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Silja Häusermann

Silja Häusermann

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Political Science
Switzerland
2026

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Political Science

D-Index
38
Citations
8191
World Ranking
577
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Silja Häusermann is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. The main field of study encompasses Social Sciences, with a specific focus on Political Science and International Relations. Their work also touches on related subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Finance, General Health Professions, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their research topics cover a range of themes such as:

  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Religion and Society Interactions

Recent publications by Silja Häusermann include:

  • Class and social policy in the knowledge economy (2021), European Journal of Political Research
  • Aspiration Versus Apprehension: Economic Opportunities and Electoral Preferences (2023), British Journal of Political Science

Other related works, while not authored by Häusermann but in the broader research network, include:

  • How "Us" and "Them" Relates to Voting Behavior-Social Structure, Social Identities, and Electoral Choice (2021), Comparative Political Studies
  • Attitudinal polarization towards the redistributive role of the state in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis (2021), Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties
  • Social investments in the knowledge economy: The politics of inclusive, stratified, and targeted reforms across the globe (2022), Social Policy and Administration

Häusermann has contributed to book publications including one published by Cambridge University Press titled Cleavage Formation in the 21st Century (2024).

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Häusermann include:

  • Michael Pinggera
  • Matthias Enggist
  • Delia Zollinger
  • Macarena Ares
  • Simón Bornschier

Their work has been published in numerous venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of European Public Policy
  • West European Politics
  • Comparative Political Studies

Best Publications

  • The age of dualization : the changing face of inequality in deindustrializing societies

    Patrick Emmenegger;Silja Häusermann;Bruno Palier;Martin Seeleib-Kaiser

  • The Politics of Welfare State Reform in Continental Europe: Modernization in Hard Times

    Silja Häusermann

  • The decline of the working-class vote, the reconfiguration of the welfare support coalition and consequences for the welfare state

    Jane Gingrich;Silja Häusermann

  • The Politics of Advanced Capitalism

    Pablo Beramendi;Silja Häusermann;Herbert Kitschelt;Hanspeter Kriesi

  • What do voters want? : dimensions and configurations in individual-level preferences and party choice

    Silja Häusermann;Hanspeter Kriesi

  • The Politics of Welfare State Reform in Continental Europe: Determinants of Successful Pension Reform in Continental Europe

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  • Review Article: Rethinking Party Politics and the Welfare State : Recent Advances in the Literature

    Silja Häusermann;Georg Picot;Dominik Geering

  • Who is in and who is out? A risk-based conceptualization of insiders and outsiders

    Hanna Schwander;Silja Häusermann

  • Varieties of Dualization? Labor Market Segmentation and Insider-Outsider Divides Across Regimes

    Silja Häusermann;Hanna Schwander

  • High-skilled outsiders? Labor market vulnerability, education and welfare state preferences

    Silja Häusermann;Thomas Kurer;Hanna Schwander

  • How we Grow Unequal

    Patrick Emmenegger;Silja Häusermann;Bruno Palier;Martin Seeleib-Kaiser

  • The Politics of Old and New Social Policies

    Silja Häusermann;Giuliano Bonoli;David Natali

  • Varieties Of Dualization

    Silja Häusermann;Hanna Schwander

  • From corporatism to partisan politics : social policy making under strain in Switzerland

    Silja Häusermann;André Mach;Yannis Papadopoulos

  • How “Us” and “Them” Relates to Voting Behavior—Social Structure, Social Identities, and Electoral Choice:

    Simon Bornschier;Silja Häusermann;Delia Zollinger;Céline Colombo

  • Economic regulatory reforms in Switzerland: adjustment without European integration, or how rigidities become flexible

    André Mach;Silja Häusermann;Yannis Papadopoulos

  • The Politics of Trade-Offs : Studying the Dynamics of Welfare State Reform With Conjoint Experiments

    Silja Häusermann;Thomas Kurer;Denise Traber

  • Changing coalitions in social policy reforms: the politics of new social needs and demands

    Silja Häusermann

  • Economic grievances and political protest

    Thomas Kurer;Silja Häusermann;Bruno Wüest;Matthias Enggist

  • Introduction : the politics of advanced capitalism

    Pablo Beramendi;Silja Häusermann;Herbert Kitschelt;Hanspeter Kriesi

  • Sharing the Risk? Households, Labor Market Vulnerability, and Social Policy Preferences in Western Europe

    Silja Häusermann;Thomas Kurer;Hanna Schwander

  • Class and social policy in the knowledge economy

    Silja Häusermann;Michael Pinggera;Macarena Ares;Matthias Enggist

  • Solidarity with whom? Why organised labour is losing ground in Continental pension politics

    Silja Häusermann

  • Varieties of dualization?: labor market segmentation and insider outsider divides across regimes

    Silja Hausermann

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Palier
Bruno Palier Sciences Po
Hanspeter Kriesi
Hanspeter Kriesi European University Institute
Yannis Papadopoulos
Yannis Papadopoulos University of Lausanne
Patrick Emmenegger
Patrick Emmenegger University of St. Gallen
Martin Seeleib-Kaiser
Martin Seeleib-Kaiser University of Tübingen
Giuliano Bonoli
Giuliano Bonoli University of Lausanne
Herbert Kitschelt
Herbert Kitschelt Duke University
Pascal Sciarini
Pascal Sciarini University of Geneva
Adrian Vatter
Adrian Vatter University of Bern
James E. Alt
James E. Alt Harvard University

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