Uwe Wagschal

Wagschal studied political science and economics at the University of Heidelberg. Magister Artium in political science and economics in 1992. Earned a diploma in economics in 1993, and graduated with a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Heidelberg (1996) based on a dissertation dealing with public debt in comparative perspective.

Lecturer and research associate at the University of Heidelberg (1994–1997); assistant professor of political science at the Universities of Heidelberg and Bremen (1997–2001); visiting fellowships at the Universities of Amsterdam, Hull (UK), and Colchester (UK). Senior political scientist and senior economist for the think tank Avenir Suisse (2001–2003); lecturer at the University of Zurich (summer term 2002). From 2002 to 2003 professor of empirical political science and policy analysis at the University of Munich (LMU). Since the winter term 2005/06 professor of comparative politics at the University of Heidelberg. Since 2006 chairman of the Department of Political Science at the University of Heidelberg. Since 2009 he holds the chair of comparative political science at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg.^[1]

• Haushaltskonsolidierung (with Georg Wenzelburger), Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag, 2008.
• Steuerpolitik und Steuerreformen im internationalen Vergleich. Eine Analyse der Determinanten, Ursachen und Blockaden, Münster: Lit, 2005.
• Statistik für Politikwissenschaftler, München und Wien: Oldenbourg, 1999.
• Direkte Demokratie – Bestandsaufnahmen und Wirkungen im internationalen Vergleich (with Markus Freitag), Münster: Lit, 2007.
• Politische Ökonomie, Demokratie und wirtschaftliche Leistungsfähigkeit (with Herbert Obinger and Bernhard Kittel), VS-Verlag 2006.