Pit Rieger

Ph.D. Student in Political Science
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I am a political scientist with a background in statistics pursuing a Ph.D. at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. For my dissertation, I study how coalition governments behave in the policymaking process of the European Union. To this end, I analyze legislative speeches and votes in the Council of the EU and the European Parliament.

In addition, I contribute to Frank Schimmelfennig's ERC-funded project EUROBORD for which we study the EU and the (dis)integration process from a bordering perspective.

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Education

2022 - Ph.D. Political Science (ETH Zurich)
Fall 2024 Visiting Scholar (Duke University)
2019 - 2022 M.Sc. Statistics (ETH Zurich)
2016 - 2019 B.Sc. Social Science (University of Cologne)

Work Experience

2021 - Scientific Assistant (ETH Zurich)
2019 - 2021 Student Research Assistant (University of Zurich)
2019 - 2019 Freelance Data Scientist
2017 - 2019 Student Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant (University of Cologne)

Publications

Rieger, P. (2025). From Delegation to Defiance: Voter Support for Party Differentiation in Coalition Governments. Party Politics. [Paper] [Replication files]

Kelemen, R. D., Slapin, J. B., Fenzl, M., & Rieger, P. (2025). Out of Sight Out of Mind? Voter Attitudes about Cooperation with Radical Parties in Europe. Journal of European Public Policy. [Paper] [Replication files]

Nasr, M. & Rieger, P. (2024). Bringing Geography Back In: Borderlands and Public Support for the European Union. European Journal of Political Research. [Paper] [Replication files]