Christina J. Schneider
 Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair, UCSD

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Curriculum Vitae

Christina J. Schneider

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CURRENT POSITION

Associate Professor
Jean Monnet Chair
University of California, San Diego

Web: http://pages.ucsd.edu/~cjschneider
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EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Political Science (summa cum laude), University of Konstanz, 2006
  • Diploma, Public Policy and Management (Distinction), University of Konstanz, 2004
  • M.A. (Distinction), Political Science, University of North Texas, 2003
  • B.S., Political Science, Law, and History, University of Konstanz, 2000

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair, Department of Political Science, UCSD, 2013 - present
  • Alexander von Humboldt Experienced Research Fellow, University of Konstanz, 2016-2017
  • Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, UCSD, 2012 - 2013
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, UCSD, 2009 - 2012
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Princeton University, 2008 - 2009
  • Postdoctoral Fellow in International Relations, Department of Political Science & IR, University of Oxford, 2007 - 2008
  • Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, 2006 - 2006

OTHER APPOINTMENTS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • CAGE Research Associate, Department of Economics, University of Warwick, 2013 - present
  • Political Economy Consultant, World Bank, Washington D.C., 2012
  • Model UN Faculty Advisor, International House, UCSD, 2010 - present
  • Instructor, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection, 2008
  • External Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, 2007 - present
  • Consultant, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Brussels, 2000

OTHER TRAINING

  • ICPSR Summer School: Categorical Analysis, Time-Series Analysis (Ann Arbor)
  • EITM SummerSchool, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)

BOOKS

  • Toward Responsive Governance? National Elections and European Cooperation.
    Cambridge University Press (forthcoming).
  • Conflict, Negotiations, and EU Enlargement.
    Cambridge University Press (2009).

ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS

  1. The Politics of EU Eastern Enlargement: Evidence from a Heckman Selection Model.
    With Thomas Pluemper and Vera E. Troeger.
    British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 17-38, 2006.
  2. Differenzierte Mitgliedschaft und die EU-Osterweiterung: Das Beispiel der Arbeitnehmerfreizuegigkeit.
    (Differentiated Membership and EU Eastern Enlargement: Free Movement of Workers)
    Swiss Political Science Review, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 67-99, 2007.
  3. Enlargement Processes and Distributional Conflicts: The Politics of Discriminatory Membership in the European Union.
    Public Choice, Vol. 132, No. 1-2, pp. 85-102, 2007.
  4. Discriminatory EU Membership and the Redistribution of Enlargement Gains.
    With Thomas Pluemper.
    Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 51, No. 4, pp. 568-587, 2007.
  5. Politischer Opportunismus und Haushaltsdefizite in den westdeutschen Bundeslaendern.
    (Political Opportunism and Budget Deficits in the West German States.)
    Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 221-242, 2007.
  6. Too Much to Die, Too Little to Live: Unemployment, Higher Education Policies and University Budgets in Germany.
    With Thomas Pluemper.
    Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 632-654, 2007.
  7. The Calculus of Convergence, or: How to chase a Black Cat in a Dark Room.
    With Thomas Pluemper.
    Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 16, No. 7, pp. 990-1011, 2009.
  8. Fighting with one Hand Tied behind the Back: Political Budget Cycles in the West German States.
    Public Choice, Vol. 142, No. 1, pp. 125-150, 2010.
  9. Weak States and Institutionalized Bargaining Power in International Organizations.
    International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 331-355, 2011.
  10. Accession Rules for International Institutions: A Legitimacy-Efficacy Tradeoff?
    With Johannes Urpelainen.
    Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 290-312, 2012.
  11. Domestic Elections, Political Competence, and Distributional Bargaining in the European Union.
    World Politics, Vol. 65, No. 3, pp. 452-490, 2013.
  12. Distributional Conflict Between Powerful States and International Treaty Ratification.
    With Johannes Urpelainen.
    International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 13-27, 2013.
  13. Interest Coalitions and Multilateral Aid Allocation in the European Union.
    With Jennifer Tobin.
    International Studies Quarterly Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 103-114, 2013.
  14. Abiding by the Vote: Between-Groups Conflict in International Collective Action.
    With Branislav Slantchev.
    International Organization, Vol. 67, No. 4, pp. 759-796, 2013.
  15. Partisan Heterogeneity and International Cooperation. The Case of the European Development Fund.
    With Johannes Urpelainen.
    Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 120-142, 2014.
  16. Domestic Politics and the Widening-Deepening Trade Off in the European Union
    Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 699-712, 2014.
  17. Portfolio Similarity and the Diversification of Multilateral Aid.
    With Jennifer L. Tobin.
    International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 647-664, 2016.
  18. Foreign Aid and the Politics of Undeserved Credit Claiming.
    With Cesi Cruz.
    American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 396-408, 2017.
  19. Multi-bi Aid in European Development Assistance: The Role of Capacity Constraints and Member State Politics.
    with Katharina Michaelowa and Bernhard Reinsberg.
    Development Policy Review 35(4): 513-530, 2017.
  20. The Political Economy of Regional Integration.
    Annual Review of Political Science 20: 229-248, 2017.
  21. The Domestic Politics of International Cooperation: Germany and the European Debt Crisis.
    With Branislav L. Slantchev
    International Organization (forthcoming 2017)

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

  1. Datasets and Quantitative Research on Intergovernmental Organizations.
    With Erik Gartzke.
    Routledge Handbook of International Organization, Milton Park: Routledge, pp. 41-53, 2013.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

  • GSDS Workshop Grant, 2017
    Grant: €5,000
  • UCSD Academic Senate Research Grant, 2016-2017
    Project: International Organizations and the Politics of Corruption
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Grant: $20,000
  • UCSD Frontiers ofInnovation Scholars Program (FISP), 2016-2017
    Project: Political Determinants of Effective Ocean Management Precis
    • Role: Lead Mentor
    Grant: $25,000
  • Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, 2016-2017
    Project: The Domestic Politics of International Cooperation in the European Union
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Grant: $50,000
  • UCSD Academic Senate Research Grant, 2015-2016
    Project: Globalizing Electoral Politics
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Grant: $9,591
  • European Union, Jean Monnet Chair, 2013-2016
    Grant: €45,000
  • UCSD Faculty Career Development Program Fellowship, 2011-2012
    Grant: $6,969
  • European Union Center of Excellence at UC Berkeley Research Grant, 2011
    Project: Elections and Redistribution in the European Union
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Grant: €2,400
  • Hellman Fellowship, 2010-2011
    Project: Globalizing Electoral Politics
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Grant: $4,000
  • UCSD Academic Senate Research Grant, 2010-2011
    Project: Globalizing Electoral Politics
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Grant: $8,896
  • European Union Research Grant (7th Framework Program), 2008-2010
    Project: Policy Dismantling
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Grant: FP7-217239, €1,483,560
  • Niehaus Fellowship, Princeton University, 2008-2009
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship, Harvard University (declined), 2008-2009
  • Merit Award, University of Oxford, 2007
  • Suedwestmetall Best Dissertation Award, Suedwestmetall AG, 2006
    Grant: EUR 5,000
  • VEUK Best Thesis Award, University of Konstanz, 2005
  • Sam Mc Allister Best Graduate Student Award, University of North Texas, 2003
  • NSF grant for attending the EITM summer school, University of Michigan, 2003
  • ICPSR tuition scholarship, 2003
  • Graduate Advisor Assistant Award, University of North Texas, 2002
  • Phi Sigma Alpha Graduate Student Award, University of North Texas, 2001
  • Teaching Assistant Award, University of North Texas, 2001-2002
  • Tuition Scholarship, University of North Texas, 2001-2002
  • Travel grants (ECPR 2003, 2005; DFG 2004; UNT 2002, 2003; University of Konstanz 2003; UCSD 2010, 2015)

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

  • American Political Science Association: 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012-2017
  • Midwest Political Science: 2004, 2007-2011, 2013, 2016
  • European Consortium for Political Research: 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009
  • International Studies Association: 2002, 2003, 2009
  • European Union Studies Association: 2009, 2011, 2016
    • International Political Economy Society: 2009-2015, 2017
  • Political Economy of International Organizations: 2010, 2011, 2013-2017
  • European Political Science Association: 2011-2013, 2016, 2017
  • International Political Science Association: 2012, 2016

INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS

  • 2017:
    University of Konstanz (Graduate School of Decision Sciences); University of Essex (Department of Political Science); Berlin Hertie School of Governance; University of California, Washington Center in Washington, D.C. (Workshop on "Experiments in Foreign Aid Research: Views from Donor and Recipient Publics"); University of Munich (Department of Political Science); University of Konstanz (Book Workshop on “Toward Responsive Governance in the EU”); John Hopkins University (School of Advanced International Studies) [scheduled]
  • 2016:
    McGill University (EU Centre of Excellence Speaker Series); University of Konstanz (Department of Politics and Public Administration); University of Heidelberg (Department of Economics); UC Conference on International Cooperation (University of California, Los Angeles), University of Heidelberg (Development Economics and Policy Conference); ETH Zurich and Universith of Zurich (Department of Political Science), University of Basel (Department of Political Science); University of Geneva (Department of Political Science); University of California, San Diego (BookWorkshop on “Toward Responsive Governance in the EU”)
  • 2015:
    University of California, Los Angeles (Department of Political Science, International Relations Speaker Series); College of William and Mary (TRIPS Conference on the Policy-Theory Divide); Stanford University (European Center); Waseda University (School of Political Science and Economics, Japan); Georgetown University (ISA workshop on Foreign Aid)
  • 2014:
    University of California, San Diego (IICAS European Lecture Series/Jean Monnet Round-table: "Ukraine and Russia in Europe and the World"); University of Zurich, Switzerland (Workshop: "The Political Economy of the Euro Crisis I"); German Federal Ministry of Finance, Berlin (Presenter at the workshop on "Crisis, Institutions, and Banking Union"); Hertie School of Governance, Berlin (Workshop: The Political Economy of the Euro Crisis II); Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (TRIPS Conference on the Policy-Theory Divide); Claremont Scripps College (European Union Center of California); Palomar College; College of William & Mary (TRIPS Conference on the Policy-Theory Divide)
  • 2013:
    University of Pittsburgh (Department of Political Science and European Union Center of Excellence, Research in International Politics Workshop); Princeton University (Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance; Conference on Foreign Aid); Georgetown University (Department of Government and Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University International Theory and Research Seminar)
  • 2012:
    Texas A&M University, College Station (European Union Center Workshop: "Informal Politics in Multilateral Institutions"); University of California, San Diego (IICAS European Studies Speaker Series, Roundtable: "Can the EU Survive the Euro Crisis?"); University of California, Los Angeles (Department of Political Science, International Relations Speaker Series); University of California, San Diego (Department of Political Science, PIA/ILAR Speaker Series); Rutgers University (Department of Political Science, Jean Monnet Research Workshop); Princeton University (Workshop on European Integrations); University of Essex, United Kingdom (Department of Government); University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Department of Politics and International Relations); University of Zurich, Switzerland (Department for Political Science); University of California, San Diego (Prospect Roundtable "Sink or Swim: Will the Eurozone Crumble?"); University of Warwick, United Kingdom (Department of Politics and International Studies & Department of Economics)
  • 2011:
    Hertie School of Governance, Berlin (Political Economy of International Finance Workshop); University of California, Irvine (UC Southern California Symposium); University of California, San Diego (Speech, Model United Nations at UCSD Spring Novice High School Conference); Palomar College (Department of Economics, History & Political Science, Political Economy lecture series); Yale University (Department of Political Science, Leitner Seminar in International and Comparative Political Economy); Claremont College (EU Center of California, Workshop on European Integration)
  • 2010:
    London School of Economics (Political Science and Political Economy Group Workshop); University of California, San Diego (Keynote Speech, Model United Nations Business Meeting); Temple University (Department of Political Science, European Union Center of Excellence Speaker Series); Princeton University (Department of Political Science, European Union Center of Excellence Speaker Series); University of California, San Diego (Speech, Model United Nations at UCSD Fall Novice High School Conference); Claremont College (EU Center of California, Workshop on European integration)
  • 2009:
    University of Chicago (Department of Political Science, PIPES Speaker Series); Princeton University (Department of Political Science, Workshop on European Integration); University of Colorado, Boulder (Department of Political Science, European Union Center of Excellence Speaker Series); Rutgers University (Department of Political Science); Princeton University (Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Workshop "Global Trade Ethics and the Politics of WTO Reform")
  • 2008:
    University of California, San Diego (Department of Political Science); University of Roch-ester (Department of Political Science); Rice University (Department of Political Science); University of California, Davis (Department of Political Science); University of Konstanz (Department of Political Science); Princeton University (Department of Political Science & Woodrow Wilson School, International Relations Speaker Series); University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Department of Politics and International Relations, Political Studies Workshop [panel-chair]); London School of Economics, United Kingdom (Political Science and Political Economy Group Workshop); Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (Department of Political Science); University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Department of Politics and International Relations, International Relations Seminar)
  • 2007:
    University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Nuffield College, Politics Speaker Series); University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Department of Politics and International Relations, Workshop "Producing Better Measures by Combining Data Cross Temporally" [panel-chair]); University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Nuffield College, Doctoral Seminar [Discussant]); University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Department of Politics and International Relations, Political Economy Speaker Series); University of Essex (Department of Government); Max Planck Institute of Economics at Jena, Germany (DVPW workshop)
  • 2006:
    Max Planck Institute of Economics at Jena, Germany (workshop "Experimental Methods"); Zentrum fuer Europaiische Integration, Bonn (DFG workshop "Institutionelle Ausgestaltung foederaler Systeme"); Castle Ringberg (Max Planck Conference); Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (DVPW workshop); University of Exeter (Department of Political Science)

MEDIA REQUESTS AND ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPATION

  • November 2016: Interview on US Elections with Radio SWR 4
  • September 2016: Interview with EURAXESS
  • July 2016: The Brexit Referendum (University of Konstanz)
  • March 2016: Is the European Union on the Verge of Collapse? (UCSD)
  • October 2015: The European Refugee Crisis (UCSD)
  • March 2015: Ukraine, Russia, and the World a Year After Euromaidan (UCSD)
  • March 2015: Euro-Contagion? Is the United States Protected from the European Debt Crisis? (UCSD)
  • March 2014: The Ukraine and Russia in Europe and the World (UCSD)
  • June 2012: Can the EU survive the Eurocrisis? (UCSD)
  • April 2006: Interview on Unemployment and Higer Education Policies with Radio Deutschlandfunk.

UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

  • Chair of Departmental Omnibus Search Committee (5 Searches), UCSD, 2017–2018
  • Co-organization of the IntegratedWorkshop, UCSD, 2017–2018
  • Co-organization of the UC-wide conference for International Cooperation (UCCIC), 2018
  • Member of the European Union studies Association (EUSA) Executive Committee, 2017-present
  • Co-editor for "The Political Economist" (APSA, Political Economy Section), 2017-present
  • Co-organization of UC-wide conference for International Relations (UCCIC), 2016
  • Chair of Departmental Search Committee (Open Diversity Search, Junior), UCSD, 2015 - 2016
  • Chair of Departmental Search Committee (Open Diversity Search, Senior), UCSD, 2015-2016
  • Member of the Graduate Student Admissions Committee, UCSD, 2015-2016
  • Member of the Committee to Explore International Partnerships, UCSD, 2014-2015
  • Woodrow Wilson Award Committee, APSA, 2014-2015
  • Journal of Politics, Editorial Board, 2015-2017
  • Member of Advisory Committee for European Studies, UCSD, 2014-present
  • Division Chair (International Collaboration) for the APSA Annual Conference, 2015
  • US Student Fulbright Fellowship Program Selection Committee, UCSD, 2012, 2014, 2017
  • Member of the APSA Political Economy Section Executive Committee, 2013-2016
  • Political Science Research and Methods (PSRM), Editorial Board, 2012-present
  • Member of the Graduate Admissions Committee, UCSD, 2012-2013
  • Section Chair (International Relations) for the European Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2013
  • Section Chair (European Politics) for the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2013
  • Co-organization of PIA/ILAR Speakers Series, 2010-2016
  • Coordination of Half Baked Ideas Working Paper Lunch Group, 2010-2016
  • Model UN at UCSD Faculty Advisor (International House), 2010-present
  • UCSD Women in Political Science Faculty Advisor, 2009-2012
  • Coordination of IPE Lunch Group, 2010-2011
  • Member of the Advisory Committee for the Institute for International, Comparative and Area Studies (IICAS), 2009-2012
  • Coordination of post-doc workshop, NCGG, Princeton University, Spring 2009
  • Co-organization of German Association of Political Science Workshop, 2006
  • Coordination of the Research Design Sequence, University of Oxford, 2007-2008
  • Board of Examiners, University of Oxford, 2007-2008
  • Member of the Research Methods in the Social Sciences (ReMiss) Steering Committee, University of Oxford, 2007-2008
  • Referee (Journals): American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of Political Economy, European Journal of Political Research, European Union Politics, International Studies Perspectives, International Studies Quarterly, International Political Science Review, International Theory, Journal of European Political Economy, Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, Political Research and Methods, Politics \& Economics, Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Public Choice, Review of International Organizations, World Development
  • Referee (Books): Cambridge University Press
  • Referee (Grant Proposals): Swiss National Research Science Foundation, Einstein Foundation Berlin, Research Foundation -- Flanders

COURSES TAUGHT

  • Integrated Workshop (G) – UCSD
  • IR Workshop (G) – UCSD
  • European Integration (UG) - UCSD
  • The EU and Global Governance (G) - UCSD
  • The EU in World Politics (UG) - UCSD
  • Senior Honors Seminar (UG) - UCSD
  • International Organization (UG, G) - UCSD
  • International Political Economy (UG) - UCSD
  • The Politics of Cooperation in the International Arena (UG) - UCSD
  • Political Economy of Regional Integration (G) - UCSD
  • How to Write a Ph.D Thesis. Questions, Theory Development, and Research Design for Ph.D. Students (G) - Basel
  • Introductory Statistics (G) - Oxford, Konstanz
  • Data Analysis using Stata (U, G) - Oxford, Konstanz, Essex
  • Doctoral Research Seminar (G) - Oxford, UCSD
  • Research Design and Methods in International Relations (G) - Oxford
  • Introduction to International Relations (U) - Oxford
  • International Relations in the Cold War Era (U) - Oxford
  • The Politics of Transformation (C, G) - Konstanz
  • International Regimes and Cooperation (G) - Konstanz
  • Comparative and International Political Economy (G) - Konstanz

DISSERTATION COMMITTEES

Chair/Co-chair

  • Shannon Carcelli, Ph.D. Candidate 2015 (UCSD)
  • Lauren Lee, Ph.D. Candidate 2016 (UCSD)
  • Sean Morgan, Ph.D. Candidate 2016 (UCSD)
  • Abighail Vaughn, Ph.D. Candidate 2017 (UCSD)

Member

  • Francesca Piccin, Ph.D. 2013 (University of Geneva)
  • Simone Guenther, Ph.D. 2016 (University of Zurich)
  • Michael Nicholson, Ph.D. Candidate 2014 (UCSD)
  • Kelly S. Matush, Ph.D. Candidate 2015 (UCSD)
  • Heidi McNamara, Ph.D. Candidate 2016 (UCSD)
  • Sara Kerosky, Ph.D. Candidate 2016 (UCSD)
  • Derek Bonett, Ph.D. Candidate 2017 (UCSD)