Susan Ostermann
Keough School of Global Affairs
Assistant Professor of Global Affairs and Political Science
- Regulatory compliance
- South Asia
- Comparative politics
- Environmental regulation
- Housing resilience
- Building regulation
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Chicago Tribune
OPINION | Political scientists: Why the US should consider making voting compulsory
July 22, 2026
By Susan L. Ostermann, associate professor of global affairs and political science at the University of Notre Dame; Pradeep Chhibber, professor of political science at the University of California Berkeley; and Will Halm, a graduate student in political science at the University of California Berkeley.
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OPINION | Lessons from Lahaina for Los Angeles
January 29, 2025
By Susan Ostermann, assistant professor of global affairs and political science at the University of Notre Dame, and Abbie B. Liel, professor of civil engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Fast Company
Disaster survivors face these roadblocks to rebuild safer, more sustainable homes
November 09, 2024
By Susan Ostermann, an assistant professor of global affairs at the University of Notre Dame.
The Conversation
Disaster survivors want to rebuild safer, more sustainable homes, but cost misperceptions often stand in the way
November 08, 2024
By Susan Ostermann, Assistant Professor of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame.