Vice-Rectorate People & Culture
Administrative Assistance
Lone Middel
Petersgraben 35
P.O. Box
4001 Basel
Phone: +41 61 207 75 21
E-Mai:lone.middel@unibas.ch
About the person
Academic career
| Year | Position |
|---|---|
| Since August 2023 | Vice President People & Culture University of Basel |
| Since August 2021 | Associate Professor of Public Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Basel |
| August 2019-July 2021 | Assistant Professor of Public Law (with tenure track) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Basel |
| 2017-2019 | Assistant Professor of Public Law with a special focus on European democracy issues at the Faculty of Law of the University of Zurich and at the Center for Democracy Aarau |
| 2016-2017 | Coordinator of the programme area "Transformation of the state in times of digitalization" at the German Research Institute for Public Administration |
| 2012-2017 | Research officer at the German Research Institute for Public Administration |
| 2014-2015 | Academic co-worker at the Chair of Public Law, Finance and Tax Law (Prof. Dr. Joachim Wieland, LL.M) at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer |
Training
| Year | Degree |
|---|---|
| 2012-2017 | Habilitation at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer Habilitation thesis: Legal harmonization in the EU in the area of direct taxation. Analysis of the forms of action with special consideration of soft law (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Joachim Wieland, LL.M) |
| 2001-2005 | Doctorate (Dr. iur., summa cum laude) at the University of Bern Dissertation: Vocal secrecy. A comparative and legal-historical study with reference to current law (supervisor: Prof. Dr. rer. publ. Dr. iur. h. c. Andreas Kley) |
| 2005-2008 | International Executive MBA in Public Management (MBA, with honors) at the University of Salzburg |
| 1995-2001 | Studies of law (degree: lic. iur.) at the University of Berne |
Professional experience
| Year | Position |
|---|---|
| 2008-2011 | Head of the Legal Section, Swiss Federal Chancellery |
| 2006-2007 | Project Manager Vote électronique, Swiss Federal Chancellery |
| 2004-2007 | Lawyer in the Political Rights Section, Swiss Federal Chancellery |
| 2001-2003 | Lawyer in the Vote électronique project, Swiss Federal Chancellery |
university
- Co-head of the e-PIAF research center
non-university
- Member of the advisory board of AlgorithmWatch Switzerland
- Member of the Federal Statistics Commission
- Member of the sounding board of the Demokratie Laboratories Basel
- Member of the Advisory Board of Swissmedic 4.0
- Member of the Association of German Constitutional Law Professors e.V.
- Member of the Board of Trustees of Mehr Demokratie e.V.
- Co-editor of the Yearbook for Direct Democracy
- Member of the advisory board of the Swiss Democracy Foundation
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Foundation for Direct Democracy
- Member of the Swiss Lawyers' Association (SJV)
- Member of the Swiss Society for Legislation (SGG)
- Member of the Swiss Association for Administrative Organization Law (SVVOR)
- Associate member of the Center of Excellence for Human Rights at the University of Zurich
- Associate member of the Digital Society Initiative of the University of Zurich
- Member of the Blockchain Center of the University of Zurich
- Member of the Center for Information Technology, Society, and Law (ITSL)
- Member of the German Section of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS)
- Member of the Research Network on EU Administrative Law (ReNEUAL)
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Legal Help Association
- Member of the Legal Advisory Board of CH++
Main research areas
- Digitization in state and administration
- Data law
- smart mobility
- Constitutional law
- Democracy issues
Publications (research database)
Team
Employees
Projects
TITLE | RESEARCH | STATUS |
|---|---|---|
Braun Binder, Nadja; Früh, Alfred | Completed | |
Comprehensible Algorithms: a Legal Framework for the Use of Artificial Intelligence | Braun Binder, Nadja; Thouvenin, Florent | Ongoing |
Braun Binder, Nadja; Früh, Alfred | Completed | |
Braun Binder, Nadja | Completed | |
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Public Administration | Braun Binder, Nadja | Completed |
When Algorithms Decide for us: the Challenges of Artificial Intelligence | Braun Binder, Nadja | Completed |
The Popular Initiative as an (Extra-)Parliamentary Instrument? | Braun Binder, Nadja | Completed |
