Organisation

The institutions of the ZDA are the Board of Partners, the Directorship, the Scientific Advisory Board and the Staff Assembly.

Articles of association (pdf; in German)

Board of Partners

The principal body of the ZDA is the Board of Partners composed of two representatives of each partner, responsible for strategic steering.

Representative City of Aarau:		Dr. Marcel Guignard, Stadtammann Aarau
		Prof. Dr. Thomas Bernauer, Politologe
Representative Canton of		Regierungsrat Alex Hürzeler, BKS
Aargau:		Dr. Thomas Pfisterer, Fürsprecher
Representative UZH:		Prof. Dr. Andreas Fischer, Rektor
		Prof. Dr. Hanspeter Kriesi, IPZ
Representative FHNW:		Prof. Dr. Crispino Bergamaschi, Direktionspräsident
		Prof. Dr. Hermann Forneck, Direktor PH

Chair: Dr. Marcel Guignard

Directorship

The directorship of the ZDA is composed of the Directors of the three departments, professors at UZH or FHNW.

Director ADF:		Prof. Dr. Daniel Kübler
Director c2d:		Prof. Dr. Andreas Auer
Director PBGD:		Prof. Dr. Béatrice Ziegler

Chair: Prof. Dr. Andreas Auer

Scientific Advisory Board

The Scientific Advisory board advises the directorate in the conception of the research programme of the ZDA (development plan) and advances the collaboration with other scientific institutions on the national and international level.

List of members (pdf)
Report meeting 2010 of the Scientific Advisory Board (pdf)
Report meeting 2011 of the Scientific Advisory Board (pdf; in German)

Staff Assembly

By means of this institution, the staff members of the ZDA have the possibility to give their opinion to strategic or organizational matters and to file corresponding applications to the directorate or the Board of Partners.