Chris has a background in social sciences, law, and coaching and holds a PhD from the University of Lausanne.

He has served as a researcher and lecturer at the University of Zurich, University of Lausanne, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and Center for Democracy Aarau.

His research interests include democratic governance, political discourses and discourse analysis, and semiotics.

Together with Lea Heyne, Chris has edited an Open Source book on democracy and the pandemic: One Year with Covid-19 (DemocracyNet, 2021).