Academic Background Curriculum Vitae Florian Weiler Since 09.2017 University of Basel, CH Senior Researcher in Political Science, Department for Social Sciences 04.2016 08.2017 University of Kent, UK Lecturer in Quantitative Politics (Methods), School of Politics and International Relations 10.2013 03.2016 University of Bamberg, D Postdoctoral researcher, Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences 01.2013 09.2013 University of Zurich, CH Postdoctoral researcher 10.2009 10.2012 Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, CH Ph.D. in Political Economy, defended October 2012 Dissertation title: Negotiating Climate Change: Positioning Behaviour, Cooperation, and Bargaining Success. 09.2007 05.2009 Johns Hopkins University, Washington, US MA in Economics and IR 09.2000 05.2005 University of Innsbruck, AT BA and MA in Political Science Other Employment 04.2009 09.2009 Consultant at the World Bank, Washington DC, US 01.2007 08.2007 Researcher at the Representation Office Tyrol, Brussels, BE 06.2005 12.2006 Journalist 1
Additional Academic Training 2016 2017 Post Graduate Course in Higher Education, University of Kent, GB University diploma for teaching in higher education 2015 ECPR Summer School on Interest Group Politics, Hamburg, DE Main organisation, and leader of a workshop 2011 ICPSR Summer School, Ann Arbor, US 2010 ECPR Summer School, Essex, UK Grants 2015 Grant for research project on climate finance, Thyssen Foundation 2014 & 2015 Starting grant for project on environmental policy making, University of Bamberg 2010 & 2011 Grant for attendance of Summer School, Swiss National Science Foundation 2010 & 2011 Grant for attendance of conference (APSA and ECPR), Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences 2007 2008 Two-year scholarship for post-graduate studies in the US, Federal Ministry of Science and Research (Austria) Teaching All titles in the language in which the course was held. WT = Winter term; ST = Summer term WT 2017-18 Einführung in die Politikwissenschaft und das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten (BA- Research Methods in Political Science (MA- Forschungsdesign und Methoden (PhD-Kurs, Uni Innsbruck) 2
WT 2017-18 cont. ST 2017 WT 2016-17 ST 2016 WT 2015-16 ST 2015 WT 2014-15 ST 2014 WT 2013-14 Research Design for Political Science and IR (BA- Introduction to R (PhD-Kurs, GIGA Hamburg) Introduction to Political Science (BA- Introduction to Statistics for Social Scientists (MA- Inequality and Political Representation (MA- Interessengruppen und politisches Lobbying (BA- International Environmental Polics (MA- Demokratie, Systemtransformation und Demokratiequalität (BA- Applied Regression Analysis (PhD- Einführung in internationale Verhandlungen (MA- Introduction to R (PhD- und MA- Interest Organisations and Political Lobbying (BA- Demokratie, Systemtransformation und Demokratiequalität (BA- EU Negotiations: Decision Making and Bargaining among European Countries (BA- Understanding Differences in the Environmental Performance of States (BA- Introduction to R (PhD- und MA- 2012 & 2013 MACIS Kolloquium zum Thema Forschungsdesign an der ETH Zürich (MA- 3
Publications Book Carola Betzold & Florian Weiler, 2017, Development Aid and Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries, Palgrave Macmillan. Reviewed in Review of International Organisations by Katja Michaelowa Journal Articles Molenaers, Nadia, Carola Klöck & Florian Weiler, forthcoming, Responsibility, capacity, greenness or vulnerability? What explains the levels of climate aid provided by bilateral donors?, Environmental Politics. Bolleyer, Nicole & Florian Weiler, forthcoming, Why are interest groups politically active? An incentive theoretical framework, Comparative Political Studies. Weiler, Florian, Carola Klöck & Matthew Dornan, 2018, Vulnerability, good governance, or donor interests? The allocation of aid for climate change adaptation, World Development 104, 65-77. Carola Betzold, and Florian Weiler, 2017, Allocation of aid for adaptation to climate change: Do vulnerable countries receive more support?, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics. Weiler, Florian, 2016, Lobbygruppen im politischen Wettbewerb: Die Auswirkungen des Konkurrenzkampfes unter Interessengruppen auf deren strategisches Verhalten, Swiss Political Science Review 33(3). Weiler Florian, and Matthias Brändli, 2015, Inside vs. outside lobbying: how the institutional framework shapes the lobbying behaviour of interest groups, European Journal of Political Research 54(4). Bailer, Stefanie and Florian Weiler, 2015, A political economy of positions in climate change negotiations: Economic, structural, domestic, and strategic explanations, The Review of International Organizations 10(1). Weiler, Florian, 2012, Preference attainment: determinants of bargaining success in the context of climate change negotiations, Climate Policy 12(5). Castro, Paula, Carola Betzold and Florian Weiler, 2012, AOSIS in the UNFCCC negotiations: from unity to fragmentation?, Climate Policy 12(5). Weiler, Florian, 2010, Global climate change and leadership, Bologna Center Journal of International Affairs 23, p. 13-26. 4
Other Publications Weiler, Florian, 2013, Negotiating climate change: positioning behaviour, cooperation, and bargaining success, Dissertation, ETH Zurich. Betzold, Carola & Florian Weiler, 2016, Aid for adaptation to climate change in Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom, Innovations in Climate Governance Policy Brief, November 2016. Under Review Weiler, Florian, Steven Eichenberger, Andre Mach & Frederic Varone, Access bias? Assessing interest groups representation across decision-making venues, R&R with Governance. Reissmann, Jonas & Florian Weiler, The influence of lobbying coalitions on insider and outsider lobbying an empirical analysis, R&R with Interest Groups & Advocacy. Klöck, Carola & Florian Weiler, Do donors coordinate their adaptation aid? A network analysis of adaptation aid allocation, under review at Global Environmental Politics. Work in Progress Weiler, Florian, Cooperation in the climate change negotiations: a network approach, in preparation for a book project on climate change negotiations with Paula Castro. Dornan, Matthew, Carola Klöck & Florian Weiler New and additional? Comparing development aid and adaptation finance, in preparation for the IPSA Conference 2018 in Brisbane. Adams, Kevin, Carola Klöck & Florian Weiler Transnational climate impacts and adaptation aid allocation, presented at the EPSA conference 2018 in Vienna. Weiler, Florian, Political communication: the use of media and political logics among swiss and german interest groups.. Weiler, Florian, Ratifying international environmental agreements: how the public opinion influences the rate at which treaties are ratified, presented at the EPSA Conference 2015 in Vienna. Gutjahr, Elisabeth, and Florian Weiler, The impact of social policy on the duration young Swiss adults remain unemployed: a comparison among swiss cantons. Weiler, Florian, Adaptation and health: are countries with less well-prepared health sectors more likely to receive adaptation aid?. 5
Professional Activities Supervision and development of the BA und MA programme at the University of Basel Q-Step Coordinator for Politics, University of Kent (until August 2017) Cooperation on the Earth Systems Governance Research Plan 2018 Main organizer of the 6th ECPR Summer School on Interest Group Politics (Hamburg, 2015) Local academic convenor of the ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques (Bamberg, 2014 to 2016) Co-organizer of the 21st PhD Conference on International Climate Policy (Zurich, 2010) Referee for various journals Skills Level of knowledge: + basic, ++ intermediate, +++ advanced Field Section Knowledge in years Statistical Software R and S-Plus +++ 10 STATA +++ 12 SPSS ++ 7 JAGS and OpenBUGS ++ 8 SQL ++ 3 Matlab ++ 2 EViews + 4 Other Software MS Office +++ 25 EndNote +++ 10 L A TEX +++ 10 Python ++ 3 GIS ++ 3 Languages German native speaker - English proficient (C2) - Italian proficient (C1) - French intermediate (B1) - Basel, 2 July 2018 6