Birgit Sauer is a professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna. Her research interests include: Gender and Governance/Critical Governance-Studies, comparative gender equality policy-studies, racism, politics and affects. She has been a partner in several EU projects; currently she is leading the research project ”GENIA“ (Gender in Academia in Austria) together with Johanna Hofbauer and the project “Affective Labor in Labor market administration” (Both funded by the Austrian Science Foundation). Recent publication: Does Federalism Impact Gender Architectures? The Case of Women’s Policy Agencies in Germany and Austria, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Vol. 43, Issue 1, S. 68-89, together with Sabine Lang.
