Guest Researchers
Our guests are researchers from Germany, Europe and all over the world. They work on inequality and stay in Konstanz for a time to engage with scientists at the Cluster.
Simon Weschle
Simon Weschle is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He studies democratic representation and accountability, and factors that impede it. His main area of research is the role of money in politics. He also works on the measurement of elite political communication, and analyzes its causes and consequences.
He will be a guest researcher as a Humboldt Fellow at the cluster until the end of 2024. During this time, he will work on his second book project, which analyzes the consequences of politicians being employed in the private sector concurrently with holding public office.
You can learn more about Simon here and reach him by mail.
Barak Zur
A PhD student at Tel Aviv University in Israel, supervised by Prof. Yotam Margalit, Barak's research focuses on the connection between globalization and democracy. Barak completed his BA in philosophy, political science, and economics (PPE) at Tel Aviv University, his MA in economic history, and his M.Sc. in economics at Bayreuth University in Germany. His dissertation focuses on the connection between global employment opportunities and political behavior with a specific focus on Europe. He is currently working on a paper named: "People Against the Demos? How Intra-EU Employment Opportunities Shape Political Behaviour: A Cross-Country Analysis".
You can reach him by mail .