Nina Wiesehomeier

Nina received her PhD in Political Sciences from the University of Konstanz (Germany). Before joining IE University, she held positions as a Senior Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Political and Cultural Studies at the University of Swansea (UK), was a Fellow at the Social Science Institute, University of Lisbon (Portugal), and a Visiting Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame (USA). Nina’s research interests fall into the area of comparative politics and evolve around political parties, political institutions, women representation, ideology and issues of political representation, political preferences, and political behavior. She is also part of Team Populism, a network studying the causes and consequences of populism, where she leads the team on expert surveys. 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, IE University (Spain), Since 2023

• Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics, IE University (Spain), 2016 - 2023

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• PhD in Political Science, University of Konstanz (Germany), 2004 – 2008

– Supervisors: Gerald Schneider, Philip Manow. Thesis: ‘Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Presidents and Party Policy in Latin America’

• Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago de Chile (Chile), Dissertation research, 2006 – 2007

• M.A. in Public Policy and Management, University of Konstanz (Germany), 1996 – 2003

– Supervisors: Gerald Schneider, Indra de Soysa. Thesis: ‘Economic Liberalization and Domestic Instability: A Comparative Study’

• Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), European Exchange Program ERASMUS, 2000 – 2001

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Wiesehomeier, N., Verge, T. (2020), “Corruption, Opportunity Networks, and Gender: Stereotypes of Female Politicians Corruptibility", Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 84 (2): 538 – 550

• Verge, T., Wiesehomeier, N. (2019). “Parties, Candidates and Gendered Political Recruitment in Closed-List Proportional Representation Systems: The Case of Spain”. Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 72(4): 805 - 820

Wiesehomeier, N. (2018). ‘Expert Surveys’. In Kirk Hawkins, Ryan Carlin, Levente Littvay, and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser (eds.), The Ideational Approach to Populism: Concept, Theory, and Analysis, Routledge, pp.90 - 111

• Arnold, C., Doyle, D., Wiesehomeier, N. (2017). “Presidents, Policy Compromise and Legislative Success”. Journal of Politics, Vol.79 (2): 380 - 395

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