Vera Tröger

Prof. Dr.

Director

Education:
  • 2007: Dr. rer. soc. (summa cum laude) in Political Science (PhD), University of Konstanz; Dissertation: “Twisted Politics: The Domestic and International Roots of Tax Policies”
  • 2002: Masters at the University of Konstanz in Political Science, Economics and Econometrics/Statistics (GPA 1.02); Master Thesis: “Determinants of the Functional Composition of Government
  • 2001: Vordiplom (undergraduate degree) in Statistics and Econometrics; Vordiplom (undergraduate degree) in Economics: University of Konstanz
  • 1997: Vordiplom (undergraduate degree) in Political Science and French Literature: University of Heidelberg
Professional Career
  • Since 2019 Chair for Comparative Politics, University of Hamburg, Germany 08/2013 – 2019 Professor of Quantitative Political Economy, Dept. of Economics, University of Warwick, UK
  • 08/2011 – 08/2013 Professor of Quantitative Political Economy, Depts. of Economics and PaIS, University of Warwick, UK
  • 10/2009 – 08/2011 Reader (Associate Professor) in Quantitative Methods and Political Economy, Government Dept., University of Essex, UK
  • 10/2007 – 09/2009 Tenured Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Quantitative Methods and Political Economy, Government Dept., University of Essex, UK
  • 09/2006 – 09/2007 Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Quantitative Methods and Political Economy, Government Dept., University of Essex, UK
  • 10/2005 – 08/2006 Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Political Science, University of Exeter, UK
Research fields:
  • International and comparative political economy
  • Labour economics
  • Quantitative data analysis
  • Political methodology