Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

Visiting Fellow
Duration of stay:  7 June – 7 July 2025
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Alexander Reisenbichler is associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, where he also serves as the Research Director for the Joint Initiative of German and European Studies (JIGES) at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

His research focuses on the political economy of housing, financial, and labor markets in advanced economies, with a regional emphasis on Western Europe and the United States.

He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science from George Washington University and holds a B.A. from the University of Leipzig. Reisenbichler was a John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at Harvard University's Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies during the 2021–2022 academic year. He has received numerous awards and fellowships, including the APSA Best Paper Award from the European Politics & Society Section, and research grants from institutions such as the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy and the DAAD.

Alex Reichenbichler's work has appeared in Comparative Politics, Politics & Society, the Review of International Political Economy, Socio-Economic Review, West European Politics, and Foreign Affairs.

His forthcoming book, Through the Roof: Housing, Capitalism, and the State in America and Germany (Cambridge University Press), examines the divergent trajectories of housing policies in the U.S. and Germany over the past century. 

He will give a talk addressing the themes of this book on Tuesday, 24 June at 18:15 in Room S.214 (Sammelgebäude) at the University of Regensburg. The talk will be chaired by Prof. Dr. Anna Steigemann (DIMAS - Sociological Dimensions of Space) and takes place in collaboration with the IREBS International Real Estate Business School at the University of Regenbsurg.