School of Social and Political Science

Dr Philip Rathgeb

Senior Lecturer in Social Policy

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philip.rathgeb@ed.ac.uk
https://www.philiprathgeb.com/
https://twitter.com/@PhilipRathgeb/
3.22
Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
Edinburgh
UK

Research interests

Welfare reform politics, Trade unions, Labour Market Policy, Institutions and institutional change, Radical right parties, Dynamics of capitalism

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Background

I am a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh . Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Konstanz. I hold a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute (EUI) and held visiting positions at Harvard University, Lund University, the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), and the EUI. 

My research and teaching interests are in the areas of comparative political economy and comparative politics, with a particular focus on welfare states, industrial relations, and party politics. Drawing on grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG), my current research examines the impact of populist radical right parties on social and economic policies. Within this project, I have a forthcoming book entitled “How the Radical Right Has Changed Capitalism and Welfare in Europe and the USA” with Oxford University Press.

My work has received the Kurt W. Rothschild Award for economic journalism and research, the Theodor Körner Prize for outstanding early career researchers as well as the Science Award and Innovation Award by the Austrian Chamber of Labour.

I am Director of Undergraduate Teaching in Social Policy. I co-chair the Virtual ESPAnet Workshop (European Network for Social Policy Analysis) and Edinburgh's Work, Economy, and Welfare research group (WEW). © Picture courtesy of Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Political and Social Sciences (European University Institute)
  • Master of Research (European University Institute)
  • Mag. phil. in Political Science (Austrian equivalent of MA, University of Vienna)

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