Background
Knoepfel, Peter Thomas was born on July 17, 1949 in Teufen, Arkansas, Switzerland. Son of Walter Knoepfel and Hildegard Knoepfel-Reifler.
Knoepfel, Peter Thomas was born on July 17, 1949 in Teufen, Arkansas, Switzerland. Son of Walter Knoepfel and Hildegard Knoepfel-Reifler.
Doctor iuris, University Bern, Switzerland, 1976.
Assistant University Bern, Institute Public Law, since 1972. Research fellow Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Germany, since 1976. Ordinary professor IDHEAP, Lausanne, Switzerland, since 1982.
Visiting professor University Kassel, Germany, since 1979, Institute Sociology Law, Oñati, Spain, since 2002, Autonomous University Barcelona, Barcelona, since 2003. Senior lecturer Free University Berlin, since 1978, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, since 1989, IEPI University Grenoble, France, since 2004, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, Switzerland, since 2007. Professor University Lausanne, Switzerland, since 2007, University Iof Berne, Switzerland, since 2008.
Director IDHEAP, Lausanne, Switzerland, since 1994.
Member legislative City Council, Crissier VD, Switzerland, since 1987. Member of Swiss Association Political Science (member committee, president 1987—2009).
Married Katrin Knoepfel. Children: Martina, Lukas, Miriam.