Klaudia Wegschaider

Klaudia Wegschaider

Postdoctoral Researcher

Yale University

My research addresses historical and contemporary electoral reforms in Europe. I am currently finishing my book project, which draws on extensive archival records from Austria, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. An earlier version of the manuscript won the Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award by the APSA European Politics and Society section as well as an Honourable Mention for the Best Dissertation Award by the APSA Migration and Citizenship section. More information on my ongoing research will follow shortly.

Please reach out if our interests overlap.

Interests
  • Party Strategies
  • Enfranchisement
  • Electoral Rights
  • Migration
  • Direct Democracy
  • Voting Behaviour
  • Mixed Methods
Education
  • DPhil in Politics, 2018-2023

    University of Oxford

  • MSc in Migration Studies, 2016

    University of Oxford

  • BA in Political Science and English, 2015

    University of British Columbia

Publications

(2025). The effect of simultaneous proposals: the case of immigrant enfranchisement. Accepted at Comparative Political Studies. Winner of the APSA John Sullivan Award & Winner of the Best Paper Award at the annual NCCR Graduate Conference.

(2024). Evaluating special representation of non-resident citizens: eligibility, constituency, and proportionality. International Migration.

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(2023). The challenge of low visibility: immigrant activism toward enfranchisement. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

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(2023). Studying politics at the local level in Germany: a tale of missing data. Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft.

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Working Papers

Available upon request

Fieldwork

Various Projects

Book project: In my dissertation, I studied the politics of enfranchisement based on in-depth case studies. These draw on several months of fieldwork in Switzerland, Austria, and the United Kingdom. In Switzerland, I was hosted as an NCCR Junior Visiting Fellow at the University of Basel. In Austria, I had the chance to join the Department of Government at the University of Vienna as a Visiting PhD. Due to travel restrictions and archival closures, I had to wait a while until I was able to do fieldwork—the wait was worth it!

Collaborative project: In a collaborative project with Dr. Leo Carella, funded by a British Academy Small Grant, we look at the introduction of proportional representation. This project involves archival fieldwork in Italy, France, and Belgium.

Teaching

Postgraduate Level:

Political Science Research Methods
Co-Instructor | Summer 2024
Master Seminar | University of Vienna

Suffrage Politics From Past to Present
Main Instructor | Winter 2023
Master Seminar | University of Vienna

Qualitative Methods in Politics
Teaching Assistant | Fall 2020 (Michaelmas)
Department of International Development | University of Oxford


Undergraduate Level:

Bachelor Thesis Seminar
Main Instructor | Winter 2023, Summer 2024
Bachelor Seminar | University of Vienna

Quantitative Methods in Politics (Q-Step)
Teaching Assistant | Winter 2021 (Hilary)
Department of Politics and International Relations | University of Oxford

Comparative Government (Oxford tutorials)
Retained Lecturer | Corpus Christi College | Fall 2019 (Michaelmas)
Tutor | Oriel College | Spring 2020 (Trinity)
Tutor | Pembroke College | Fall 2020 (Michaelmas)

Political Sociology (Oxford tutorials)
Retained Lecturer | Corpus Christi College | Fall 2019, Winter 2020 (Michaelmas, Hilary)

Politics in Europe (Oxford tutorials)
Retained Lecturer | Corpus Christi College | Fall 2019 (Michaelmas)