Susanne Wengle

Nancy R. Dreux Associate Professor of Political Science; Concurrent Associate Professor in the Keough School of Global Affairs

Susanne Wengle

2053 Jenkins Nanovic Halls
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556

(574) 631-4734
susanne.wengle@nd.edu

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Susanne Wengle

Nancy R. Dreux Associate Professor of Political Science; Concurrent Associate Professor in the Keough School of Global Affairs

Expertise

Comparative and international political economy; post-Soviet transitions, especially Russia; food and agricultural systems

At the Keough School

Susanne Wengle is a concurrent associate professor of political science in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. She is a faculty fellow of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and Nanovic Institute for European Studies.

Courses

Research and Publications

Wengle’s research focuses on the politics of markets regulations. Wengle’s 2015 book book Post-Soviet Power: State-led Development and Russia’s Marketization (Cambridge University Press) examines the political economy of newly created electricity markets in Russia. Wengle also has conducted research on welfare reforms and the politics of expertise in post-Soviet Russia. She currently is studying agriculture and food production in Russia and the United States.

Wengle’s articles have appeared in Governance & Regulation, Studies in Comparative International Development, Economy and Society, Europe-Asia Studies, the Chicago Policy Review and the Russian Analytical Digest. She also has contributed to the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog.

Recent Work

In the Media

Biography

Wengle holds a PhD in political science from the University of California at Berkeley. Before coming to Notre Dame, she conducted research and taught at the University of Chicago.

News and Blog Posts

What can a chicken nugget from Russia tell us about technology, agriculture and human development? (Dignity and Development)