Christine Trampusch

Christine Trampusch is a Full Professor of International Comparative Political Economy and Economic Sociology at the University of Cologne's Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences. She serves as liaison professor to the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, faculty member of the IMPRS-SPCE graduate school, and co-director of the Leading House GOVPET in St. Gallen. Her institutional affiliations also include editorial board memberships at European Journal of Political Research and German Politics, and executive council membership in SASE (Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economic Studies).

Trampusch's research centers on comparative political economy with specialized expertise in financialization processes, digital economy transformations, labor market dynamics, public debt management, and case study methodology. Her work examines institutional change across European political economies, particularly focusing on state-market relations, governance structures in vocational training systems, and the political dimensions of financial market integration. Methodologically, she has made significant contributions to process tracing techniques for causal analysis in comparative politics.

Her recent publications reveal consistent thematic focus on financialization of public finance (particularly sovereign debt management), digital capitalism's political economy, and labor market institutional adaptation. These works span multiple high-impact journals including Socio-economic Review, Regulation & Governance, and New Political Economy, demonstrating interdisciplinary reach across political science, economics, and sociology.

• Wolfgang-Enke-Price of the Social Science Faculty of the University of Göttingen (2001)

Trampusch leads the DFG project 'Municipalities and their Expectations on Pay-Offs of Swap Deals' and has secured multiple research grants throughout her career. Her academic mentorship extends through her co-directorship of the GOVPET Leading House in St. Gallen and faculty role in the IMPRS-SPCE graduate school, where she supervises doctoral research in political economy and economic sociology.

She maintains active research collaborations across European institutions including the University of Edinburgh, University of Otago, and University of St. Gallen, reflecting her embeddedness in international scholarly networks focused on comparative political economy.