Faculty Areas of Supervision

Stefano Bartolini, Peter Mair Chair in Comparative Politics. Research themes: the relationships between the process of European integration and the key features of the European nation-state experience. Western Europe political development, comparative methodology, political institutions and European integration; Empirical Polticial Theory.

Fabrizio Bernardi, Professor of Sociology. Research themes: Inequality in Educational Opportunities, Social Mobility, Educational Returns, Family and Labour Market Dynamics and inequality, Research Design and Methodology (quantitative).

Dorothee Bohle, Professor of Political Sciences. Research Themes: Comparative Political Economy (varieties of capitalism, institutional political economy, welfare states, industrial relations, housing (finance) regimes); International Political Economy (European integration, financialization); Central Eastern European economy and politics.

Diego Gambetta, Professor of Social Theory. Research themes: Analytical Sociology, Mafias, Signalling Theory and Applications, Trust and Mimicry, Violent Extremists, Experimental Methods.

Philipp Genschel, Professor of Comparative and European Public Policy (Joint SPS/RSCAS chair). Research themes: International Political Economy, European Integration, International Organizations and global governance, Institutional Theory, the state, taxation, welfare, defense.

Klarita Gërxhani, Professor of Sociology. Research themes: (Micro)-Economic Sociology, Institutional theory, Social Norms, Labor Market and Organizations, Social Status and Gender Inequalities, Social Capital, Informal Economies and Tax Evasion, Field Surveys and (Laboratory) Experiments.

 

 

Juho Härkönen, Professor of Sociology. Research themes: formation of social inequalities over the life course, causes and consequences of divorce, labour market and occupational careers, health disparities. Demography, European sociological review, population studies, social forces, and social science and medicine, quantitative methods, stratification,  family, life course.

Anton Hemerijck, Professor of Political Sciences. Research themes: Welfare reform across Europe, including the impact of EU social, employment and economic policy coordination, from the perspective of the comparative politics of public policy, social investment, actor-centered institutionalism and mixed-method process tracing.

Ellen Immergut, Professor of Political Sciences. Multi-Dimensional Political Competition and Social Policy Responsiveness in Post-Industrial Societies; Health Politics in Europe; Constitutional Politics.

Hanspeter Kriesi, Stein Rokkan Chair of Comparative Politics. Research themes: Comparative politics, political sociology, political behaviour, electoral behaviour, political communication, political participation, social movements.

Ulrich Krotz, Professor of International Relations. Research themes: International Relations in Europe; International Relations theory; International security and security studies; Comparative foreign policy and foreign policy analysis (especially EU, France, Germany, U.S.); Global and regional governance; Shifts and continuities in twenty-first century world politics; European foreign, security and defense policy; European integration (internal and external aspects); "Europe in the world"; Transatlantic relations; Politics in the European multilevel system (including "France and Germany in Europe"); the Comparative politics of Europe, France, and Germany; Franco-German relations; Research design and qualitative methods.

Olivier Roy, Professor of Mediterranean Studies. Research themes: Afghanistan, Iran, Middle-East, Central Asia, Christianism, Conversions, Islam, Islamism, Religious Fundamentalism, Civil Society, Religion.

Andrea Sangiovanni, Chair in Social and Political Theory. Research themes: contemporary moral, legal, and political philosophy, justice and solidarity in the European Union, freedom of movement and immigration, international justice and the philosophy of international law, human rights and the idea of dignity, the relation between principles and social practices, moral and social equality.

Jennifer Welsh,  Professor in International Relations. Research themes: Humanitarian Intervention and the ‘Responsibility to Protect’; the Prevention of Mass Atrocity Crimes; United Nations Security Council; History of Ideas on Intervention; Evolution of Sovereignty; International institutions and armed conflict, ethics and law of armed conflict.