SPYROS BLAVOUKOS Al. Oikonomou 11, Elliniko, 167 77, Athens, Greece +30 6974 52 28 28 e-mail: sblavo@aueb.gr EDUCATION and PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Education 2007 Ph.D., Department of Government, University of Essex 1999 MA in European Integration, University of Essex 1994-8 Ptycheion (4-Year Degree), Department of International and European Economic Studies (DIEES), Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) Professional Experience 2013- Assistant Professor - AUEB, DIEES 2010-13 Lecturer AUEB, DIEES 2008-10 Adjunct Lecturer AUEB, DIEES and Dept. of Economics 2007-8 Adjunct Lecturer AUEB, DIEES 2004-7 Research Fellow - CONNEX Network of Excellence, AUEB 2003-6 Research Fellow - DOSEI Research Project ( Domestic Structures and European Integration ), AUEB 2002-3 Research Fellow - SGTIC Research Project ( Security Governance, Threats, Institutions and Capabilities ), Pan-European Institute, University of Essex 2002-3 Teaching Assistant, Department of Government, University of Essex 2000 European Parliament Office (Athens Greece) Scholarships Distinctions - Participation in the DOSEI Project, nominated for the 2007 Descartes Research Prize for Excellence in Scientific Collaborative Research. - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Studentship (2000-2003) (award number: R42200034526/University of Essex). - Scholarship - European Political economy Infrastructure Consortium (EPIC) (May 2001 - September 2002). - Robert Schuman Internship Scholarship, European Parliament (April-July 2000). 1
PUBLICATIONS and RESEARCH Books and Edited Volumes - The Political Economy of the European Periphery (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2014) (co-authored). - The European Union and the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (eds.) (London: Palgrave, forthcoming 2014) (with D. Bourantonis and C. Portela) - Chairing Multilateral Negotiations: the Case of the United Nations (London: Routledge, 2011) (with D. Bourantonis). - The EU Presence in International Organizations (eds.) (London: Routledge, 2011) (with D. Bourantonis). - The Last Presidency: Greece in the European Integration and the four Greek Presidencies of the EU (Athens: Papazissis, 2004) (in Greek) (with G. Pagoulatos). Articles in Refereed Journals YEAR JOURNAL TITLE Forthcoming Forthcoming Forthcoming Cooperation and Conflict [Article published online: 10 January 2014 DOI: 10.1177/0010836713517568 European Foreign Affairs Review Cold War History [Article published online: 27 January 2014 DOI: 10.1080/14682745.2013.871261 2014 British Journal of Politics and International Relations (vol. 16:2, pp. 349-365) 2013 South European Society and Politics (vol. 18:2, pp. 139-57) 2012 Government and Opposition (vol. 47:4, pp. 597 617) Identifying Parameters of Foreign Policy Change: A Synthetic Approach (with D. Bourantonis) Do UN Sanctions Strenghten the International Presence of the EU? (with D. Bourantonis) Calling the Bluff, Exposing the West: the Soviet Engagement in the United Nations Disarmament Negotiations, 1954-5 (with D. Bourantonis) Pursuing National Interests: The 1992 British Presidency of the UN Security Council and the Soviet Permanent Seat (with D. Bourantonis). Independent Bodies and the Elusive Empowerment of Technocracy in Greece: the Case of ELTE (with C. Caramanis and E. Dedoulis). Policy Entrepreneurs and foreign policy change: the Greek-Turkish Rapprochement in the 1990s (with D. Bourantonis) 2
2011 Journal of European Integration (vol. 33:6, pp. 731-742) 2011 European Journal of Political Research (vol. 50:4, pp. 559-81) 2011 Review of International Studies (vol. 37:2, pp. 653-72) 2008 West European Politics (vol. 31:6, pp.1147-65) 2008 Journal of Public Policy (vol. 28:2, pp. 229-53) 2008 European Journal of Political Research (vol. 47:2, pp. 247-67) 2007 Journal of Common Market Studies (vol. 45:2, pp. 231-52) 2006 The Hague Journal of Diplomacy (vol. 1:2, pp. 143-70) 2005 European Union Politics (vol. 6:3, pp. 315-37) 2003 South European Society and Politics (vol. 8:3, pp. 145-62) The EU in the United Nations Security Council: the Case of the UNSC Reform (with D. Bourantonis). Accounting for coalition-building in the European Union: Budget negotiations and the South (with G. Pagoulatos) Chairs as Policy Entrepreneurs in Multilateral Negotiations (with D. Bourantonis) Enlargement Waves and Interest Group Participation in the EU Policy-Making System: Establishing a framework of analysis (with G. Pagoulatos) Fiscal Adjustment in Southern Europe: the Limits of EMU Conditionality (with G. Pagoulatos) Negotiating in Stages: National Positions and the Reform of the Stability and Growth Pact (with G. Pagoulatos) The European Council President: A New Actor in Town? (with D. Bourantonis and G. Pagoulatos) Parameters of Chair Effectiveness: the Case of the UN Security Council (with D. Bourantonis and P. Tsakonas) Assessing the Reliability and Validity of Expert Interviews (with H. Dorussen and H. Lenz) A middle-size country s middle-of-the-road success: the 2003 Greek Presidency of the European Union (with G. Pagoulatos) Contributions in Handbooks and Collective Volumes - The United Nations, in J. Sperling (ed) Handbook on Governance and Security (London, Edward Elgar, forthcoming) (with D. Bourantonis). - Neutrality and European Integration: the Role of EU Neutrals, in J. Sperling, V. Papacosma and A. Theofanous (eds.) Europe s Neutrals and European Security in the 21st Century (London: Routledge, forthcoming). 3
- The EU Neutrals and the Reform of the UN Security Council, in J. Sperling, V. Papacosma and A. Theofanous (eds.) Europe s Neutrals and European Security in the 21st Century (London: Routledge, forthcoming) (with D. Bourantonis). - The Role and the Power of the Chair in International Organizations, in B. Reinalda (ed) The Routledge Handbook of International Organization (London and New York, Routledge, 2013) (with D. Bourantonis). - The EU in the UN Security Council, in K-E. Jørgensen and K. V. Laatikainen (eds.) Handbook on Europe and Multilateral Institutions (London: Routledge, 2012) (with D. Bourantonis). - Introduction: The EU Presence in International Organizations, in S. Blavoukos and D. Bourantonis (eds.) The EU Presence in International Organizations (London: Routledge, 2011) (with D. Bourantonis). - Conclusions, in S. Blavoukos and D. Bourantonis (eds.) The EU Presence in International Organizations (London: Routledge, 2011) (with D. Bourantonis). - Enlargement Waves and Interest Group Participation in the EU Policy-Making System: Establishing a Framework of Analysis in J. Beyers, R. Eising, and W.A. Maloney (eds.) Interest Group Politics in Europe: Lessons from EU Studies and Comparative Politics (London: Routledge, 2009) (with G. Pagoulatos). - Cyprus: Under the Shadow of the Inter-Communal Conflict in Th. König and S. Hug (eds.) Policy-making Processes and the European Constitution: A Comparative Study of Member States and Accession Countries (2006) (London: Routledge) (with G. Pagoulatos). - Greece: Overcoming Negative Stereotyping in Th. König and S. Hug (eds.) Policy-making Processes and the European Constitution: A Comparative Study of Member States and Accession Countries (2006) (London: Routledge) (with G. Pagoulatos). - Malta: The Importance of Being Unimportant in Th. König and S. Hug (eds.) Policy-making Processes and the European Constitution: A Comparative Study of Member States and Accession Countries (2006) (London: Routledge). - Portugal: In Quest for a New Role in Th. König and S. Hug (eds.) Policy-making Processes and the European Constitution: A Comparative Study of Member States and Accession Countries (2006) (London: Routledge) (with G. Pagoulatos). - Greece: Continuity and Change in F. Laursen (ed.) The Treaty of Nice: Actor Preferences. Bargaining and Institutional Choice (2006) (Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff) (with P. Tsakaloyannis). 4
Working Papers and Other Publications - A Glimpse of the Future? Emerging Islands of Cooperation in the European Integration Process, in Greek Foreign Policy: Global Trends and Challenges (Athens: EKEM, 2013). - Book Review - Exadaktylos, Th. and C. M. Radaelli (eds.) (2012) Research Design in European Studies. Establishing Causality in Europeanization, Palgrave-Macmillan, in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, vol. 13:1, pp. 105-6, 2013.- - Fiscal Adjustment in Southern Europe: the Limits of EMU Conditionality, LSE, Hellenic Observatory GreeSE Discussion Paper, no. 12, March 2008 (with G. Pagoulatos). - The Chair in the UN Context: Assessing Functions and Performance, Clingendael Discussion Paper in Diplomacy, no. 101, The Hague, Clingendael Institute, November 2005 (with D. Bourantonis). - Continuity and Change in the post-constitution EU Presidency: A New Actor in Town?, EKEM Paper 1/2005, Hellenic Centre for European Studies, June 2005 (with D. Bourantonis and G. Pagoulatos). - Enlargement of the EU and the Greek Industry: Views and Inputs in the National Policy- Making Process, Agora without Frontiers, vol. 8:4, Spring 2003, pp. 317-334. - EU Representation in the UN Security Council: Bridging the Capabilities-Expectations Gap?, Essex Papers in Politics and Government, No. 157, Department of Government, University of Essex, May 2002 (with D. Bourantonis). - The European Parliament and the Enlargement of the European Union: Institutional Role and Own Initiative Actions, Report for the European Parliament Office in Greece, (Athens: European Parliament Office, 2000) (in Greek). - The Telos of the European Union: Ethnos or Demos?, Essex Papers in Politics and Government, No. 149, Department of Government, University of Essex, June 2000 (with M. Sigalas). Conferences Papers presented at the following conferences: - ECPR Pan-European Conference on EU Politics (2013, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2004) - ECPR Pan-European International Relations Conference (2010, 2001) - CES Council of Europeanists (2013, 2011) 5
- ISA Annual Conference (2009). - UACES Annual Conference (2005, 2002, 2001). - WISC International Studies Conference (2008, 2005). - CISS International Studies Conference (2012, 2010, 2008) - North Political Studies Association (NOPSA) Conference (2005 paper tabled). - EUSA Biennial International Conference (2005). - ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops (2004). - LSE Ph.D. Symposium on Modern Greece (2003). - ECSA-Canada Biennial Conference (2002). - British International Studies Association (BISA) Annual Conference (2001). - Graduate Student Conference, Institute on W. Europe, Columbia University (2000). Further Academic Activities o Convenor of the Workshop on Revisiting the European Security Strategy (ESS): Prospective and Retrospective Assessment, 2 nd EISA Joint Workshop, Izmir, 21-24 May 2014 o Section convenor in the 2013 EISA Conference, Warsaw, 18-21 September o Convenor of the Exploratory Workshop on The EU and the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1st SGIR/EISA Exploratory Workshops meeting, Rhodes, 24-27 October 2012 o Reviewer for the following academic journals: European Journal of Political Research, Journal of Common Market Studies, Review of International Studies, Governance, European Journal of International Relations, Journal of European Integration, International Political Science Review, European Political Economy Review. o Reviewer for the publishing house Palgrave-Macmillan. o Member of the editorial board of the electronic journal European Political Economy Review (EPER) (www.eper.org) (2003-06). 6