Curriculum Vitae Florian Weiler Academic Background Since 10.2013 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 Employment 01.2009 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 Additional Academic Training 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 February 2016 Fall 2015 Spring 2015 February 2015 Fall 2014 - Introduction to R (ECPR winter school course) - Introduction to statistics for social scientists (ECPR winter school course) - Inequality and political representation (English, MA Seminar) - Interest groups and political lobbying (German, BA Seminar) - Introduction to R (English, PhD and MA course) - Understanding differences in the environmental performance of states (English, MA Seminar) - Democracy, democratic quality, and democratic transition (German, BA Seminar) - Introduction to R (ECPR winter school course) - Introduction to statistics for social scientists (ECPR winter school course) - Introduction to international and EU negotiations (German, BA Seminar) - Applied regression analysis (English, PhD course) - Introduction to R (English, PhD and MA course)
Spring 2014 Fall 2013 - Democracy, democratic quality, and democratic transition (English, BA Seminar) - Interest organisations and political lobbying (English, BA Seminar) - Understanding differences in the environmental performance of states (English, BA Seminar) - EU negotiations: Decision making and bargaining among European countries (English, BA Seminar) - Introduction to R (English - PhD course) 2012 & 2013 - MACIS colloquium at ETH Zurich (MA seminar, research design and methods) Publications Dissertation Weiler, Florian, 2013, Negotiating Climate Change: Positioning Behaviour, Cooperation, and Bargaining Success, ETH Zurich. Journal Articles Weiler Florian, and Matthias Brändli, 2015, Inside vs. Outside Lobbying: How the Institutional Framework Shapes the Lobbying Behavior of Interest Groups, European Journal of Political Research (Online Early View Version). 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. Under Review Carola Betzold, and Florian Weiler, Keeping Their Promise? How Donors Allocate Their Aid for Adaptation to Climate Change to Developing Countries, under review at International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics. Weiler, Florian, Lob-
bygruppen im politischen Wettbewerb: Die Auswirkungen des Konkurrenzkampfes unter Interessengruppen auf deren strategisches Verhalten, under review at Swiss Political Science Review. Weiler, Florian, Political Communication: The Use of Media and Political Logics Among Swiss and German Interest Groups., under review at German Politics. Work in Progress Carola Betzold, and Florian Weiler, Adaptation Aid Allocation: An In-depth Analysis of allocation patterns with a particular focus on Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, book project, proposal accepted by Palgrave Macmillan, supported by the Thyssen Foundation. Weiler, Florian, Ratifying International Agreements: How the Public Opinion Influences the Rate at which Treaties are Ratified, presented at the 5th Annual General EPSA Conference, June 2015, Vienna. Weiler, Florian, Patrick Donges, and Matthias Brändli, An Index of Mediatization: Comparing the Communication Repertoire of Interest Groups in Germany and Switzerland, presented at the 7th ECPR General Conference, September 2013, Bordeaux. Weiler, Florian, Cooperation in the Climate Change Negotiations: A Network Approach. Gutjahr, Elisabeth, and Florian Weiler, The Impact of Social Policy on the Duration Young Swiss Adults Remain Unemployed: A Comparison Among Swiss Cantons. Professional Activities Elected representative of scientific staff (Mittelbauvertreter), Uni Bamberg Main organizer of the 6th ECPR Summer School on Interest Group Politics (Hamburg, 2015) 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 +++ 6 STATA +++ 8 SPSS ++ 5 JAGS and OpenBUGS ++ 5 SQL ++ 3 Matlab ++ 2 EViews + 4 Other Software MS Office +++ 15 EndNote +++ 6 L A TEX +++ 5 Python ++ 3 GIS ++ 3 Languages German native speaker - English proficient (C2) - Italian proficient (C1) - French intermediate (B1) -