Cornelia Lüthy
Lawyer and public policy expert specializing in migration, education, Switzerland-EU, and public administration
A selection of some professional positions
2024 – 2025
Representative of the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) for EU affairs and negotiator in the bilateral negotiations between Switzerland and the EU on the free movement of persons2016 – 2023
Deputy Director SEM, Head of the Immigration and Integration Department2008 – 2015
Deputy Secretary General of the Education Directorate of the Canton of Zurich2003 – 2007
Personal advisor to the Director of Education & Head of Political Planning, Canton of Zurich
Selection of training and further education
2024 – 2025
ETH Policy Fellowship, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich2014 – 2016
Executive Master of Public Administration, London School of Economics, LSE2001
Admitted to the bar, Canton of Zurich1997
Doctorate, Faculty of Law, University of Zurich
Teaching & Mandates
Member of the Steering Committee, Centre for Migration Law and Research (ZMZ), University of Zurich & ZHAW
Co-founder of the foundation, 15 Degrees South
Member of the Advisory Board, State Laboratory
Member of the Board of Trustees, Dialogue Foundation / Campus Democracy
Academic Visitor, University of Stanford, October 2023
Guest lecturer at various Swiss universities
Lecturer at the London School of Economics, LSE – Migration Policy: Policy in Practice (2019-2022)
favorite places
Southern Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Lake Maggiore and its mountains, Lake Neuchâtel, at home