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BIO:
Daniel Ziblatt is the director of Harvard's University Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies where he is also Eaton Professor of Government. He also leads a research group based in Germany at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. His research focuses on European politics and the comparative study of democracy. He is the author of four books, including How Democracies Die (2018), co-authored with Steven Levitsky, a New York Times best-seller and described by The Economist magazine as "the most important book of the Trump era." The book has been translated into thirty languages. In 2023, he published Tyranny of the Minority (w/ Steve Levitsky), also a New York Times bestseller, that analyzes American democracy in comparative perspective. Prior to this, he authored Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2017), an account of the historical rise of democracy in Europe as well as a book on European state-building entitled Structuring the State (Princeton University Press, 2006/2008), In 2023, Ziblatt was elected member of the American Academy for Arts and Sciences.
DANIEL ZIBLATT
27 Kirkland St., Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge Ma 02138, dziblatt@gov.harvard.edu
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Current:
Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University, 2018–Present
Director, Minda De Gunzburg Center for European Studies, January 2024-
Director, Transformations of Democracy Research Unit, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), October 2020–Present
Previous:
Director, Acting, Minda De Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard
University, 2019 and 2014
Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University, 2011–2018
Paul Sack Associate Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University, 2009–2010
Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies, Harvard University, 2007–2009
Assistant Professor of Government and Social Studies, Harvard University, 2003–2007
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley, PhD, Department of Political Science, 1996–2002
Pomona College, Claremont, CA, Bachelor of Arts, Double Major: German Studies and Politics, Magna Cum Laude, 1995
Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 1995–1996
ACADEMIC PRIZES AND DISTINCTIONS
2023. Election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2023. Best Article Honorable Mention Award, Midwest Political Science Association (for Capital Meets Democracy: The Impact of Franchise Extension on Sovereign Bond Markets, 2022)
2022. Martha Derthick Book Award, American Political Science Association, for book making a lasting contribution to the study of federalism (for Structuring the State (2006))
2021. Harnack Lecture, Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany
2020. Karl Deutsch Visiting Professorship, WZB Berlin, Germany
2019. Berlin Prize, American Academy in Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2019. Goldsmith Book Prize, Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Best Non-fiction book of the year (for co-authored How Democracies Die)
2018. NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis. Best Non-fiction book published in 2018, German Public Radio (for co-authored book Wie Demokratien Sterben)
2018. Woodrow Wilson Award, Best book published in the United States on government, politics or international affairs, American Political Science Association (for Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy)
2018. Barrington Moore Prize, American Sociological Association, Best Book Award, Comparative and Historical Sociology Section (for Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy)
2018. Comparative Democratization Book Prize, Comparative Democratization Section, American Political Science Association, Best Book Award (for Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy)
2018. European Politics and Society Book Prize, European Politics and Society Section, American Political Science Association, Best Book Award (for Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy)
2011. Mary Parker Follett Prize, Best Paper Published in 2010. Politics and History Section of APSA (for co-authored paper: The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies)
2010. Comparative Democratization Section Prize Best Paper Published in 2009. Comparative Democratization Section of American Political Science Association (APSA) (for paper: Shaping Democratic Practice and the Causes of Electoral Fraud)
2010. Comparative Democratization Prize, Best Paper presented at the APSA Annual Meeting on Democratization, Comparative Democratization Section of American Political Science Association (for paper: The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies)
2009. Co-Winner of Gregory Luebbert Prize, Best Paper published in Comparative Politics in 2008. Comparative Politics Section of American Political Science Association (for paper: Does Landholding Inequality Block Democratization?)
2008. Sage Best Paper Prize, Best Paper Presented in Comparative Politics, Comparative Politics Section at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association
2007. Co-Winner, Best Book on European Politics Prize Published in 2006, Presented by the Organized Section on European Politics and Society Section of the American Political Science Association
2004. Gabriel Almond Award for Best Dissertation in Comparative Politics, American Political Science Association
2003. Ernst Haas Award for Best Dissertation in European Politics, American Political Science Association
PUBLICATIONS
Books
2023. Tyranny of the Minority (with Steven Levitsky) (New York: Crown/Penguin Random House).
*New York Times Best Seller/Newsweek Best Book of the Year List
2018. How Democracies Die (with Steven Levitsky) (New York: Crown/Penguin Random House).
* New York Times Best Seller/Newsweek 50 Best Book of the Year/New York Times’ editor’s choice/Spiegel Best Seller/Foreign Affairs and Washington Post Book of the Year; translated into 30 languages
2017. Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
* Winner of the Woodrow Wilson Prize, American Political Science Association, 2018
2006. Structuring the State: The Formation of Italy and Germany and the Puzzle of Federalism (Princeton: Princeton University Press) [Paperback Edition, 2008]
* Best Book Prize, European Politics and Society Section, APSA (2007)
Edited Volumes
2017. “Special Issue: The Causes and Consequences of Secret Ballot Reform.” Comparative Political Studies 50 (5) (Guest Co-Editor with Jan Teorell and Fabrice Lehoucq)
2010. “The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies: A New Research Agenda for Europe and Beyond.” Comparative Political Studies 43 (8–9) (Guest Co-Editor with Giovanni Capoccia)
Refereed Journal Articles
2023. “Wealth of Tongues: Why Peripheral Regions Vote for the Radical Right,” (with Daniel Bischof and Hanno Hilbig), American Political Science Review
2022. “How Voters Respond to Presidential Assaults on Checks and Balances: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Turkey.” (with Aytuğ Şaşmaz and Alper H. Yagci), Comparative Political Studies 55 (11): 1947–80.
2021. “Capital Meets Democracy: The Impact of Franchise Extension on Sovereign Bond Markets.” (with Aditya Dasgupta), American Journal of Political Science 66 (3): 630–47.
2020. “Authoritarian-Led Democratization.” (with Rachel Riedl, Dan Slater and Joseph Wong), Annual Review of Political Science 23 (1): 315–32.
2019. “Introducing the Historical Varieties of Democracy Dataset: Political Institutions in the Long 19th Century.” (with Carl Henrik Knutsen, Jan Teorell, Tore Wig, Agnes Cornell, John Gerring, et al.), Journal of Peace Research 56 (3): 440–51.
2019. “Center-Right Political Parties in Advanced Democracies.” (with Noam Gidron), Annual Review of Political Science 22 (1): 17–35.
2018. “How Do Voters Perceive Changes to the Rules of the Game? Evidence from the 2014 Hungarian Elections.” (with John Ahlquist, Nahomi Ichino, and Jason Wittenberg), Journal of Comparative Economics 46 (4): 906–19.
2017. “An Introduction to Special Issue: The Causes and Consequences of Secret Ballot Reform.” (with Jan Teorell and Fabrice Lehoucq), Comparative Political Studies 50 (5): 531–54.
2015. “How Did Britain Democratize? Views from the Sovereign Bond Market.” (with Aditya Dasgupta), The Journal of Economic History 75 (1): 1–29.
2013. “The Enduring Indispensability of the Controlled Comparison.” (with Dan Slater), Comparative Political Studies 46 (10): 1301–27.
2013. “Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe One Hundred Years On.” (with Grzegorz Ekiert), East European Politics and Societies 27 (1): 90–107.
2011. “An Institutional Theory of Direct and Indirect Rule.” (with John Gerring et al.), World Politics 63 (3): 377–433.
2010. “The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies: a New Research Agenda for Europe and beyond” (with Giovanni Capoccia), Comparative Political Studies 43 (8–9): 931–968.
2009. “Shaping Democratic Practice and the Causes of Electoral Fraud: The Case of Nineteenth-Century Germany.” American Political Science Review 103 (01): 1–21.
2008. “Does Landholding Inequality Block Democratization?: A Test of the ‘Bread and Democracy’ Thesis and the Case of Prussia.” World Politics 60 (4): 610–41.
2008. “Why Some Cities Provide More Public Goods than Others: A Subnational Comparison of the Provision of Public Goods in German Cities in 1912.” Studies in Comparative International Development 43 (3): 273–89.
2008. “A More Efficient and Accountable Federalism? An Analysis of the Consequences of Germany’s 2006 Constitutional Reform.” (with Philip Manow and Simone Burkhart), German Politics 17 (4): 522–40.
2006. “How Did Europe Democratize?” World Politics 58 (2): 311–38.
2006. “Il Perché Dell’assenza Di Federalismo in Italia. (Why Is There No Federalism in Italy? A Comparative Historical Perspective).” Rivista Italiana Di Scienza Politica 36 (2).
2006. “Does Decentralisation Make Government More Efficient and Effective?” (with Conor O’Dwyer), Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 44 (3): 326–43.
2006. “Honecker’s Revenge: The Enduring Legacy of German Unification in the 2005 Election.” (with Jeffrey Kopstein), German Politics & Society 24 (1 (78)): 134–47.
2004. “Rethinking the Origins of Federalism: Puzzle, Theory, and Evidence from Nineteenth-Century Europe.” World Politics 57 (1): 70–98.
2002. “Recasting German Federalism? The Politics of Fiscal Decentralization in Post-Unification Germany.” Politische Vierteljahresschrift 43 (4): 624–52.
1998. “The Adaptation of Ex-Communist Parties to Post-Communist East Central Europe: A Comparative Study of the East German and Hungarian Ex-Communist Parties.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 31 (2): 119–37.
1998. “Putting Humpty-Dumpty Back Together Again: Communism’s Collapse and the Reconstruction of the East German Ex-Communist Party.” German Politics & Society 16 (1 (46)): 1–29.
Papers Under Review (and in Progress)
“How Mainstream Parties Erode Norms: Evidence from Two Survey Experiments in Germany,” Under Review (with John Chua, Elias Dinas, and Vicente Valentim), Preprint DOI 10.31219/osf.io/mjbnf
“The Gendered Persistence of Authoritarian Indoctrination in Germany” Under Review (with Nourhan Elsayed, Hanno Hilbig, and Sascha Riaz), Preprint DOI 10.31219/osf.io/vsjz8
“Does Partisan Politicization of Constitutional Courts Affect Judicial Legitimacy: Evidence from Germany” in Progress, (with Fabio Ellger, Sebastian Hellmeier, and Heiko Giebler)
“The Rise and Fall of National Stigmas: Evidence from Post WW II Germany” In Progress, (with Elias Dinas & Vasiliki Fouka)
“Consequences of Competition Under Autocracy for Democratic Elections: From Imperial to Weimar Germany” In Progress (with Volha Charnysh)
Book Chapters and Book Reviews
2023. “Conclusion: From the Micro to the Macro.” In Politics, Violence, Memory. The New Social Science of the Holocaust. 297–306, edited by Jeffrey S. Kopstein, Jelena Subotic and Susan Welch. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press,
2022. “Die Schwäche Konservativer Parteien und der Untergang der Weimarer Demokratie.” In Als die Demokratie starb. Die Machtergreifung der Nationalsozialisten - Geschichte und Gegenwart, edited by Thomas Weber. München: Herder Verlag.
2022. “The Causes of Populism and the Problem of Cultural Majority Rights.” In Majorities, Minorities, and the Future of Nationhood, edited by Liav Orgad and Ruud Koopmans, 294–306. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2022. “Der wirksame Staat. Was uns die Corona-Pandemie über die Widerstandsfähigkeit von Demokratien sagt.” In Zur Zukunft der Demokratie 36 Perspektiven, edited by Frank-Walter Steinmeier. München: Siedler.
2018. “The Power and Limits of Federalism” (with Emilia Simison), in A Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics, edited by Claude Ménard and Mary M. Shirley. Elgar Research Agendas. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
2018. “Reluctant Democrats: Old Regime Conservative Parties in Democracy’s First Wave in Europe.” In Life after Dictatorship: Authoritarian Successor Parties Worldwide, edited by James Loxton and Scott Mainwaring, 314–35. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2015. “The Layered State: Pathways and Patterns of Modern Nation State Building.” (with Philip Manow), in The Oxford Handbook of Transformations of the State, edited by Stephan Leibfried et al., Oxford University Press.
2014. “Between Centralization and Federalism in the European Union.” In The Global Debt Crisis: Haunting U.S. and European Federalism, edited by Daniel J. Nadler, 113–33. Brookings Institution Press.
2013. “Why Do We Read Barrington Moore? Some Reflections on the Survival of an Intellectual Icon.” Newsletter for the Comparative Politics Section of APSA, 2013, 11 (1) edition.
2006. “Of Course Generalize, But How? Returning to Middle Range Theory in Comparative Politics.” Newsletter for the Comparative Politics Section of APSA, 2006, 17 (2) edition.
2006. “Angie! Angie! The Transformation of German Politics After Merkel’s Election.” In Von Grüblern und Frühaufstehern Aus(sen)sichten der DAAD-Wahlbeobachter im September 2005; ein Lesebuch, edited by Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst. Bonn: DAAD.
2002. “Doomed to Be Radicals? Organization, Ideology, and Communist Successor Parties in Post-Communist East Central Europe.” (with Nick Biziouras), in The Communist Successor Parties of Central and Eastern Europe, edited by András. Bozóki and John T. Ishiyama, 287–302. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.
2001. “Aussenpolitik Albaniens.” (with Grigore Pop-Eleches), In Handbuch der Aussenpolitik: von Afghanistan bis Zypern, edited by Jürgen Bellers, Thorsten Benner, and Ines M. Gerke. Lehr- und Handbücher der Politikwissenschaft. München: R. Oldenbourg.
1999. “The Ideological Metamorphsis of Former Communist Parties: Lessons from East Central Europe” in Communist Successor Parties in Comparative Perspective, edited by John Ishiyama. New York: Nova Press.
2006. Review of Federalism and the Welfare State: New World and European Experiences, by Herbert Obinger et al.; and Decentralizing the State: Elections, Parties, and Local Power in the Andes, by Kathleen O’Neill. Perspectives on Politics 4 (4): 795–97.
2005. Review of Fiscal Decentralization and the Challenge of Hard Budget Constraints., by Jonathan A. Rodden, Gunnar S. Eskeland, and Jennie Litvack. Governance 18 (3): 505–17.
1998. “Charles Maier, Dissolution: The Crisis of Communism and the End of East Germany.” Newsletter for the Comparative Politics Section of APSA, 1998, 9 (2) edition.
1997. Review of Die PDS: Geschichte, Organisation, Wähler, Konkurrenten, by Gero Neugebauer and Richard Stöss. German Politics & Society 15 (2 (43)): 141–45.
Recent Non-Peer Reviewed Articles
2021. “Die Verzweiflung der alten Mehrheit” WZB Mitteilungen, Heft 172, June (with Steven Levitsky)
2020. “Das Ende der Amerikanischen Demokratie?” Blätter für deutsche und international Politik (with Steven Levitsky)
2020. “End Minority Rule” New York Times (with Steven Levitsky)
2020. “Was der Tabubruch von Thüringen lehrt” Der Tagespiegel
2020. “Der Handschlag von Erfurt” Die Zeit (with Michael Koss)
2019. “Why Republicans Play Dirty” New York Times, September (with Steven Levitsky)
2019. “Why Autocrats Love Emergencies” New York Times, September (with Steven Levitsky)
2018. “How Wobbly is Our Democracy?” New York Times, January (with Steven Levitsky)
2016. “Is Donald Trump a Threat to Democracy?” New York Times, December (with Steven Levitsky)
ADDITIONAL FELLOWSHIPS AND VISITING APPOINTMENTS
Department of Political Science, University of Zurich, Summer 2021 and 2023
Bavarian Institute of History, University of Munich, Summer 2018
Fernand Braudel Senior Visiting Fellow, European University Institute, Summer 2017
Suzanne Young Murray Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, July 2015–June 2016
Visiting Professor, Center for Advanced Study, University of Munich, June 2015
Professeur Invité, Sciences Po (Max Po), Paris, France, May 2014
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 2012–2013
Professeur Invité, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, May 2010
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE/MEMBERSHIP
Boards: Scientific Advisory Board, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany (PRIF), Harvard University, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies Steering Committee, Protect Democracy Advisory Board, Washington DC
Editorial Board Service: German Politics and Society, World Politics, Comparative Political Studies
2022. Chair, Gregory Leubbert, Best Book Prize, American Political Science Association
2022. Helmut-Schmidt-Zukunftspreis, Jury (for Die Zeit and Helmut Schmidt Foundation)
2017. European Politics and Society Section, Best Book Prize Committee, APSA
2017. Gabriel Almond Dissertation Prize Committee, APSA
2015. Chair, David Greenstone Prize, Best Book Prize Committee, Politics and History Section, APSA
2010. Juan Linz Prize Committee, Best Dissertation for Comparative Democratization Section, APSA
2010. Sage Prize Committee Member, Best Paper presented in Comparative, APSA
2008. Chair, European Politics and Society Best Book Prize Committee, APSA
2008. 2006. Member, Sage Prize Committee, APSA, Qualitative Methods Division
Reviewer: American Political Science Review, German Politics and Society, Studies in Comparative International Development, Party Politics, Comparative Political Studies, World Politics, American Sociological Review, Journal of Politics
2020–Present, Member, Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW)
1998–Present, Member, American Political Science Association
1998–Present, Member, Council of European Studies, Columba University
1998–Present, Member, German Studies Association
INVITED LECTURES
2022. University of Chicago (January), World Affairs Council, South Carolina (February), Schloss Bellevue, Symposium President Steinmeier, Berlin, Germany (March), Miami University of Ohio (May), American University (May), University of Wisconsin (May), GIZ-Berlin (June), Hans Dieter Klingemann Lecture, Leuphana University (June), Clark University, President’s Lecture (October), Berea College, KY, USA (November), Asia Future Forum Keynote, Seoul, South Korea (November), Loyola University Baltimore (November), University of Zurich (December)
2021. Robert Bosch Foundation Berlin (February), National Constitution Center (February), Brandeis University (February), Webster University (February), Brookings Institution (February), Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm (March), SSRC George Washington University (May), Leibniz im Bundestag (May), Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (May), Hertie Stiftung Berlin (May), World Affairs Council Los Angeles (May), German Marshall Fund Berlin (June), University of Zurich (June), Weizenbaum Forum, (June), Volkswagen Stiftung (July), American Council on Germany (July) Kaiserslautern University Germany (July), Harnack Lecture, Max Planck Institute (October)
2020. Adams Institute Amsterdam (January), Claremont McKenna College (September), Dallas Democratic Forum (September) Atlantik Bruecke (October), Niemann Foundation (October), German Economic Forum, Die Zeit (November), Marie Curie Alumni Association (November), Brown University (November), Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins (November), John Adams Institute, Amsterdam (November), Kenyon College, USA (November), Arizona State University (November), University of Lisbon (December)
2019. Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins (January), Institute of Lifetime Learning (January), University of Massachusetts, Amherst (February), Pomona College (February), The Sara Cogan Endowed Lecture, Portland State University (February), Reed College (February), Friedrich Naumann Foundation (March), Holy Cross College (March), Stanford University (April), Testimony to Canadian Parliament (May), Yale University-National University Singapore (October), Social Democratic Party Fraktion Bundestag (October), University of Freiburg (October), V-Dem-WZB Berlin (November), Bard College Berlin (December), American Academy Berlin (December).
2018. The Donald S. Bernstein Lecture, Princeton University (April); Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (January); Brooklyn Historical Society (January); University of Lisbon, Portugal (February); Pennsylvania State University, McCourtney Institute (March); Ash Institute, Harvard (March); Brookings Institution (April); Edward Kennedy Institute (May 2018), Yale University (May), Johns Hopkins University, Political Science (May), Harvard Law School (May), Bavarian History Institute, Germany (June), Cornell University (September), University of Birmingham (October), Suffolk University (October), San Francisco World Affairs Council (November), Columbia University (November), Dickinson College (November), University of Frankfurt, Germany (December), German Foreign Ministry (December), German Marshall Fund, Germany (December).
2017. University of California, Irvine, Harry Eckstein Memorial Lecture (March); Georgetown University, University of Florida (Spring); Yale University (Spring/Fall).
2016. University of Toronto, (April 22); Brandeis University (April 17); Institute of Political Economy and Governance (Barcelona, Spain, March 15); State and Capitalism Since 1800 Seminar (Harvard University, April 8).
2015: Center for Advanced Studies, University of Munich, (June 11); University of Michigan (May); University of Notre Dame (March) University of Arizona State University (March).
2014. Sciences Po, Max Po, Sciences Po, Paris, France (June); University of British Columbia, Department of Political Science, Vancouver, Canada (April).
2013. Aarhus University, Department of Political Science, Aarhus, Denmark (June); Lund University, Department of Political Science, Lund, Sweden (June); Cambridge University Press, Comparative Politics Series, Book Workshop, U Washington; Stanford University Comparative Politics Workshop, Department of Political Science; Juan March Institute, (Instituto Juan March de Estudiose Investigaciones) Madrid Spain; Joint Degree Program in Social Science and Social Policy, Princeton University; University of California, Berkeley, Comparative Politics Workshop; Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Stanford University
2012. Severyns-Ravenholt Lecture, University of Washington, (November); Yale University, Comparative Politics Workshop, Department of Political Science
2011. George Washington University, Department of Political Science; Partito Democratico, Rome Italy
2010. The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies, Oxford University; “Three Lectures” École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, (May); Department of Politics, New York University, New York (March)
2009. Watson Institute Brown University, Providence, RI, (October); Oxford University, Nuffield College, United Kingdom, (February).
2008. Princeton University, Department of Politics, November 20, 2008; Stanford University, Department of Political Science, November 4, 2008; Institute of Quantitative Social Science, Pennsylvania State University, State College, May 2008; Department of Political Science, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, May 2008; Department of Government, Smith College, April 2008; Department of Political Science, Tufts University, March; Department of Political Science, University of Florida, February 2008
2007. Department of Political Science, St Gallen University, St. Gallen, Switzerland, November 2007’ Department of Political Science, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, October; Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italy, March; Department of Social Science, University of Milan, Milan Italy, March; Department of Political Science, Columbia University, January
2006. Department of Political Science, Duke University, November; Institute for European Studies, University of Toronto, Canada, November; University of Pennsylvania, October; Duitsland Institut, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May; Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Germany; European Union Center, Scripps College, Claremont CA, March; Department of Political Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, October.
Before 2006. Yale University, Comparative Politics Workshop, New Haven, January 2005; George Washington University, Elliot School of International Affairs, November 2004 Center for European Studies, Brigham Young University, October 2004.
RESEARCH GRANTS
Russell Sage Foundation, “Authoritarian Policing and America’s Incomplete Democratization” (with Jacob Grumbach and Robert Mickey), $152,000, May 2022.
Co-PI, Grant for Disentangling the Economic Effects of Political Institutions (with Jan Teorell, Svend-Erik Skaaning, John Gerring, and Agnes Cornell, and Carl-Henrik Knutsen), Swedish Research Council (6 Million Swedish Kroner), Grant to Harvard University: $95,000 (2015– 2018).
Challenges to Democracy, Weatherhead Cluster Grant, Harvard University, (with Steven Levitsky), Three-year grant to support undergraduate/graduate training and research ($150,000).
Director and Founder, “Politics Through Time” Research Group, Harvard University, September 2011–2017, (http://historicalelections.fas.harvard.edu), Funded by Harvard FAS: $200,000.
PI, Weatherhead Grant for the Study of Russian and German Electoral History, Weatherhead Center, 2014: $25,000.
Graduate Seminar in General Education Grant, Harvard University. Grant for design and development of new General Education Course at Harvard University on “Political Corruption.” (with Professor Jim Alt), April 2010.
Stiftung Deutsch-Amerikanische Wissenschaftsbeziehungen, Grant Towards the Etablishment of an International Study Group Project Title: “Democracy and Democratization in Europe” (with Giovanni Capoccia, Oxford University) (EUR 5,000).
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Grant, Three Year Research Fellowship, December 2005–2008 (EUR 27,000): Invited Researcher Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne Germany.
Smith Richard Foundation, Junior Faculty Research Grant, “Securing Democracy: Between Reform and Concession and the Lessons of Democratization in Nineteenth Century Europe,” October 2005 ($60,000).
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Election Observer Trip (German Federal Elections, DAAD Wahlbeobachterreise), September 8–19, 2005 (selected as single American as part of an international group of eighteen political scientists and historians).
Provost's Instructional Technology Content Fund, Harvard University, for the Creation of Research Webpages for Undergraduate Education on the European Union ($3,000), January 2005.
Clarke Cook Fellowship, Harvard University, September 2003–May 2005.
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. Full financial support of graduate education (tuition, books, living expenses, travel, language training, methodology training) 1997–1998, 1998–1999, and 2000–2001.
Social Science Research Council. Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies, Dissertation Research Fellowship, Milan, Italy and Berlin, Germany, September 1999–August 2000.
Center for German and European Studies. UC Berkeley, Pre-Dissertation Summer Fellowship, Summer 1999.
Nominated for Westview Press Price. Best Graduate Student Paper, Midwest Political Science Association Convention, April 1998.
Fulbright/DAAD Fellowship. Post-Baccalaureate Program, Berlin, Germany. Fall 1995–Summer 1996.
Pomona College Scholar. Highest Academic Award Granted to an Undergraduate, 1990–1995. Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude, Pomona College, May 1995.
John Vieg Award in Politics. Awarded to the Top Graduating Student in the Department of Politics, Claremont, CA, May 1995.
Yale B. Griffith Award in Modern Language. Summer Research Grant, Berlin Germany, May–August, 1994
Edward Sait Prize in Politics. Awarded to the Top First-year Student in the Department of Politics, Claremont, CA, May 1992.
CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED
2022. “ Political Violence and Democratic Backsliding,” Conference, WZB Berlin.
2020–Present. “Democracy: Past, Present, and Future” WZB Berlin.
2018–Present. “Challenges to Democracy Lecture Series” (co-organized with Steven Levitsky), Weatherhead Center, Harvard University.
2014–Present. “History and Politics,” Annual Ph.D. student conference (co-organized with Carles Boix, Isabela Mares, David Stasavage, and Steven Wilkinson).
2013. “The Causes and Consequences of Electoral Fraud” (workshop co-organized with Jan Teorell, Lund University, Sweden), held at Harvard University.
2013. “Crisis of Westminster Systems?” (workshop co-organized with Arthur Spirling), Harvard University.
2010–2013. “History, Institutions, and Politics Workshop” (co-organized with Dan Carpenter, Peter Hall, Theda Skocpol, and Kathleen Thelen), Harvard University.
2010. “The Origins of Democratic Institutions in Europe” (co-organized with Jonathan Rodden, Stanford University and Carles Boix, Princeton University), held at Stanford University, January 2010.
2008. “The Challenges and Dilemmas of Democratization: Lessons from Europe” Center for European Studies, Harvard University (co-organized with Prof. Giovanni Capoccia, Oxford University), in Preparation for Special Issue of Journal, October 3–4, 2008.
2008. “Graduate Student Retreat” Society for Comparative Research, Harvard University (co organized with Professor Philip Gorski, Yale University), May 2008.
2008. “New Frontiers in Comparative Politics: External Speaker Series,” Harvard University (co organized with Professor Peter Hall and Kathleen Thelen), September 2008–Present.
CONFERENCES/PANELS
Annual APSA Meeting, Discussant, Presentation and Chair, 2009–Present
Annual Conference of European Studies, Discussant and Paper Presentation, 2009–Present
2008. “The Causes of Electoral Fraud” Paper Presentation (and Panel Organization) Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, October 2008, Miami, Florida.
2008. “Rural Inequality and Electoral Authoritarianism” (Paper Presentation,), Discussant for Panel on Clientelism and Panel on “Legacies in Comparative Politics” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, September 2008
2008. “The Causes of Electoral Fraud” Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, Ill. April 2008
2008. “Ungoverned Spaces” Panel Discussant, International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, March 2008
2008. “The Causes of Electoral Fraud” Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies, Conference, Chicago, Ill. (March 2008)
2007. “Why Some Cities Provide More Public Goods Than Others,” “Rural Inequality and Electoral Authoritarianism” and “Revisiting the Qualitative Classics” Roundtable, American Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, August 2007, Chicago, Ill.
2006. “Comparative Historical Analysis and German Politics,” German Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA, September 30, 2006.
2006. Discussant, “Religion and the Welfare State, Max Planck Institute for the Study ofSocieties, Cologne, Germany, April 2006
2006. “Comparative Historical Approaches to the Study of State-Building and Regimes” Conference of Europeanists, Council of European Studies, Chicago Ill., March 2006
2005. “The Federal-Unitary Divide in Europe” Panel, American Political Science Association, Washington DC, August 2005
2005. “The Shadow of the European Union: Party Politics and State Capacity in Southern and Eastern Europe Compared” European Union Studies Association, Austin, TX, March 2005
2005. “Does Decentralization Make Government More Efficient?” (with Conor O’Dwyer), Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago Ill. April 2005.
2004. Discussant and Chair, Panel: “Notions of Legitimacy in Law, Politics, and the Use of Force,” March International Studies Association, Montreal, March 2004
2004. Discussant and Chair, Panel: “Geo-politics, Territoriality and Space in the EU” Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, Ill. March 2004
2003. “Rethinking Federalism’s Origins: Strategic State-Building and the Making of Multitiered Political Systems” European Consortium for Political Research, Marburg, Germany, September 18–21, 2003.
2003. “Does Decentralization Make Government More Efficient and Effective?” Annual meeting, American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 28–30, 2003.
2002. “Rethinking How Federal Polities Are Constructed: Lessons from the 19th Century for European Union Integration,” Annual Meeting, American Political Science Association, August 28–31, 2002 Boston, Massachusetts
2002. “Recasting German Federalism: The New Politics of Fiscal Decentralization in Post-Unification Germany,” Council on European Studies, April 2002, Chicago Ill.
2001. “Just How Powerful Are Ideas? The Failed Push for Fiscal Decentralization and the Persistence of Germany’s Federal System,” Panel: The Politics of Decentralization, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA., August 30–September 2001.
2000. “Regionalismus, Föderalismus, und Institutionelle Wandlung in Deutschland während der 90er Jahre,” Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies, Berlin, Germany, June 7, 2000.
1998. “Still a Divided Electorate? Explaining the East German Vote in the 1998 Federal Elections” Berkeley-Stanford Program for Post-Soviet Studies, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, October 27, 1998.
1998. “Postmortem on the German Elections: Roundtable Discussion on Germany’s Political Future,” Center for German and European Studies, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, September 28, 1998.
1998. “How the Former Communist Parties Transformed Themselves into Electoral Parties,” Panel: Communist Successor Parties in Comparative Perspective, Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association. Chicago Ill. April 23, 1998
UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENT SERVICE
2019. Interim Director, Center for European Studies, Harvard University
2018. Chair, Senior Search Committee, Department of Government
2016–2017. Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, Department of Government 2014. Interim Director, Center for European Studies, Harvard University
2013–2014. Search Committee, Middle East Politics Senior Search, Harvard 2013–2014. Faculty Council, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
2011. Chair, Search Committee, Assistant Professorship, Department of Government 2010–Present Weatherhead Dissertation Funding Selection Committee
2007–2010. Junior Faculty Forum, with Dean of Social Sciences
2006–07. Search Committee, International Relations, Department of Government, Harvard University
2006–07. Faculty Coordinator, Workshop for Doctoral Students in European Politics. Minda De Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University.
2004–05. Coordinator, Social Studies Junior Tutorial Program
2004–05. Search Committee, Africa/Comparative Politics, Department of Government–
2004–Present, Steering Committee, Center for European Studies, Harvard University
2003–04 Search Committee, African/Comparative Politics, Department of Government/Social Studies
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