Occupation
- PhD candidate in sociology of religon
Publications
Academia
Research articles
- Senn, J., & Stolz, J. (2025). The sequential rise of female religious leadership. Sociological Science, 12(9), 180–201. https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12-9-180/
- Stolz, J., Köhrsen, J., Senn et al. (2024). Sécularisation et inclusion. L’évolution des groupes religieux locaux en Suisse, 2008 – 2022. Social Change in Switzerland, 39. https://doi.org/10.22019/SC-2024-00005
- Senn, J., Stolz, J., & Monnot, C. (2024). Diversity dynamics: How local religious groups are born, stay, and die over time. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 63(3), 519–542. http://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12907
- Stolz, J., Senn, J. (in press). Religious markets, religious marketing, and individual religious choice in Europe. In Fokas, E. and Georgie, A. (eds.) Routledge Handbook on Politics and Religion in Europe. London: Routledge.
- Stolz, J., Senn, J. (2023). Säkularisierung und der Anstieg der Konfessionslosen in der Schweiz. Eine soziologische Perspektive. In Schulthess (Ed.). In Zeiten der Säkularisierung. Herausforderungen für das Verhältnis von Staat und Religion.
- Stolz, J., and Senn, J. (2022). Generationen abnehmenden Glaubens. In J. Stolz, A. Bünker, A. Liedhegener, E. Baumann-Neuhaus, I. Becci, Z. Dandarova Robert, J. Senn, P. Tanner, O. Wäckerlig, & U. Winter-Pfändler (Eds.), Religionstrends in der Schweiz : Religion, Spiritualität und Säkularität im gesellschaftlichen Wandel (pp. 7-31). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-36568-4_2
Datasets
- Senn, J., Stolz, J. (2023), NCSS II Dataset [csv & sav formats, 2417 cases, 207 variables, including weights]
Newspapers and online articles
- Senn, J (2023). Les communautés locales musulmanes en suisse : évolution entre 2008 et 2020 Islam and Society
- Stolz, J., Senn, J. (2021, November 11). La foi décroissante, une question de générations. Le Temps.
- Stolz, J., Senn, J. (2021, December 30). Warum sich die Kirchen leeren Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
Radio
Newspapers
- Spring, D. (2025, Februar). Plus loin de toi, mon Dieu! Allez savoir !.
- Monayron, G. (2024, December 16). « Autrefois les religions expliquaient le monde. Aujourd’hui, c’est la science » L’Uniscope.
- Burri, J. (2023, March 28). Les causes du mouvement de sécularisation restent inexpliquées Réformés.
- Fernandez, L. (2023, February 6). Plus d'un Neuchâtelois sur deux se dit «sans religion» Arc Info.
- Hartmann, D. (2022, November 18). A chaque génération sa foi Le Courrier.
- ATS (2022, November 13). Un certain déclin de la foi chrétienne en Suisse La Liberté.
- Agathe Seppey (2022, April 15). Où va la foi? «Chaque génération est moins religieuse que la précédente» Le Temps.
Conferences / talks
2025
- ECSR 2025 annual conference
University of Cologne, Germany
- Gay grace. The sequential rise of homosexuality acceptance in Swiss and US congregations
- Material religion: between heritage and new perspectives
University of Strasbourg, France
- Does the building play a role in the continuation of religious activities of local congregations in Switzerland?
- LIVES day conference
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Gay grace. The sequential rise of homosexuality acceptance in Swiss and US congregations
2024
- ASR 2024 annual meeting
Montreal, Canada
- The effects of the Covid pandemic and the reaction of congregations in Switzerland
2023
- Study days on the institutional recognition of religious diversity
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Perspective institutionelle. Le cas de la Suisse
2022
- SSSR+RRA 2022 anual Meeting
Baltimore, USA
- Is religious diversity really growing ? Results from the 2nd National Congregation Study Switzerland
- Consortium for International Surveys of Congregations (CISC) Research Symposium
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Diversity dynamics. How local religious groups are born, stay, and die over time
- Pluralité religieuse et enjeux de reconnaissance social (seminary)
University of Strasbourg, France
- L’évolution du paysage religieux suisse (2008-2020). Diversité, mortalité et fusions des groupes religieux locaux
- Atelier de terrain en sciences sociales des religions contemporaines (seminary)
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Le champ des groupes religieux locaux en Suisse. Structure institutionnelle et diversité
2021
- 36th SISR/ISSR Conference
- Changes in the Swiss religious landscape and diversity. First results in the light of two National Congregations Censuses
- ISSR 2021 Research Symposium
University of Lausanne
- L’évolution du paysage religieux suisse (2008-2020). Diversité, mortalité et fusions des groupes religieux locaux
Invited addresses
- 2024 : Invited scholar for 6 months at Duke University (USA) with Mark Chaves
Peer Review Experience:
- Social Compass, 2023 - Present (Reviewed 1 article)
Awards
- Prize for the best Master of Arts thesis in sociology at the University of Neuchâtel ($1,000), “The hegemony of genes? Kinship as thought and practiced by people born of sperm donation”.
Languages
- French (native)
- English (C1)
- German (B2)
Skills
- Statistical analysis
- Mostly with the R software
- Training
- Machine learning (USI Summer School, prof. M. Steenbergen)
- Coordination
- Organized the coordination with the scientific partners (ZRWP of the University of Basel and the CIC)
- Team management
- Led a team of student assistants (up to 5 people simultaneously)
- Supervised the census of Swiss religious communities (N ≈ 6000)
- Practical skills
- Mass mailing (2500 personalized invitation letters and physical mailing to contact and survey the communities leaders)
- (very) Rudimentary web content creation (NCSS 2 website)
Links
E-Mail
ORCID
Google Scholar