Nadine Zwiener-Collins, PhD

Nadine Zwiener-Collins is a research associate at the Geschwister Scholl Institute for Political Science since April 2024. She received her PhD from the City, University of London in 2019 and subsequently worked at the Social Research Institute of University College London and at the University of Salzburg. Her research focuses on inequalities in politics, particularly gender differences in political behaviour and attitudes.

Recent Publications:

• Gash, V., Olsen, W., Kim, S. and Zwiener-Collins, N. (accepted for publication). Decomposing the Barriers to Equal Pay: Examining differential predictors of the Gender Pay Gap by Socio-Economic Group. Cambridge Journal of Economics.
• Lefkofridi, Z., Wegscheider, C. and Zwiener-Collins, N. (accepted for publication). Gendered dynamics in representation: Examining candidates' policy congruence with parties and voters. Party Politics.
• Koxha, K., Lefkofridi, Z. and Zwiener-Collins, N. (accepted for publication). Government and Opposition on the Road to Accession: Responsibility, Responsiveness and the Salience of Gender Equality. Government & Opposition.
• Quy, K., Fridkin, L., & Zwiener-Collins, N. (2025). “I feel like me as a person has been put on pause”: undergraduate student experiences of online learning. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 22(1).https://doi.org/10.53761/f3rphg66
• Zwittlinger, L., Zwiener-Collins, N., Lefkofridi, Z. (2024). Kognitive Dissonanz aufgrund gelebter Realitäten? Die Auswirkungen von Covid-19 Lockdownpolitik auf Österreichs Geschlechterrollenbilder. In: Aschauer, W., Eder, A. & Prandner, D. (eds.) Die Auswirkungen der Corona-Pandemie auf die österreichische Gesellschaft. Ergebnisse der Längsschnittstudie „Werte in der Krise“ 2020-2022. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
• Zwiener-Collins, N. and Lefkofridi, Z. (2023). Unequal political participation: Do gender roles matter? In: Grand, P., Fink M. & Tiemann, G. (eds.) 20 Jahre Österreich im European Social Survey. Wien, Köln: Böhlau, 95–125.