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Tobias Friedrich Karl Böhmelt

Department of Government, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom

[email protected]

Professur f. Internationale Beziehungen, ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig 4, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland

[email protected]

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

09/2013 – Reader (Associate Professor), Department of Government, University

of Essex, Colchester, UK (since 10/2015; Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

in 09/2013 – 09/2015; awarded permanency/tenure in 12/2014)

09/2013 – Research Associate, Center for Comparative and International Studies

(CIS), and the Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED), Swiss

Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH

02/2010 – 08/2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Comparative and International Studies

(CIS), and the Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED), Swiss

Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH

10/2007 – 05/2009 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Government, University of

Essex, Colchester, UK

EDUCATION

02/2010 – 08/2013 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH

Habilitation and Venia Legendi in Political Science

10/2007 – 07/2010 University of Essex, Colchester, UK

Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations


Master of Arts in International Relations

04/2006 – 09/2006 Otto–Suhr Institute, Free University, Berlin, GER

Graduate Study of Political Science and Public Law

08/2005 – 12/2005 American University, Washington DC, USA

Undergraduate Study of International Politics and Foreign Relations

10/2003 – 08/2005 Otto–Friedrich University, Bamberg, GER

Undergraduate Study of Political Science, Public Law, and Statistics

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ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC TRAINING

11/2013 University of Essex, Colchester, UK

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy


43rd Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection

Courses: Hierarchical Models and Spatial Econometrics

08/2009 – 12/2009 Emory University, Atlanta, USA

Visiting Researcher in the Department of Political Science


42nd Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection

Courses: Duration Models and Social Network Analysis: Theory and

Applications


41st Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection

Courses: Mathematics for Social Scientists and Maximum Likelihood

and Limited Dependent Variable Models

06/2008 – 07/2008 Duke University, Durham, USA

7th Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Summer

Institute

PROFESSIONAL NON–ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE AND EMPLOYMENT

06/2007 – 08/2007 German Embassy, Paris, FRA

Internship with the Centre d’Information et Documéntation

02/2006 – 03/2006 Leadership Development and Civic Education Center, Koblenz, GER

Internship with the Political Education Section

09/2005 – 12/2005 Hanns–Seidel Foundation, Washington Office, USA

Internship with the Director

04/2003 – 09/2006 German Federal Armed Forces

Officer Training of Reserve (Final Rank: Lieutenant)

07/2002 – 03/2003 Mountain Troops Battalion 232, Bischofswiesen, GER

Compulsory Military Service

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RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Quantitative Analysis of Conflict and Cooperation in International Relations; Environmental

Politics; International Mediation; Military Effectiveness; Network Analysis

SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS

03/2016 International Studies Association (ISA) Travel Grant ($400)

01/2016 University of Essex Doctoral Training Center ($11.360 – Funded by the

ESRC): Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modeling Conflict (Co–

Applicant with Barış Arı, Margherita Belgioioso, Daina Chiba, and

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch)

11/2015 – 07/2016 University of Essex “Executive Dean Fund” ($1,284): Forecasting

States’ Compliance with EU Accession Rules, 2016–2025 (Principal

Investigator)

09/2015 American Political Science Association (APSA) Travel Grant ($400)

06/2015 – 05/2017 American National Science Foundation ($224,555): The Bipartite

Temporal Event Network (BiTEN) Model (Award Numbers: 1461493,

1461495; Co–Coordinator with Skyler C. Cranmer (Principal

Investigator) and Bailey K. Fosdick (Principal Investigator))

06/2015 Manas Chatterji Award for Excellence in Research in Peace Economics

and Peace Science ($500; awarded at the 2015 Jan Tinbergen European

Peace Science Conference, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, 22nd

– 24th June 2015)

03/2015 – 07/2015 Department of Government, University of Essex “Departmental

Support Fund” ($935): Structural Coup-Proofing Data Update

(Principal Investigator)

02/2015 ISA Travel Grant ($300)

03/2014 – 07/2014 Department of Government, University of Essex “Departmental

Support Fund” ($2,060): Environmental Interest Groups Database

(Principal Investigator)

10/2013 – 09/2017 Swiss National Science Foundation “NCCR Democracy” – Third Phase

($261,797): Democratic Quality and Legitimacy in International

Environmental Governance (Co–Applicant with Thomas Bernauer and

Vally Koubi)


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03/2013 Article (co–authored with Thomas Bernauer and Vally Koubi) selected

by the editors of Environmental Research Letters for inclusion in the

“Exclusive Highlights of 2012 Collection”

10/2012 – 09/2014 Swiss Network for International Studies Research Grant ($230,000):

Environmental Change and Migration (Co–Coordinator with Vally

Koubi (Coordinator) and Gabriele Spilker (Co–Coordinator))


01/2012 – 12/2013 Folke Bernadotte Academy Research Grant ($20,000): The Political

Economy of International Mediation – Demand and Supply from a

Social Network Perspective (Principal Investigator)


09/2010 APSA Travel Grant ($350)


08/2009 Emory University Scholarship ($16,400)

07/2009 Joint Winner of the Best PhD Research Achievement Prize (Essex)


07/2008 Joint Winner of the Best MA Student Achievement Award (Essex)

06/2008 American National Science Foundation: Empirical Implications of

Theoretical Models (EITM) Workshop Grant ($2,000)

02/2008 BISA Conference Bursary ($200)

10/2007 – 09/2010 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) PhD Award ($30,000)

10/2007 – 09/2008 Essex Political Science Departmental Scholarship ($1,500)

10/2006 – 09/2007 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship ($2,000)

PUBLICATIONS

Monographs

2014. Essays on State Actors, Civil Society Groups, and International Institutions in Global

Environmental Governance. ETH Zurich: Habilitation Dissertation. Available at

(DOI): http://dx.doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-010184778.

2011. International Mediation Interaction: Synergy, Conflict, Effectiveness. Wiesbaden: VS

Verlag.

http://dx.doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-010184778

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Articles in Peer–Reviewed Journals

ND. “The Importance of Conflict Characteristics for the Diffusion of International

Mediation.” Journal of Peace Research: Forthcoming.

ND. “Party Policy Diffusion.” Co–authored with Lawrence Ezrow, Roni Lehrer, and Hugh

Ward. American Political Science Review: Forthcoming.

ND. “Democratic Inclusiveness, Climate Policy Outputs, and Climate Policy Outcomes.”

Co–authored with Marit Böker and Hugh Ward. Democratization: Forthcoming.

ND. “Counterbalancing, Spatial Dependence, and Peer–Group Effects.” Co–authored with

Andrea Ruggeri and Ulrich Pilster. Political Science Research and Methods:

Forthcoming.

ND. “Child Soldiers as Time Bombs? Adolescents’ Participation in Rebel Groups and the

Recurrence of Armed Conflict.” Co–authored with Roos van der Haer. European

Journal of International Relations: Forthcoming.

ND. “Barriers to Coordination? Examining the Impact of Culture on International

Mediation Occurrence and Effectiveness.” Co–authored with Zorzeta Bakaki and

Vincenzo Bove. Political Studies: Forthcoming.

ND. “The Impact of Child Soldiers on Rebel Groups’ Fighting Capacities.” Co–authored

with Roos van der Haer. Conflict Management and Peace Science: Forthcoming.

2016. “Does Immigration Induce Terrorism?” Co–authored with Vincenzo Bove. Journal of

Politics 78 (2): Forthcoming.

2016. “The Interaction of International Institutions from a Social Network Perspective.” Co–

authored with Gabriele Spilker. International Environmental Agreements 16 (1): 67–

89.

2016. “The Differentiation of Security Forces and the Onset of Genocidal Violence.” Co–

authored with Ulrich Pilster and Atsushi Tago. Armed Forces & Society 42 (1): 26–50.

2015. “Climate and Conflict: Whence the Weather?” Co–authored with Erik Gartzke. Peace

Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 21 (4): 445–451.

2015. “Political Leadership Changes and the Withdrawal from Military Coalition

Operations, 1946–2001.” Co–authored with Ulrich Pilster and Atsushi Tago.

International Studies Perspectives 16 (4): 463–483.

2015. “Spatial Dependencies and International Mediation.” Oxford Bibliographies in

International Relations. Available at (DOI): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/obo/

9780199743292-0127.

http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199743292/obo-9780199743292-0127.xml

http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199743292/obo-9780199743292-0127.xml

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2015. “Information Flows and Social Capital through Linkages: The Effectiveness of the

CLRTAP Network.” Co–authored with Jürg Vollenweider. International

Environmental Agreements 15 (2): 105–123.

2015. “Diffusion of Compliance in the ‘Race towards Brussels?’ A Spatial Approach to EU

Accession Conditionality.” Co–authored with Tina Freyburg. West European Politics

38 (3): 601–626.

2015. “The Spatial Contagion of International Mediation.” Conflict Management and Peace

Science 32 (1): 108–127.

2015. “The Impact of Institutional Coup–Proofing on Coup Attempts and Coup Outcomes.”

Co–authored with Ulrich Pilster. International Interactions 41 (1): 158–182.

2015. “Environmental Interest Groups and Authoritarian Regime Diversity.” Voluntas 26

(1): 315–335.

2015. “The Marginal Impact of ENGOs in Different Types of Democratic Systems.” Co–

authored with Thomas Bernauer and Vally Koubi. European Political Science Review

7 (1): 93–118.

2014. “One Effect to Rule Them All? A Comment on Climate and Conflict.” Co–authored

with Halvard Buhaug, Jonas Nordkvelle, Thomas Bernauer, Michael Brzoska, Joshua

W. Busby, Antonio Ciccone, Hanne Fjelde, Erik Gartzke, Nils Petter Gleditsch, Jack

A. Goldstone, Håvard Hegre, Helge Holtermann, Vally Koubi, Jasmin S. A. Link,

Peter M. Link, Päivi Lujala, John O’Loughlin, Clionadh Raleigh, Jürgen Scheffran,

Jan–Peter Schilling, Todd G. Smith, Ole Magnus Theisen, Richard S. J. Tol, Henrik

Urdal, and Nina von Uexkull. Climatic Change 127 (3–4): 391–397.

2014. “Demand, Supply, and Restraint: Determinants of Domestic Water Conflict and

Cooperation.” Co–authored with Thomas Bernauer, Halvard Buhaug, Nils Petter

Gleditsch, Theresa Tribaldos, and Gerdis Wischnath. Global Environmental Change

29 (1): 337–348.

2014. “Political Opportunity Structures in Dictatorships? Explaining ENGO Existence in

Autocratic Regimes.” Journal of Environment & Development 23 (4): 446–471.

2014. “Basins at Risk: Predicting International River Basin Conflict and Cooperation.” Co–

authored with Thomas Bernauer. Global Environmental Politics 14 (4): 116–138.

2014. “Predicting the Duration of the Syrian Insurgency.” Co–authored with Ulrich Pilster.

Research & Politics 1 (2): 1–10.

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2014. “Implications of Hydro–Political Dependency for International Water Cooperation and

Conflict: Insights from New Data.” Co–authored with Lucas Beck, Thomas Bernauer,

and Tobias Siegfried. Political Geography 42 (1): 23–33.

2014. “Forecasting Military Expenditure.” Co–authored with Vincenzo Bove. Research &

Politics 1 (1): 1–8.

2014. “Do Natural Resources Matter for Inter– and Intrastate Armed Conflict?” Co–authored

with Vally Koubi, Gabriele Spilker, and Thomas Bernauer. Journal of Peace Research

51 (2): 227–243.

2014. “Civil Society Participation in Global Governance: Insights from Climate Politics.”

Co–authored with Vally Koubi and Thomas Bernauer. European Journal of Political

Research 53 (1): 18–36.

2014. “Grievances, Economic Wealth, and Civil Conflict.” Co–authored with Vally Koubi.

Journal of Peace Research 51 (1): 19–33.

2013. “Are Economically ‘Kinder, Gentler Societies’ also Greener?” Co–authored with

Thomas Bernauer. Environmental Science & Technology 47 (21): 11993–12001.

2013. “Civil Society Lobbying and Countries’ Climate Change Policies – A Matching

Approach.” Climate Policy 13 (6): 698–717.

2013. “The Impact of Preferential Trade Agreements on Governmental Repression

Revisited.” Co–authored with Gabriele Spilker. Review of International Organizations

8 (3): 343–361.

2013. “Failing to Succeed? The Cumulative Impact of International Mediation Revisited.”

Conflict Management and Peace Science 30 (3): 199–219.

2013. “The Temporal Dimension of the Credibility of EU Conditionality and Candidate

States’ Compliance with the acquis communautaire, 1998–2009.” Co–authored with

Tina Freyburg. European Union Politics 14 (2): 250–272.

2013. “The Impact of Environmental Interest Groups in International Environmental

Negotiations: Do ENGOs Induce Stronger Environmental Commitments?” Co–

authored with Carola Betzold. International Environmental Agreements 13 (2): 127–

151.

2013. “A Closer Look at the Information Provision Rationale: Civil Society Participation in

States’ Delegations at the UNFCCC.” Review of International Organizations 8 (1):

55–80.

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2013. “Is There a Democracy–Civil Society Paradox in Global Environmental Governance?”

Co–authored with Thomas Bernauer and Vally Koubi. Global Environmental Politics

13 (1): 88–107.

2013. “National Climate Policies in International Comparison: The Climate Change

Cooperation Index.” Co–authored with Thomas Bernauer. Environmental Science &

Policy 25 (1): 196–206.

2012. “Do Democracies Engage Less in Coup–Proofing? On the Relationship between

Regime Type and Civil–Military Relations.” Co–authored with Ulrich Pilster. Foreign

Policy Analysis 8 (4): 355–372.

2012. “Why Many Cooks If They Can Spoil the Broth? The Determinants of Multiparty

Mediation.” Journal of Peace Research 49 (5): 701–715.

2012. “Water–Related Intrastate Conflict and Cooperation (WARICC): A New Event

Dataset.” Co–authored with Thomas Bernauer, Halvard Buhaug, Nils Petter Gleditsch,

Theresa Tribaldos, Eivind Berg Weibust, and Gerdis Wischnath. International

Interactions 38 (4): 529–545.

2012. “Environmental Changes and Violent Conflict.” Co–authored with Thomas Bernauer

and Vally Koubi. Environmental Research Letters 7 (1): 015601 (1–8).

2011. “Zur Problematik kollektiven Handelns – Eine quantitative Studie internationaler

Umweltregime.” [On Problems of Collective Action – A Quantitative Study of

International Environmental Regimes]. Co–authored with Ulrich Pilster. Zeitschrift für

Internationale Beziehungen 18 (2): 63–90.

2011. “Disaggregating Mediations: The Impact of Multiparty Mediation.” British Journal of

Political Science 41 (4): 859–881.

2011. “Coup–Proofing and Military Effectiveness in Interstate Wars, 1967–99.” Co–

authored with Ulrich Pilster. Conflict Management and Peace Science 28 (4): 331–

350.

2010. “The Impact of Trade on International Mediation.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 54

(4): 566–592.

2010. “International Environmental Regimes – Legalisation, Flexibility and Effectiveness.”

Co–authored with Ulrich Pilster. Australian Journal of Political Science 45 (2): 245–

260.

2010. “The Effectiveness of Tracks of Diplomacy Strategies in Third–Party Interventions.”

Journal of Peace Research 47 (2): 167–178.

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2009. “International Mediation and Social Networks: The Importance of Indirect Ties.”

International Interactions 35 (3): 298–319.

WORKING PAPERS

“How Child Soldiering Prolongs Civil Wars.” Co–authored with Roos van der Haer (under

review).

“Diasporas and External Military Intervention in Civil Wars.” Co–authored with Vincenzo

Bove (under review).

“Environmental Change and Migration: Evidence from Survey Data.” Co–authored with

Vally Koubi, Gabriele Spilker, and Lena Schaffer (under review).

“Naval Forces and Civil-Military Relations.” Co–authored with Ulrich Pilster and Atsushi

Tago (under review).

“Auxiliary Force Structure: Paramilitary Forces and Pro–Government Militias.” Co–authored

with Govinda Clayton (under review).

“Economic Globalization and the Environment.” Co–authored with Vally Koubi and Thomas

Bernauer (under review).

“The Determinants of Environmental Migrants’ Conflict Perception.” Co–authored with Vally

Koubi, Gabriele Spilker, and Lena Schaffer (under review).

“The Democratic Demonstration Effect” (under review).

“Does Green Taxation Drive Countries toward the Carbon Efficiency Frontier?” Co–authored

with Hugh Ward and Farzad Vaziri (work in progress).

“What Drives CO2 Emissions? In–Sample Predictions, Out–of–Sample Predictions, and

Bayesian Model Averaging” (work in progress).

“Do Leadership Turnover and Elections Affect International Treaty Ratification?” (work in

progress).

“International Mediation Onset, Effectiveness, and Actors’ Linkages: Studying Mediation

from a Network Perspective” (book manuscript – work in progress).

TEACHING


Lecturer GV212: International Organizations

Lecturer GV517: International Security Studies

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49th Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection

Instructor for Beyond OLS: Categorical, Choice, and Count Models






Instructor for Models for Categorical Data


Lecturer GV103: Introduction to International Relations

Lecturer GV110: Scientific Reasoning for the Social Sciences





Instructor for Discrete Choice Models in the Social Sciences




Lecturer (together with Vally Koubi) 857–0004–00L: Political Economy

Lecturer (together with Vally Koubi) 857–0052–00L: Comparative and

International Political Economy

Lecturer 853–0312–00L: Political Methodology II


Lecturer 851–0597–04L: Political Decision–Making and Behavior

Lecturer 853–0205–00L: Political Methodology I


Lecturer 853–0312–00L: Political Methodology II


Lecturer 851–0597–02L: International Organizations

Lecturer 853–0205–00L: Political Methodology I

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07/2011 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, ES

2nd Erasmus Summer School on Environmental Conflicts and Justice

Lecturer for Quantitative Methods in Political Science


Lecturer 851–0597–02L: International Organizations


43rd Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection

Graduate Teaching Assistant for Logit and Probit Models


42nd Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection

Graduate Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Regression and Logit

and Probit Models


Instructor for a Postgraduate Introductory Course to Stata


Graduate Teaching Assistant GV241: Latin American Politics


41st Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection

Graduate Teaching Assistant for Logit and Probit Models


Graduate Teaching Assistant GV214: International Relations

Graduate Demonstrator GV900: Political Explanation

04/2006 – 07/2006 Otto–Suhr–Institute, Free University, Berlin, GER

Student Teaching Assistant for an Undergraduate Introductory Course

to Political Science

ORIGINAL DATA COLLECTION

02/2013 – 04/2013 WTO Disputes and Panel Establishments, 1996–2012 (with Gabriele

Spilker)

02/2012 – 04/2012 States’ Linkages within the LRTAP Convention, 1980–2008 (with Jürg

Vollenweider)

10/2011 – 12/2011 Human Rights Law Obligations in Preferential Trade Agreements,

1976–2009 (with Gabriele Spilker)

10/2011 – 01/2016 States’ Compliance with EU Laws, 1998–2015

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10/2010 – 07/2011 Countries’ Compliance with the UNFCCC Regime, 1995–2010

07/2010 – 05/2014 Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations Data According to the

Membership in the International Union for Conservation of Nature

03/2010 – 12/2011 Composition of State Delegations in the UNFCCC Regime, 1995–2011

02/2010 – 08/2011 Event Data on Water Conflicts and Cooperation, 1997–2009 (Principal

Investigator in Collaborative Project)

08/2009 – 12/2009 Emory University, Atlanta, USA

Research Assistant for a Project on UN Resolutions

09/2009 – 12/2009 Size and Composition of Peacekeeping Troops, 1948–2000 (with Nils

W. Metternich, Ulrich Pilster, and Andrea Ruggeri)

04/2009 – 02/2016 Regular Military Organizations, Paramilitary Organizations, and Coup–

Proofing, 1975–2016 (with Ulrich Pilster)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS

“Does Green Taxation Drive Countries toward the Carbon Efficiency Frontier?” With Hugh

Ward and Farzad Vaziri, to be presented at the 2016 Environmental Politics and

Governance Conference, Gerzensee, CH, 16th – 19th June 2016.

“Naval Forces and Civil-Military Relations.” With Ulrich Pilster and Atsushi Tago, to be

presented at the 57th ISA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, USA, 16th – 19th March 2016.

“Auxiliary Force Structure: Paramilitary Forces and Pro–Government Militias.” With

Govinda Clayton, to be presented at the 57th ISA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, USA, 16th –

19th March 2016.

“The Determinants of Environmental Migrants’ Conflict Perception.” With Vally Koubi,

Gabriele Spilker, and Lena Schaffer, to be presented at the 57th ISA Annual Meeting,

Atlanta, USA, 16th – 19th March 2016.

“Auxiliary Force Structure: Paramilitary Forces and Pro–Government Militias.” With

Govinda Clayton, presented at the ENCoRe Meeting 2016, Geneva, CH, 21st – 22nd

January 2016.

“Party Policy Diffusion.” With Lawrence Ezrow, Ron Lehrer, and Hugh Ward. Invited Talk

given for the “Hamburg Lectures in Law & Economics,” University of Hamburg, GER, 6th

January 2016.

“Naval Forces and Civil-Military Relations.” With Ulrich Pilster and Atsushi Tago, presented

at the Academic Study Group Research Workshop, Haifa, IL, 5th – 6th November 2015.

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“Environmental Change and Migration: Evidence from Survey Data.” With Vally Koubi,

Gabriele Spilker, and Lena Schaffer, presented at 111th APSA Annual Meeting and

Exhibition, San Francisco, USA, 3rd – 6th September 2015.

“Party Policy Diffusion.” With Lawrence Ezrow, Ron Lehrer, and Hugh Ward, presented at

111th APSA Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Francisco, USA, 3rd – 6th September

2015.

“Democratic Inclusiveness, Climate Policy Output, and Climate Policy Outcomes.” With

Marit Böker and Hugh Ward, presented at 111th APSA Annual Meeting and Exhibition,

San Francisco, USA, 3rd – 6th September 2015.

“The Importance of Conflict Characteristics for the Diffusion of International Mediation.”

Presented at the 2015 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, University of

Warwick, Coventry, UK, 22nd – 24th June 2015.

“Naval Forces and Civil-Military Relations in (Non-) Military Regimes.” With Ulrich Pilster

and Atsushi Tago, presented at the Conference “Institutions of Protection: The

Organization of Security and Justice System Institutions in Autocracies,” Instituto Carlos

III – Juan March de Ciencias Sociales (IC3JM), Madrid, ES, 18th – 19th June 2015.

“The Navy as a Guarantor of (Civil) Peace? Naval Forces and Civil-Military Relations in

(Non-) Military Regimes.” With Ulrich Pilster and Atsushi Tago, presented at the KUBEC

International Relations Research Seminar 2015 “Advancing the Scientific Study of

Conflict and Cooperation: Alternative Perspectives from the UK and Japan,” Kobe, JP, 8th

– 10th April 2015.


Presented at the Workshop “Contemporary Conflict Research” for the Launch of the

Michael Nicholson Center for Conflict and Cooperation, University of Essex, Colchester,

UK, 28th February 2015.

“Diffusion of Compliance in the ‘Race towards Brussels?’ A Spatial Approach to EU

Accession Conditionality.” With Tina Freyburg, presented at the 56th ISA Annual

Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 18th – 21st February 2015.

“Implications of Hydro–Political Dependency for International Water Cooperation and

Conflict: Insights from New Data.” With Lucas Beck, Thomas Bernauer, and Tobias

Siegfried, presented at the 56th ISA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 18th – 21st

February 2015.


Presented at the 56th ISA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 18th – 21st February 2015.

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“Diffusion of Compliance in the ‘Race towards Brussels?’ A Spatial Approach to EU

Accession Conditionality.” With Tina Freyburg, presented at the 8th Conference on the

Political Economy of International Organizations (PEIO VIII), Berlin, GER, 12th – 14th

February 2015.

“Domestic and International Determinants of International Mediation: The Importance of

Conflict Characteristics.” Presented at the Workshop “Networked International Politics:

Complex Interdependence and the Diffusion of Conflict and Peace,” University of St.

Gallen, CH, 20th – 22nd November 2014.

“Climate and Conflict: Whence the Weather?” Invited Talk given at the Graduate Institute of

International and Development Studies, Geneva, CH, 22nd September 2014.

“Party Policy Diffusion.” Invited Talk given at the University of St. Gallen, CH, 17th

September 2014.

“Demand, Supply, and Restraint: Determinants of Domestic Water Conflict and

Cooperation.” With Thomas Bernauer, Halvard Buhaug, Nils Petter Gleditsch, Theresa

Tribaldos, and Gerdis Wischnath, presented at the Norwich Conference on Earth System

Governance, Norwich, UK, 1st – 3rd July 2014.

“Are Economically ‘Kinder, Gentler Societies’ also Greener?” With Thomas Bernauer,

presented at the Norwich Conference on Earth System Governance, Norwich, UK, 1st –

3rd July 2014.

“The Spatial Contagion of International Mediation.” Presented at the 2014 Jan Tinbergen

European Peace Science Conference, The Hague, NL, 23rd – 25th June 2014.

“Counterbalancing, Spatial Dependence, and Peer–Group Effects.” With Andrea Ruggeri and

Ulrich Pilster, presented at the KUBEC International Relations Research Seminar 2014

“Advancing the Scientific Study of Conflict and Cooperation: Alternative Perspectives

from the UK and Japan,” Brussels, BE, 22nd – 23rd June 2014.

“The Spatial Contagion of International Mediation.” Invited Talk given at the University of

Geneva, CH, 10th June 2014.

“Bullet–Proof? Coup–Proofing, Spatial Dependencies, and Peer–Group Effects.” With

Andrea Ruggeri and Ulrich Pilster, presented at the 55th ISA Annual Meeting, Toronto,

CA, 26th – 29th March 2014.

“Treaty Ratification and Political Leadership (Change): Does It Make a Difference?”

Presented at the 55th ISA Annual Meeting, Toronto, CA, 26th – 29th March 2014.

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“Environmental Interest Groups and Authoritarian Regime Diversity.” Presented at the 2014

Environmental Politics Section Meeting of the German Political Science Association,

Berlin, GER, 10th – 11th February 2014.

“The Spatial and Temporal Clustering of International Mediation.” Presented at the 2013

Conflict Research Society Peace and Conflict Anniversary Conference, University of

Essex, Colchester, UK, 17th – 19th September 2013.

“The Impact of Institutional Coup–Proofing on Coup Attempts: An Empirical Analysis.”

With Ulrich Pilster, presented at the 2013 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science

Conference, Milan, IT, 24th – 26th June 2013.

“Military Force Structures, Counterinsurgency, and the Onset of State–Sponsored Mass

Killings, 1971–2001.” With Ulrich Pilster and Atsushi Tago, presented at the Kobe Sakura

Meeting “Advancing the Scientific Study of Conflict and Cooperation: Alternative

Perspectives from the UK and Japan,” Kobe University, Kobe, JP, 15th – 17th April 2013.

“Civil Society Lobbying and Countries’ Climate Change Policies – A Matching Approach.”

Invited Talk given at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, AT, 10th April 2013.

“Civil Society Inclusion in Global Governance: Insights from Climate Politics.” With Vally

Koubi and Thomas Bernauer, presented at the 54th ISA Annual Meeting, San Francisco,

USA, 3rd – 6th April 2013.

“Failing to Succeed? The Cumulative Impact of International Mediation Revisited.” Presented

at the 54th ISA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 3rd – 6th April 2013.

“The Interaction of International Institutions from a Social Network Perspective.” With

Gabriele Spilker, presented at the 41st ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Mainz, GER,

11th – 16th March 2013.


Gabriele Spilker, presented at the 6th Conference on the Political Economy of International

Organizations (PEIO VI), Mannheim and Heidelberg, GER, 7th – 9th February 2013.


Gabriele Spilker, presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Political Science

Association, Zurich, CH, 31st January – 1st February 2013.


Cooperation.” With Thomas Bernauer, Halvard Buhaug, Nils Petter Gleditsch, and Theresa

Tribaldos, presented at the Climate Change, Hydro–Conflicts, and Human Security

Conference, Nicosia, CY, 10th – 11th December 2012.

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“Is There a Democracy–Civil Society Paradox in Global Environmental Governance?”

Invited Talk given at the Otto–Friedrich University, Bamberg, GER, 30th November 2012.


Cooperation.” With Thomas Bernauer, Halvard Buhaug, Nils Petter Gleditsch, and Theresa

Tribaldos. Invited Talk given at a Workshop on “Climate and Conflict: Past Evidence and

Research Gaps,” PRIO, Oslo, NO, 11th – 12th September 2012.

“Civil Society Inclusion in Global Governance: Insights from Climate Politics.” With Thomas

Bernauer and Vally Koubi, presented at the 9th Conference on Applications of Social

Network Analysis, Zurich, CH, 4th – 7th September 2012.

“Information Flows and Social Capital through Linkages: The Effectiveness of the CLRTAP

Network.” With Jürg Vollenweider, presented at the 9th Conference on Applications of

Social Network Analysis, Zurich, CH, 4th – 7th September 2012.

“Failing to Succeed? The Cumulative Impact of International Mediation Revisited.” Presented

at the 2012 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, Berlin, GER, 25th – 27th

June 2012.

“Political Leadership Changes and the Withdrawal from Military Coalition Operations, 1946–

2001.” With Ulrich Pilster and Atsushi Tago, presented at the 53rd ISA Annual Meeting,

San Diego, USA, 1st – 4th April 2012.

“The Influence of Civil Society Lobbying on Countries’ Cooperation in Climate Change

Policy – A Matching Approach.” Presented at the 53rd ISA Annual Meeting, San Diego,

USA, 1st – 4th April 2012.

“Military Force Structure and the Onset of Genocidal Violence.” With Ulrich Pilster and

Atsushi Tago, presented at the Conference “Advancing the Scientific Study of Conflict and

Cooperation: Alternative Perspectives from the UK and Japan,” University of Essex,

Colchester, UK, 20th – 21st March 2012.

“The Effectiveness of Accession Conditionality and States’ Compliance Before and After EU

Enlargement: A New Theoretical Perspective and Empirical Analysis.” With Tina

Freyburg, presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Political Science

Association, Lucerne, CH, 2nd – 3rd February 2012.

“Introduction to Panel Data.” Invited Talk given at the University of Konstanz, GER, 19th

January 2012.

“Political Leadership Changes and the Withdrawal from Military Coalition Operations, 1946–

2001.” With Ulrich Pilster and Atsushi Tago, presented at the CIS Colloquium, ETH

Zurich and University of Zurich, CH, 8th December 2011.

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“Is There a Democracy–Civil Society Paradox in Global Environmental Governance?”

Invited Talk given at the University of Siegen, GER, 28th November 2011.

“Why Many Cooks If They Can Spoil the Broth? The Determinants of Multiparty Mediation.”

Invited Talk given at the “Conference on Quantitative Peace Research,” University of

Greifswald, GER, 21st – 22nd October 2011.

“Intrastate Water–Related Conflict and Cooperation: A New Event Dataset.” With Thomas

Bernauer, Halvard Buhaug, Nils Petter Gleditsch, Theresa Tribaldos, Eivind Berg Weibust,

and Gerdis Wischnath, presented at the 45th Peace Science Society Annual North

American Meeting, Los Angeles, USA, 14th – 15th October 2011.

“Storm Troopers Draining the Swamps? On the Relationship between Conventional and

Unconventional Military Effectiveness.” With Ulrich Pilster, presented at the 106th APSA

Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Seattle, USA, 1st – 4th September 2011.


Unconventional Military Effectiveness.” With Ulrich Pilster, presented at the 2011 Jan

Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, Amsterdam, NL, 27th – 29th June 2011.

“An Emerging Civil Society? The Conditions of Civil Society Participation in International

Negotiation Delegations.” Presented at the 52nd ISA Annual Meeting, Montréal, CA, 16th

– 19th March 2011.


Unconventional Military Effectiveness.” With Ulrich Pilster, presented at the 52nd ISA

Annual Meeting, Montréal, CA, 16th – 19th March 2011.

“Intrastate Water–Related Conflict and Cooperation: A New Event Dataset.” With Thomas

Bernauer, Halvard Buhaug, Nils Petter Gleditsch, Theresa Tribaldos, Eivind Berg Weibust,

and Gerdis Wischnath, presented at the 52nd ISA Annual Meeting, Montréal, CA, 16th –

19th March 2011.

“Reviewing Scientific Journal Articles.” Invited Talk given at PoliNet Peer Group, Zurich,

CH, 2 March 2011.


Invited Talk given at the Folke Bernadotte Academy’s Operational Conflict Prevention

Workshop, New York, USA, 21st – 22nd January 2011.

“An Emerging Civil Society? The Conditions of Civil Society Participation in International

Negotiation Delegations.” Presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Austrian, German,

and Swiss Political Science Associations, Basel, CH, 13th – 14th January 2011.

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“The Impact of NGOs in International Environmental Negotiations: Do NGOs Induce

Stronger Environmental Commitments?” With Carola Betzold, presented at the Berlin

Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, Berlin, GER, 8th

– 9th October 2010.


Presented at the 2010 Political Economy Section Meeting of the German Political Science

Association, Zurich, CH, 10th – 11th September 2010.

“An Emerging Civil Society – When Do NGOs Participate as Delegation Members in

Environmental Negotiations?” Presented at the 105th APSA Annual Meeting and

Exhibition, Washington DC, USA, 2nd – 5th September 2010.


Presented at the 105th APSA Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Washington DC, USA, 2nd

– 5th September 2010.


Presented at the 2010 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, Amsterdam,

NL, 28th – 30th June 2010.

“The Impact of Multiparty Mediation in International Interventions: Synergy, Conflict,

Effectiveness.“ Presented at the 68th MPSA Annual National Conference, Chicago, USA,

22nd – 25th April 2010.

“The Impact of Multiparty Mediation in International Interventions: Synergy, Conflict,

Effectiveness.” Presented at the 51st ISA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 17th – 20th

February 2010.

“The Effectiveness of Peacekeeping Missions in Civil Wars: Disaggregating Interventions,

1948–2000.” With Nils W. Metternich, Ulrich Pilster, and Andrea Ruggeri, presented at

the “Localized Effects of and Impacts on Peacekeeping in Civil War Conference,”

University of Essex, Colchester, UK, 11th – 12th December 2009.

“The Impact of Trade on International Mediation.” Presented at the Political Science

Departmental Seminar, Emory University, Atlanta, USA, 19th November 2009.

“The Impact of Trade on International Mediation – A Social Network Approach.” Presented

at the 2009 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, Amsterdam, NL, 29th

June – 1st July 2009.

“International Environmental Regimes – Legalization, Flexibility, and Effectiveness.” With

Ulrich Pilster, presented at the 50th ISA Annual Meeting, New York, USA, 15th – 18th

February 2009.

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“Autocratic Regime Type and Military Effectiveness.” With Ulrich Pilster, presented at the

42nd Peace Science Society Annual North American Meeting, Claremont, USA, 24th –

25th October 2008.

“The Social Interaction of Belligerents and Its Effects on International Mediation.” Presented

at the 42nd Peace Science Society Annual North American Meeting, Claremont, USA,

24th – 25th October 2008.

“International Environmental Regimes – Problem Structure and Performance.” With Ulrich

Pilster, presented at the 1st British–German International Relations Conference,

Arnoldshain, GER, 16th – 18th May 2008.

“The Effectiveness of Tracks of Diplomacy Strategies in Third–Party Interventions.”

Presented at the 1st British–German International Relations Conference, Arnoldshain,

GER, 16th – 18th May 2008.

“When Do Groups Underprovide Public Goods? A Quantitative Analysis of International

Environmental Regimes.” With Ulrich Pilster, presented at the 11th CANE Postgraduate

Conference in Politics, York, UK, 17th November 2007.

“Collective Security Systems – A Corner Mark of Germany’s Defense Policy.” Invited Talk

given at the Leadership Development and Civic Education Center, Koblenz, GER, 21st

April 2006.

SERVICE AND SUPERVISION

01/2016 – University of Essex, Colchester UK

Director of Finance

Division Officer for International Relations and Conflict Resolution

Member of the Executive Committee and the Research Committee

09/2015 – 08/2016 University of Essex, Colchester UK

Co–Convenor of the Departmental Seminar

Recruitment Officer Postgraduate Research (PGR)

Academic Offences Representative Postgraduate Research (PGR)


Member of the Applied Quantitative Methodology Search Committee,

Department of Government

03/2015 – University of Essex, Colchester, UK

Member of the Essex Transitional Justice Network

02/2015 – Associate Editor of Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy

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02/2015 Discussant at the 56th ISA Annual Meeting

02/2015 Discussant at the 8th PEIO Conference


Member of the International Relations/Transnational Politics Search

Committee, Department of Government

09/2014 – University of Essex, Colchester, UK

Member of the Michael Nicholson Center for Conflict and Cooperation


Recruitment Officer Postgraduate Teaching (PGT)

Member of the Research Committee

06/2014 Panel Chair at the 2014 Jan Tinbergen NEPS Conference


01/2014 – Editorial Board, International Interactions

12/2013 Guest Editor for the “Proceedings of the 13th Jan Tinbergen European

Peace Science Conference” in Peace Economics, Peace Science and

Public Policy 19 (3)

09/2013 Panel Chair at the 2013 Conflict Research Society Peace and Conflict

Anniversary Conference



03/2013 Discussant at the 41st ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops

02/2013 Discussant at the 6th PEIO Conference

02/2013 Discussant at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Political Science

Association

09/2012 Discussant at the 9th Conference on Applications of Social Network

Analysis


04/2012 Discussant at the 53rd ISA Annual Meeting

02/2012 Panel Chair and Discussant at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Swiss

Political Science Association

03/2011 Panel Chair and Discussant at the 52nd ISA Annual Meeting

01/2011 Discussant at the Joint 2011 Annual Meeting of the Austrian, German,

and Swiss Political Science Associations

04/2010 Discussant at the 68th MPSA Annual National Conference

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02/2010 Panel Chair and Discussant at the 51st ISA Annual Meeting


Representative of the Graduate Teaching Assistants,

Member of the Extenuating Circumstances Committee and the

Teaching Quality Review Committee

Co–supervisor of two PhD students (2013–), member of five PhD boards (2014–), and

internal examiner of PhD thesis (2015) in the Department of Government at the University of

Essex; external examiner and co–supervisor of one PhD student in the Department of Politics

and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz (2014–2015); external examiner of

one PhD student in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the Universitat Pompeu

Fabra, Barcelona (2016); supervisor of 16 MA dissertations in the Department of Government

at the University of Essex (six in 2014; seven in 2015; three in 2016); supervisor of four BA

dissertations in the Department of Government at the University of Essex (two in 2014–2015;

two in 2015–2016); (co–) supervisor of two BA theses and three MA dissertations at the ETH

Zurich (2010–2013)

Journal Manuscript Reviewer for: the American Journal of Political Science · the American

Political Science Review · Armed Forces & Society · the British Journal of Political Science ·

the British Journal of Politics and International Relations · Civil Wars · Clean Technologies

and Environmental Policy · Climate Policy · Comparative Political Studies · Conflict

Management and Peace Science · Environmental Research Letters · the European Journal of

Political Economy · the European Journal of Political Research · the European Political

Science Review · European Union Politics · Global Environmental Change · International

Environmental Agreements · International Interactions · International Negotiation · the

International Political Science Review · International Relations of the Asia-Pacific ·

International Studies Quarterly · the Journal of Civil Society · the Journal of Conflict

Resolution · the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies · the Journal of Environmental Planning

and Management · the Journal of International Trade & Economic Development · the Journal

of Peace Research · the Journal of Politics · the Journal of Public Administration and Policy

Research · the Journal of Public Policy · Oxford Development Studies · Peace Economics,

Peace Science and Public Policy · Political Science Research and Methods · Political Studies

· Research & Politics · the Review of Industrial Organization · the Review of International

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Organizations · the Swiss Political Science Review · and the Zeitschrift für Friedens– und

Konfliktforschung

Proposal Reviewer for the American National Science Foundation (NSF) · the German

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) · the German Foundation for Peace

Research (DSF) · the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) · the Newton

International Fellowship · and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Political Science Association, Conflict Prevention Working Group (Folke

Bernadotte Academy), International Studies Association, Network of European Peace

Scientists, the Peace Science Society (International), and the WIRE Workshop Series on

“Networks in Global Environmental Governance”

SKILLS

Statistical Software Packages: LIMDEP, R, SPSS, Stata

Languages: German (native), English (fluent – C2), French (sufficient – B1), Mandarin (basic

– A1), Spanish (basic – A1), Latin (Latin Proficiency Certificate)

REFERENCES

Professional and academic references available on request

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