Katja Chmilewski - Personalpolitik

Post doctoral researcher and lecturer

Postal adress: Helmut-Schmidt-University
Chair of Human Resource Management
Postfach 70 08 22
D 22008 Hamburg

Visiting adress: Helmut-Schmidt-University
Building H4
Holstenhofweg 85
22043 Hamburg

Room: 104, H4

Phone: +49 (040) 6541 3665

Katja Chmilewski, MA (she/her) is a research associate at the Chair of Human Resource Management at Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg since January 2025. She previously worked at the University of Vienna, Institute of Political Science (2015-2019) and at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institute of Social Sciences (2022-2024) as a research assistant and lecturer. She studied political science at the Phillipps University of Marburg and at the University of Vienna. In her dissertation, she deals with employment relations of nursing staff in German hospitals. Based on affects that arise in the work process, she poses the question of the emergence of agency from an affect-theoretical perspective. Her research was funded by the Marietta Blau Scholarship of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW). Further research interests include political representation and gender.

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Research

Main Research Interests
Social Movements and Political Mobilization
Affect Theory/Affect Studies
Political Representation and Gender
Labor and Welfare Policies (Focus on Healthcare Policy)

Publications

Chmilewski, K. & Sauer, B. (2022). Nested newness and critical junctures: Quota implementation flaws in the Austrian party democracy. In Lang, S., Meier, P., Sauer, B. (Hrsg.): Implementing Gender Quotas in Political Representation: Resisting Institutions (S. 73-92). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08931-2_4

Chmilewski, K. (2022). Deborah B. Gould: Moving Politics. Emotion and ACT UP’s fight against AIDS. In Senge, K., Schützeichel, R., Zink, V. (Hrsg.), Hauptwerke der Emotionssoziologie (S. 231-237). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-37869-1_26

Ahrens, P., Chmilewski, K., Lang, S., & Sauer, B. (2020): Gender Equality in Politics. Implementing Party Quotas in Germany and Austria. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34895-3

Chmilewski, K. & Hajek, K. (2018). Mobilizing affects about intimate relationships – Emotional pedagogy among the New Right in Germany. In Kolehmainen, M., Juvonen, T. (Hrsg.): Affective Inequalities in Intimate Relationships (S. 171-185). Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315107318-12

Chmilewski, K. & Hajek, K. (2017). Mit Gefühl von Rechts zur Verteidigung der ‚Lufthoheit über Kinderbetten‘. In Bargetz, B., Kreisky, E. & Ludwig, G. (Hrsg.), Dauerkämpfe. Feministische Zeitdiagnosen und Strategien (S.175-184). Campus Verlag.

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Letzte Änderung: 10. April 2025