Zukunft der Demokratie'', Bern 3/2017, p. 4–9. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
''Träumen künstliche Intelligenzen von Demokratie?''
In: ''Magazin für Zukunftsmontoring'' (ed.): ''Künstliche Intelligenz'', Bern 2/2018, p. 8–11. * ''Trumpism. Ein Phänomen verändert die Welt.'' Münsterverlag, Basel 2018, .
''Europa zwischen Banksprech und Sehnsuchtsort. Darf man als europäische Intellektuelle Europa kritisieren?''
In: Denknetz (ed.): Yearbook. Zürich 2020, 9 p., online published 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2022. * ''Sex, Katzen & Diäten. Die Kultkolumnen.'' Edition Königstuhl, St. Gallenkappel 2021, .

Editions

* Marthe Gosteli/Regula Zürcher: ''Vergessene Geschichte: Illustrierte Chronik der Frauenbewegung'' (in French and German). Stämpfli, Bern 2000, . * Marthe Gosteli/Verena E. Müller: ''Bewegte Vergangenheit: 20 Jahre Archiv zur Geschichte der Schweizerischen Frauenbewegung'' (in German). Stämpfli, Bern 2002, .

External links

www.regulastaempfli.eu
Retrieved 7 July 2022.

with many articles, blog posts, columns, radio shows etc. more. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

In: ''Augsburger Allgemeine'', online article 28 November 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

article in

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. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
''Die Podcastin''
Retrieved 7 July 2022.

Deutschlandfunk.de, ''Zwischentöne'', 25 October 2015; in conversation with Michael Langer. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
''Die Digitalisierung demokratisieren. Nicht umgekehrt''
In: ''Sichtart-Vorlesung Deluxe'' with Regula Stämpfli. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
Regula Stämpfli in the ''ulmer gespräche'' with Michael Senn
YouTube video 27 May 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
Regula Stämpfli in the TEDxBERN talk on ''No data without presentation – do we need a new tax?''
YouTube video 13 October 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
Regula Stämpfli in ''Der Club'' with Urs Gredig on ''Zielscheibe Körper – Der Druck zum Schönsein''
SRF 8 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
Regula Stämpfli in a teaser to ''50 Jahre Frauenstimmrecht in Swizzerland''
YouTube video 27 November 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

References

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