Editorial Boards and Professional Service
Vita
| since 2002 | Professor (C4) for Comparative Politics, Humboldt University Berlin |
| 1994 - 2002 | Professor (C3) for Political Theory, University of Konstanz |
| 1991 - 1994 | Ford International Development Chair, Associate Professor of Political Science for Public Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1987 - 1991 | Assistant Professor of Political Science for Public Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1986 - 1987 | Lecturer in Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1987 | Ph.D., Harvard University, Department of Sociology |
| 1983 | M.A., Harvard University, Department of Sociology |
| 1979 | B.A., Harvard University, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Editorial Boards and Professional Service
| 2011 | Committee Member, Israel Committee of Higher Education Review of Political Science Departments in Israel |
| since 2008 | Member, International Advisory Board, Scandinavian Political Studies |
| since 2007 | Editor, Member, Editorial Board, Der moderne Staat - Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management |
| since 1994 | Editorial Board, Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law |
| 2008 - 2009 | Chair, American Political Science Association Gabriel A. Almond Award Committee for the Best Dissertation in Comparative Politics |
| 2006 - 2008 | Member, Strategic Review Committee, European University Institute, Florence |
| 2006 - 2008 | Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Health Economics, Policy and Law |
| 2003 - 2008 | Member, Research Council, European University Institute, Florence |
| 2006 - 2007 | Member, J. David Greenstone Book Award Committee of the Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association |
Publications (Selection)
Books and Edited Volumes
| 2011 | "Schwerpunktheft: Institutionen und Umweltpolitik in Deutschland", ed. with Matthias Orlowski, dms - der moderne staat, 4(1): 61-150, in press. |
| 2007 | The Oxford Handbook of West European Pension Politics, ed. with Karen Anderson and Isabelle Schulze. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 932 pp. (Paperback edition, 2009). |
| 2006 | "Crisis of Governance: Institutions and the Politics of Change in Japan and Europe", ed. with Ikuo Kume, Special Issue of Governance, 19(1): 1-133. |
Articles and Book Chapters
| 2010 | "Political Institutions", in: Frank G. Castles, Stephan Leibfried, Jane Lewis, Herbert Obinger, and Christopher Pierson (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of The Welfare State. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 227-240. |
| 2008 | "Historical Institutionalism and West European Politics", (with Karen M. Anderson), West European Politics, 31(1-2): 345-369. |
| 2006 | "Institutional Constraints", in: Michael Moran, Martin Rein and Robert Goodin (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.pp. 557-571 |
| 2006 | "Paradigms of Change in Political Science: Historical-Institutionalism and the Problem of Change", in: Andreas Wimmer and Reinhart Kößler (eds.) Understanding Change: Models, Methodologies and Metaphors. New York/Basingstoke: Palgrave/Macmillan. |
Other
| 2010 | "The Politics of the Obama Health Reform, or, It’s the Veto Points!", States, Power, and Societies, Newsletter of the Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association, 15(2): 2,5,7. |
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