Team

Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik (PI)

Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik is professor of Austrian Politics in the European context and the principal invastigator of the DEPART project. His research focuses on political parties, political elites, institutions and welfare states in Austria and Europe.

Florence Ecormier-Nocca (Postdoc)

Florence Ecormier-Nocca is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Government at the University of Vienna since September 2021. She completed her PhD thesis at Science Po Paris in 2021. Her research interests lie at the crossroads of party politics, legislative studies and politial communication.

Oliver Huwyler (Postdoc)

Oliver Huwyler has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Government of the University of Vienna since September 2021. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Basel (Switzerland). His research focuses on political careers, political behaviour as well as interest representation and lobbying. 

Jeanne Marlier (Predoc)

Jeanne Marlier is a pre-doctoral reseacher at the Department of Government at the University of Vienna since September 2021. She obtained her Master's degree in Political Science from the University of Montreal in 2021. Her research interests focus on electoral behaviour, accountability, technocracy and political careers. 

Manuel Wagner (Predoc)

Manuel Wagner is a PhD candidate and a pre-doctoral researcher at the Department of Government at the University of Vienna since 2021. He received his Master's degree in Social Sciences from the University of Amsterdam in 2021. His research focuses on the interplay between economic and political inequality, social class and social mobility and political representation.

Research Assistants
  • Daniel Steinwider
former RAs
  • Daniel Bliem
  • Béla Duschek
  • Helena Hartl
  • Florian Kärcher
  • Katharina Mair
  • Viktoria Nutz
  • Klara Pernsteiner
  • Nadja Pohorely
  • Sayman Johannes Rohleder-Stribl
  • Noah Schroth
  • Viktoria Strejc
  • Ella Wagnleitner