Research I am currently working on the following projects: Opposition in Parliament – Causes and Consequences(financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation) The Power of Opposition (book project) Referendums in Switzerland: Elite-Voter Alignment (with Valentin Schröder, University of Bremen) Electoral Performance of Opposition Parties(with Or Tuttnauer, MSEZ Mannheim) Oppositions in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes (with Aurélien Evequoz, University of Geneva) Complexity and Compliance in the International Human Rights Regime (with Cristiane Carneiro, University of Sao Paulo) More information on past projects.If you are interested in more information on any of these projects, please send me an email: swegmann@uni-bremen.de