Dr. Susanne Hadorn

Dr. Susanne Hadorn, short biography

Dr. Susanne Hadorn studied International Management at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland and completed a Masters in International Development: Politics and Governance at the University of Manchester, UK. Susanne then undertook a PhD in Public Administration at the KPM Center for Public Management at the University of Bern, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Fritz Sager, with a dissertation titled “Implementation of smoking prevention policy in cantonal networks of state and non-state actors”. Continuing her research at the KPM as a Postdoc, Susanne has also gained experience as a Scientific advisor for the Swiss Federal Office for Public Health and has supervised six Masters students. Susanne has been awarded an Early Career Research Grant for Women (ECRG-W) from the MCID for a project titled “Blame deflection during the Covid-19 crisis”, which began in early 2023.

Susanne has contributed to the acquiring of third-party funding for several projects and has published a number of research articles, including the following selected publications:

Hadorn, S. (2022). Network Management and Governance in Policy Implementation. The Case of Smoking Prevention Programs. International Series on Public Policies (Springer)

Hadorn, S., Sager, F., Mavrot, C. et al. (2022) Evidence-Based Policymaking in Times of Acute Crisis: Comparing the Use of Scientific Knowledge in Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Polit Vierteljahresschr 63, 359–382.

Mavrot C., Hadorn, S. (2021). When politicians do not care for the policy: Street-level compliance in cross-agency contexts. Public Policy and Administration. February 2021. DOI:10.1177/0952076721996516

Mavrot, C., Hadorn, S., & Sager, F. (2019). Mapping the mix: Linking instruments, settings and target groups in the study of policy mixes. Research policy, 48(10)

Mavrot C., Hadorn, S., Sager, F. (2018). “Mapping the Mix: Linking Instruments, Settings and Target Groups in the Study of Policy Mixes”, Research Policy,. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2018.06.012.