KAARE STRØM

                                                              Curriculum Vitae

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Born: Arendal, Norway                                                                                                                        (858) 534‑0793 (office)
Citizen of Norway                                                                                                                      (858) 534‑3548 (department)
Permanent resident of the United States                                                                                              (858) 534-7130 (fax)
E-mail address: kstrom@ucsd.edu                                                                                                                                                              

EDUCATION

B.A.                                                        Saint Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1976 (Political Science)
M.A.                                                       Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1979 (Political Science)
Ph.D.                                     Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1984 (Political Science)

1973‑80                                                 Undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Oslo, Norway.
1982-87 (3 yrs)                    Inter‑University Consortium for Political and Social Research, Summer School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1984                                                       Summer School on Comparative European Politics, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
1987                                                       Goethe Institute Summer School, Boppard, West Germany.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1983‑86                 Assistant Professor, Political Science, Michigan State University.
1984‑87                                                 Associate Professor, Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Norway.
1986‑89                                                 Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Minnesota.
1989‑91                                                 Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Minnesota.
1991‑94                                 Associate Professor, Political Science, University of California, San Diego.
1994-2000                            Adjunct Professor, Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Norway.
1994-Present       Professor, Political Science, University of California, San Diego.

 

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Kaare Strøm, Minority Government and Majority Rule. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.  293 pp.

Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Richard I. Hofferbert, and Ian Budge, with Hans Keman, Torbjörn Bergman, Francois Pétry, and Kaare Strøm, Parties, Policies, and Democracy.  Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994.  318 pp.

Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm, eds., Regierungskoalitionen in Westeuropa.  Vienna: Signum Verlag, 1997.  752 pp.

Kaare Strøm and Lars Svåsand, eds., Challenges to Political Parties: The Case of Norway.  Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997.  408 pp.

Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm, eds., Policy, Office, or Votes?  How Political Parties in Western Europe Make Hard Choices.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.  319 pp.

Gabriel A. Almond, G. Bingham Powell, Jr., Kaare Strøm, and Russell J. Dalton, eds., Comparative Politics Today: A World View.  Seventh edition.  New York: Addison-Wesley Longman, 2000.  800 pp.  Updated edition 2002.  Eighth edition 2004.

Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm, eds., Coalition Governments in Western Europe.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.  602 pp.

Gabriel A. Almond, G. Bingham Powell, Jr., Kaare Strøm, and Russell J. Dalton, eds., Comparative Politics: A Theoretical Framework.  Third edition.  New York: Addison-Wesley Longman, 2001.  213 pp.

Kaare Strøm, Wolfgang C. Müller, and Torbjörn Bergman, eds., Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.  764 pp.


 

Articles

Kaare Strøm, "Minority Governments in Parliamentary Democracies: The Rationality of Nonwinning Cabinet Solutions."  Comparative Political Studies 17, 2 (July 1984), pp. 199‑227.

Kaare Strøm, "Governi di minoranza e democrazie parlamentari." [Minority Governments and Parliamentary Democracies]  Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 15, 2 (August 1985), pp. 167‑204.

Kaare Strøm, "Party Goals and Government Performance in Parliamentary Democracies."  American Political Science Review 79, 3 (September 1985), pp. 738‑754.

Kaare Strøm, "Stortinget i et komparativt perspektiv." [The Norwegian Parliament in Comparative Perspective]  Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift 1, 1 (December 1985), pp. 11‑24.

Stein Kuhnle, Kaare Strøm, and Lars G. Svåsand, "The Norwegian Conservative Party: Setback in an Era of Strength."  West European Politics 9, 3 (July 1986), pp. 448‑471.

Kaare Strøm, "Deferred Gratification and Minority Governments in Scandinavia."  Legislative Studies Quarterly 11, 4 (November 1986), pp. 583‑605.

Kaare Strøm, "Contending Models of Cabinet Stability:  A Controversy."  American Political Science Review 82, 3 (September 1988), pp 223‑230.

Kaare Strøm, "Konkurransedemokratiet." [Competitive Democracy]  Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift 4, 3 (October 1988), pp. 226‑243.

Kaare Strøm, "Party Competition and the Politics of Economic Openness and Growth."  European Journal of Political Research 17, 1 (January 1989), pp. 1‑16.

Kaare Strøm and Jørn Y. Leipart, "Ideology, Strategy and Party Competition in Postwar Norway."  European Journal of Political Research 17, 3 (May 1989), pp. 263‑288.

Kaare Strøm, "Interparty Competition in Advanced Democracies."  Journal of Theoretical Politics 1, 3 (July 1989), pp. 277‑300.

Kaare Strøm, "A Behavioral Theory of Competitive Political Parties."  American Journal of Political Science 34, 2 (May 1990), pp, 565‑598.

Kaare Strøm, "Democracy as Political Competition."  American Behavioral Scientist 35, 4/5 (March/June 1992), pp. 375‑396.  Reprinted in Democracy in Comparative Perspective, eds. Larry Diamond and Gary W. Marks (Newbury Park, CA: SAGE Publications, 1992), pp. 27-46.
Kaare Strøm, "Norway, Sweden, and the New Europe."  Scandinavian Studies 64, 4 (Fall 1992), pp. 498-528.

Kaare Strøm, "Competition Ruins the Good Life: Party Leadership in Norway."  European Journal of Political Research 24, 3 (October 1993), pp. 317-47.

Kaare Strøm and Jørn Y. Leipart, "Policy, Institutions, and Coalition Avoidance:  Norwegian Governments 1945‑1990."  American Political Science Review  87, 4 (December 1993), pp. 870-87.

Kaare Strøm, "Risky Business: Democracy as Political Competition."  Journal of Social and Behavioral Sciences (1994), 1, pp. 1-23.

Kaare Strøm, "The Presthus Debacle: Intraparty Politics and Bargaining Failure in Norway."  American Political Science Review  88, 1 (March 1994), pp. 112-27.


Kaare Strøm, Ian Budge and Michael J. Laver, "Constraints on Cabinet Formation in Parliamentary Democracies." American Journal of Political Science 38, 2 (May 1994), pp. 303-35.

Arthur W. Lupia and Kaare Strøm, "Coalition Termination and the Strategic Timing of Parliamentary Elections."   American Political Science Review 89, 3 (September 1995), pp. 648-65.

Kaare Strøm, "Democracy, Accountability, and Coalition Bargaining: The 1996 Stein Rokkan Lecture."  European Journal of Political Research  31, 1-2 (February 1997), pp. 47-62.

Kaare Strøm, "Rules, Reasons, and Routines: Legislative Roles in Parliamentary Democracies.”  Journal of Legislative Studies 3, 1 (Spring 1997), pp. 155-74.  Reprinted in Members of Parliament in Western Europe: Roles and Behaviour, eds.Wolfgang C. Müller and Thomas Saalfeld.  London: Frank Cass, 1997, pp. 155-74.

Kaare Strøm, "Institutions and Strategy in Parliamentary Democracy: A Review Essay.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 23, 1 (February 1998), pp. 127-143.

Kaare Strøm, "Parliamentary Committees in European Democracies.” Journal of Legislative Studies  4, 1 (Spring 1998), pp. 21-59.  Reprinted in The New Roles of Parliamentary Committees, eds. Lawrence D. Longley and Roger H. Davidson.  London: Frank Cass, 1998, pp. 21-59.

Kaare Strøm and Wolfgang C. Müller, “The Keys to Togetherness: Coalition Agreements in Parliamentary Democracies.”  Journal of Legislative Studies 5, 3/4 (Autumn  1999), pp. 255-82.

Hanne Marthe Narud and Kaare Strøm, “Adaptation without EU Membership: Norway and the European Economic Area.”  Journal of Legislative Studies 6, 1 (Spring 2000), pp. 125-50.  Reprinted in Delegation and Accountability in European Integration, eds. Torbjörn Bergman and Erik Damgaard.  London: Frank Cass, 2000, pp. 125-50.

Torbjörn Bergman, Wolfgang C. Müller, and Kaare Strøm, "Parliamentary Democracy and the Chain of Delegation."  European Journal of Political Research 37, 3 (May 2000), pp. 255-60.

Kaare Strøm, "Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies."  European Journal of Political Research 37, 3 (May 2000), pp. 261-89.

Kaare Strøm, "Den besværlige parlamentarismen.”  [The Difficulties of Parliamentary Democracy]  Tidsskrift  for Samfunnsforskning 41, 4 (December 2000), pp. 620-38.
 
Kaare Strøm and Stephen M. Swindle, "Strategic Parliamentary Dissolution."  American Political Science Review 96, 3 (September 2002), pp. 575-91.

Raymond M. Duch and Kaare Strøm, “Liberty, Authority, and the New Politics: A Reconsideration.”  Journal of Theoretical Politics (forthcoming).

Torbjörn Bergman and Kaare Strøm, "Shifting Dimensions Of Citizen Control In Scandinavia.”  Scandinavian Political Studies (forthcoming).

Hanne Marthe Narud and Kaare Strøm, "Norway: Madisonianism Reborn.”  Scandinavian Political Studies (forthcoming).

 

Chapters in Edited Volumes

 

Kaare Strøm, "Størrelsesprinsippet i koalisjonsteori."  [The Size Principle in Coalition Theory]  In Lov og Struktur, ed. Stein Ugelvik Larsen.  Bergen: Universitetsforlaget, 1987, pp. 228‑236.

Kaare Strøm and Jørn Y. Leipart, "Norway: Policy Pursuit and Coalition Avoidance."  In Party Policy and Government Coalitions, eds. Michael J. Laver and Ian Budge.  London: Macmillan, 1992,  pp. 61-108.

Kaare Strøm and Torbjörn Bergman, "Sweden: Social Democratic Dominance in One Dimension."  In Party Policy and Government Coalitions, eds. Michael J. Laver and Ian Budge.  London: Macmillan, 1992, pp. 109-50.

Kaare Strøm, "Oppløsningsrett og Parlamentarisme: Et Internasjonalt Perspektiv."  [Parliamentary Dissolution and Parliamentary Government: An International Perspective]  In Representativt Demokrati: Spilleregler under Debatt.  [Representative Democracy: Rules under Debate], eds. Knut Midgaard and Bjørn E. Rasch.  Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1994, pp. 222-37.

Kaare Strøm, "Party Leadership in Theory and in Norway:  An Entrepreneurial Perspective."  In How Political Parties Work, ed. Kay Lawson.  New York: Praeger, 1994, pp. 103-31.


Kaare Strøm, "The Political Role of Norwegian Cabinet Ministers."  In Cabinet Ministers and Parliamentary Government, eds. Michael J. Laver and Kenneth A. Shepsle.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, pp. 35-55.

Kaare Strøm, "Parliamentary Government and Legislative Organization."  In Parliaments and Majority Rule in Western Europe, ed. Herbert Döring.  Frankfurt: Campus Verlag, 1995, pp. 51-82.

Ingvar Mattson and Kaare Strøm, "Parliamentary Committees."  In  Parliaments and Majority Rule in Western Europe, ed. Herbert Döring.  Frankfurt: Campus Verlag, 1995, pp. 249-307.

Kaare Strøm and Lars Svåsand, "Political Parties in Norway: Facing the Challenges of a New Society."  In Challenges to Political Parties: The Case of Norway, eds. Kaare Strøm and Lars Svåsand.  Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997, pp. 1-32.

Lars Svåsand, Kaare Strøm, and Bjørn E. Rasch, "Change and Adaptation in Party Organizations."  In Challenges to Political Parties: The Case of Norway, eds. Kaare Strøm and Lars Svåsand.  Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997, pp. 91-123.

Kaare Strøm and Lars Svåsand, "Beyond the Nation-State: Foreign Policy Controversies."  In Challenges to Political Parties: The Case of Norway, eds. Kaare Strøm and Lars Svåsand.  Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997, pp. 321-41.

Kaare Strøm and Lars Svåsand, "Conclusion: The Limits of Entrepreneurship."  In Challenges to Political Parties: The Case of Norway, eds. Kaare Strøm and Lars Svåsand.  Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997, pp. 343-60.

Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm, “Koalitionsregierungen in Westeuropa - eine Einleitung.”  In Regierungskoalitionen in Westeuropa, eds. Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm.  Vienna: Signum Verlag, 1997, pp. 9-45.

Hanne Marthe Narud and Kaare Strøm, “Norwegen: Eine Fragile Koalitionsordnung.”  In Regierungskoalitionen in Westeuropa, eds. Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm.  Vienna: Signum Verlag, 1997, pp. 199-237.

Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm, “Schluss: Koalitionsregierungen und die Praxis des Regierens in Westeuropa.”  In Regierungskoalitionen in Westeuropa, eds. Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm.  Vienna: Signum Verlag, 1997, pp. 705-49.

Kaare Strøm, "Parlamentariske koalisjoner og demokratisk ansvarlighet."  [Parliamentary Coalitions and Democratic Accountability]  In Demokrati: Vilkår og virkninger.  [Democracy: Conditions and Effects], eds. Knut Midgaard and Bjørn E. Rasch.  Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1998, pp.

Kaare Strøm and Wolfgang C. Müller, “Political Parties and Hard Choices.”  In Policy, Office, or Votes?  How Political Parties in Western Europe Make Hard Choices, eds. Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 1-35.

Kaare Strøm, “Leadership Accountability and Bargaining Failure in Norway: The Presthus Debacle.”  In Policy, Office, or Votes?  How Political Parties in Western Europe Make Hard Choices, eds. Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 192-215.

Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm, “Conclusions: Party Behavior and Democratic Representation.”  In Policy, Office, or Votes?  How Political Parties in Western Europe Make Hard Choices, eds. Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 279-309.


Kaare Strøm, “Voter Sovereignty and Parliamentary Democracy.”  In Challenges to Representative Democracy: Parties, Voters, and Public Opinion, eds. Hanne Marthe Narud and Toril Aalberg.  Oslo: Fagbokforlaget, 1999, pp. 49-70.

Kaare Strøm, “Parties at the Core of Government.”  In Parties without Partisans: Political Change in Advanced Industrial Democracies, eds. Russell J. Dalton and Martin P. Wattenberg.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 180-207.

Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm, “Coalition Governance in Western Europe: An Introduction.”  In Coalition Governments in Western Europe, eds. Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 1-31.

Hanne Marthe Narud and Kaare Strøm, “Norway: A Fragile Coalitional Order.” In Coalition Governments in Western Europe, eds. Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000 , pp. 158-91.

Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm, “Conclusion: Coalition Governance in Western Europe.”  In Coalition Governments in Western Europe, eds. Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 559-92.

Kaare Strøm, “Why Did the Norwegian Conservative Party Shoot Itself in the Foot?”  In Political Science as Puzzle Solving, ed. Bernard Grofman.  Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2001, pp. 13-42.

Wolfgang C. Müller, Torbjörn Bergman, and Kaare Strøm, ”Parliamentary Democracy: Promise and Problems.”  In Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies, eds. Strøm, Müller, and Bergman.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003,  pp. 3-32.

Kaare Strøm,  “Parliamentary Democracy and Delegation.”  In Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies, eds. Strøm, Müller, and Bergman.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 55-106.

Torbjörn Bergman, Wolfgang C. Müller, Kaare Strøm, and Magnus Blomgren,  “Democratic Delegation and Accountability: Cross-National Patterns.”  In Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies, eds. Strøm, Müller, and Bergman.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 109-220.

Georgios Trantas, Paraskevi Zagoriti, Torbjörn Bergman, Wolfgang C. Müller, and Kaare Strøm, “Greece: ‘Rationalizing’ Constitutional Powers in a Post-Dictatorial Country.”  In Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies, eds. Strøm, Müller, and Bergman.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 376-98.

Kaare Strøm and Hanne Marthe Narud, “Norway: Virtual Parliamentarism.”  In Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies, eds. Strøm, Müller, and Bergman.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 523-51.

Kaare Strøm, Wolfgang C. Müller, Torbjörn Bergman, and Benjamin Nyblade.  “Dimensions of Citizen Control.”  In Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies, eds. Strøm, Müller, and Bergman.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 651-706.

Kaare Strøm, Wolfgang C. Müller and Torbjörn Bergman, “Challenges to Parliamentary Democracy.”  In Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies, eds. Strøm, Müller, and Bergman.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 707-50.

Ingvar Mattson and Kaare Strøm, "Committee Effects On Legislation."  In Patterns of Parliamentary Behaviour, eds. Herbert Döring and Mark Hallerberg.  Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004 (forthcoming).

 

Other Publications

Kaare Strøm,"Majority Government," "Minority Government," and "Coalition Government."  In The Encyclopaedia of Political Institutions, ed. Vernon Bogdanor.  Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987, pp. 108‑109, 349‑350, 372‑373.

Kaare Strøm, "Norway."  In Yearbook on International Communist Affairs 1989, ed.Richard F. Starr.  Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1989, pp. 609‑613.  Similar entries in the 1990 and 1991 editions.

Kaare Strøm, "Den kubiske lov." [The Cube Law] Lov og Struktur No. 33, 1990.

Kaare Strøm, "Norway."  In Collier's Year Book 1991.  New York: Macmillan, 1991.  Similar entries in the 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997 editions.

Kaare Strøm, "La Scandinavia e l'Europa: Eredità del passato e prospettivi per gli anni '90." [Scandinavia and Europe: Heritage of the Past and Prospects for the 1990s]  Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, Milano.  Quaderno, January 1992.

Kaare Strøm, "Gro Harlem Brundtland."  In Collier's Year Book 1995.  New York: Macmillan, 1995.

Kaare Strøm, "Coalition Building," "Government Formation," "Party Systems," and "Political Parties."  In  The Encyclopaedia of Democracy, ed. Seymour Martin Lipset.  Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1995.

Kaare Strøm and Stephen M. Swindle, "Political Parties, Institutions and Environmental Reform."  Working Paper No. 2.17, Center for German and European Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

Kaare Strøm, “Strategic Roles in Contemporary Legislatures.”  In Working Papers on Comparative Legislative Studies IV: Parliamentary Members and Leaders - The Delicate Balance, eds. Lawrence D. Longley, Attila Agh, and Drago Zajc.  Appleton, WI: Research Committee of Legislative Specialists, 1999.

 


Book Reviews

Trond Nordby, ed., "Storting og regjering 1945-1985." [The Norwegian Parliament and Government 1945-1985]  Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift 2, 2 (March 1986), pp. 91‑95.

Kjell A. Eliassen and Morgens N. Pedersen, "Nordiske Politiske Fakta." [Nordic Political Facts]  Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift 2, 4 (December 1986), pp. 117‑118.

Geoffrey Pridham, ed., "Coalitional Behavior in Theory and Practice:  A Model for Western Europe."  American Political Science Review 81, 4 (December 1987), pp. 1431‑1433.

Michael J. Laver and Norman Schofield, "Multiparty Government:  The Politics of Coalition in Europe."  American Political Science Review 86, 1 (March 1992), pp. 273-274.

Mark Franklin, Thomas T. Mackie and Henry Valen et al., "Electoral Change: Responses to Evolving Social and Attitudinal Structures in Western Countries."  Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft 22, 2 (1993), pp. 254-55.

Paul V. Warwick, “Government Survival in Parliamentary Democracy.”  American Political Science Review 90, 3 (September 1996), pp. 689-90.

William M. Downs, “Coalition Government: Subnational Style: Multiparty Politics in Europe’s Regional Parliaments.”   American Political Science Review 94, 1 (March 2000), pp. 209-10.

Donald R. Matthews and Henry Valen, “Parliamentary Representation: The Case of the Norwegian Storting.”  Comparative Political Studies 33, 10 (December 2000), pp. 1341-43.

 

Work in Progress

Kaare Strøm, Wolfgang C. Müller, and Torbjörn Bergman, eds., Rulers, Rules, and Coalitions: Cabinet Governance in European Democracies.  Book project under contract with Oxford University Press.

Octavio Amorim Neto and Kaare Strøm, “Presidents, Voters, and Non-Partisan Cabinet Members in European Parliamentary Democracies.” Research paper under review for publication.

 

COURSES TAUGHT

Undergraduate
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Comparative Political Parties and Interest Groups
Parties, Party Systems, and Electoral Democracy
Models and Theories of Political Parties
Comparative Parliamentary Studies
Politics of Western Europe
Contemporary Issues in Western European Politics
The New European Community
Scandinavian Politics
The Politics of France, Italy, and Spain
Smaller Democracies
Political Organization and Mobilization
Abuse of Power
Abuse of Power in Fiction

Graduate
Comparative Political Organizations
Comparative Politics: Institutions
Comparative Parliamentary Studies
Government Structures
Equality, Freedom, and Democracy
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Parliamentary Democracy and Political Parties
Proseminar in Comparative Politics: Macropolitics
Rational Models in Comparative Politics
Scandinavian Politics and Government


 

HONORS

American Political Science Association Franklin L. Burdette Pi Sigma Alpha Award for best paper presented at the previous annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, 1983.

American Political Science Association Gabriel A. Almond Award for best dissertation completed in that year or the previous one in the field of comparative politics, 1984.

Sixth UNESCO Stein Rokkan Prize in Comparative Social Science Research, 1994.

Stein Rokkan Lecture, Joint Sessions of Workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research, Oslo, April 1996.

Runner-up, Gregory M. Luebbert Prize for Best Paper in Comparative Politics, 1997 (with Arthur W. Lupia).

Fellow, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, 1999 to present.

Fellow, Royal Norwegian Society for Science and the Arts, 2000 to present.

 

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Antonia Merrill Cole Scholar, Saint Olaf College, 1974-1976.
Thanks to Scandinavia Fellow, 1976-1977.
Stanford University Fellow, 1976-1980.
Hands Across the Sea Fellow, Stanford University, 1977-1978.
Foreign student travel grant, American Political Science Association, 1982.
Dissertation research grant, Center for Research in International Studies, Stanford University, 1982.
Dissertation research grant, Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities (NAVF), 1979-1982.
Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities (NAVF), Research grant for project on Political Competition, 1985-1987.
Nansen Foundation Fellowship for research on Scandinavian Party Competition, 1985-1986.
Nasjonalgaven til Christian Michelsen Fellowship for research on Party Competition, 1986.
University of Minnesota Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship, 1987 (declined).
McKnight-Land Grant Professor, University of Minnesota, 1987-1990.
Post‑Doctoral Fellow, University of Rochester, New York, 1988‑89.
Premio di studio, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, 1990.
King Olav V Grant, American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1991.
Center for German and European Studies, University of California, Research grants on European Political Parties and Environmental Policy Innovation, 1991-93.
Center for German and European Studies, University of California, Research grant on Coalition Bargaining and Termination, 1994 (with Arthur W. Lupia).
William C. Bark National Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, 1994-95.
Center for German and European Studies, University of California, Research grant on European Pesticide Policy, 1996.
Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California - Irvine, Research grant on Coalition Cabinet Governance, 1997.
Center for German and European Studies, University of California, Research grant on European Coalition Governance, 1997.
Research Fellow, Centre for Advanced Study, Oslo, 1997-98.
Co-Investigator, Constitutional Change and Parliamentary Democracy, Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, 1996.  (with Torbjörn Bergman and Wolfgang C. Müller).  SEK 1,650,000 ($ 227,500). Initial Grant.
Co-Investigator, Constitutional Change and Parliamentary Democracy, Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, 1998.  (with Torbjörn Bergman and Wolfgang C. Müller).  SEK 2,400,000 ($ 331,000).  Continuation Grant.
Rockefeller Fellow at Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy, June-July 2001.
National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant No. SES-0214315, for Benjamin Nyblade, under the direction of Kaare Strøm.  $ 7,732.  July 2002.
Co-Investigator, The Constitution and Government Formation, Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, 2003.  (with Torbjörn Bergman).  SEK 50,000 ($ 6,900).  Seed Grant.
Co-Investigator,  Nordic Parliamentary Democracy, Nordic Committee on Research Cooperation    [NOS-S], 2004-06.  (with Torbjörn Bergman). SEK 1,800,000 ($ 248,300).  Team Research Grant.
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA, 2004-05.


 

SERVICE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - SAN DIEGO

Department of Political Science Service:

Field Coordinator, Comparative Politics, 1992-94, 1995, and 1996-98.
Member, Search Committee in American Politics, 1993-94.
Member, Search Committee in Comparative Politics, 1996-97, 1997-98, and 1998-99.
Member, Joint Search Committee,1999-2000.
Member, Joint Search Committee,2000-01.
Member, Search Committee in American Politics, 2001-02.
Director of Graduate Studies, 1999-2002

Ph.D. dissertation committees:
William B. Heller (Completed)
Michael Thies (Completed)
Scott Morgenstern (Completed)
Stephen M. Swindle (Completed)
Octavio Amorim Neto (Completed)
Michele Chang (Completed)
Lorelei Moosbrugger (Completed)
Yuko Kasuya
Benjamin Nyblade
Ivy Orr Hamerly

University Service:

Member, Committee on International Education, 1993-94.
Education Abroad Program Interviewer, 1993-
Faculty Director of International Education, 1995-97.
Member, Committee on Educational Policy, Subcommittee on Italian Studies Program, 1998-99.
Member, Library Committee, 1999-2002.
Member, UCSD Representative Assembly, 1998-2000.
Member, University of California Review Committee on Education Abroad Programs in Scandinavia, 2001-02.
Study Center Director, Scandinavia, Education Abroad Program, 2002-04.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Plenary Speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Political Science Association, Oslo, September 1985.

Member, Organizing Committee for the 1986 Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Political Science Association.


Co-Director (with Wolfgang C. Müller) of workshop on "Party Behavior" at the Joint Sessions of Workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research, Colchester, March 1991.

Member, 1995 Harold D. Lasswell Award Committee of the American Political Science Association for best dissertation completed that year in the field of public policy.

Stein Rokkan Lecture, Joint Sessions of Workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research, Oslo, April 1996.

Chair, Advisory Committe on Professorial Promotions in Political Science, Consortium of Norwegian Universities, 1996-97.

Member, Political Science Advisory Panel, National Science Foundation, 1997-99.

Keynote Speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Political Science Association, Tromsø, January 2000.

Member, Commission on Party Finance, Norwegian Ministry of Labor and Administration, 2003-04.

Expert witness on European Integration and Parliamentary Democracy, Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Swedish Riksdag (Parliament), February 2004.

Co-Director (with Magnus Öberg) of workshop on "Resources, Governance Institutions, and Civil Conflict" at the Joint Sessions of Workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research,  Uppsala, April 2004.

Leader, Working Group on Governance Institutions and Civil Peace, Center for the Study of Civil War,  International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 2003-08.

Editorial Boards:
Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, 1984-1985.
American Political Science Review, 1995-2001
Legislative Studies Quarterly, 1996-98
European Journal of Political Research, 1997-2003
Journal of Politics, 1997-
European Union Politics, 1999-
American Journal of Political Science, 2002-

Referee, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Electoral Studies, European Journal of Political Research, European Union Politics, International Organization, Journal of Politics, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, Party Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Polity, Scandinavian Political Studies, Scandinavian Studies, Southeastern Political Review, Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning.

Visiting Professorships:
Saint Olaf College, 1991.
University of Vienna, 1993.
University of Oslo International Summer School in the Social Sciences, 1993.
University of Vienna, 1995.
University of Oslo International Summer School in the Social Sciences, 1996.
University of Oslo International Summer School in the Social Sciences, 2000.
University of Lille, France, 2002.
Graduate Summer School on Political Parties, Keele University, 2003.

Invited Professional Presentations Since 1993:
University of Mannheim, July 1993
University of Heidelberg, November 1993
University of California, Irvine, February 1994
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, October 1994
Harvard University, November 1994
University of North Carolina, November 1994
Duke University, November 1994
University of Iowa, April 1995
University of Oslo, September 1995
University of Houston, February 1996
Umeå University, September 1996
Uppsala University, May 1998
Stanford University, October 2000
University of California, Davis, June 2001
University of Michigan, January 2002
Lund University, November 2002
Nuffield College, Oxford, February 2003
University of British Columbia, November 2003
Bodø Regional College, December 2003
University of Zürich, January 2004
University of St. Gallen, January 2004
University of Mannheim, February 2004

 

LANGUAGES

Native fluency in the Scandinavian languages (Norwegian, Danish, Swedish).  Read and speak German.  Read some Italian, French, and Spanish.

 

REFERENCES

Professor Robert W. Jackman, University of California, Davis
Professor Michael J. Laver, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Professor Emeritus Arend Lijphart, University of California, San Diego
Professor Ola Listhaug,  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
Professor G. Bingham Powell, Jr., University of Rochester
Professor Kenneth A. Shepsle, Harvard University
Professor W. Phillips Shively, University of Minnesota