{"id":1294,"date":"2020-04-07T11:03:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T09:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/hrm-pol\/?page_id=1294"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:06:05","slug":"katja-buerger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/hrm-pol\/en\/team-e\/katja-buerger","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Katja B\u00fcrger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Postal adress:<\/strong> Helmut-Schmidt-University
Chair of Human Resource Management
Postfach 70 08 22
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Visiting adress:<\/strong> Helmut-Schmidt-University
Building H4
Holstenhofweg 85
22043 Hamburg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Room:<\/strong> 104, H4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone:<\/strong> +49 (040) 6541 3665<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E-mail:<\/strong> katja.buerger@hsu.hamburg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr.<\/abbr>\u00a0Katja\u00a0B\u00fcrger\u00a0(she\/her)\u00a0is a\u00a0postdoctoral researcher and lecturer\u00a0at the Chair of Human Resource\u00a0Management\u00a0at 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-Universit\u00e4t\u00a0zu\u00a0Kiel, 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\u00a0PhD project which she completed in 2025,\u00a0she deals with employment relations of nursing staff in German hospitals. Based on affects that arise in the work process,\u00a0she 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).\u00a0Further\u00a0research interests include political representation and gender.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n

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Main areas of work:<\/h3>\n
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  • Social\u00a0Movements\u00a0and Political\u00a0Mobilization\u00a0<\/li>\n
  • Affect\u00a0Theory\/Affect\u00a0Studies\u00a0<\/li>\n
  • Political\u00a0Representation\u00a0and Gender<\/li>\n
  • Labor and\u00a0Welfare\u00a0Policies\u00a0(Focus on\u00a0Healthcare\u00a0Policy)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Publications<\/h3>\n

    Chmilewski, Katja\/ Sauer, Birgit (2022):\u00a0Nested newness and critical junctures. Quota implementation flaws in the Austrian party democracy.\u00a0In:\u00a0Lang, Sabine\/ Meier, Petra\/ Sauer, Birgit (eds.): Implementing Gender Quotas in Political Representation: Resisting Institutions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. 73-92.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

    Chmilewski, Katja (2022):\u00a0Deborah B. Gould: Moving Politics. Emotion and ACT UP\u2019s fight against AIDS.\u00a0In: Senge, Konstanze\/Sch\u00fctzeichel, Rainer\/Zink, Veronika (eds.): Hauptwerke der Emotionssoziologie. Wiesbaden: Springer. Pp. 231-237.\u00a0\u00a0
    Ahrens, Petra\/\u00a0Chmilewski, Katja\/ Lang, Sabine\/ Sauer, Birgit (2020)\u00a0Gender\u00a0Equality\u00a0in Politics.\u00a0Implementing Party Quotas in Germany and Austria.\u00a0Wiesbaden: Springer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    Chmilewski, Katja\/Hajek, Katharina (2018):\u00a0Mobilizing affects about intimate relationships \u2013 Emotional pedagogy among the New Right in Germany. In: Kolehmainen\/Juvonen (eds): Affective Inequalities in Intimate Relationships. Routledge: New York\/ London. Pp.\u00a0171-185.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    Chmilewski, Katja\/Hajek, Katharina (2017):\u00a0Mit\u00a0Gefu\u0308hl\u00a0von Rechts\u00a0zur Verteidigung der \u201aLufthoheit\u00a0u\u0308ber\u00a0Kinderbetten\u2018. In:\u00a0Bargetz\/Kreisky\/Ludwig (eds.):\u00a0Dauerka\u0308mpfe.\u00a0Feministische Zeitdiagnosen und Strategien. Campus Verlag: Frankfurt am Main\/New York.\u00a0Pp.\u00a0175-184.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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    Conference presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2023: Ersch\u00f6pfung und Emp\u00f6rung \u2013 Affekttheorien und kollektive Handlungsmacht. Vortrag im Rahmen des Kolloquiums: Das Politische Denken (Leadership Prof.<\/abbr> Dr.<\/abbr> Paula Diehl), Kiel University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2019: Die Emotionalisierung des Politischen, Jena: \u201aZum Verh\u00e4ltnis von\u00a0 Politik und Emotionen\u2018. Workshop organisation with Frederik Metje and Myriam Gaitsch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    07\/2019: \u201aNegotiating Solidarity: A queer-feminist analysis of the\u00a0 affective dimensions of migration and public health care politics in Germany\u2019. European Conference on Gender and Politics, Amsterdam, with Maria M. Mayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    03\/2019: Arbeitskonflikte und Gender, N\u00fcrnberg: \u201aVon der Kommodifizierung zur Mobilisierung von Gef\u00fchlen?! \u2013 Affekt, Mobilisierung und gewerkschaftliche Auseinandersetzungen im Pflege- und Sorgebereich\u2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    03\/2019: \u201aEmpathie \u2013 Solidarit\u00e4t \u2013 und Widerstand: Eine kritisch-feministische\u00a0 Auseinandersetzung mit Gef\u00fchlen\u2018. Vortrag im Rahmen der\u00a0 Ringvorlesung: re\/boot: Widerst\u00e4ndigkeiten und Solidarit\u00e4ten (neu) performen. Vortragsreihe der Abteilung f\u00fcr Genderangelegenheiten, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, with Maria M. Mayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    12\/2018: Bis zu den Gef\u00fchlen und wie weiter? Forschungswerkstatt zu affektiven Methodologien mit Encarnaci\u00f3n Guti\u00e9rrez-Rodr\u00edguez und Christine Hentschel, University of Vienna, with Brigitte Bargetz, Maria M. Mayer and Myriam Gaitsch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    09\/2018: \u201e\u201aNur wir als Betroffene\u2026\u2018 \u2013 Zum  Verst\u00e4ndnis der affektiven Politiken der Neuen Rechten in  Deutschland\u201c. 27. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der deutschen Vereinigung f\u00fcr Politikwissenschaft, Frankfurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    07\/2018: Affekte und Effekte: Perspektiven der sozial- und  kulturwissenschaftlichen Gender Studies; Internationale Summer  School, M\u00fcnchen: \u201e\u201aFrom the managed to the mobilized heart?!\u2018 \u2013 Zum Verst\u00e4ndnis von Pflege- und Sorgestreiks aus affekttheoretischer Perspektive\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    04\/2018: \u201aAffective Solidarity and in\/equality\u2018 Graduate Conference in Gender Studies, Budapest: Panel Organisation, with Maria M. Mayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    08\/2017: \u201aTrade Unions, Mobilization and Affect \u2013 Re-thinking labor struggle\u00a0 from an affect theoretical perspective\u2019, Conference of the European Sociological Association, Athens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    06\/2017: \u201aTrade Unions, Mobilization and Affect \u2013 Re-thinking labor struggle from an affect theoretical perspective\u2019 European Conference on Gender and Politics, Lausanne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    06\/2017: \u201aThe affective politics of the New Right in Germany\u2018. European Conference on Gender and Politics, Lausanne, with Katharina Hajek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    05\/2016: \u201aThe success of party gender quota in Austria: a never ending story?\u2019. Gender Equality Policy Implementation, London, with Birgit Sauer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    04\/2016: \u201aWhy the Fine Print matters: Electoral\u00a0 Systems and Regulatory Policies for Implementing Party Quotas in Germany and Austria\u2019. ECPR Joint Sessions, Pisa, with Petra Ahrens, Sabine Lang and Birgit Sauer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    11\/2014: \u201a\u00dcber das Verh\u00e4ltnis von Critical\u00a0 Realism und Poststrukturalismus am Beispiel der Theorien von Anna\u00a0 G. J\u00f3nasd\u00f3ttir und Judith Butler\u2018. Tag der Politikwissenschaft der \u00d6sterreichischen Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Politikwissenschaft, Vienna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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