Alexander Reisenbichler is a political economist, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, and Research Coordinator of the Joint Initiative in German and European Studies (JIGES) at the Munk School. His work explores the politics of housing, financial, and labor markets in advanced economies, with regional specializations in Western Europe and the United States. His current research investigates the political economy of housing capitalism in the United States and Germany from a comparative, historical perspective. His work has appeared in Politics & Society, the Review of International Political Economy, West European Politics, and Foreign Affairs.