Eric Häusler studied history, sociology and philosophy in Zurich and gratuated in 2014. He will start working on his PhD thesis „Inventories of Bankrupt Urban Households in Bern: Arranging and Rearranging the ‚Hausrat‘ (1770-1870)“ at the University of Bern in early 2015. His dissertation is part of the SNF Sinergia project „‚Doing House and Family‘. Material Culture, Social Space, and Knowledge in Transition (1700-1850)“. His main research interests are economic history, global history and the theory and philosophy of history.