Ongoing DPhil dissertation projects at University of Oxford (Co-/Supervisor: Bernhard Ebbinghaus)
| Name | Title |
| Solhee Han | Welfare State Finance and Public Attitudes Towards Redistribution |
| Kun Lee | Extending Working Lives and their Social Inequalities in Ageing Welfare States |
| Kaitlyn Ju Cho | Grey Power and Senior Citizen Economic Empowerment: An International Comparative Study of Active Ageing Policies |
| Lukas Lehner | The Employment – Wage Pattern Conundrum: Institutions, Policies and Labour Market Outcomes |
| Ali Bargu | Politics of welfare in emerging market economies |
Completed DPhil dissertation projects at University of Oxford
(Supervisor: Bernhard Ebbinghaus)
| Name | Title |
| Ali Bargu | Politics of welfare in emerging market economies |
| Jennifer Bright | Who Governs Now? The Politics of Power in the Applied Sciences NYC Initiative |
| Clare Fox-Ruhs | Ideas About Social Rights: Changing Social Assistance in Britain and Ireland, 1985-2015 (with co-supervisor Stewart White) |
| Minho Lee | Social policy preferences of individuals: South Korea (with co-supervisor Matthew Donoghue) |
| Amanda Shriwise | Understanding Social Policy as a Tool of Foreign Policy |
| Chloé Touzet | The Politics of Negative Expansion: The Left’s turn to fiscal welfare for low-income groups in Britain and France in the 2000s (with co-supervisor Brian Nolan) |
| Julius Wersig | Europe’s Quiet Administrative Governance of Migrant Integration. Tracing EU-facilitated Learning in the European Integration Network |
See links: for further information on supervision and current DPhil students
Ongoing Dissertation Projects at University of Mannheim
(Supervisor: Bernhard Ebbinghaus)
| Name | Title |
Defended Dissertations at University of Mannheim
(Supervisor: Bernhard Ebbinghaus)
| Name | Title (*publication based / collected papers dissertation) | Year of Defense |
| Ariaans, Mareike | Professionalization of the long-term-care workforce in Germany: The role of politics and organized actors | 2021 |
| Bender, Benedikt | Politisch-ökonomische Konfliktlinien im sich wandelnden Wohlfahrtsstaat | 2020 |
| Buß (Buss), Christopher | The Dynamics of Policy Preferences: Public Attitudes towards Labour Market Policies in Europe* | 2017 |
| Hubl, Vanessa | Household nonemployment, social risks and inequality in Europe (Cotutelle with Université du Luxembourg)* | 2016 |
| Heß (Hess), Moritz | Preferred and Expected Retirement Ages in Germany and Europe* | 2016 |
| Klitzke, Julia | Beveridge and Bismarck Remodelled: The Positions of British and German Organised Interests on Pension Reform | 2016 |
| Neugschwender, Jörg | Pension Systems and Income Inequality among the Elderly in Europe* | 2016 |
| Adascalitei, Dragos | Between State and Market: The Changing Role of Institutions and Political Actors in East European Pension Reforms* | 2016 |
| König, Stefanie | Labour Market Flexibility between Risk and Opportunity for Gender Equality: Analyses of Self-employment, Part-time Work, and Job Autonomy* | 2016 |
| Domonkos, Stefan | Limiting Redistributive Capacity: Welfare State Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe* | 2015 |
| Reibling, Nadine | How Healthcare Systems Matter: An International Comparative Analysis of Access to Healthcare and its Implications* | 2014 |
| Biegert, Thomas | Patterns of Non-Employment: How Labour Market Institutions Shape Social Inequality in Employment Performance in Europe* | 2014 |
| Naumann, Elias | The Dynamics of Welfare Attitudes in Times of Welfare State Retrenchment* | 2014 |
| Gronwald, Mareike | Reforming Old Age Security in Europe. A Comparative Analysis of Institutional Change in France, Germany and Sweden | 2013 |
| Mischke, Monika | Public Attitudes toward Family Policy in Europe | 2012 |
| Koos, Sebastian | Consumer and Corporate Responsibility across Europe* | 2012 |
| Pfeifer, Michaela | Welfare State Institutions and Public Attitudes in Western Democracies* | 2012 |
| Ortiz, Michael | Varieties of Innovation Systems in Europe: Knowledge-Transfer in International Comparison | 2012 |
| Wiß, Tobias | Die Rolle der Sozialpartner im System der Alterssicherung in Deutschland | 2010 |
Defended Dissertations (Reviewer: Bernhard Ebbinghaus)
| Name | Title | University, Year of Defense |
| Rossetti, Silvia | Institutional affinities and extending working life: The effectiveness of activation policies in The Netherlands, Germany, and Italy | European University Institute, Florence, 2015 |
| Makszin, Kristin | Reforming East Central European Welfare States: Governments, Technocrats, and the Patterns of Quiet Retrenchment | Central European University, Budapest, 2013 |
| Lartigot-Hervier, Louise | La peau de chagrin? Affaiblissement syndical dans les assurances social en France et en Allemagne. Comparaison des assurances maladie et chomage | Ecole Doctorale de Sciences Po, Paris, 2012 |
| Künzel, Sebastian | Reforming Minimum Income Schemes in Bismarckian Welfare Systems | Universität Oldenburg, 2012 |
| Radl, Jonas | Retirement Timing and Social Stratification: A Comparative Study of Labour Market Exit and Age Norms in Western Europe | European University Institute, Florence, 2010 |
| Bogedan, Claudia | Zwischen Parlament und Interessenverbänden. Der dänische Wohlfahrtsstaat im Wandel 1973-2006 | Universität Mannheim, 2009 |
| Dinc, Cüneyd | Sozialstaat als Produkt einer Staatselite. Die Türkei im südeuropäischen Vergleich | Universität Mannheim, 2008 |
| Jungblut, Jean-Marie | Continuous Further Education and Training in Europe | Universität Mannheim, 2008 |
| Landmann, Juliane | Eine Analyse der Auswirkungen der Einführung von reguliertem Wettbewerb auf den Bundesausschuss der Ärzte und Krankenkassen | Universität Mannheim, 2006 |
| Ballendowitsch, Jens | Poblemlage und Lösungsmöglichkeiten der Alterssicherungs- systeme des öffentlichen Dienstes der Niederlande und der Schweiz | Universität Mannheim, 2005 |
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