Hanspeter Kriesi

Hanspeter Kriesi is a Part-time Professor at the European University Institute in the Department of Political and Social Sciences. He serves as Principal Investigator for the SOLID project, collaborating with Maurizio Ferrera and Waltraud Schelkle. His career spans institutions including the University of Amsterdam, University of Geneva, and University of Zurich, where he held the Stein Rokkan Chair (2012–2020).

• Education: PhD in Sociology, University of Zurich (1976); Habilitation in Sociology, University of Zurich (1980).
• Experience: Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Zurich (2002–2016); Professor of Comparative and Swiss Politics, University of Geneva (1988–2002).

His research focuses on European integration, political behavior, and crisis policymaking, with recent work analyzing transnational solidarity, protest mobilization, and EU asylum policies. His publications span comparative crisis analysis (Germany/Hungary), pandemic governance, and populist communication.

Key article trends include EU institutional resilience during prolonged crises, democratic perceptions in Europe, and solidarity dynamics in transnational contexts. His work bridges empirical analysis with theoretical frameworks on political contention and policy diffusion.