In 1960, Koller was admitted to the Bar of Appenzell Innerrhoden. He initially worked as a counsel in the legal department of PTT and from 1964 to 1966 in the Secretary of the Swiss Cartel Commission. Since completing his doctorate, he has worked as university professor and lecturer for Economics and Jurisprudence.[9]
Arnold Koller was Chairman of the Board of the Second International Conference on Federalism held in St. Gallen in 2002. The conference was organised based on the Governmental Learning Spiral, a method to design problem-solving events in politics. The conference background papers, proceedings and plenary speeches as well as the method are described in the book "Federalism in a Changing World – Learning from Each Other", which he edited together with Raoul Blindenbacher.[11]
From 2006 to 2010 Arnold Koller was the Chair of the Forum of Federations. This is an international organisation designed to help develop best practices in countries around the world with federal and devolved systems of government.
Personal life
In 1972, he married Erica Brander, then a flight attendant for Swissair.[12] They have two daughters.
Koller became an honorary citizen of Gossau in 2011.[13]
Selected Publications
- Blindenbacher, R. and Koller, A. (eds): Federalism in a Changing World – Learning from Each Other. Background Papers, Proceedings and Plenary Speeches of the International Conference on Federalism 2002. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 2003.
- Koller, A., Thürer, D. and Dafflon, B.: Principles of Federalism. Guidelines for Good Federal Practices – A Swiss Contribution. Zurich: Dike Verlag, 2012.
- Koller, A.: Aus der Werkstatt eines Bundesrates. Bern: Stämpfli Verlag, 2014
