piazza nostra team

Joséphine Métraux is a historian and the founder of métraux&. She works in the field of knowledge and arts mediation as well as oral and public history. 

Cyril Cordoba is a historian. He teaches at the Department of Contemporary History of the University of Fribourg and at UniDistance. His research focuses on the interface of political and cultural history. His postdoctoral thesis on the history of the Locarno Film Festival will be published by Alphil Verlag in 2026. 

Nicole Benz is a scholar of art and cultural studies. She works in the field of arts mediation and as a musician. She is interested in the connection of various artistic disciplines and the mediation of socially relevant topics.

volta studio is a design studio based in Bern that focuses on branding, websites and animation. The female-led studio develops visual identities, digital experiences and communication solutions for brands, institutions and cultural organisations — with particular focus on design, fluidity and visual concepts.

Simon Bretscher is a graphic designer and illustrator. His work focuses on citizen science, science communication and social policy.

Aurélien Bouverat is a historian-geographer. Sensitive to themes related to history and public space, situated at the crossroads of his two disciplines, he is particularly interested in the design and implementation of projects at the interface between science and society, framed within an interdisciplinary perspective.

Natacha Isoz is an art historian, editor at art&fiction, and curator. She has worked in heritage institutions (conservation, cultural mediation) as well as independent art spaces (programming). Her ongoing doctoral thesis explores the history of the Cinémathèque suisse.

Lucia Leoni is a doctoral student in contemporary history at the University of Fribourg, working on the transnational history of the Alps. Her areas of interest include cultural international relations, Swiss regional history and film history. Lucia Leoni also teaches at UniDistance.