Dr. Thomas Kurer

Thomas Kurer

Dr. Thomas Kurer is Assistant Professor in Politics and Inequality at the Department of Political Science, University of Zurich, and a Research Group Leader and Principal Investigator at the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality"  at the University of Konstanz, Germany.

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Research Interests:

  • the impact of occupational change and economic modernization on social hierarchies
  • changes in the economic and societal position and their effects on political behavior
  • the changing composition of the labor force and its impact welfare state policy in post-industrial democracies

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