Alexander Reisenbichler

Assistant Professor, MA Supervisor
MN 5140
416-978-3347

Campus

Fields of Study

Areas of Interest

  • Political economy
  • European politics
  • Social policy

Biography

Alexander Reisenbichler is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and research coordinator of the Joint Initiative of German and European Studies (JIGES) at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. His work explores the politics of housing, financial, and labor markets in advanced economies, with regional specializations in Western Europe and the United States. 

His book, Through the Roof: Housing, Capitalism, and the State in America and Germany, is under contract with Cambridge University Press. It explains the highly divergent trajectories of American and German housing policies throughout the past century. His academic articles have appeared in Comparative PoliticsPolitics & Society, the Review of International Political EconomySocio-Economic ReviewWest European Politics, and Foreign Affairs.

He is a former John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University.

Education

BA, University of Leipzig, Germany
MA, George Washington University
PhD, George Washington University