David Burgherr

David Burgherr

Visiting Fellow

International Inequalities Institute

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Languages
English, German
Key Expertise
Personal taxation, Income and wealth inequality, Pension policy

About me

David Burgherr is a PhD Student in Economics at the University of Zurich. He is also affiliated with the CAGE Research Centre at the University of Warwick. His research focuses on taxation, income and wealth inequality, and pension policy. In current projects, he studies migration responses to taxes and the effects of pension policies on saving behaviour. Before starting his doctoral studies, he held research positions at the LSE International Inequalities Institute and the University of Bern where he also completed MSc and BSc degrees in economics.

 

Expertise Details

Personal taxation; Income and wealth inequality; Pension policy

Recent Publications

  • Trevisan, F., Vaughan, M. & Vromen, A. (2025). Story Tech: Power, Storytelling, and Social Change Advocacy. University of Michigan Press. 
  • Vaughan, M. & Schieferdecker, D. (2025), 'Seeing a New Type of Economic Inequality Discourse: Inequality as Spectacle in the “Billionaire Space Race”', International Journal of Communication, 19 (1), 348-369 
  • Vaughan, M., & Kerr, S. (2025). Visual representations of wealth inequality in political communication. Visual Communication.
  • Vaughan, M., Gruber, J. B., & Langer, A. I. (2025). The tension between connective action and platformisation: Disconnected action in the GameStop short squeeze. New Media & Society, 27(2), 632-654.