Alex Reisenbichler

Dr. Alex Reisenbichler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. He serves as research coordinator for the Joint Initiative of German and European Studies (JIGES). His research focuses on the political economy of housing markets, financial systems, and labor markets in advanced economies, with particular attention to Western Europe and the US.

Reisenbichler holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from George Washington University and a B.A. from the University of Leipzig. His work examines how states and markets interact in shaping economic outcomes, notably through his forthcoming book Through the Roof: Housing, Capitalism, and the State in America and Germany under contract with Cambridge University Press.

Key research themes include:

• Comparative analysis of housing policy trajectories
• Political responses to financial crises
• Transatlantic economic governance
• Subsidy dynamics in mortgage markets

His articles appear in leading journals like Review of International Political Economy, West European Politics, and Socio-Economic Review. Current projects explore voter reactions to housing markets and cross-national differences in financial risk management.

Awards include the John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship at Harvard's Center for European Studies. He teaches courses on Western European politics and democratic theory, and coordinates research activities through JIGES.