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Odile Ammann

@odileammann.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Lausanne, PhD in law, University of Fribourg, LLM, Harvard. Comparative constitutional law, public international law, legal theory, lobbying, parenting, coffee

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Die Junge Akademie @jungeakademie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🗣️🌍 From 2–4 September, our research group "Language" invited 24 academics from 18 countries to discuss the #LanguagesofAcademia. If we want research to be global and locally accessible, language choices must be treated as an integral part of academic practice. 🔗 t1p.de/8pi30 Photos: Jean Noir
Overhead view of four people seated around a table covered with a white grid-patterned cloth and scattered pink and green paper circles. Three smartphones showing chat messages or notes lie on or are held above the table. One person in a striped top points to a phone screen amid pens, notebooks and a glass of water. Photo: Jean NoirA man wearing glasses and a striped shirt sits at a table and points with a pen at a large sheet of grid paper covered in handwritten text on academic terminology. A coffee mug and a closed laptop rest on the table. Several chairs and people’s legs are visible in the blurred background. Photo: Jean NoirSix adults sit around a table strewn with large sheets of paper, markers, notebooks, coffee cups and a water glass. A man in a gray blazer raises his hand while speaking. Others - a bald man with glasses, a woman in a polka-dot shirt, a woman in a green headscarf and two more - listen. Stacked chairs line the wall behind them. Photo: Jean NoirGroup of 22 adults of mixed genders and ethnicities standing in two rows on a stone plaza in front of a modern building entrance. Behind them is a light-colored rectangular stone façade with an overhanging canopy and glass doors. All individuals wear casual clothing and face the camera. Photo: Jean Noir
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Kathrin Wittler @kathrin-wittler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
it was truly wonderful to meet scholars from all over the world and to discuss how we use language!
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Die Junge Akademie @jungeakademie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🗣️📚 Our Research Group “Language” is hosting the workshop “The Language(s) of Academia” in Frankfurt, Sept 2–4. Participants from around 20 countries will explore language, multilingualism, and translation in academia. Looking forward to the exchange! 🔗 t1p.de/languagesofa...
A close-up of a smartphone screen displaying a dictionary app entitled ‘Dictionary: Definitions from Oxford Languages’. The search bar displays the word ‘translation’ with its phonetic transcription ‘/trænzˈleɪʃən/’. Below this are filter buttons labelled ‘All’, ‘Linguistics’ and ‘Biology’, above a partially visible definition. Photo: Shutter Speed on Unsplash (edited by AI)
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Save the date: the next lunch talk will take place on Monday, Feb. 2, this time with @angelahefti.bsky.social, Assistant Professor of Law at @fiu.bsky.social as a speaker, and Véronique Boillet, Full Professor of Law @unil.bsky.social, as a discussant. Please join us! www.unil.ch/events/fr/17...
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Happening tomorrow @unil.bsky.social: book talk with Dr Nicolo Paolo Alessi, discussant: Prof. Sean Müller. www.linkedin.com/posts/odile-...
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Save the date : book talk with Dr Nicolò Alessi (Université de Neuchâtel/UniDistance Suisse), Tuesday, January 13, 11.45 am - 1.00 pm, University of Lausanne - UNIL (Anthropole building, room 3088).… ...
Save the date : book talk with Dr Nicolò Alessi (Université de Neuchâtel/UniDistance Suisse), Tuesday, January 13, 11.45 am - 1.00 pm, University of Lausanne - UNIL (Anthropole building, room 3088). ...
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Stefan Schlegel @stefanschlegel.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Neues Jahr, neuer Content auf dem @onlinekommentar.bsky.social: Gabriel Gertsch und Carl Jauslin kommentieren Art. 170 BV, die weltweite erste Verfassungsbestimmung, die ein Parlament zur systematischen Politik-Evaluation verpflichtet. 🎩🤏 @odileammann.bsky.social onlinekommentar.ch/de/kommentar...
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
🎺 Ausschreibung: Weitere Autor:innen für den Onlinekommentar der Bundesverfassung / Appel à contributions: Nouveaux auteur.e.s pour l'Onlinekommentar de la Constitution fédérale CC @stefanschlegel.bsky.social
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 06/10/2025
Meat lobbyists blur facts and shape norms, argues ODILE AMMANN (@odileammann.bsky.social). Her contribution to our “Defund Meat” symposium reveals how the meat industry defends its interests.
Quote from our published article by author Odile Ammann: “Through these lobbying strategies, the meat industry endangers the integrity of media, academic and political institutions.”
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Im Politik-Podcast „Sondersession“ der @republik.ch durfte ich diese Woche gemeinsam mit Priscilla Imboden und Lukas Häuptli der Frage auf den Grund gehen, wie die Politikfinanzierung hierzulande reguliert ist. Die Folge ist unter www.republik.ch/2025/09/23/s... verfügbar. Danke für die Einladung!
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Stefan Schlegel @stefanschlegel.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Wir haben einen neuen, tollen und wichtigen Text online auf dem @onlinekommentar.bsky.social: die Kommentierung von Art. 96 Abs. 1 BV zum Kartellrecht durch Prof. Andreas Heinemann. Wie immer Peer reviewed und open access: onlinekommentar.ch/de/kommentar... CC @odileammann.bsky.social
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Konstantinos Tsilimekis @ktsilimekis.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Strategien der #Fleischlobby: "Leugnung, Diskreditierung und Politikberatung" Und: "Die zentrale Botschaft [des Vortrags von @odileammann.bsky.social ] : Demokratie braucht nicht nur Transparenz, sondern auch robuste Institutionen, die dem Druck von Partikularinteressen standhalten."
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Lobbyismus in der Fleischindustrie: rechtliche Perspektiven auf Praktiken und Regulierungsmöglichkeiten - Faba Konzepte
Die Fleischindustrie nimmt starken Einfluss auf politische Instanzen. Das erschwert es, die Tierzahlen in Deutschland effektiv zu reduzieren. In unserem Faba Talk vom 25. Juni 2025 sprach Prof. Odile ...
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
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En graphiques – Qui sont les lobbies qui veulent enterrer le traité international sur le plastique à Genève? - Le Temps
Faute d’accord pour un traité international sur la pollution plastique, pays et organisations internationales se réunissent pour un sixième round de négociations à Genève. Avec eux, industriels et gro...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/08/2025
This is not a coding error.
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Jennifer A. @jamanuscriptspa.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
This is very, very validating. My little discovery of yesterday is now documented by @joepatrice.bsky.social at Above the Law.
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Believe it or not: This actually happened because I am about to submit a research monograph on lobbying to the publisher, and my friend who is helping me edit the manuscript noticed that some webpages of the constitution annotated I was referring to in the footnotes didn’t exist anymore.
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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
The end of US democracy johnquigginblog.subs...
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The end of US democracy
I’ve held off posting this in the hope of coming up with some kind of positive response, but I haven’t got one.
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Le commentaire de l'art. 26 Cst. (garantie de la propriété) vient d'être publié sur le site de l'Onlinekommentar ! Félicitations à mon co-éditeur, Stefan Schlegel, pour cet immense travail et cette analyse fouillée, et merci à toutes les personnes/reviewers qui y ont contribué.
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
« It had (…) become clear that the way to management’s heart was to cite artificial intelligence as the means to any end, a special technological sauce to be drizzled on everything. »
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Save the date : conférence-déjeuner avec la Dre Marie-Hélène Peter-Spiess (Université de Zurich), "Vers une réglementation des sucres ajoutés ? État des lieux et perspectives", avec un commentaire de la Prof. Céline Mavrot, mardi 1er juillet, 12h00-13h30, à la @fdca-unil.bsky.social ou à distance.
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
„Wir haben in den letzten 10 bis 15 Jahren gesehen, was passiert, wenn Wissenschaftler sich nicht wehren: Der Zweifel an ihrer Arbeit wird zur Krankheit und breitet sich aus.“ www.republik.ch/2025/05/20/n...
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Naomi Oreskes: «Wenn Forscher sich nicht wehren, wird der Zweifel zur Krankheit»
Die US-Wissenschafts­historikerin über den Angriff auf wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse.
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Republik Magazin @republik.ch · 19/05/2025
KI ist in vielen Schweizer Redaktionen schon heute nicht mehr wegzudenken. Und sie wird die ohnehin tief verunsicherte Branche wohl bald ein weiteres Mal durchschütteln, schreibt Medienredaktor @dbuehler.bsky.social. (3/3)
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Journalismus-Krise: Steht das Schlimmste wegen KI erst bevor?
2024 haben so viele Journalistinnen ihren Beruf aufgegeben wie noch nie.
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Stefan Schlegel @stefanschlegel.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
"Das namenlose Sorgenkind" (Biaggini); der Art. 123a BV, der mit der "Verwahrungsinitiative" in die BV kam. Der Umgang mit ihm ist über das Massnahmenrecht hinaus faszinierend. J. Barton und F. Burgener haben ihn für den @onlinekommentar.bsky.social kommentiert. onlinekommentar.ch/fr/kommentar...
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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Call for Participants: Workshop in Comparative Law Methods, Tuesday, 10 June 2025, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne. Conveners: Prof. Dr. Philipp Renninger, Dr. Lukas Heckendorn Urscheler, and myself. We welcome submissions in E/F/D by Sunday, 11 May 2025!
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Eleonora Bottini @eleonorabottini.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
With Camille AYNÈS, we published our analysis of the Marine Le Pen's ineligibility judgment on @verfassungsblog.de: verfassungsblog.de/marine-le-pe... We explain the court's reasoning and the new concept of "democratic public order", and answer the question: was it a political judgment?
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Enforcing the Law of Democracy
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Join us for a lunch talk on Wednesday, May 14, at the @fdca-unil.bsky.social! We are delighted to welcome Dr Andrés Constantin (@georgetownlaw.bsky.social) as our guest speaker, with Dr David Zandirad joining as a discussant. Please share this invite with colleagues & friends who may be interested!
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Happy to have given a talk at the Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau, on the future of 🇨🇭 neutrality - I will be giving a longer talk on the topic in June. I was glad to see some familiar faces and to share the panel with two esteemed colleagues: Prof. @evelyneschmid.bsky.social and Prof. Patricia Egli!
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Open Constitutional Democracy @opencondemocracy.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
We are delighted to announce two new additions to the "Open Constitutional Democracy" team. Dr Sonia Cruz Dávila joins the UK team from 1 April. And Dr Chiara Valsangiacomo joins the Switzerland team from 1 July. Welcome Sonia & Chiara! warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/... @ukri.org @snsf-ch.bsky.social
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David Vitale @davidvitale.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Two great new additions to our Trans-Atlantic Platform project team! Welcome Sonia & Chiara! @odileammann.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @ukri.org @snsf-ch.bsky.social
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Le Temps @letemps.ch · 26/03/2025
DÉBATS. L’agonie du journalisme scientifique: un danger pour la démocratie suisse ➡️ l.letemps.ch/tEQ
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
L'agonie du journalisme scientifique, mais aussi de la presse de qualité, est un véritable danger pour la démocratie directe en Suisse. Avec @zermatten.bsky.social, nous faisons part de nos inquiétudes dans les pages du journal Le Temps : www.letemps.ch/opinions/deb...
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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ChatGPT est infesté par la désinformation russe… et, attention, Donald Trump veut aussi l’influencer - Le Temps
Le réseau Pravda, basé à Moscou, injecte des masses considérables de faux contenus dans les services d’IA d’OpenAI comme de Google. En parallèle, l’administration américaine somme les scientifiques de...
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
As someone who has benefited from such a Fulbright scholarship, I struggle to believe that this is actually happening.
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Yan Matusevich @ymatusik.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
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Dr Yusra Suedi @yusrasuedi.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
A fantastic week at the University of Hong Kong discussing 'Standards and Methods of Review before International Courts and Tribunals' with colleagues from around the world for a forthcoming edited collection. Many thanks to co-editors & organisers Massimo Lando & @vlanovoy.bsky.social!
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
In Folge 5 der Serie "Demokratie unter Druck" wirft die @republik.ch einen kritischen Blick auf die Schattenseiten der 🇨🇭 Demokratie. Ein zentrales Thema ist das kaum regulierte Lobbying. Danke an das Team der Republik für das Interesse an meiner Forschung! www.republik.ch/2025/02/27/d...
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Serie «Demokratie unter Druck»: Die Schweizer Drei-Viertel-Demokratie
Das politische System scheint in der Schweiz stabil. Einverstanden?
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intRecht @intrecht.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
CfP: Exploring the Autonomy of Cities: Philosophical, Legal, and Policy Dimensions (Workshop), www.europeanlawblog.eu/pub/jrc2vcye...
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Call for abstracts: Workshop on
[Deadline: 1 March 2025] We seek contributions that explore the conditions under which cities be granted autonomy, the implications of autonomy for equality, and the challenges to cities in navigating...
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David Vitale @davidvitale.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
My new Trans-Atlantic Platform project with Michael Pal (Ottawa) and @odileammann.bsky.social (Lausanne) - "Open Constitutional Democracy" - is now on Bluesky! Follow the project @opencondemocracy.bsky.social. @ukri.org @snsf-ch.bsky.social
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"Populistische Bewegungen und autoritäre Ideologien bedrohen die Grund­lagen des liberalen Denkens, indem sie Freiheit mit blosser Willkür verwechseln (...) Die Schweizer Verfassung ist das direkte Gegen­modell zum Macht­gebaren jener Staaten, die hegemoniale Ansprüche stellen (...)."
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Die Schweiz muss Position beziehen
Corina Gredig von der GLP über die Reaktion von Keller-Sutter auf J. D. Vances Rede.
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Happening tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 3.00pm-4.30pm, in the framework of the 2nd Conference of the Swiss Network for Law and Society, at the University of Bern (lawandsociety.ch/2nd-conferen...): this panel on environmental and climate lobbying. Please join us if you're interested!
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I am convening a panel on climate and environmental lobbying this week. Could this be why now I keep receiving emails inviting me to academic events organized by the oil and gas industry?
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Elia Blülle @bluelle.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Looking forward to spending a few days in Ottawa (despite the freezing cold weather and heated political atmosphere). If you are around and would like to have a coffee, please let me know! 🇨🇦☕️🍁
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Am 24./25.1. fand in Bern unsere zweitägige SYA-Veranstaltung zum Verhältnis zwischen den Forschenden und den Medien statt - der Kern unseres von der Jungen Akademie Schweiz geförderten Projekts "AcaMedia: Navigating the Media as Early Career Academics" (swissyoungacademy.ch/fr/laufende-...).
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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This is deeply worrying. Will the US consciously unprepare itself for the consequences of climate change?
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Our panel is almost ready for submission! The panel title is "Scientific Research, Communication, and Integrity in the Digital Age: Mapping the Challenges for Public Law". If you are interested in participating, please reach out to us. We still have one spot left!
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Going to ICON-S in Brasilia? @raffaela.bsky.social and I are putting together a last-minute submission for a panel on academic research in the digital age (exact title tbc). Given that the deadline (Jan. 31) is very close, watch this space, and don't hesitate to reach out informally in the meantime!
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 17/01/2025
Musk, Power, and the EU We have kicked off a blog symposium, ed. by Alberto Alemanno (@alemanno.bsky.social) & Jacquelyn D. Veraldi on whether EU law can tackle the challenges of plutocracy. The first contributions and more to follow next week can be found here 🙌 verfassungsblog.de/category/deb...
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Musk, Power, and the EU: Can EU Law Tackle the Challenges of Unchecked Plutocracy?
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Odile Ammann @odileammann.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Ready to travel to Germany… with Kurt!
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