Silja Häusermann

Silja Häusermann, Prof. Dr.

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

Phone: +41 44 634 40 13
Room number: AFL-H-314

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.

Research area

Swiss Politics and Comparative political Economy

Research Focus

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

Transversal research priorities at the IPZ

Politics and Inequality
Democracy and Democratization
Digitalization

Courses

V-Nr	Course	Start / End	Date	Lecturers	Room
2873	Politische Systeme und Theorien II 615-016a	from 19 Feb 2024 to 10 Jun 2024	Mon 16:15-18:00, Wed 14:00-15:45, 10.6.: 10:15-11:45	Silja Häusermann	Y24-G-45
3769	Vergleichende und Internationale Politische Ökonomie (Vorlesung) 615-022a	from 21 Feb 2024 to 22 May 2024	Wed 10:15-12:00, until 22.5., 22.5.: 10:15-11:45	Silja Häusermann	see details
1286	Forschungsseminar: Private or public? The politics of public good provision 615-506a	from 20 Feb 2024 to 28 May 2024	Tue 12:15-13:45	Silja Häusermann	AFL-E-022
4364	CIS Forschungscolloquium 615G930a	from 22 Feb 2024 to 30 May 2024	Thu 12:30-14:00	Silja Häusermann	AFL-E-003
4369	Publication Seminar 615G941a	from 23 Feb 2024 to 31 May 2024	Fri 13:00-14:00	Silja Häusermann	AFL-E-003

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Publications (ZORA)

ZORA Publication List

Publications

2023
- Ares, Macarena; Häusermann, Silja (2023). Class and Social Policy Representation. In: Lupu, Noam; Pontusson, Jonas. Unequal Democracies : Public Policy, Responsiveness, and Redistribution in an Era of Rising Economic Inequality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 300-324.
- Häusermann, Silja; Bürgisser, Reto (2023). Family Policy. In: Emmenegger, Patrick; Fossati, Flavia; Häusermann, Silja; Papadopoulos, Yannis; Sciarini, Pascal; Vatter, Adrian. The Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 733-752.
- Bernauer, Thomas; Walter, Stefanie (2023). Switzerland’s Position in Europe and the World. In: Emmenegger, Patrick; Fossati, Flavia; Häusermann, Silja; Papadopoulos, Yannis; Sciarini, Pascal; Vatter, Adrian. The Oxford handbook of Swiss politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 94-115.
- Gilardi, Fabrizio; Trechsel, Alexander H (2023). Digital Democracy. In: Emmenegger, Patrick; Fossati, Flavia; Häusermann, Silja; Papadopoulos, Yannis; Sciarini, Pascal; Vatter, Adrian. The Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 430-448.
- Stadelmann-Steffen, Isabelle; Leemann, Lucas (2023). Direct Democracy. In: Emmenegger, Patrick; Fossati, Flavia; Häusermann, Silja; Papadopoulos, Yannis; Sciarini, Pascal; Vatter, Adrian. The Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 156-173.
- Edited by: Emmenegger, Patrick; Fossati, Flavia; Häusermann, Silja; Papadopoulos, Yannis; Sciarini, Pascal; Vatter, Adrian (2023). Oxford: Oxford University Press. The Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics.
- Häusermann, Silja; Bornschier, Simon (2023). Democratic conflict and polarization: healthy or harmful?. Zurich: UBS Center for Economics in Society at the University of Zurich.
- Häusermann, Silja; Kurer, Thomas; Zollinger, Delia (2023). Aspiration Versus Apprehension: Economic Opportunities and Electoral Preferences. British Journal of Political Science, 53(4):1230-1251.
- 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.
- 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.
- Enggist, Matthias. Welfare Politics in a Context of Second-Dimension Salience. 2022, University of Zurich, Philosophische Fakultät.

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