Biography

David Weisstanner is an assistant professor at the Department of Health Sciences and Medicine at the University of Lucerne. Previously, he was an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University. Between 2018 and 2021, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Department for Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford. He has also been an associate member at Nuffield College and the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the University of Oxford since 2018. He obtained his PhD at the University of Bern in 2018.

David’s 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, health inequality, social policy preferences, and electoral behaviour. He teaches courses on health and social policy, health inequality, and Swiss health policy.

Recent Publications

Feb 2024
Journal
Political mobilisation and socioeconomic inequality in policy congruence
in European Journal of Political Research
David Weisstanner ,  Carsten Jensen
Feb 2022
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Feb 2022
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Jan 2022
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Dec 2021
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Redistributive preferences: Why actual income is ultimately more important than perceived income
in Journal of European Social Policy
David Weisstanner ,  Klaus Armingeon
Dec 2021
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Between-Class Earnings Inequality in 30 European Countries
in Comparative Sociology
Tim Goedemé ,  Marii Paskov ,  David Weisstanner ,  Brian Nolan
Aug 2021
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Cross-Class Embeddedness through Family Ties and Support for Income Redistribution
in European Sociological Review
Marii Paskov ,  David Weisstanner
Jul 2021
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Occupational Social Class and Earnings Inequality in Europe: A Comparative Assessment
in Social Indicators Research
Tim Goedemé ,  Brian Nolan ,  Marii Paskov ,  David Weisstanner
Sept 2020
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May 2020
Blog
UBI and the pandemic: all or nothing changed?
Brian Nolan ,  David Weisstanner
May 2020
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Mar 2020
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The threat of social decline: income inequality and radical right support
in Journal of European Public Policy
David Weisstanner ,  Sarah Engler

Research Areas