Monographs

Lena Maria Schaffer (2011) „Voluntary climate change initiatives in the U.S.: Analyzing participation in space and time“ Dissertation, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Nr. 19475 (http://e-collection.library.ethz.ch/view/eth:2712).

Contributions to edited volumes

Thomas Bernauer und Lena Maria Schaffer (2012) „Climate Change Governance“ in: Levi-Faur, David (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Governance, pp. 441-456. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (http://levifaur.wiki.huji.ac.il/index.php/HandbookofGovernance ).

Lena Maria Schaffer and Alessio Levis (2021) “Public Discourses on (Sectoral) Energy Policy in Switzerland: Insights from Structural Topic Models“ in Peter Hettich and Aya Kachi (Eds.), Swiss Energy Governance. Springer Nature.

Lena Maria Schaffer (2021) “The Politics of Green Taxation” Beitrag in: Hakelberg, Lukas and Laura Seelkopf (Eds.) Handbook on the Politics of Taxation, pp. 208-227. Edward Elgar Publishing.

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• DVPW Blog entry (in german): Steuerpolitik: CO2-Steuern: Segen oder Fluch für die Klimapolitik?

Research Articles

Lena Maria Schaffer and Zsuzsanna Magyar (2024) “Comparative Energy Transition Policy: How Exposure and Trust affect Popular Acceptance of Policy Expansion” Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (online first).

Lena Maria Schaffer (2023) “Who’s Afraid of More Ambitious Climate Policy? How Distributional Implications shape Policy Support and Compensatory Preferences” Environmental Politics. DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2023.2247818

Lena Maria Schaffer and Resul Umit (2023) “Public Support for National vs. International Climate Change Obligations” Journal of European Public Policy 30(3):537-573. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2022.2099957

Resul Umit and Lena Maria Schaffer (2022) “Wind Turbines, Public Acceptance, and Electoral Outcomes” Swiss Political Science Review. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/spsr.12521

Maximilian Lüth and Lena Maria Schaffer (2022) “The Electoral Importance and Evolution of Climate Related Energy Policy: Evidence from Switzerland” Swiss Political Science Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12520

Koubi, Vally, Lena Maria Schaffer, Gabriele Spilker and Tobias Böhmelt (2022) “Climate Events and the Role of Adaptive Capacity for (Im)mobility“ Population & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-021-00395-5

Lena Maria Schaffer, Bianca Oehl and Thomas Bernauer (2022) “Are Policy-makers Responsive to Public Demand in Climate Politics?”  Journal of Public Policy, 42(1), 136-164. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X21000088.

• Winner of the inaugural JPP best article award

Resul Umit and Lena Maria Schaffer (2020) “Attitudes towards carbon taxes across Europe: The role of perceived uncertainty and self-interest.” Energy Policy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111385.

Lena Maria Schaffer and Gabriele Spilker (2019) “Self-interest vs. Sociotropic Considerations: An Information-based Perspective to Understanding Individuals’ Trade Preferences”  Review of International Political Economy 26(6): 1266-1292.

Vally Koubi, Tobias Böhmelt, Gabriele Spilker and Lena Maria Schaffer (2018)„On the Determinants of Environmental Migrants’ Conflict Perception“ International Organization 72 (4): 905-936.  doi:10.1017/S0020818318000231.

• featured in the Monkey Cage (Washington Post) 

Bianca Oehl, Lena Maria Schaffer and Thomas Bernauer (2017) “How to measure public demand for climate change when there is no appropriate survey data?” Journal of Public Policy 37(2): 173-204.

Vally Koubi, Gabriele Spilker, Lena Maria Schaffer and Tobias Böhmelt (2016) “The role of environmental perceptions in migration decision-making: evidence from both migrants and non-migrants in five developing countries” Population and Environment 38 (2): 134-163.

Vally Koubi, Gabriele Spilker, Lena Maria Schaffer and Thomas Bernauer (2016) “Environmental Stressors and Migration: Evidence from Vietnam” World Development 79: 197-210.

Lena Maria Schaffer and Gabriele Spilker (2016) „Adding Another Level: Individual Responses to Globalization and Government Welfare Policies“ Political Science Research and Methods 4 (2): 399-426.

Lena Maria Schaffer and Thomas Bernauer (2014) “Explaining Government Choices for Promoting Renewable Energy“ Energy Policy 68, May 2014: 15–27.

Gabriele Spilker, Lena Maria Schaffer and Thomas Bernauer (2012) „Does Social Capital Increase Public Support for Economic Globalization?“ European Journal of Political Research 51(6): 756-784.

Tobias Hofmann and Lena Maria Schaffer (2009) „Einmal Frieden und zurück? Friedensmissionen und die wiederkehrende Eskalation innerstaatlicher Gewalt“ Politische Vierteljahresschrift 34 Special Issue on „Identität, Institutionen und Ökonomie: Ursachen innenpolitischer Gewalt“.

Lena Maria Schaffer and Gerald Schneider (2005) „Die Prognosegüte von Wahlbörsen und Meinungsumfragen zur Bundestagswahl 2005“ Politische Vierteljahresschrift 45(4): 674-681.

Working Papers (available upon request)

under review

Lena Maria Schaffer and Patrick Bayer “Popular support for a carbon border adjustment mechanism: Evidence from four European countries” R&R (available on request)

Lena Maria Schaffer and Gabriele Spilker  “Should They Stay or Should They Commute? Explaining Individual Preferences towards Labor Migration” (preprint on OSF). R&R

Lena Maria Schaffer and Maximilian Lüth “Domestic Political Consequences of Climate Change: The Evolving Party Competition over Climate and Energy Policy“. (preprint on OSF)

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