Ass.-Prof. Dr. David Weisstanner
Assistant Professor of Health and Social Policy
T +41 41 229 57 40 • Alpenquai 4, Room 11 • david.weisstanner@unilu.ch
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David Weisstanner is assistant professor in health and social policy at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Bern (2018). Before coming to Lucerne, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention and Nuffield College at the University of Oxford (2018-2021) and an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University (2021-2022). His research focuses on topics related to comparative social policy in advanced democracies. Specifically, he is interested in the political determinants and consequences of socio-economic inequality, social policy preferences, and electoral behaviour.
Publications
- Weisstanner, D. (2022). COVID-19 and welfare state support: the case of universal basic income. Policy and Society, 1, 96–110. https://doi.org/10.1093/polsoc/puab015
- Paskov, M., & Weisstanner, D. (2022). Cross-Class Embeddedness through Family Ties and Support for Income Redistribution. European Sociological Review, 2, 286–303. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcab040
- Armingeon, K., & Weisstanner, D. (2022). Objective Conditions Count, Political Beliefs Decide: The Conditional Effects of Self-Interest and Ideology on Redistribution Preferences. Political Studies, 4, 887–900. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321721993652
- Goedemé, T., Nolan, B., Paskov, M., & Weisstanner, D. (2022). Occupational Social Class and Earnings Inequality in Europe: A Comparative Assessment. Social Indicators Research, 1, 215–233. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-021-02746-z
- Weisstanner, D., & Armingeon, K. (2022). Redistributive preferences: Why actual income is ultimately more important than perceived income. Journal of European Social Policy, 2, 135–147. https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwy018
- Nolan, B., & Weisstanner, D. (2022). Rising income inequality and the relative decline in subjective social status of the working class. West European Politics, 6, 1206–1230. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2022.2038892
- Weisstanner, D. (2022). Stagnating incomes and preferences for redistribution: The role of absolute and relative experiences. European Journal of Political Research.
- Goedemé, T., Paskov, M., Weisstanner, D., & Nolan, B. (2021). Between-Class Earnings Inequality in 30 European Countries: A Regression-Based Decomposition. Comparative Sociology, 6, 741–778. https://doi.org/10.1163/15691330-bja10046
- Nolan, B., & Weisstanner, D. (2021). Has the middle secured its share of growth or been squeezed? West European Politics, 2, 426–438. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2020.1727173
- Weisstanner, D. (2021). Insiders under pressure: Flexibilization at the margins and wage inequality. Journal of Social Policy, 4, 725–744. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279420000409
- Engler, S., & Weisstanner, D. (2021). The threat of social decline: Income inequality and radical right support. Journal of European Public Policy, 2, 153–173.
- Dermont, C., & Weisstanner, D. (2020). Automation and the future of the welfare state: basic income as a response to technological change? Political Research Exchange, 1, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2020.1757387
- Weisstanner, D., & Armingeon, K. (2020). How redistributive policies reduce market inequality: education premiums in 22 OECD countries. Socio-Economic Review, 3, 839–856. https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwy018
- Pontusson, J., & Weisstanner, D. (2018). Macroeconomic conditions, inequality shocks and the politics of redistribution, 1990–2013. Journal of European Public Policy, 1, 31–58. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2017.1310280
- Weisstanner, D. (2017). The fiscal benefits of repeated cooperation: coalitions and debt dynamics in 36 democracies. Journal of Public Policy, 2, 143–172. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X16000040
- Armingeon, K., Guthmann, K., & Weisstanner, D. (2016). Choosing the path of austerity: how parties and policy coalitions influence welfare state retrenchment in periods of fiscal consolidation. West European Politics, 4, 628–647. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2015.1111072
- Armingeon, K., Guthmann, K., & Weisstanner, D. (2016). How the Euro divides the union: the effect of economic adjustment on support for democracy in Europe. Socio-Economic Review, 1, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwv028
- Armingeon, K., Guthmann, K., & Weisstanner, D. (2015). Wie der Euro Europa spaltet. Die Krise der gemeinsamen Währung und die Entfremdung von der Demokratie in der Europäischen Union. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 3, 506–531. https://doi.org/10.5771/0032-3470-2015-3-506
- Armingeon, K., Guthmann, K., & Weisstanner, D. (2014). Politische Voraussetzungen von Austeritätspolitik: Ein internationaler Vergleich von 17 etablierten Demokratien zwischen 1978 und 2009. Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften, 242–271.