معرفی
Lena Maria Schaffer is Professor of Political Science and International & Transnational Relations at the University of Luzern, with a 2023 guest professorship at Konstanz University's Excellence Cluster "The Politics of Inequality". Her career spans postdoctoral research at Konstanz (2014-2016) and ETH Zürich (2011-2014), followed by assistant professorship at Luzern (2016-2022) before attaining full professorship in 2022.
- Doctorate from ETH Zürich (2011)
- Visiting Scholar at University of Illinois and Columbia University
Research focuses on:
- Comparative Climate Change and Energy Policy
- Individual Preferences Toward Globalization
- Political Economy of Migration
- Policy Implementation Mechanisms
Recent publications examine climate policy distributional impacts, energy transition electoral dynamics, and carbon taxation across Europe. Scientific awards include the 2022 Best Article of the Year in Journal of Public Policy.
Grants include Swiss National Science Foundation (CHF 922,068) for "Beyond Policy Adoption: Implications of Energy Policy on Parties, Publics and Individuals" (2017-2021), and multiple SNF/SNIS grants for climate policy and trade research.
