Silja Häusermann

Silja Häusermann, Prof. Dr.

Full Professor / Ordinaria
Appointments via email / Termine via E-Mail

Phone: +41 44 634 40 13

Curriculum vitae

Born in 1977 in Lucerne. Silja Häusermann studied Political Science at the University of Geneva from 1997 to 2001, after which she completed a post-graduate Master of Public Administration MPA at the Institut de hautes études en administration publique in Lausanne. 2000-2007 research and teaching assistant at the University of Lausanne and later on at the University of Zurich, PhD in 2007 from the University of Zurich. 2006 visiting fellow at the Government Department of Harvard University in Cambridge, USA. 2007-2011 post-doc researcher in comparative politics at the University of Zurich. 2008-2009 Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. 2011-2012 assistant professor in Political Science at the University of Konstanz, Germany. Since September 2012 Full Professor of Swiss Politics and Comparative political Economy at the Institute for Political Science of the University Zurich.

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Research Focus

Comparative welfare state analysis, Comparative political economy, pension- and family policy, party systems, corporatism, policy analysis, europeanization / internationalization.

Courses

Vorlesungsverzeichnis

V-Nr	Course	Start / End	Date	Lecturers	Room
3128	Politische Systeme und Theorien I 615-015a	from 18 Sep 2023 to 3 Jan 2024	Mon 16:15-18:00, Wed 14:00-15:45, 3.1.: 10:15-11:45	Silja Häusermann	see details
3577	Schweizer Politik (Vorlesung) 615-033a	from 20 Sep 2023 to 20 Dec 2023	Wed 10:15-12:00	Silja Häusermann	AFL-F-121
4145	Vorbereitung zum Forschungsseminar PPE: Private or public? The politics of public good provision 615-505a	from 19 Sep 2023 to 19 Dec 2023	Tue 12:15-13:45	Silja Häusermann	AFL-E-011
3284	Publication Seminar 615G941a	from 22 Sep 2023 to 22 Dec 2023	Fri 13:00-14:00	Silja Häusermann	AFL-E-003
0645	CIS Forschungscolloquium 615G930a	from 21 Sep 2023 to 21 Dec 2023	Thu 12:30-14:00	Silja Häusermann	see Notes

Publications

ZORA Publication List

Publications

2023
- Garritzmann, Julian L; Häusermann, Silja; Palier, Bruno (2023). Social investments in the knowledge economy: the politics of inclusive, stratified, and targeted reforms across the globe. Social Policy and Administration, 57(1):87-101.

2022
- Häusermann, Silja (2022). Sozialpolitik. In: Wenzelburger, Georg; Zohlnhöfer, Reimut. Handbuch Policy-Forschung. Wiesbaden: Springer, 1-22.
- Enggist, Matthias; Häusermann, Silja; Pinggera, Michael (2022). The COVID-crisis as an opportunity for welfare recalibration? Panel-data evidence on the effect of the COVID-crisis on welfare preferences in Spain, Germany, and Sweden. Journal of European Public Policy, 29(12):2007-2021.
- Enggist, Matthias; Mosimann, Nadja; Abou-Chadi, Tarik; Bürgisser, Reto; Häusermann, Silja; Mitteregger, Reto; Zollinger, Delia (2022). Wählerwanderungen rund um die Schweizer Sozialdemokratie. Diskussionspapier Policy Briefs 3, University of Zurich.
- Häusermann, Silja; Mitteregger, Reto; Abou-Chadi, Tarik; Bürgisser, Reto; Enggist, Matthias; Mosimann, Nadja; Zollinger, Delia (2022). Das Wählerpotenzial der Schweizer Sozialdemokratie. Diskussionspapier Policy Briefs 4, University of Zurich.
- Bornschier, Simon; Haffert, Lukas; Häusermann, Silja; Steenbergen, Marco R; Zollinger, Delia (2022). Identity Formation between Structure and Agency – How ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ Relates to Voting Behavior in Contexts of Electoral Realignment. In: ECPR General Conference - SOWI Campus, Innsbruck, Austria, 22 August 2022 - 26 August 2022, European Consortium for Political Research.
- Lauener, Lukas; Emmenegger, Patrick; Häusermann, Silja; Walter, Stefanie (2022). Torn Between International Cooperation and National Sovereignty: Voter Attitudes in Trade‐off Situations in Switzerland. Swiss Political Science Review = Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 28(2):277-295.
- Häusermann, Silja; Pinggera, Michael; Ares, Macarena; Enggist, Matthias (2022). Class and social policy in the knowledge economy. European Journal of Political Research, 61(2):462-484.
- Häusermann, Silja; Bürgisser, Reto (2022). Familienpolitik. In: Handbuch der Schweizer Politik. Manuel de la politique suisse. 7. Auflage. Zürich: NZZ Libro, 931-954.
- Häusermann, Silja; Kurer, Thomas (2022). Automation and Social Policy: Which Policy Response do At-risk Workers Support?. In: Busemeyer, Marius R; Kemmerling, Achim; van Kersbergen, Kees; Marx, Paul. Digitalization and the Welfare State. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 139 -156.
- Palier, Bruno; Garritzmann, Julian L; Häusermann, Silja; Fioritto, Francesco (2022). How Democracies Transform their Welfare States: The Reform Trajectories and Political Coalitions of Inclusive, Stratified, and Targeted Social Investment Strategies in Capitalist Democracies. In: Garritzmann, Julian L; Häusermann, Silja; Palier, Bruno. The World Politics of Social Investment : The Politics of Varying Social Investment Strategies. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 402-475.
- Häusermann, Silja; Garritzmann, Julian L; Palier, Bruno (2022). Structural Constraints, Institutional Legacies, and the Politics of Social Investment Across World Regions. In: Garritzmann, Julian L; Häusermann, Silja; Palier, Bruno. The World Politics of Social Investment : The Politics of Varying Social Investment Strategies. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1-35.
- Garritzmann, Julian L; Häusermann, Silja; Palier, Bruno (2022). The Politics of Social Investment in the Knowledge Economy: Analytical Insights from a Global Comparison. In: Garritzmann, Julian L; Häusermann, Silja; Palier, Bruno. The World Politics of Social Investment : Welfare States in the Knowledge Economy. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 454-489.
- Garritzmann, Julian L; Häusermann, Silja; Palier, Bruno; Pinggera, Michael (2022). The Emergence of Knowledge Economies: Educational Expansion, Labor Market Changes, and the Politics of Social Investment. In: Garritzmann, Julian L; Häusermann, Silja; Palier, Bruno. The World Politics of Social Investment : Welfare States in the Knowledge Economy. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 251-283.
- Häusermann, Silja; Garritzmann, Julian L; Palier, Bruno (2022). The Politics of Social Investment: A Global Theoretical Framework. In: Garritzmann, Julian L; Häusermann, Silja; Palier, Bruno. The World Politics of Social Investment : Welfare States in the Knowledge Economy. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 59-106.
- Edited by: Papadopoulos, Yannis; Sciarini, Pascal; Vatter, Adrian; Häusermann, Silja; Emmenegger, Patrick; Fossati, Flavia (2022). Basel: NZZ Libro. Handbuch der Schweizer Politik.
- Edited by: Garritzmann, Julian L; Häusermann, Silja; Palier, Bruno (2022). Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. The world politics of social investment : the politics of varying social investment strategies.
- Edited by: Garritzmann, Julian L; Häusermann, Silja; Palier, Bruno (2022). Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. The world politics of social investment : welfare states in the knowledge economy.
- Häusermann, Silja; Abou-Chadi, Tarik; Bürgisser, Reto; Enggist, Matthias; Mitteregger, Reto; Mosimann, Nadja; Zollinger, Delia (2022). Wählerschaft und Perspektiven der Sozialdemokratie in der Schweiz. Zürich: NZZ Libro.
- Bürgisser, Reto (2022). The Partisan Politics of Family and Labor Market Policy Reforms in Southern Europe. In: Garritzmann, Julian L; Häusermann, Silja; Palier, Bruno. The World Politics of Social Investment (Volume II): The Politics of Varying Social Investment Strategies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 86-107.
- Palier, Bruno; Garritzmann, Julian L; Häusermann, Silja (2022). Towards a Worldwide View on the Politics of Social Investment. In: Garritzmann, Julian L; Häusermann, Silja; Palier, Bruno. The World Politics of Social Investment : Welfare States in the Knowledge Economy. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1-58.

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