NICHOLAS CHARRON, Ph.D

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1 NICHOLAS CHARRON, Ph.D Curriculum vitae, May, 2018 Department of Political Science University of Gothenburg Sprängkullsgatan 19 Box 711, Göteborg Office phone: Date of Birth: 11/10/1976 Nationality: USA, Sweden Website: PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Fall 2011-present: Associate Professor, Göteborgs Universitet (The University of Gothenburg, Sweden). Spring 2016-present - Director of Studies, International Administration and Global Governance (IAGG), MA program Fall 2013-Summer 2016: Associate Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Business and Politics Fall 2007-present: Research Fellow, The Quality of Government Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Fall 2007-Fall 2011: Assistant Professor, Göteborgs Universitet (The University of Gothenburg, Sweden). Fall 2006-Spring 2007: Visiting Lecturer, Department of Political Science University of Memphis, Memphis, TN. Summer 2000, 2003: Music/ Language Teacher TASIS Switzerland, (Lugano) EDUCATION Summer 2007: Ph.D. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Spring 2002: M.A., University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI Spring 2000: B.A., University of Maine, Orono, ME (music - piano & voice) GRANTS 1. European Commision Commission Directorate-General Regional Policy (500,000 Euros) Title: "Measuring the quality of government and sub-national variation" (principle investigator with Victor Lapuente) From Dec through Jan European Commission s Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities, 7th Framework Programme (800,000 Euros)

2 Title: Measuring Corruption and its Correlates at the Sub-National Level in Europe (principle investigator) From Feb through Jan European Union Horizon 20/20-Reflective Society ( total project budget 2,500,000 Euro ) Title: Perception and Evaluation of Regional and Cohesion Policies by Eureopans and Identification with the Values of Europe (PERCEIVE). Work package leader, responsible for 450,000 Euros work package budget 4. European Commision Commission Directorate-General Regional Policy (1,200,000 Euros) Title: "Measuring the quality of government and sub-national level and comparing results to previous studies" (principle investigator with Victor Lapuente). From April 2017 through June 2018 BOOKS Charron, Nicholas, Victor Lapuente and Bo Rothstein eds Quality of Government and Corruption Form a European Perspective: A Comparative Study of Good Government in EU Regions Edward Elgar Publishing PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS forthcoming Bauhr, Monika, Nicholas Charron and Lena Wängnerund. Exclusion or Interests? Why females in elected office reduce petty and grand corruption. forthcoming at European Journal of Political Research forthcoming Annoni, Paola and Nicholas Charron. Measurement Assessment in Cross-Country Comparative Analysis: Rasch Modelling on a Measure of Institutional Quality, forthcoming at Social Indicators Research 2018 Bauhr, Monika, & Charron, Nicholas Why support International redistribution? Corruption and public support for aid in the Eurozone. European Union Politics, 19 (2): Bauhr, Monika and Nicholas Charron. Insider or Outsider? Grand Corruption and Electoral Accountability. Comparative Political Studies, 51 (4): Charron, N., Dahlström, C., Fazekas, M., & Lapuente, V Careers, Connections, and Corruption Risks: Investigating the impact of bureaucratic meritocracy on public procurement processes Journal of Politics 79 (1): Charron, N Explaining the Allocation of Regional Structural Funds: The Conditional Effect of Governance and Self-Rule. European Union Politics, 17 (4): Charron, Nicholas and Bo Rothstein 'Does education lead to higher generalized trust? The importance of quality of government. International Journal of Educational Development, 50 (2016): Charron, Nicholas, Carl Dahlström and Victor Lapuente "Measuring Meritocracy in the Public Sector in Europe: a New National and Sub-National Indicator" European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 22 (3):

3 2016 Charron, Nicholas and Andreas Bågenholm 'Ideology, Party Systems and Corruption Voting in European Democracies Electoral Studies. 41: Charron, Nicholas " Do corruption measures have a perception problem? Assessing the relationship between experiences and perceptions of corruption among citizens and experts. European Political Science Review, 8(1): Charron, Nicholas. "Diverging Cohesion? Globalization, state capacity and Regional Inequalities Within and Across European Countries." European Urban and Regional Studies 23 (3): Charron, Nicholas, Lewis Dijkstra and Victor Lapuente Mapping the Regional Divide in Europe: A Measure for Assessing Quality of Government in 206 European Regions Social Indicators Research, 122 (2): Nystoskaya, Marina, Nicholas Charron and Victor Lapuente. "The Wealth of Regions: Entrepenuership and Wealth in Europe" Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 33 (5): Bågenholm, Andreas and Nicholas Charron Explaining the Choice of Why Parties Politicize Corruption and Their Success in Elections in Europe." West European Politics, 37 (5): Charron, Nicholas When Democracy is not Enough The Role of State Capacity and Democratic How Regimes Shape Prosperity, Welfare, and Peace, by Pippa Norris. International Studies Review 16 (3): Charron, Nicholas, Lewis Dijkstra and Victor Lapuente "Regional Governance Matters: Quality of Government within European Union Member States.' Regional Studies, 48 (1): Winner: Regional Studies Association (RSA) award, Best Paper of Charron, Nicholas Impartiality, Friendship-Networks and Voting Behavior: Evidence from Voting Patterns in the Eurovision Song Contest. Social Networks. vol 35 (3): Charron, Nicolas and Victor Lapuente. "Why do Some Regions in Europe Have Higher Quality of Government?". Journal of Politics, vol 75(3): Winner: Pi Sigma Alpha award for best conference paper at Midwest Political Science Association, Bauer, Monika, Nicholas Charron and Nagmeh Nasirtuosi "Does Corruption Cause Aid Fatigue? International Studies Quarterly, vol 57 (3):

4 2012 Charron, Nicholas, Carl Dahlström and Victor Lapuente "No Law Without a State". Journal of Comparative Economics, vol 40 (2): Charron, Nicholas Party Systems, Electoral Formulas and Constraints on Corruption." Electoral Studies, Vol 30 (4): Charron, Nicholas and Victor Lapuente Which Dictators Produce Quality of Government?" Studies in Comparative International Development. Vol 46 (4): Charron, Nicholas Exploring the Impact of Foreign Aid on Corruption Has the Anti-Corruption Movement Been Effective? Developing Economies. Vol 49 (1): Charron, Nicholas and Victor Lapuente Does Democracy Produce Quality of Government? European Journal of Political Research. Vol. 49 (4): Charron, Nicholas Déjà vu All Over Again: A Post-Cold War Empirical Test of Huntington s Civilizational Theory. Cooperation and Conflict. Vol 45 (1): Charron, Nicholas The Correlates of Corruption in India: Analysis and Evidence from the States. Asian Journal of Political Science Vol. 18 (2 ): Charron, Nicholas Government Quality and Vertical Power Sharing in Fractionalized States. Publius: The Journal of Federalism. Vol 39 (4): Charron, Nicholas The Impact of Socio-Political Integration and Press Freedom on Corruption. Journal of Development Studies. Vol 45 (9): BOOK CHAPTERS 10 Charron, N., & Rothstein, B. (2018). 10. Regions of trust and distrust: how good institutions can foster social cohesion. Bridging the Prosperity Gap in the EU: The Social Challenge Ahead, 2020 Charron, Nicholas. " Quality of Government, Regional Autonomy and Cohesion Policy Allocations to EU Regions" 9 in Handbook of Cohesion Policy in the EU, Simona Piattoni and Laura Polveroni eds., Edward Elgar Publishing Charron, Nicholas and Bo Rothstein. 'Social tillit i Europas regioner' (Social Trust in Europé's Regions), in Välfärdsgapet: 8 - EU:s Socialia Utmaning, Ulf Bernitz, Lars Oxelheim and Thomas Persson eds. Santerus publishing Bågenholm, Andreas and Nicholas Charron. 'Anti-Corruption Parties and Good Government' in 7 Elites, Institutions and Quality of Government, Carl Dahlstrom and Lena Wangnerud eds. Palgrave Publishing

5 Charron, Nicholas European Perceptions of Quality of Government: A Survey of 24 Countries, in 6 Controlling Corruption in Europe. Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (editor). Budrich-Verlag publishing Charron, Nicholas Evaluating EU countries by QoG: national level. in Quality of Government and 5 Corruption Form a European Perspective: A Comparative Study of Good Governance in EU Regions, Nicholas Charron, Victor Lapuente and Bo Rothstein, eds. Edward Elgar Publishing Charron, Nicholas Variation in Sub-National QoG in Italy and a Closer Look at QoG in Bolzano and Campania. 4 in Quality of Government and Corruption Form a European Perspective: A Comparative Study of Good Governance in EU Regions, Nicholas Charron, Victor Lapuente and Bo Rothstein, eds. Edward Elgar Publishing Charron, Nicholas QoG at the sub-national Level and the EQI. in Quality of Government and Corruption 3 From a European Perspective: A Comparative Study of Good Governance in EU Regions, Nicholas Charron, Victor Lapuente and Bo Rothstein, eds. Edward Elgar Publishing Charron, Nicholas, Jose Fernandez-Albertos and Victor Lapuente "Small is Different: Size, Political 2 Representation and Governance." in 'The Challenege of Local Government Size' Santiago Lago-Penas and JorgenMatinez-Vazquez, eds. Charron, Nicholas and Victor Lapuente. "In Democracy We Trust, But How Much? Political Regimes and 1 Quality of Government." in 'Quality of Goverment in a Comparative Perspective" Bo Rothstein and Sören Holmberg, eds. Edward Elgar Publishing. OTHER PUBLICATIONS Charron, Nicholas., V. Lapuente and B. Rothstein "Korruption i Europa. En analys av samhällsstyrningens Studier (SIEPS), Stockholm, Sweden. Available at: Charron, Nicholas., V. Lapuente and B. Rothstein (eds.) "Measuring the quality of government and sub-national variation". Report for the European Commission Directorate-General Regional Policy and Directorate Policy Development, EU 2010, Brussels. Charron, Nicholas Bolzano and Campania in Charron, N., V. Lapuente and B. Rothstein (eds.) Measuring the Quality of Government in the EU and Sub-national Variation, Report for the European Commission Directorate-General Regional Policy and Directorate Policy Development, EU 2010, Brussels. Charron, Nicholas. "Run-off Electoral System for Governor Would Let the Majority Rule". Editoral article in the Portland Press Herald, published November 10, 2010.

6 Charron, Nicholas. "A Vicious Cycle: Corruption and Country Development". Work Style Magazine (invited publication), published Sept "The European Union Quality of Government Index (EQI) and its Correlates". Available for 27 countries and 172 regions in the EU. Download at: "The European Union Quality of Government Index (EQI) and its Correlates". Update Available for 206 regions in 24 countries: INVITED TALKS & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS "Quality of Public Administration: What have we learnt? What can we do better? Invited expert speaker. EU Commission, Brussels, March 2018 "Quality of Government in EU Regions - Launch of EQI thrid round". (with Bo Rothstein). EU Commission Brussels, Feb "Transparency International s anti-corruption research with citizens: Extending the Global Corruption Barometer" invited key speaker. Berlin, October, 2017 The European Week of Regions and Cities: Workshop at t on the new edition of the QoG Index. Invited expert presenter. EU Commission, Brussels, Spet "Quality of Government and Regional Variation across time and space". Paper presented at ECPR annual conference. Oslo, Sept "Why upport internatioal redistribution? Public support for aid in the Eurozone." presented at the Midwest Political Sciecnce Association annual conference, Chicago, USA. April, 2017 "Obstructing Opportunity? Corruption and Intergenerational Mobility". Invited presenter at bi-weekly sociology department seminar. Nutfiled College, Oxford, October, "Insider or Outsider? Patronage and Electoral Accountability in Europe" (with Monika Bauhr). Paper presented at the European Conference of Political Research (ECPR) conference, Prague Sept "Demcoracy, Electoral Accountability and Corrupiton" Invited Lecturer at Transparency International's Summer MA program, Vilnius, Lithuania, July, 2016 "HLEG Workshop on Measuring Trust and Social Capital". OECD and Sciences Po, Paris, June Featured presenter

7 "Insider or Outsider? Patronage and Electoral Accountability in Europe" (with Monika Bauhr). Paper presented at the Midewest Political Science Association conference, Chicago, USA, April 2016 "Meeting of the Working Pary of Senior Public Integrity Officials (SPIO). OECD, Paris, October 2015 paid consultent and featured guest speaker "Decentralization and Corrupiton" Invited Lecturer at Transparency International's Summer MA program, vilnius, Lithuania, July, "Conference on Regional Data and Analysis" European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, June Sponsered by ANTICORRP, work package 5 and 11, featured speaker. "Weberian Civil Service Practices and Institutional Quality: Evidence from U.S. State Judicial Systems" Paper presented at the ECPR Joint sessions annual conference, Warsaw, Poland, March 2015 Regions of Trust and Distrust: What explains Variation of Social Trust within and Across European Countries" (with Bo Rothstein)- Paper presented at the Midewest Political Science Association conference, Chicago, USA, April, 2014 "Workshop on Governance Indicators" World Bank, Washtington D.C., invtied speaker, April 2013 "Explaining the Emergence and Success of Anti-Corruption as a New Party Typeand the Politicization of Corruption in Electoral Politics in Europe Parties." (with Andreas Bågenholm) Paper presented at the Midewest Political Science Association conference, Chicago, USA, April, 2013 "Explaining the Emergence and Success of Anti-Corruption as a New Party Typeand the Politicization of Corruption in Electoral Politics in Europe Parties." (with Andreas Bågenholm) Paper presented at the Northeast Political Science Association annual conference, Boston, USA, Nov "Studying Corruption within and across European Countries." invited speaker at a conference on "Global Challenges - and Modern Europe" Aarhus University, Denmark, Oct "The Wealth of Regions: Government Quality and Entrepreneurship in Europe." (with Victor Lapuente & marina Nystoskaya). Paper presented at the Midewest Political Science Association conference, Chicago, USA, April, "Convergence, Divergnce or Both? The effect of State Capacity and Trade Openness on Regional Inequalities in EU Countries" Paper presented at the Midewest Political Science Association conference, Chicago, USA, April, 2011.

8 "Regional Governance Matters: A Study on Regional Variation in Quality of Government within the EU." (with Victor Lapuente & Lewis Dykstra). Paper presented at the Council for European Studies Annual Conference March, 2012, Boston, USA "Explaining the Emergence Anti-Corruption Parties as a New Party Type: Conceptualization and Analysis" (with Andreas Bågenholm). The Quality of Government annual conference, Munich, Germany, Dec "Measuring Quality of Government: Data, Methods and Critiques". Invited guest at University of Cologne, Dept. of Economis and Social Sciences, Germany. Dec "Why do Some Regions in Europe Have Higher Quality of Government?" Paper presented at the Annual Midewest Political Science Association conference, Chicago, IL, March-April, Winner: Pi Sigma Alpha award for best conference paper, "No Law Without a State" (with Carl Dahlström and Victor Lapuente). Paper presented at the Annual Structure & Organization of Government (SOG). Hosted by the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany, November "The Correlates of Sub-National Level Quality of Government in the European Union" (with Lewis Dykstra and Victor Lapuente). Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Sept "The Quality of Quality of Government Data" Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting,Washington, D.C., Sept "No Law Without a State" (with Carl Dahlström and Victor Lapuente). Paper presented at the Quality of Government Annual conference. Marstrand, Sweden, May 2010 Which Dictatorships Produce Quality of Government? (with Victor Lapuente). Paper Presented at the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, Feb Opening the Darkest Box: Explaining Variation in Government Quality in non-democracies (with Victor Lapuente). Paper presented at the Governing Good and Governing Well conference. Sponsored by VU University Amsterdam University, The Netherlands, May Winner of Best Paper Award The Effect of Development Aid and Government Expenditures on Corruption in Developing Countries? Paper Presented at the International Studies Association, New York City, NY, Feb Opening the Darkest Box: Explaining Variation in Government Quality in non-democracies (with Victor Lapuente). Paper presented at the Quality of Government Annual conference. Tallinn, Estonia. Dec

9 Democracy and Quality of Government. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. August 2008 Multilateral and Bilateral Foreign Aid Strategies Which (if any) is More Effective in Combating Corruption? Paper Presented at the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, March Power Sharing, Ethno-linguistic Fractionalization and Government Quality Paper presented at the Northeast Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2007 Power Sharing, Ethno-linguistic Fractionalization and Government Quality Paper presented at the Quality of Government Annual conference. Nice, France, October Party Systems and Electoral Volatility in Post-Communist, Eastern and Central Europe: Paper presented at the Northeast Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November Déjà vu All Over Again: A Post-Cold War Empirical Test of Huntington s Civilizational Theory. Paper Presented at the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, March A Re-Examination of the Effects of Federalism on Government Fiscal Policy: Presented at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA "An Examination of the Joint Impact of Globalization and Inequality on Government Spending" Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August MEDIA APPEARENCES Here, There: Why There Is No Swedish Rod Blagojevich National Public Radio (NPR) Worldview Run-off Elections for Govenor Would Let the Majority Rule Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME) November 10, (Newspaper editorial) De Neokonservativa Vädrar Morgonluft. (The Neoconservatives Prepare for a Comeback). Flamman (Sweden) November 26, Demokrati hjälper inte mot korruption Så rättvist är Europa (Democracy doesn t help against coruption - this is how fair Europe is ). Sydsvenskan (Malmö, Sweden), June 24, 2011 "Governance in Authoritarian Countries" Article in Foreign Policy (Washington, D.C.), forthcoming.

10 Narendra Modi: Role Model of Governance?, Forbes Magazine, India (by Dinesh Narayanan), cited for article., published Jan Ja, öststaterna röstar på varandra! (review of an analysis of bias in the Eurovision Song Contest, by Jan Andersson) Göteborgs Posten, Jan, 2013 TEACHING INTRESTS comparative politics and institutions, U.S. politics and foreign policy, EU, research desgin and quantative methods COURES TAUGHT Graduate Level "IAGG Research Methods: Quantative Track" (Göteborg University) "Social Science Research Design" (PhD level, Copenhagen Business School) "Research Design and Methods" (PhD course, Göteborgs Universitet) "Advanced Regression Techniques" (PhD level, Göteborgs Universitet) Global Democracy and Security (Göteborg University) The Quality of Government in Comparative Perspective (Göteborg University) "Theoretical and Historical Perspectives on Global Governance" (Göteborg University) Graduate Scope and Methods in Political Science Research (University of Memphis) Undergraduate Level "Introducation to Research Design and Quantative Methods" (Copenhagen Business School) Swedish Politics in a Comparative Perspective (Göteborg University) "Role of International Institutions in International Relations" (Göteborg University) International Conflict (University of Memphis) Comparative West European Politics (Florida State University) Introduction to Comparative Politics (Florida State University) Introduction to International Relations (Florida State University & Memphis) Undergraduate Research Methods (Teaching assistant with Bumba Mukherjee) "American Foreign Policy" (Göteborg University) PROFESSIONAL & DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE April present PERCEIVE member and work package leader

11 ANTICORP member and work package leader: 2012-present Online Editor and Monthly Contributer to Transpanrency International's Anti Corruption Research Network (ACRN). Spring Panel Discussant & Chair, Annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, USA: 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 Panel Discussant & Chair, Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Comparative Democratization Division. Washington, D.C. Sept Panel Discussant & Chair, Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Comparative Development Division. Boston, MA, August Reviewer for: American Political Science Review, European Journal of Political Research, Journal of Politics, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Developing Areas, Canadian Journal of Political Science, and Social Science Quarterly, Journal of Trust, Economic Geography, International Studies Review, Comparative Political Studies, Regional Studies ADVISING PhD Thesis, Stephen Dawson, Göteborgs Universitet PhD Thesis, Maciej Sychowiec, Göteborgs Universitet PhD Thesis, Mathias Agerberg, Göteborgs Universitet Master's Thesis, Boryana Becheva, Göteborg University Undergraduate Thesis, Gustav Rehnström, Götebors Universitet, 2013 Master's Thesis, Mattias Bingerud, Götebors Universitet, 2012 Master's Thesis, Elizaveta Zaitceva, Götebors Universitet, 2012 Master's Thesis, Kirill Orach, Götebors Universitet, 2012 Master's Thesis, Dimitar Popovski, Göteborg University, 2011 Master's Thesis, Sara Terring, Göteborg University, 2011 Master's Thesis, Mauricio Hernandez, Göteborg University, 2010 Undergraduate Thesis, Karin Mojzis, Götebors Universitet, 2010 Master's Thesis, Committee Member, Jennifer Downs, University of Memphis, Spring Senior Thesis, Betia Volavik, Göteborg University, Senior Thesis, Jessica Unthank, University of Memhis Fall 2006 HONORS AND AWARDS Pi Sigma Alpha nominated for best conference paper. Northeast Political Science Association annual conference, 2016.

12 Regional Studies Association (RSA) award for best paper in 2014 Pi Sigma Alpha award for best conference paper. Midwest Political Science Association annual conference, Full tuition waiver, Department of Political Science, Florida State University, COMPUTER AND TECHNICAL SKILLS LANGUAGES English: Fluent Swedish: Fluent Italian: advanced (B2/C1 level speaking, reading) Danish: intermediate (B1 speaking, B2 understanding/ reading) French: A2/B1 reading/understanding, speaking References available upon request