Curriculum vitae
Eri Bertsou is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of St. Gallen and a recipient of the SNF Eccellenza Grant (Starting Grant) for the project “Varieties of Expertise”(eribertsou.com/var-exp/). She is an affiliated researcher at the IPZ (UZH), the Schuman’s Center EGPP (EUI), and the Electoral Psychology Observatory (LSE). She obtained her PhD in Government from the London School of Economics and was Senior Researcher in Comparative Politics at the University of Zurich, where she headed the research area of Technocratic politics.
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Research focus
Political Behaviour, Public Opinion and Voting, Political Psychology, Comparative Politics. Special focus on political trust, legitimacy, technocracy, trust in experts, populism, attitudes towards democracy and democratic backsliding.
Publications (ZORA)
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Publications
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2025
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The ideological profile of the technocratic citizen. European Journal of Political Research, 64(2):626-648.
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How scientists’ collective climate advocacy affects public trust in scientists and voting behavior. Environmental Research Letters, 20(1):014043.
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2022
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Bring in the experts? Citizen preferences for independent experts in political decision‐making processes. European Journal of Political Research, 61(1):255-267.
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People haven't had enough of experts: technocratic attitudes among citizens in nine european democracies. American Journal of Political Science, 66(1):5-23.
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2020
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Public demand for technocratic expertise rises in times of crisis: what does this mean for democracy?. London: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
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2019
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Rethinking political distrust. European Political Science Review, 11(2):213-230.
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2017
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Le attitudini dei cittadini mostrano che esperti indipendenti hanno ancora un ruolo da giocare nelle democrazie europee. Universität Zürich. Institut für Politikwissenschaft: DeFacto – belegt, was andere meinen.
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Technocratic discourse codebook. Zurich: Institut für Politikwissenschaft der Universität Zürich.
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Technocratic attitudes: a citizens’ perspective of expert decision-making. West European Politics, 40(2):430-458.
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2016
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Attitudes in established democracies show there is still a place for independent experts in politics. London: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
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Italian referendum on constitutional reform: what does the ‘no’ vote mean for Italy and Europe. New York: International Peace Institute.
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