David Weisstanner - Institut für Politikwissenschaft

David Weisstanner
Curriculum vitae
(last updated: August 29, 2016)
David Weisstanner
University of Bern
Institute of Political Science
Fabrikstrasse 8
CH-3012 Bern
+41 31 631 37 38
[email protected]
Education
08/2015 – present
Doctoral candidate and assistant at the Institute of Political Science at
University of Bern. Thesis advisors: Prof. Dr. Klaus Armingeon
(University of Bern), Prof. Dr. Jonas Pontusson (University of Geneva)
01/2017 – 03/2017
Junior Visiting Scholar at Nuffield College, University of Oxford (UK) for
the Hilary Term 2017, supervised by Prof. Dr. Brian Nolan (planned)
09/2013 – 06/2015
Master of Arts in Comparative and Swiss Politics at University of Bern
09/2011 – 12/2011
Exchange student at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)
09/2009 – 01/2013
Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences and Economics (Minor) at University
of Bern
Publications
Weisstanner, David. 2016. The fiscal benefits of repeated cooperation: coalitions and debt dynamics
in 36 democracies. Journal of Public Policy FirstView: 1-30. doi: 10.1017/S0143814X16000040.
Armingeon, Klaus, Kai Guthmann and David Weisstanner. 2016. How the Euro divides the union:
The effect of economic adjustment on support for democracy in Europe. Socio-Economic Review
14(1): 1-26.
Armingeon, Klaus, Kai Guthmann and David Weisstanner. 2016. Choosing the path of austerity: How
parties and policy coalitions influence welfare state retrenchment in periods of fiscal
consolidation. West European Politics 39(4): 628-647.
Armingeon, Klaus, Kai Guthmann and David Weisstanner. 2015. Wie der Euro Europa spaltet. Die
Krise der gemeinsamen Währung und die Entfremdung von der Demokratie in der Europäischen
Union. Politische Vierteljahresschrift 56(3): 506-531.
Armingeon, Klaus, Kai Guthmann and David Weisstanner. 2014. Politische Voraussetzungen von
Austeritätspolitik: Ein internationaler Vergleich von 17 etablierten Demokratien zwischen 1978
und 2009. Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften 12(2-3): 242-271.
Armingeon, Klaus, et al. Several years. Comparative Political Data Set, www.cpds-data.org.
Awards
Winner of the Fritz Thyssen Prize for social science articles in 2015 (“Wie der Euro Europa spaltet”,
Politische Vierteljahresschrift, with Klaus Armingeon and Kai Guthmann)
Best Master's Degree at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Science, University of Bern,
Fall 2015
Conference Presentations
“Macroeconomic Conditions and the Political Economy of Redistribution.” Conference Theory Meets
Crisis at the European University Institute, Florence, June 30-July 1, 2016. (with Jonas Pontusson)
“The fiscal benefits of repeated cooperation: coalitions and debt dynamics in 36 democracies.”
Annual Conference of the Swiss Political Science Association, Basel, Jan 21-22, 2016; Annual
Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Apr 7-10, 2016; 23rd
International Conference of Europeanists, Philadelphia, Apr 14-16, 2016.
“How the Euro Divides the Union: The Effect of Economic Adjustment on Support for Democracy in
Europe.” Annual Conference of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Nov
11-15, 2015. (with Klaus Armingeon and Kai Guthmann)
“Choosing the Path of Austerity: How Policy Coalitions Shape Welfare-policy Choices in Periods of
Fiscal Consolidation.” ECPR General Conference, Glasgow, Sep 3-6, 2014. (with Klaus Armingeon
and Kai Guthmann)
“Implementing Austerity: The Conditional Effect of Left Parties on Income Inequality.” Annual
conference of the Swiss Political Science Association, Zurich, Jan 31-Feb 1, 2013. (with Klaus
Armingeon and Kai Guthmann)
Research Interests & Areas of Expertise
Comparative political economy; economic inequality & redistribution; welfare & labor market policy
Reviewer
Comparative Political Studies, European Political Science, Journal of Public Policy, Zeitschrift für
Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
Teaching
“Einkommensungleichheit im Vergleich” [income inequality in comparative perspective], BA
proseminar, University of Bern, spring semester 2016
Further Academic Training
“2016 LIS Introductory Summer Workshop”, LIS Cross-National Data Center, Luxembourg, July 3-9,
2016 (funded by FORS scholarship)
“Getting data from the web: Tools and techniques for automating data collection”, CUSO PhD
workshop by Dr. Roy Gava and Dr. Bruno Wueest, Geneva, Dec 10-11, 2015
“Research Design”, CUSO PhD workshop by Prof. Jonas Pontusson, Geneva, Nov 20 and Dec 18, 2015
Professional Experience
07/2010 – 07/2015
Junior research assistant at the Chair of comparative and European
politics at University of Bern
08/2014 – 01/2015
Market research internship at Swiss Mobiliar Insurance & Pensions
02/2013 – 08/2013
Scientific collaborator at Transparency International Switzerland
Professional Skills
Languages
German (native speaker), Romansh (native speaker), English (proficient
user), Italian (upper-intermediate user), French (basic user), Spanish
(basic user)
Software
MS Office (proficient user), Stata (programming skills), R (proficient user),
SPSS (basic user)