Christine Lutringer is a Senior Lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), where she is also the Executive Director of the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy.

Her research focuses primarily on social movements, their influence on public policy, and participatory practices, particularly in the context of youth mobilization. She leads the projects Youth Climate Activism and Local Institutions: Rethinking Democratic Spaces in the Face of Polarization, DE.CO.DE – Decode, Co-create, Debate, and Understanding the Links Between Multilateralism and Democracy to Address Global Challenges.

Christine Lutringer has published numerous articles on citizen participation and contemporary democratic issues. Her recent work has appeared in journals such as Development and Change, International Development Policy, and Societies. She regularly participates in public debates on youth engagement and the mobilization of Generation Z across contexts.

THEMATIC EXPERTISE
 

• Democracy and Civil Society
• Democracy & rule of law
• Social movements
• Trade unions
• NGOs

GEOGRAPHICAL EXPERTISE
 

• Southern Asia
• Southern Europe
• Western Europe

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2025

• Bullon-Cassis, L., Lutringer, C., Mexi, M. & Welp, Y. Do Mini-Publics Answer Environmental Demands by Youth? Promises and Perceptions of ‘Voice’ in four European Cities. Societies15(7), 176
• Lutringer, C., Tixador, K. Multilateralism, Democracy and Human Rights: Strengthening democratic resilience by leveraging engagement with the UN human rights mechanisms. AHCD Issue brief n. 01/25.
• Monti, L., Cioffi, C., Ghazi Zarshoi, H., Lutringer, C. Mapping youth policies across 32 countries: Legal frameworks and strategies for education, employment, and well-being, AHCD Working paper No. 4, January 2025.

2024

• Bullon-Cassis, L., Lutringer, C., & Bellenot, H. Understanding the links between multilateralism and democracy to tackle global challenges more effectively: Democracy and Climate. AHCD Issue Brief n. 01/24, Geneva Graduate Institute. 
• Desai, D., De Stefano, C., Fedorova, A., Lutringer, C., Makovskyy, S., Mexi, M., Monti, L., Panizza, U., Tchermalykh, N., & Vallet, G. (2024) Monitoring the performance of large-scale public funds: From NextGeneration EU to the reconstruction in Ukraine. Policy Brief n. 01/2024, Luiss Policy Observatory, Rome.
• Hubacher, M., Bullon-Cassis, L., Duberry, J., & Lutringer, C. Stories of the Future. Mit Geschichten mögliche Zukünfte erforschen–ein Praxisbericht, POLIS, 14, Pädagogische Hochschule FHNW. 
• Lutringer, C. Elections and Democracy in 2024: Three Overriding Trends, Global Challenges, 16.

2023

• Das, R. and C. Lutringer, Municipal Councillors and the Everyday State: New Representations of Political Accountability in Ahmedabad, India, Development and Change, 54(2), March 2023, pp. 331-54.
• Desai, D., Lutringer, C., and Monti, L. Call for risk assessment of unspent public funds, Policy Brief n. 02/2023, Luiss Policy Observatory, Rome.

2022

• Bokhorst, D., Lutringer, C., et al. Which pathways to respond to the energy crisis? Recommendations on EU financial instruments, AHCD Policy brief n. 1/22.
• Desai, D., S. Herbert and C. Lutringer (2022) Introduction. Critical Issues Emerging from the Study of Unspent Funds, International Development Policy | Revue internationale de politique de développement [Online], 14.1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/poldev.5160
• Lutringer, C. (2022) The Puzzle of ‘Unspent’ Funds in Italy’s European Social Fund, International Development Policy | Revue internationale de politique de développement [Online], 14.1,
• Houllier, S., and C. Lutringer (2022) Politics of Categories. In Making and Unmaking of the Mumbai Development Plan 2014-2034: Politics of Urban Planning. Pattaroni, L., A. Bhide and C. Lutringer (eds), New Delhi: Springer.
• Pattaroni, L., A. Bhide and C. Lutringer (eds) (2022) Making and Unmaking of the Mumbai Development Plan 2014-2034: Politics of Urban Planning. New Delhi:Springer.

2020

• Desai, D., Randeria, S., & Lutringer, C. (2020) Redefining Vulnerability and State – Society Relationships during the COVID-19 Crisis: The Politics of Social Welfare Funds in India and Italy. In M. Maduro & P. Kahn (eds.), Democracy in Times of Pandemic: Different Futures Imagined (pp. 182-195). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Desai, D., Lutringer, C., & Randeria, S. (2020) Emergency Use of Public Funds: Implications for Democratic Governance, Global Challenges, special issue no. 1, June.
• Eggel, D., Lutringer, C. & Galvin, M. (2020) Covid-19: A Modern Apocalypse or a Temporary Shock to the System?Global Challenges, special issue no. 1, June.

Full publication list available at https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3998-1024