Odile Ammann
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
- 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...
- Happening tomorrow @unil.bsky.social: book talk with Dr Nicolo Paolo Alessi, discussant: Prof. Sean Müller. www.linkedin.com/posts/odile-...
- Reposted by Odile AmmannNeues 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...
- 🎺 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
- Reposted by Odile AmmannMeat 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.
- 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!
- Reposted by Odile AmmannWir 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
- Reposted by Odile AmmannStrategien 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."
- Reposted by Odile AmmannThis is not a coding error.
- It has been brought to our attention that some sections of Article 1 are missing from the Constitution Annotated (constitution.congress.gov) website. We’ve learned that this is due to a coding error. We have been working to correct this and expect it to be resolved soon.
- Reposted by Odile AmmannThis is very, very validating. My little discovery of yesterday is now documented by @joepatrice.bsky.social at Above the Law.
- 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.
- It has been brought to our attention that some sections of Article 1 are missing from the Constitution Annotated (constitution.congress.gov) website. We’ve learned that this is due to a coding error. We have been working to correct this and expect it to be resolved soon.
- Reposted by Odile AmmannThe end of US democracy johnquigginblog.subs...
- 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.
- Die Kommentierung der Eigentumsgarantie (Art. 26 BV) beim @onlinekommentar.bsky.social ist soeben publiziert worden - meine erste eigene Kommentierung! Das Eigentum ist eines der interessantesten, komplexesten und wirkmächtigsten Konzepte einer Gesellschaft. 🐘🦣🐘 onlinekommentar.ch/de/kommentar...
- « 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. »
- “There are good uses for AI at a newspaper, which is why it’s so puzzling that everyone keeps trying to make AI do not those tasks but the ones it is bad at, the ones that we humans most want to keep for ourselves,” @katzish.bsky.social writes:
- 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.
- „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...
- Reposted by Odile AmmannKI 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)
- Reposted by Odile Ammann"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...
- Reposted by Odile AmmannEven 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.
- 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!
- Reposted by Odile AmmannWith 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?
- 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!
- Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern
- 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!
- Reposted by Odile AmmannWe 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
- Reposted by Odile AmmannTwo 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
- 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
- Reposted by Odile AmmannDÉBATS. L’agonie du journalisme scientifique: un danger pour la démocratie suisse ➡️ l.letemps.ch/tEQ
- 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...
- As someone who has benefited from such a Fulbright scholarship, I struggle to believe that this is actually happening.
- The Fulbright program seems to be at risk. As a former Fulbright scholar that is devastating news. The US risks losing its knowledge base and contacts. woub.org/2025/03/07/f...
- Reposted by Odile AmmannJust 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
- Reposted by Odile AmmannA 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!
- 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...
- Reposted by Odile AmmannCfP: Exploring the Autonomy of Cities: Philosophical, Legal, and Policy Dimensions (Workshop), www.europeanlawblog.eu/pub/jrc2vcye...
- Reposted by Odile AmmannMy 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
- "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 (...)."
- US-Vize Vance sorgt mit Rede in München für Empörung. Für zusätzliche Kontroverse in der Schweiz sorgt Karin Keller-Sutter, die die Rede als "liberal" bezeichnet. GLP-Nationalrätin @corinagredig.bsky.social kritisiert das in ihrem Gastbeitrag und fordert vom Bundesrat mehr Haltung beim EU-Dossier.
- 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!
- 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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- 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! 🇨🇦☕️🍁
- Update: My neighbor on the plane drank - at least - 7 tomato juices, 2 bottles of Prosecco, 2 bottles of Campari and 1 Bailey’s 🫣 I’m sober!!
- 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-...).
- Nach einem Medientraining unter der Leitung von Frau Esther Coquoz (Stv. Chefredakteurin, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse) und Dr. Daniel Saraga (Journalist und Kommunikationsspezialist, Gründer von Saraga Communications) reflektierten unsere beiden Gäste über die Rollen von Medien und Wissenschaft.
- Anschliessend fand eine lebhafte Podiumsdiskussion mit Prof. Dr. Cesla Amarelle (ehem. Nationalrätin u. Staatsrätin des Kt. Waadt, Rechtsprof. Univ. Neuenburg), Dr. Cornelia Eisenach (Wissenschaftsjournalistin bei der Republik) und Frau Nicole Lamon (Leiterin der Rubrik Schweiz, Le Temps) statt.
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View full threadEin grosses Dankeschön gebührt ausserdem der Jungen Akademie Schweiz, die diese Veranstaltung durch ihre finanzielle Förderung ermöglich hat, sowie meinen Kolleginnen Dr. Aimée H. Zermatten und Dr. Anna Jobin und unserer Assistentin Lea Briguet für die tolle, stets sehr angenehme Zusammenarbeit!
- Reposted by Odile AmmannThis is deeply worrying. Will the US consciously unprepare itself for the consequences of climate change?
- 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!
- 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!
- 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!
- Reposted by Odile AmmannMusk, 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...
- Ready to travel to Germany… with Kurt!
- I'm happy to share a recent publication of mine, which was published just before the holiday season in the Leiden Journal of International Law, namely my review essay titled "Lobbying, Civil Society Organizations, and the International Law of Tobacco Control", shorturl.at/u5YAm (open access). 1/3
- This essay reviews a recent monograph by Dr Margherita Melillo, titled "Weaponising Evidence: A History of Tobacco Control in International Law" (CUP 2024), which examines the battle between public health advocates and the tobacco industry in the field of international tobacco control. (2/3)
- Dr Melillo has succeeded at writing a real page-turner that builds on, contributes to, and stimulates thinking on, several areas of international law. It can be sure to be of interest to a broad and diverse readership, and to have sown the seeds for future studies on these and related topics. 3/3
- Reposted by Odile AmmannHere it is, our most-read article of 2024: "The recent change to our course-management system has meant that I need to re-upload every document and assignment and reassign every homework. I will be attending three two-hour training sessions to help me do this."
- Toddlers as sources of law
- Accidenticon (noun): an emoji unintentionally created during the writing process (usually in a formal context), typically resulting from the combination of punctuation marks, such as a colon followed by a parenthesis (e.g., :)).
- Reposted by Odile AmmannAdventsfenster 18 mit Blick auf die neuste Kommentierung im OK: Noah Rohner und Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger kommentierten Art. 3 #Bundesverfassung (onlinekommentar.ch/de/kommentar...), hrsg. von @odileammann.bsky.social und @stefanschlegel.bsky.social
- Reposted by Odile AmmannA part of new issue is @odileammann.bsky.social article on lobbying regulation in Switzerland link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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- Opportunité de carrière : assistant·e diplômé·e en droit public ou international (80% ou 100%), Centre de droit public, Université de Lausanne, dès le 1er mars ou à convenir. Je me réjouis de recevoir votre candidature ! N'hésitez pas à partager cette annonce : tinyurl.com/2u4w8mhb
- „de telles collaborations peuvent (…) impliquer des financements de la part des multinationales de la tech auprès des institutions de recherche. (…) des étudiants de l’EPFL peuvent faire des stages chez Apple, tout comme des employés de la société peuvent venir sur le campus.“ tinyurl.com/y82m4aay
- Reposted by Odile AmmannLess than 2 weeks left to apply for this👇post. Please share. @odileammann.bsky.social
