Sven Hegewald

Welcome to my website.

I am a postdoctoral researcher in political science at ETH Zurich.

In my research, I draw on insights from social psychology, geography, and political science to study territorial divisions in European politics. I focus in particular on the urban–rural divide in political behavior and the crisis of trust in places left behind.

My work has been published in the European Journal of Political Research, the European Political Science Review, European Union Politics, the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, and the Journal of European Public Policy.

Education

9/2020–7/2024 Ph.D., Political Science (ETH Zurich)

1/2023–7/2023 Visiting Research Student (University of Oxford)

9/2022–12/2022 Visiting Fellow (Bocconi University)

9/2018–8/2020 M.Sc., Social Sciences (Research) (University of Amsterdam)

9/2015–8/2018 B.A., European Studies (Maastricht University)