Tobias Friedrich Karl Böhmelt

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1 Tobias Friedrich Karl Böhmelt Department of Government, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom Professur f. Internationale Beziehungen, ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig 4, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 09/2013 Reader (Associate Professor), Department of Government, University of Essex, Colchester, UK (since 10/2015; Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in 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/ /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/ /2009 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Government, University of Essex, Colchester, UK EDUCATION 02/ /2013 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH Habilitation and Venia Legendi in Political Science 10/ /2010 University of Essex, Colchester, UK Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations 10/ /2007 University of Essex, Colchester, UK Master of Arts in International Relations 04/ /2006 Otto Suhr Institute, Free University, Berlin, GER Graduate Study of Political Science and Public Law 08/ /2005 American University, Washington DC, USA Undergraduate Study of International Politics and Foreign Relations 10/ /2005 Otto Friedrich University, Bamberg, GER Undergraduate Study of Political Science, Public Law, and Statistics 1

2 ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC TRAINING 11/2013 University of Essex, Colchester, UK Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 08/2010 University of Essex, Colchester, UK 43rd Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection Courses: Hierarchical Models and Spatial Econometrics 08/ /2009 Emory University, Atlanta, USA Visiting Researcher in the Department of Political Science 07/ /2009 University of Essex, Colchester, UK 42nd Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection Courses: Duration Models and Social Network Analysis: Theory and Applications 07/ /2008 University of Essex, Colchester, UK 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 Duke University, Durham, USA 7th Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Summer Institute PROFESSIONAL NON ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE AND EMPLOYMENT 06/ /2007 German Embassy, Paris, FRA Internship with the Centre d Information et Documéntation 02/ /2006 Leadership Development and Civic Education Center, Koblenz, GER Internship with the Political Education Section 09/ /2005 Hanns Seidel Foundation, Washington Office, USA Internship with the Director 04/ /2006 German Federal Armed Forces Officer Training of Reserve (Final Rank: Lieutenant) 07/ /2003 Mountain Troops Battalion 232, Bischofswiesen, GER Compulsory Military Service 2

3 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 ($400) 01/2016 University of Essex Doctoral Training Center ($ Funded by the ESRC): Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modeling Conflict (Co Applicant with Barış Arı, Margherita Belgioioso, Daina Chiba, and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch) 11/ /2016 University of Essex Executive Dean Fund ($1,284): Forecasting States Compliance with EU Accession Rules, (Principal Investigator) 09/2015 American Political Science Association (APSA) Travel Grant ($400) 06/ /2017 American National Science Foundation ($224,555): The Bipartite Temporal Event Network (BiTEN) Model (Award Numbers: , ; 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 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 Department of Government, University of Essex Departmental Support Fund ($2,060): Environmental Interest Groups Database (Principal Investigator) 10/ /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) 04/2013 ISA Travel Grant ($400) 3

4 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/ /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)) 04/2012 ISA Travel Grant ($350) 01/ /2013 Folke Bernadotte Academy Research Grant ($20,000): The Political Economy of International Mediation Demand and Supply from a Social Network Perspective (Principal Investigator) 03/2011 ISA Travel Grant ($400) 09/2010 APSA Travel Grant ($350) 02/2010 ISA Travel Grant ($400) 08/2009 Emory University Scholarship ($16,400) 07/2009 Joint Winner of the Best PhD Research Achievement Prize (Essex) 02/2009 ISA Travel Grant ($350) 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/ /2010 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) PhD Award ($30,000) 10/ /2008 Essex Political Science Departmental Scholarship ($1,500) 10/ /2007 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship ($2,000) PUBLICATIONS Monographs Essays on State Actors, Civil Society Groups, and International Institutions in Global Environmental Governance. ETH Zurich: Habilitation Dissertation. Available at (DOI): International Mediation Interaction: Synergy, Conflict, Effectiveness. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag. 4

5 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 Does Immigration Induce Terrorism? Co authored with Vincenzo Bove. Journal of Politics 78 (2): Forthcoming The Interaction of International Institutions from a Social Network Perspective. Co authored with Gabriele Spilker. International Environmental Agreements 16 (1): The Differentiation of Security Forces and the Onset of Genocidal Violence. Co authored with Ulrich Pilster and Atsushi Tago. Armed Forces & Society 42 (1): Climate and Conflict: Whence the Weather? Co authored with Erik Gartzke. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 21 (4): Political Leadership Changes and the Withdrawal from Military Coalition Operations, Co authored with Ulrich Pilster and Atsushi Tago. International Studies Perspectives 16 (4): Spatial Dependencies and International Mediation. Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations. Available at (DOI):

6 2015. Information Flows and Social Capital through Linkages: The Effectiveness of the CLRTAP Network. Co authored with Jürg Vollenweider. International Environmental Agreements 15 (2): 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): The Spatial Contagion of International Mediation. Conflict Management and Peace Science 32 (1): The Impact of Institutional Coup Proofing on Coup Attempts and Coup Outcomes. Co authored with Ulrich Pilster. International Interactions 41 (1): Environmental Interest Groups and Authoritarian Regime Diversity. Voluntas 26 (1): 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): 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): 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): Political Opportunity Structures in Dictatorships? Explaining ENGO Existence in Autocratic Regimes. Journal of Environment & Development 23 (4): Basins at Risk: Predicting International River Basin Conflict and Cooperation. Co authored with Thomas Bernauer. Global Environmental Politics 14 (4): Predicting the Duration of the Syrian Insurgency. Co authored with Ulrich Pilster. Research & Politics 1 (2):

7 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): Forecasting Military Expenditure. Co authored with Vincenzo Bove. Research & Politics 1 (1): 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): 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): Grievances, Economic Wealth, and Civil Conflict. Co authored with Vally Koubi. Journal of Peace Research 51 (1): Are Economically Kinder, Gentler Societies also Greener? Co authored with Thomas Bernauer. Environmental Science & Technology 47 (21): Civil Society Lobbying and Countries Climate Change Policies A Matching Approach. Climate Policy 13 (6): The Impact of Preferential Trade Agreements on Governmental Repression Revisited. Co authored with Gabriele Spilker. Review of International Organizations 8 (3): Failing to Succeed? The Cumulative Impact of International Mediation Revisited. Conflict Management and Peace Science 30 (3): The Temporal Dimension of the Credibility of EU Conditionality and Candidate States Compliance with the acquis communautaire, Co authored with Tina Freyburg. European Union Politics 14 (2): 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): A Closer Look at the Information Provision Rationale: Civil Society Participation in States Delegations at the UNFCCC. Review of International Organizations 8 (1):

8 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): National Climate Policies in International Comparison: The Climate Change Cooperation Index. Co authored with Thomas Bernauer. Environmental Science & Policy 25 (1): 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): Why Many Cooks If They Can Spoil the Broth? The Determinants of Multiparty Mediation. Journal of Peace Research 49 (5): 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): Environmental Changes and Violent Conflict. Co authored with Thomas Bernauer and Vally Koubi. Environmental Research Letters 7 (1): (1 8) 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): Disaggregating Mediations: The Impact of Multiparty Mediation. British Journal of Political Science 41 (4): Coup Proofing and Military Effectiveness in Interstate Wars, Co authored with Ulrich Pilster. Conflict Management and Peace Science 28 (4): The Impact of Trade on International Mediation. Journal of Conflict Resolution 54 (4): International Environmental Regimes Legalisation, Flexibility and Effectiveness. Co authored with Ulrich Pilster. Australian Journal of Political Science 45 (2): The Effectiveness of Tracks of Diplomacy Strategies in Third Party Interventions. Journal of Peace Research 47 (2):

9 2009. International Mediation and Social Networks: The Importance of Indirect Ties. International Interactions 35 (3): 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 CO 2 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 10/ /2017 University of Essex, Colchester, UK Lecturer GV212: International Organizations Lecturer GV517: International Security Studies 9

10 07/2016 University of Essex, Colchester, UK 49th Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection Instructor for Beyond OLS: Categorical, Choice, and Count Models 10/ /2016 University of Essex, Colchester, UK Lecturer GV212: International Organizations Lecturer GV517: International Security Studies 07/2015 University of Essex, Colchester, UK 48th Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection Instructor for Models for Categorical Data 10/ /2015 University of Essex, Colchester, UK Lecturer GV103: Introduction to International Relations Lecturer GV110: Scientific Reasoning for the Social Sciences Lecturer GV212: International Organizations Lecturer GV517: International Security Studies 07/ /2014 University of Essex, Colchester, UK 47th Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection Instructor for Discrete Choice Models in the Social Sciences 10/ /2014 University of Essex, Colchester, UK Lecturer GV517: International Security Studies 02/ /2013 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH Lecturer (together with Vally Koubi) L: Political Economy Lecturer (together with Vally Koubi) L: Comparative and International Political Economy Lecturer L: Political Methodology II 09/ /2012 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH Lecturer L: Political Decision Making and Behavior Lecturer L: Political Methodology I 02/ /2012 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH Lecturer L: Political Methodology II 09/ /2011 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH Lecturer L: International Organizations Lecturer L: Political Methodology I 10

11 07/2011 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, ES 2nd Erasmus Summer School on Environmental Conflicts and Justice Lecturer for Quantitative Methods in Political Science 09/ /2010 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH Lecturer L: International Organizations 07/ /2010 University of Essex, Colchester, UK 43rd Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection Graduate Teaching Assistant for Logit and Probit Models 07/2009 University of Essex, Colchester, UK 42nd Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection Graduate Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Regression and Logit and Probit Models 12/2008 University of Essex, Colchester, UK Instructor for a Postgraduate Introductory Course to Stata 10/ /2009 University of Essex, Colchester, UK Graduate Teaching Assistant GV241: Latin American Politics 07/ /2008 University of Essex, Colchester, UK 41st Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection Graduate Teaching Assistant for Logit and Probit Models 10/ /2009 University of Essex, Colchester, UK Graduate Teaching Assistant GV214: International Relations Graduate Demonstrator GV900: Political Explanation 04/ /2006 Otto Suhr Institute, Free University, Berlin, GER Student Teaching Assistant for an Undergraduate Introductory Course to Political Science ORIGINAL DATA COLLECTION 02/ /2013 WTO Disputes and Panel Establishments, (with Gabriele Spilker) 02/ /2012 States Linkages within the LRTAP Convention, (with Jürg Vollenweider) 10/ /2011 Human Rights Law Obligations in Preferential Trade Agreements, (with Gabriele Spilker) 10/ /2016 States Compliance with EU Laws,

12 10/ /2011 Countries Compliance with the UNFCCC Regime, / /2014 Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations Data According to the Membership in the International Union for Conservation of Nature 03/ /2011 Composition of State Delegations in the UNFCCC Regime, / /2011 Event Data on Water Conflicts and Cooperation, (Principal Investigator in Collaborative Project) 08/ /2009 Emory University, Atlanta, USA Research Assistant for a Project on UN Resolutions 09/ /2009 Size and Composition of Peacekeeping Troops, (with Nils W. Metternich, Ulrich Pilster, and Andrea Ruggeri) 04/ /2016 Regular Military Organizations, Paramilitary Organizations, and Coup Proofing, (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 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 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 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 Auxiliary Force Structure: Paramilitary Forces and Pro Government Militias. With Govinda Clayton, presented at the ENCoRe Meeting 2016, Geneva, CH, 21st 22nd January 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 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

13 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 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 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 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 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 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 The Importance of Conflict Characteristics for the Diffusion of International Mediation. 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 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 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 The Importance of Conflict Characteristics for the Diffusion of International Mediation. Presented at the 56th ISA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 18th 21st February

14 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 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 Climate and Conflict: Whence the Weather? Invited Talk given at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, CH, 22nd September Party Policy Diffusion. Invited Talk given at the University of St. Gallen, CH, 17th September 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 Are Economically Kinder, Gentler Societies also Greener? With Thomas Bernauer, presented at the Norwich Conference on Earth System Governance, Norwich, UK, 1st 3rd July The Spatial Contagion of International Mediation. Presented at the 2014 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, The Hague, NL, 23rd 25th June 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 The Spatial Contagion of International Mediation. Invited Talk given at the University of Geneva, CH, 10th June 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 Treaty Ratification and Political Leadership (Change): Does It Make a Difference? Presented at the 55th ISA Annual Meeting, Toronto, CA, 26th 29th March

15 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 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 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 Military Force Structures, Counterinsurgency, and the Onset of State Sponsored Mass Killings, 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 Civil Society Lobbying and Countries Climate Change Policies A Matching Approach. Invited Talk given at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, AT, 10th April 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 Failing to Succeed? The Cumulative Impact of International Mediation Revisited. Presented at the 54th ISA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 3rd 6th April 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 The Interaction of International Institutions from a Social Network Perspective. With Gabriele Spilker, presented at the 6th Conference on the Political Economy of International Organizations (PEIO VI), Mannheim and Heidelberg, GER, 7th 9th February The Interaction of International Institutions from a Social Network Perspective. With Gabriele Spilker, presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Political Science Association, Zurich, CH, 31st January 1st February Demand, Supply, and Restraint: Determinants of Domestic Water Conflict and 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

16 Is There a Democracy Civil Society Paradox in Global Environmental Governance? Invited Talk given at the Otto Friedrich University, Bamberg, GER, 30th November Demand, Supply, and Restraint: Determinants of Domestic Water Conflict and 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 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 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 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 Political Leadership Changes and the Withdrawal from Military Coalition Operations, With Ulrich Pilster and Atsushi Tago, presented at the 53rd ISA Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA, 1st 4th April 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 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 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 Introduction to Panel Data. Invited Talk given at the University of Konstanz, GER, 19th January Political Leadership Changes and the Withdrawal from Military Coalition Operations, With Ulrich Pilster and Atsushi Tago, presented at the CIS Colloquium, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, CH, 8th December

17 Is There a Democracy Civil Society Paradox in Global Environmental Governance? Invited Talk given at the University of Siegen, GER, 28th November 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 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 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 Storm Troopers Draining the Swamps? On the Relationship between Conventional and Unconventional Military Effectiveness. With Ulrich Pilster, presented at the 2011 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, Amsterdam, NL, 27th 29th June 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 Storm Troopers Draining the Swamps? On the Relationship between Conventional and Unconventional Military Effectiveness. With Ulrich Pilster, presented at the 52nd ISA Annual Meeting, Montréal, CA, 16th 19th March 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 Reviewing Scientific Journal Articles. Invited Talk given at PoliNet Peer Group, Zurich, CH, 2 March Why Many Cooks If They Can Spoil the Broth? The Determinants of Multiparty Mediation. Invited Talk given at the Folke Bernadotte Academy s Operational Conflict Prevention Workshop, New York, USA, 21st 22nd January 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

18 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 Why Many Cooks If They Can Spoil the Broth? The Determinants of Multiparty Mediation. Presented at the 2010 Political Economy Section Meeting of the German Political Science Association, Zurich, CH, 10th 11th September 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 Why Many Cooks If They Can Spoil the Broth? The Determinants of Multiparty Mediation. Presented at the 105th APSA Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Washington DC, USA, 2nd 5th September Why Many Cooks If They Can Spoil the Broth? The Determinants of Multiparty Mediation. Presented at the 2010 Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, Amsterdam, NL, 28th 30th June The Impact of Multiparty Mediation in International Interventions: Synergy, Conflict, Effectiveness. Presented at the 68th MPSA Annual National Conference, Chicago, USA, 22nd 25th April The Impact of Multiparty Mediation in International Interventions: Synergy, Conflict, Effectiveness. Presented at the 51st ISA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 17th 20th February The Effectiveness of Peacekeeping Missions in Civil Wars: Disaggregating Interventions, 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 The Impact of Trade on International Mediation. Presented at the Political Science Departmental Seminar, Emory University, Atlanta, USA, 19th November 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 International Environmental Regimes Legalization, Flexibility, and Effectiveness. With Ulrich Pilster, presented at the 50th ISA Annual Meeting, New York, USA, 15th 18th February

19 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 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 International Environmental Regimes Problem Structure and Performance. With Ulrich Pilster, presented at the 1st British German International Relations Conference, Arnoldshain, GER, 16th 18th May 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 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 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 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/ /2016 University of Essex, Colchester UK Co Convenor of the Departmental Seminar Recruitment Officer Postgraduate Research (PGR) Academic Offences Representative Postgraduate Research (PGR) 09/ /2015 University of Essex, Colchester, UK 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 19

20 02/2015 Discussant at the 56th ISA Annual Meeting 02/2015 Discussant at the 8th PEIO Conference 09/ /2014 University of Essex, Colchester, UK 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 08/ /2015 University of Essex, Colchester, UK Recruitment Officer Postgraduate Teaching (PGT) Member of the Research Committee 06/2014 Panel Chair at the 2014 Jan Tinbergen NEPS Conference 03/2014 Discussant at the 55th ISA Annual Meeting 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 06/2013 Panel Chair at the 2013 Jan Tinbergen NEPS Conference 04/2013 Discussant at the 54th ISA Annual Meeting 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 06/2012 Panel Chair at the 2012 Jan Tinbergen NEPS Conference 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 20

21 02/2010 Panel Chair and Discussant at the 51st ISA Annual Meeting 10/ /2009 University of Essex, Colchester, UK 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 ( ); 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 ; two in ); (co ) supervisor of two BA theses and three MA dissertations at the ETH Zurich ( ) 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 21

22 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 Colchester, February