In her research, she is interested in the analysis and design of policy processes and instruments. Karin Ingold is Associate Editor for Continental Europe for the Journal of Policy & Politics and in the editorial board of the Policy Studies Journal, Swiss Political Science Review, European Policy Analysis Journal, Journal of Public Policy, and Connections. She is the Vice-President of the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR) and leads the research group of Policy Analysis and Environmental Governance (PEGO) affiliated with the Institute of Political Science at the University of Bern and the Department of Environmental Social Sciences at EAWAG. Karin Ingold is a professor at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Bern since August 2011.