Dr. Valentina Ausserladscheider Department of Sociology, Cambridge, CB2 1SB, UK | [email protected] | +43 660 388 1964
I am currently a postdoc at the Department of Economic Sociology, University of Vienna. My academic interests include economic sociology, international and comparative political economy, political elites, and constructivism.
QUALIFICATION University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK PhD in Sociology, passed with no corrections Oct. 2016 – Sept. 2020 • Thesis: From Economic Neoliberalism to Economic Nationalism: Ideational Change in the Economic Programme of the Austrian Freedom Party 1956-2017
University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK MPhil in Modern Society and Global Transformations, High Pass Oct. 2014 – July 2015 • Thesis: The ECB´s Stress Tests: The Logic of Legitimization and the Locus of Power in the European Union
London School of Economics and Political Science London, UK MSc in Economy, Risk and Society, High Merit Oct. 2013 – Sept. 2014 • Thesis: The Euro and the European Identity after the Crisis
University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, AUT BA in Sociology, Excellent Oct. 2010 – Aug. 2013 • Major: Market, State, Social Institutions and Social Structure and Social Change in Contemporary Society
PUBLICATIONS “The Haider Phenomenon and the Rise of Austrian Neoliberalism” In Culture, Sociality and Morality: New Applications of Mainline Political Economy (2021). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
“Economic nationalism in far-right discourse” In Handbook of Economic Nationalism (2021). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
“Populism, Brexit, and the Manufactured Crisis of British Neoliberalism” (with James D.G. Wood), Review of International Political Economy (2020).
“Beyond Economic Insecurity and Cultural Backlash: Economic Nationalism and the Rise of the Far Right”, Sociology Compass (2019).
“How a region benefits from regionally labeled cheese products in Austria: a model-based empirical assessment along different value chains” (with Gusenbauer, I., Bartel-Kratochvil, R., Markus, T., Hörtenhuber, S., Schmerer, M., Lindenthal, T.) Organic Agriculture (2018).
“The ECB´s Stress Test: The Logic of Legitimization and the Locus of Power in the European Union”, Innsbruck Journal of Political Science and Sociology (2016).
BOOK PROJECTS & WORKING PAPERS From Economic Neoliberalism to Economic Nationalism: Ideational Change in the Economic Programme of the Austrian Freedom Party 1956-2017, working title, manuscript in progress.
“COVID-19 and The Construction of the Coming Economic Crisis” (with James D.G. Wood and Matthew Sparks), manuscript in progress.
“Trumpian Populism and the Constructed Crisis of Global Order” (with James D.G. Wood), manuscript in progress.
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT “Populism and the manufactured crisis of British neoliberalism: the case of Brexit”, British Politics and Policy at LSE (23 July 2020 – with James D.G. Wood).
SCHOLARSCHIPS AND AWARDS Funds for Women Graduates, Foundations Grant UK £4,000 awarded for final year Doctoral Studies Sept. 2019 – Jan. 2020
Cambridge Political Economy Society Trust Funding, University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK £7,000 awarded for Doctoral Studies in Political Economy Jul. 2018 – Aug. 2020
Adam Smith Fellowship, George Mason University Arlington, US $35,000 awarded for Doctoral Studies in Political Economy Aug. 2017 – Aug. 2021
Top of Master of Science Class, London School of Economics and Political Science London, UK Awarded for Top 5% in The Sociology of Markets and Economic Life Sept. 2014
Performance Scholarship, University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, AUT €2,000 awarded for Grade Average above 1,4 Oct. 2011
SELECTED TALKS Political Science Association - Comparative Political Economy Section Workshop Manchester, UK Populism, Brexit, and the Manufactured Crisis of British Neoliberalism December 2020
Darwin College Humanities Seminar Cambridge, UK The Economics of Right-Wing Populism Nov. 2018
50th Anniversary Conference, Department of Sociology Cambridge, UK Anti-Financialisation Discourse of Right-Wing Populist Parties Nov. 2018
ESA Economic Sociology Midterm Conference Konstanz, GER Political Economy between Cultural Identities and Economic Interests Sept. 2018
Meeting the Social and Political Challenges of Slow Economic Growth London, UK Economic Nationalism & Right-wing Populism May 2018
Crises in European Capitalism Cambridge, UK The Political-Economy of Right-Wing Populist Parties: The Austrian Case Mar. 2018
European Sociological Association Conference, (Un)Making Europe, Finance and Banking Athens, GR The ECB´s Banking Supervision: The Logic of Legitimisation in the European Union Aug. 2017
CONFERENCE ORGANISATION Political Science Association - Comparative Political Economy Section Workshop Manchester, UK December 2020
Political Science Association - Annual International Conference Edinburgh, UK April 2020
Research Network Economic Sociology Manchester, UK 14th European Sociological Association Conference – Europe and Beyond: Boundaries, Barriers and Belonging Aug. 2019
Summer School Series on Methods for Computation Social Science Berlin, GER Methods for Analyzing Multimedia Data July 2019
Panel on Changing Political Economies Cambridge, UK 50th Anniversary Conference, Department of Sociology Nov. 2018
Crossing Boundaries: Economic Sociology and its Intersections Konstanz, GER ESA Economic Sociology Research Network Mid-term Conference Sept. 2018
ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIPS ÖGS Sektion Wirschtschaftssoziologie Salzburg, AUT October 2019 – Present
PSA British & Comparative Political Economy London, UK May 2018 – Present
ESA Economic Sociology Research Network Paris, FR Board Member Aug. 2017 – Present
TEACHING University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK Undergraduate Supervisor, Human, Social and Political Science Oct. 2016 – Present • 2nd Year Students o Modern Societies II • 3rd Year Students o Advanced Social Theory o Global Capitalism o Modern Britain • Exchange Students o Pembroke College International Programmes Undergraduate Lecturer, Human, Social and Political Science • 3rd Year Students o Global Capitalism
Teaching Assistant, Human, Social and Political Science Oct. 2020 – Present • Supervision Coordination
University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, AUT Seminar Lecturer, Department of Sociology Oct. 2015 – Present • 1st Year Students: Introduction to Social-Scientific Work • 2nd Year Students: Market, State and Social Institutions
University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK Undergraduate Admissions Assessment Marking Nov. 2018
RESEACH ASSISTANCE Global Internship Program, Cambridge Judge Business School Cambridge, UK Research Associate, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Jun. 2017 – Sept. 2017
University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, AUT Research Assistant, Department of Sociology July – Sept. 2014 • Research Project: Assessing region´s benefit from regionally produced diary products in Austria. A sustainable thinking approach
University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, AUT Student Assistant, Department of Sociology Oct. 2012 – July 2013 • Student Tutoring for Introduction to Sociology
LANGUAGES AND IT SKILLS Languages IT Skills German (Native), English (Fluent), French (Basic) R, Stata, SSPS, ATLAS.ti, MS Office, Zotero
REFEREES Prof. Colin Hay Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Science Po PhD Examiner [email protected]
Dr. Jeremy Green Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge PhD Examiner [email protected]