Prof. Dr. Marius R. Busemeyer
Room Y 206
Phone: +49 (0)7531 88-2860
Office hours:
per arrangement
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Welcome to the Working Group on
Comparative Political Economy
The working group studies education and social policies from an international comparative perspective, the political causes and consequences of social inequality as well as individual attitudes and public opinion on the welfare state.
New book publication on the role of public opinion in education reform
The new book by Marius R. Busemeyer, Julian L. Garritzmann and Erik Neimanns studies the role of public opinion in education reform. The book shows that public opinion only matters under particular circumstances, competing with party politics and interest groups. The study provides detailed analysis of original public opinion data collected in eight European countries, complemented with detailed case studies of reform processes.
Current research projects
Currently, the following third-party funded projects are conducted in the working group:
- Digitalization, automation and the future of work in post-industrial welfare states
- Students' perceptions of inequality and their association with political participation and educational aspirations
- Inequality Barometer: survey project on attitudes and perceptions of inequality among the German resident population
- EU project on the "The Future of European Social Citizenship"
Teaching by Prof. Busemeyer in the summer term
Prof. Busemeyer offers two seminars für doctoral and advanced MA students in the summer term: "The Politics of Inequality" and "Education and Inequality: Interdisciplinary perspectives" (mit Guido Schwerdt). Students interested in these classes need to participate in the first (online) meeting of these courses on April 13 (more information and the Zoom link for the first session can be found in ILIAS).