2026 Hanspeter Kriesi: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	78	30	25	3	3	333	34999

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Hanspeter Kriesi is affiliated with the European University Institute in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a particular emphasis on political science and international relations.

Kriesi's work covers multiple subfields including political science and international relations, sociology and political science, communication, economics and econometrics, and finance. The main topics of their research are:

Populism, Right-Wing Movements
Social Policy and Reform Studies
Electoral Systems and Political Participation
European Union Policy and Governance
Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Social Media and Politics
Political Systems and Governance

Some of the recent papers by Kriesi cover a range of political and social issues. These include:

"Pandemic politics: policy evaluations of government responses to COVID-19" (2021, West European Politics)
"Crisis pressures and European integration" (2021, Journal of European Public Policy)
"Politicising immigration in times of crisis" (2021, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies)
"European attitudes to refugees after the Russian invasion of Ukraine" (2023, West European Politics)
"Is There a Crisis of Democracy in Europe?" (2020, Politische Vierteljahresschrift)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kriesi include Ábel Bojár, Swen Hutter, Björn Bremer, Theresa Gessler, and Julia Schulte-Cloos.

Kriesi's publications are often found in notable venues such as Harvard Dataverse, Journal of European Public Policy, West European Politics, EconStor Open Access Articles, and SSRN Electronic Journal. Among these, Harvard Dataverse accounts for the highest number of publications.

In addition to articles, Kriesi has authored several books published by Cambridge University Press. Notable titles include:

"Contention in Times of Crisis" (2020)
"Coming to Terms with the European Refugee Crisis" (2024)
"Contentious Episodes in the Age of Austerity" (2021)
"Crisis Policymaking in the EU" (2024)

Best Publications

Comparative perspectives on social movements : political opportunities, mobilizing structures, and cultural framings

Dough McAdam;John D McCarthy;Mayer N Zald

2943
Citations
New Social Movements In Western Europe: A Comparative Analysis

Hanspeter Kriesi;Ruud Koopmans;Jan Willem Duyvendak;Marco G. Giugni

2913
Citations
West European Politics in the Age of Globalization

Hanspeter Kriesi;Edgar Grande;Romain Lachat;Martin Dolezal

2707
Citations
Globalization and the transformation of the national political space: Six European countries compared

Hanspeter Kriesi;Edgar Grande;Romain Lachat;Martin Dolezal

2189
Citations
Political Conflict in Western Europe

Hanspeter Kriesi;Edgar Grande;Martin Dolezal;Marc Helbling

1290
Citations
The Blackwell companion to social movements

David Alan Snow;Sarah Anne Soule;Hanspeter Kriesi

1130
Citations
Political Context and Opportunity

Hanspeter Kriesi

1011
Citations
The Populist Challenge

Hanspeter Kriesi

844
Citations
Social Movements in a Globalizing World: an Introduction

Donatella della Porta;Hanspeter Kriesi

820
Citations
The transformation of cleavage politics The 1997 Stein Rokkan lecture

Hanspeter Kriesi

696
Citations
New social movements and political opportunities in Western Europe

Hanspeter Kriesi;Ruud Koopmans;Jan Willem Duyvendak;Marco G. Giugni

668
Citations
European populism in the shadow of the great recession

Hanspeter Kriesi;Takis S. Pappas

653
Citations
The electoral consequences of the financial and economic crisis in Europe

Enrique Hernández;Hanspeter Kriesi

642
Citations
Direct Democratic Choice: The Swiss Experience

Hanspeter Kriesi

591
Citations
New Social Movements and the New Class in the Netherlands

Hanspeter Kriesi

580
Citations
Mapping the Terrain

David A. Snow;Sarah A. Soule;Hanspeter Kriesi

552
Citations
The Politics of Switzerland: Continuity and Change in a Consensus Democracy

Hanspeter Kriesi;Alexander H. Trechsel

552
Citations
Le système politique suisse

Hanspeter Kriesi

551
Citations
The Network Approach

Silke Adam;Hanspeter Kriesi

545
Citations
The Politics of Advanced Capitalism

Pablo Beramendi;Silja Häusermann;Herbert Kitschelt;Hanspeter Kriesi

509
Citations
Social Movements in a Globalizing world (second expanded edition)

Donatella Della Porta;Hanspeter Kriesi;Dieter Rucht

425
Citations
Social movements in a globalizing world

Donatella Della Porta;Hanspeter Kriesi;Dieter Rucht

358
Citations
From Structure To Action: Comparing Social Movement Research Across Cultures

Bert Klandermans;Hanspeter Kriesi;Sidney G. Tarrow

287
Citations
Models for democracy

Marc Bühlmann;Hanspeter Kriesi

55
Citations
West European Politics in the Age of Globalization: Germany: the dog that didn't bark

Hanspeter Kriesi;Edgar Grande;Romain Lachat;Martin Dolezal

12
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Edgar Grande Social Science Research Center Berlin

Swen Hutter Social Science Research Center Berlin

Alexander H. Trechsel University of Lucerne

Silja Häusermann University of Zurich

Frank Esser University of Zurich

Marc Helbling University of Mannheim

Herbert Kitschelt Duke University

Donatella Della Porta Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa

Pascal Sciarini University of Geneva

Willem E. Saris Pompeu Fabra University

External Links

Personal website of Hanspeter Kriesi

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