Despina Alexiadou. International Studies, Part-time Lecturer ( ).

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1 Despina Alexiadou Personal Information Address: Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 4600 Wesley W Posvar, Pittsburgh, PA Telephone: dalexiad@pitt.edu Employment University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA, Department of Political Science, Assistant Professor (fall ). University of Warwick, Coventry, England, Department of Political and International Studies, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow ( ). Duke University, Durham, USA, Department of Political Science, Visiting Assistant Professor (fall 2006). University of Warwick, Coventry, England, Department of Political and International Studies, Part-time Lecturer ( ). Academic Affiliations University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, Visiting scholar at the Centre for Political Studies ( ) Education European University Institute, Florence, Italy, PhD in Political Science. Supervised by Martin Rhodes (EUI) and William Clark (University of Michigan). Thesis Jury: A. Héritier (EUI), M. Rhodes (EUI), F. McGillivray (NYU), W. R. Clark (University of Michigan) (December 2005). New York University, New York, USA, PhD full time exchange student. Supervised by William Clark (fall semester ). Duke University: Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models, Durham, USA: a four week research and methods course (summer 2004). Essex Summer School, Colchester, UK: attended six week courses on quantitative research methods (summer 2003). Warwick University, Coventry, UK MA in International Political Economy. MA dissertation title: Bretton Woods and the issue of Capital Controls. Supervised by Peter Burnham (January 2001). University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece, BA in the department of International & European Economic & Political Studies (Grade of graduation: 9.07/10, characterisation Excellent, equivalent to the British First-Class Honours) ( ). Thesis title The politics of redistribution and price stability: party systems and economic policies in OECD countries. Research Fields and Interests Comparative Political Economy, Comparative Political Systems, European Politics, Political Party Systems and Political Competition, Monetary Institutions, Applied Formal Theory, Quantitative Methods with special focus on Cross Section Panel Data. Welfare State, Labour and Tax Policies, Macroeconomic outcomes with a focus on inflation and redistribution. The role of ideology and individual politicians in policy outcomes. The role of income inequality, electoral and political party institutions and bargaining, especially in coalitions. Methods: primarily applied formal/game theoretic and statistical Book Manuscript Ideologues, Partisans and Bureaucrats: Cabinet ministers and economic decision-making in Parliamentary democracies 1

2 Publications Alexiadou, Despina, In Search of Successful Reform: The Politics of Opposition and Consensus in OECD Parliamentary Democracies, forthcoming at West European Politics Alexiadou, Despina, Finding Political Capital for Monetary Tightening: Unemployment Insurance and Monetary Cycles forthcoming at the European Journal of Political Research Alexiadou, Despina, Political Economy Entry for International Encyclopedia of Other publications Political Science, Sage, September 2011 Alexiadou, Despina, Economic Benefit, EU Identity, & Knowledge: The Trilemma of Public Support For the Single Currency European Union Center of Excellence Newsletter (January 2011). Conference papers Ideologues, Partisans and Bureaucrats: Cabinet ministers and economic decision-making in Parliamentary democracies delivered at the European Political Science Association conference, Berlin, June 2012 Old and New Guard of Social Demcorats and Employment Policy delivered at the International Conference of Europeanists, Boston, March 2012 Ministers and parties in a global economy delivered at the International Political Economy Society conference, Madison, November 2011 Why and When ministers matter delivered at the American Political Science Association, Seattle, September 2011 Ministerial appointments and policy efficacy in a global economy delivered at the International Conference of Europeanists, Barcelona, June 2011 When and Why Cabinet Ministers Matter with Shane Killian, delivered at the European Political Science Association Conference, Dublin, June 2011 Ministerial Background and Policy Efficacy, delivered at the European Consortium for Political Research, St Gallen, April Ministerial appointments and economic policy in a global economy, delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association conference, Chicago, April 2011 Partisan Ministers versus Partisan Cabinets, delivered at the Council of European Studies, Montreal, Canada, April 2010 The role of electoral systems and political trust on globalization attitudes in Europe, delivered at the European Consortium for Political Research, Potsdam, Germany, September 2009 Who decides on your unemployment benefits?: Why and when social democratic ministers deliver their promises?, delivered at the American Politiscal Science Association annual conference, Toronto, September, 2009 EMU: A legitimate response to the challenge of economic globalization? Public opinion towards the Euro resets the legitimacy debate on efficient global economic governance delivered at the European Consortium for Political Research, Lisbon, April 2009: (with Dionysia Tamvaki) Economic fundamentals and electoral institutions as determinants of economic protectionism in Europe Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2009 Financing the Welfare State: Employers contributions and unemployment in minority and majority governments, delivered at the European Consortium of Political Science joint sessions in Rennes, April, Party system, political representation and social insurance in the OECD countries delivered at the American Political Association conference, Philadelphia, September 2006 The role of policy weights on economic outcomes; why coalition governments can undertake policy changes delivered at the EITM Poster section at Midwest Political Science Association conference, Chicago, April

3 Invited presentations Coalition governments, social insurance and central bank independence versus inflation: fighting inflation alone or together? delivered at the American Political Science Association conference, Washington, September 2005 Price stability, social transfers and partisanship delivered at Midwest Political Science Association conference, Chicago, April 2005 University of Pittsburgh, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Talk with the title: The New Emerging Economies of the EU: Debt Crisis and its Effects on Greece and Ireland, January 2012 European Union Center of Excellence, University of Pittsburgh, Presentation on The Eurozone Crisis: Implications and Prospects, October 2011 University of Pittsburgh Student International Relations Society, Roundtable discussion: European Union and Challenges for the Future, February 2011 University of Essex Political Economy Series, Partisan Ministers versus Partisan Cabinets, November 2010 European Union Center of Excellence, University of Pittsburgh, Roundtable discussion: Why the Violence? A Discussion about Greek Politics and Society with Dr Achilleas Mitsos, February 2009 Emory Political Economy Speakers Series, The Politics of Disinflation, December 2006 Academic honors and awards Grant from EUCE for data collection for book project (summer 2012) Grant from EUCE for book workshop When Ministers Matter Grant from the EUCE for the project Ministerial Careers and Policy in Europe (summer 2011) Summer Research Stipend from the School of Arts and Sciences for the project: Ministers and Policy Outcomes in Parliamentary Democracies (summer 2010) Grant from the EUCE for the project: The Janus Face of the EU (summer 2009) NSF scholarship to attend a four week summer (EITM) school in Duke University (Summer 2004) EUI Travel Grant to conduct field work (interviews in London, Spring 2002) EUI scholarship to visit NYU as an exchange Phd student (fall semester ) EUI funding to attend a six week summer school in Essex University (Summer 2003) EUI funding to contact interviews in the City of London as part of my research project (Spring 2002) Awarded first prize of excellence from the IKY (Greek State s Scholarships Foundation) for the third year of undergraduate studies ( ) Teaching Capstone seminar: Public Policy in Europe Capstone seminar: Comparative Welfare States of Industrialized Economies, University of Pittsburgh Graduate level seminar Comparative Political Economy of Industrialized Economies, University of Pittsburgh Introduction to comparative politics, University of Pittsburgh Upper level course: West European Politics, University of Pittsburgh Graduate level seminar Introduction to Cross Section Time Series, Duke University Third year undergraduate module The Politics of European Union Policy Making, University of Warwick Undergraduate core module Introduction to Politics, University of Warwick 3

4 Holder of GPA teaching award from the University of Warwick Reviewer American Political Science Review Journal of Common Market Studies European Political Science Review Oxford University Press University Service PhD committee of Emilie Blais, Andrea Aldrich, Sarah Cormack Patton, Yasemin Irepoglu, MA thesis supervisor: Hethba Fatnassi, Andrea Aldrich, Hakan Gunaydin Graduates Awards Committee Technology and Alumni Relations Committee Campus Evaluation Committee for the US Student Fulbright Program Admissions committee, University of Pittsburgh Organized a workshop on Taxation and the Welfare state in Europe, University of Warwick, May 15 th Organized the bi-weekly departmental seminar on International Political Economy at the department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, Consulting Briefs on textiles and steel industry in the EU for the research organization European Analysis (spring 2005). Membership in Professional Organizations Foreign Languages References American Political Science Association Midwest Political Science Association European Consortium of Political Science European Union Studies Association Council for European Studies European Political Science Association English: Fluent Greek: Fluent French: Reading and writing Italian: Reading Dutch: Beginner William Robert Clark Associate Professor of Political Science and Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan Robert J Frazese Jr. Professor, Faculty Affiliate & Advisory Committee, Centre. for European Studies, Research Professor, Center for Political Studies University of Michigan Martin Rhodes Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver. Vera Troeger Professor of Politics and International Studies University of Warwick 4

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