Post doctoral researcher and lecturer
Postal adress: Helmut-Schmidt-University
Chair of Human Resource Management
Postfach 70 08 22
D 22008 Hamburg
Visiting adress: Helmut-Schmidt-University
Building H4
Holstenhofweg 85
22043 Hamburg
Dr. Katja Bürger (she/her) is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the Chair of Human Resource Management at Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg since January 2025. She previously worked at the University of Vienna, Institute of Political Science (2015-2019) and at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institute of Social Sciences (2022-2024) as a research assistant and lecturer. She studied political science at the Phillipps University of Marburg and at the University of Vienna. In her PhD project which she completed in 2025, she deals with employment relations of nursing staff in German hospitals. Based on affects that arise in the work process, she poses the question of agency from an affect-theoretical perspective. Her research was funded by the Marietta Blau Scholarship of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW). Further research interests include political representation and gender.
Main areas of work:
- Social Movements and Political Mobilization
- Affect Theory/Affect Studies
- Political Representation and Gender
- Labor and Welfare Policies (Focus on Healthcare Policy)
Publications
Chmilewski, Katja/ Sauer, Birgit (2022): Nested newness and critical junctures. Quota implementation flaws in the Austrian party democracy. In: Lang, Sabine/ Meier, Petra/ Sauer, Birgit (eds.): Implementing Gender Quotas in Political Representation: Resisting Institutions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. 73-92.
Chmilewski, Katja (2022): Deborah B. Gould: Moving Politics. Emotion and ACT UP’s fight against AIDS. In: Senge, Konstanze/Schützeichel, Rainer/Zink, Veronika (eds.): Hauptwerke der Emotionssoziologie. Wiesbaden: Springer. Pp. 231-237.
Ahrens, Petra/ Chmilewski, Katja/ Lang, Sabine/ Sauer, Birgit (2020) Gender Equality in Politics. Implementing Party Quotas in Germany and Austria. Wiesbaden: Springer.
Chmilewski, Katja/Hajek, Katharina (2018): Mobilizing affects about intimate relationships – Emotional pedagogy among the New Right in Germany. In: Kolehmainen/Juvonen (eds): Affective Inequalities in Intimate Relationships. Routledge: New York/ London. Pp. 171-185.
Chmilewski, Katja/Hajek, Katharina (2017): Mit Gefühl von Rechts zur Verteidigung der ‚Lufthoheit über Kinderbetten‘. In: Bargetz/Kreisky/Ludwig (eds.): Dauerkämpfe. Feministische Zeitdiagnosen und Strategien. Campus Verlag: Frankfurt am Main/New York. Pp. 175-184.
Letzte Änderung: 15. January 2026