Nathalie Hofstetter Assistant / Doctoral Candidate Institute of Political Science Phone +41 31 684 32 61 Phone2 +41 31 684 83 31 E-Mail nathalie.hofstetter@unibe.ch Office A 148 Postal Address University Bern Institute of Political Science Fabrikstrasse 8 3012 Bern Switzerland
Short Portrait Academic Positions since 01/2021 Assistant and PhD Candidate at the Chair of Political Sociology (Prof. Dr. Markus Freitag), Institute of Political Science, University of Bern 10/2019 – 11/2019 Research Assistant, Research Project “Familypolicies in Europe” (Project lead: Meret Lütolf), Chair of Comparative Politics (Prof. Dr. Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen), Institute of Political Science, University of Bern 06/2017 – 12/2020 Research Assistant at the Chair of Political Sociology (Prof. Dr. Markus Freitag), Institute of Political Science, University of Bern University Education since 01/2021 PhD in Political Science, University of Bern 2019 – 2020 M.A. in Comparative and Swiss Politics, University of Bern 2013 – 2018 B.A. in Social Sciences (Major) and History (Minor), University of Bern
Publications 2023 Filsinger, Maximilian, Nathalie Hofstetter & Markus Freitag (2023): The emotional fabric of populism during a public health crisis: How anger shapes the relationship between pandemic threat and populist attitudes. European Political Science Review, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755773923000036. 2022 Freitag, Markus & Nathalie Hofstetter (2022): Pandemic threat and intergroup relations: how negative emotions associated with the threat of Covid-19 shape attitudes towards immigrants. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2022.2031925. 2021 Freitag, Markus & Nathalie Hofstetter (2021): Pandemic personality: Emotional reactions, political and social preferences across personality traits in times of Corona. Current Psychology, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02493-x.
Teaching BA Seminar, Fall Semester 2021, “The Political Being – An Introduction to Political Psychology” [„Das politische Wesen – Zentrale Aspekte und Themen der politischen Psychologie“], held in German, University of Bern
Research Interests Political, social, and psychological consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic Political Psychology (esp. personality, emotions, values; intergroup relations; national identity) Political Sociology (esp. political attitudes; social capital; volunteering) (Political) Survey research
