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Frédéric Varone

Frédéric Varone

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Political Science
Switzerland
2026

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Political Science

D-Index
40
Citations
9873
World Ranking
487
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Frédéric Varone is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland, focusing primarily on social sciences research with a strong emphasis on political science and international relations. Their work encompasses multiple subfields, including sociology and political science, communication, gender studies, and strategy and management.

The researcher's publications cover a variety of topics related to politics and societal dynamics. Key areas of study include electoral systems and political participation, policy transfer and learning, social media and politics, political influence and corporate strategies, gender politics and representation, populism and right-wing movements, and social policy and reform studies.

Among the notable papers authored or co-authored by Frédéric Varone are:

  • "Inaccurate Politicians: Elected Representatives' Estimations of Public Opinion in Four Countries" (2022), published in The Journal of Politics
  • "Understanding MPs' perceptions of party voters' opinion in Western democracies" (2021), published in West European Politics
  • "Projection in Politicians' Perceptions of Public Opinion" (2023), published in Political Psychology
  • "Do Politicians Outside the United States Also Think Voters Are More Conservative than They Really Are?" (2023), published in American Political Science Review
  • "Politicizing the Use of Glyphosate in Europe: Comparing Policy Issue Linkage across Advocacy Organizations and Countries" (2020), published in Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice

Frequent co-authors include Stefaan Walgrave, Luzia Helfer, Lior Sheffer, Philipp Trein, and Jean-Benoît Pilet, indicating collaborative engagement in their research projects.

Varone's research has appeared in a range of publication venues, with multiple outputs in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), the American Political Science Review, European Policy Analysis, West European Politics, and the Journal of European Public Policy. These venues reflect a cross-section of political science, policy analysis, and interdisciplinary social science outlets.

The breadth of Varone's research topics and venues demonstrates a focus on the mechanisms of political representation, perception of public opinion among elected officials, and the intersection of politics with societal factors such as gender and media. Their contributions to the literature span empirical explorations of political behavior and analytical work on policy dynamics and communication within democratic systems.

Best Publications

  • The Public Policy Process

    Michael J. Hill;Frédéric Varone

  • Análisis y gestión de políticas públicas

    Joan Subirats;Peter Knoepfel;Corinne Larrue;Frédéric Varone

  • Public policy analysis

    Peter Knoepfel;Corinne Larrue;Frederic Varone;Michael Hill

  • Analyse et pilotage des politiques publiques

    Corinne Larrue;P. Knoepfel;F. Varone

  • A General Empirical Law of Public Budgets: A Comparative Analysis

    Bryan Davidson Jones;Frank R. Baumgartner;Christian Breunig;Christopher Wlezien

  • Analyse et pilotage des politiques publiques: France, Suisse, Canada

    Peter Knoepfel;Corinne Larrue;Frédéric Varone;Jean-François Savard

  • RESIGNED BUT SATISFIED: THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION AND RED TAPE ON WORK SATISFACTION

    David Giauque;Adrian Ritz;Frédéric Varone;Simon Anderfuhren-Biget

  • Institutional Resource Regimes: Towards sustainability through the combination of property-rights theory and policy analysis

    Jean-David Gerber;Peter Knoepfel;Stéphane Nahrath;Frédéric Varone

  • Treating Policy Brokers Seriously: Evidence from the Climate Policy

    Karin Miryam Ingold;Frédéric Varone

  • Motivating Employees of the Public Sector: Does Public Service Motivation Matter?

    Simon Anderfuhren-Biget;Frédéric Varone;David Giauque;Adrian Ritz

  • Green Taxes in a Post-Paris World: Are Millions of Nays Inevitable?

    Stefano Carattini;Stefano Carattini;Andrea Baranzini;Philippe Thalmann;Frédéric Varone

  • HRM Practices, Intrinsic Motivators, and Organizational Performance in the Public Sector

    David Giauque;Simon Anderfuhren-Biget;Simon Anderfuhren-Biget;Frédéric Varone

  • Stress Perception in Public Organisations: Expanding the Job Demands–Job Resources Model by Including Public Service Motivation

    David Giauque;Simon Anderfuhren-Biget;Frédéric Varone

  • Hacia un modelo de análisis de políticas públicas operativo. Un enfoque basado en los actores, sus recursos y las instituciones

    Peter Knoepfel;Corinne Larrue;Frédéric Varone;Miriam Hinojosa Dieck

  • Policy with or without parties? A comparative analysis of policy priorities and policy change in Belgium, 1991 to 2000

    Stefaan Walgrave;Frédéric Varone;Patrick Dumont

  • Functional regulatory spaces

    Frédéric Varone;Stéphane Nahrath;David Aubin;Jean-David Gerber

  • Energy efficiency: the challenges of policy design

    Frédéric Varone;Bernard Aebischer

  • Putting Public Service Motivation into Context. A Balance between Universalism and Particularism

    David Giauque;Adrian Ritz;Frédéric Varone;Simon Anderfuhren-Biget

  • Mesurer la performance publique : méfions-nous des terribles simplificateurs

    Peter Knoepfel;Frédéric Varone

  • Institutional Regimes for Natural Resources: An Innovative Theoretical Framework for Sustainability (2007)

    Peter Knoepfel;Stéphane Nahrath;Frédéric Varone

  • From Leadership to Citizenship Behavior in Public Organizations: When Values Matter

    Adrian Ritz;David Giauque;Frédéric Varone;Simon Anderfuhren-Biget

  • POLICY ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE MOTIVATION

    Simon Anderfuhren-Biget;Frédéric Varone;David Giauque

  • Polity, Politics and Policy Evaluation in Belgium

    Frédéric Varone;Steve Jacob;Lieven De Winter

  • Stress and turnover intents in international organizations: social support and work–life balance as resources

    David Giauque;Simon Anderfuhren-Biget;Frédéric Varone

  • studying policy advocacy through social network analysis

    Frédéric Varone;Karin Miryam Ingold;Charlotte Jourdain

  • Interests groups in Parliament: Exploring MPs' interest affiliations (2000-2011)

    Roy Gava;Frédéric Varone;André Mach;Steven Eichenberger

  • Governing Morality Issues through Procedural Policies

    Isabelle Engeli;Frédéric Varone

  • Dealing with bad guys: actor- and process-level determinants of the “devil shift” in policy making

    Manuel Fischer;Karin Miryam Ingold;Pascal Sciarini;Frédéric Varone

  • Impacts of Market Liberalization on Regulatory Network: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Swiss Telecommunications Sector

    Manuel Fischer;Karin Ingold;Pascal Sciarini;Frédéric Varone

  • The Relationship between Media and Political Agendas: Variations across Decision-Making Phases

    Anke Daniela Tresch;Pascal Sciarini;Frédéric Varone

  • Choice of policy instruments: confronting the deductive and the interactive approaches

    Réjean Landry;Frédéric Varone

Frequent Co-Authors

Karin Ingold
Karin Ingold University of Bern
Pascal Sciarini
Pascal Sciarini University of Geneva
Michael Hill
Michael Hill Newcastle University
Manuel Fischer
Manuel Fischer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Matthias Finger
Matthias Finger École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Fritz Sager
Fritz Sager University of Bern
Christian Breunig
Christian Breunig University of Konstanz
Éric Montpetit
Éric Montpetit University of Montreal
Stefaan Walgrave
Stefaan Walgrave University of Antwerp
Peter John
Peter John King's College London

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