Olivia Schmied is a Master's Student at ETH Zurich, where she studies Comparative and International Studies. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science with a minor in Law from the University of Zurich in 2023. Since February 2024, she has been working as a Research Assistant for Prof. Dr. Lucas Leemann at the Chair for Comparative Politics and Empirical Democracy Research, with a particular focus on Political Participation.