Prof. Ralph Weber holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of St. Gallen and currently is a professor for European Global Studies at the University of Basel, Switzerland. He is the Vice-Director of the Institute for European Global Studies and serves as a research councilor with the Swiss National Science Foundation. He specializes on transgressive political activities of the Chinese Party-State abroad, particularly united front work, propaganda, and intelligence. He was given a mandate by the Swiss Government in 2022 to write a research report on the transnational repression of the Tibetan and Uyghur communities in Switzerland. The report (co-authored with Shrey Kapoor, Selina Morell, and Barbara von Rütte) was published by the Federal Council in February 2025.