CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Vally (Vassiliki) Koubi Date of Birth: 1-1-1960 Citizenship: Greek, US Sex: Female Family status: Married, 2 children (born 1996 and 1998) Address VWI, University of Bern, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, A318, CH-3001, Bern, Switzerland Tel: +41 31 631 3279; Fax: +41 31 631 3992; email: vally.koubi@vwi.unibe.ch or Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS), ETH Zurich, Haldeneggsteig 4, IFW C43.2, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland Tel: +41-44-632-6776; Fax: +41-44-632-1946; email: koubi@ir.gess.ethz.ch Education Ph.D (1991) Political Science, University of Rochester M.A. (1988) Political Science, University of Rochester M.S. (1985) Public Policy, University of Rochester B.A. (1982) Public Law and Political Science, Law School, University of Athens, Greece Present Positions Professor (Titular), ETH Zurich, 2013- Senior Scientist, Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS), and Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED), ETH Zurich, 2005-. Dozentin, Department of Economics, University of Bern, 2008- Professor (Honorary), Department of Economics, University of Bern, 2003- Past Positions Dozentin, Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 2008-2011. Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, University of Bern, 1999-2008. Senior Researcher, Center for Comparative Studies (CIS), ETH Zurich, 1999-2004. Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Georgia, 1991-1998. Visiting Professor, Institute for European Studies, Catholic University of Louvain, 1997-1998. 1
TMR Fellow, Center for Operation Research and Econometrics (CORE), Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, 1996-1997. Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium, 1994-1995. Lecturer, Department of Political Science, SUNY at Buffalo, 1990-1991. Lecturer, Department of Government, and The Washington Semester Program, The American University, Washington, DC., 1989-1990. Instructor, Department of Political Science, University of Rochester, Summer 1987. Fields Political Economy, International Political Economy, Comparative Political Economy (environmental politics) International Relations (theory, conflict, defense policy, defense economics) Teaching Experience (undergraduate and graduate courses) Political Economy, International Political Economy, Political Economy of Climate Change Defense Economics, Economics and Politics International Relations, Theories of Conflict Comparative Politics Grants and Fellowships Swiss National Science Foundation (NCCR, Research Program on Democracy in the 21 st Century), Research Grant, Project Democratic quality and legitimacy in international environmental governance, Co-Principal Investigator, 2013-2017 (with T. Bernauer). Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS), Research Grant, Project Environmental degradation and migration, Principal Investigator, 2012-2014. Swiss National Science Foundation (NCCR, Research Program on Democracy in the 21 st Century), Research Grant, Project Civil society government interactions in global environmental governance, Co-Principal Investigator, 2009-2013 (with T. Bernauer). Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS), Research Grant, Project Climate change, economic growth, and conflict, Principal Investigator, 2009-2011. Swiss National Science Foundation (NCCR, Research Program on Democracy in the 21 st Century), Research Grant, Project Democratic structures and processes and the provision of public good (environmental quality), Co-Principal Investigator, 2005-2009 (with T. Bernauer). Ecoscientia Stiftung, Member, 2002 and 2006. European Commission, Human Capital and Mobility Research Grant, Project Technological military arms races, Principal Investigator, 1996-1997. University of Georgia, Research Grant, Project Military buildups and arms control 2
agreements, 1992-1993. Graduate Fellowship, University of Rochester, 1985-89. Graduate Scholarship, University of Rochester, 1983-85. Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals "Press briefings in international climate change negotiations," (with C. Betzold and T. Bernauer). Environmental Communication (forthcoming). "The effects of treaty legality and domestic institutional hurdles on environmental treaty ratification," (with G. Spilker). International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, DOI 10.1007/s10784-014-9255-4. "The marginal impact of ENGOs in different types of democratic systems," (with T. Böhmelt and T. Bernauer). European Political Science Review 7(1): 93-118, 2015. "One effect to rule them all? A comment on quantifying the influence of climate on human conflict," (with H. Buhaug, J. Nordkvelle, T. Bernauer, T. Böhmelt, M. Brzoska, J.W. Busby, A. Ciccone, H. Fjelde, E. Gartzke, N.P. Gleditsch, J.A. Goldstone, H. Hegre, H. Holtermann, J.S.A. Link, P.M. Link, P. Lujala, J. O Loughlin, C. Raleigh, J. Scheffran, J.P. Schilling, T.G. Smith, O.M. Theisen, R.S.J. Tol, H. Urdal, and N. von Uexkull). Climatic Change 127(3-4): 391-398, 2014. "Grievances, economic wealth, and civil conflict" (with T. Böhmelt). Journal of Peace Research 51(1): 19 33, 2014. "Civil society participation in global governance: Insights from climate politics" (with T. Böhmelt and T. Bernauer). European Journal of Political Research 53 (1): 18 36, 2014. "Do natural resources matter for inter and intrastate armed conflict?" (with G. Spilker, T. Böhmelt and T.Bernauer). Journal of Peace Research, 51(2) 227 243, 2014. "Is there a depth versus participation dilemma in international cooperation?" (with T. Bernauer, A. Kalbhenn and G. Spilker). Review of International Organizations, 8(4): 477-497, 2013. "The democracy civil society paradox in global environmental governance" (with T. Bernauer and T. Böhmelt). Global Environmental Politics 13 (1): 88 107, 2013. "Are bigger governments better providers of public goods? Evidence from air pollution" (with T. Bernauer). Public Choice 156(3-4): 503-609, 2013. "Climate variability, economic growth, and conflict" (with T. Bernauer, A. Kalbhenn and G. Spilker). Journal of Peace Research 49(1): 113-127, 2012. "Environmental changes and violent conflict" (with T. Bernauer and T. Böhmelt). Environmental Research Letters 7(1): 015601 (1 8), 2012. "A comparison of international and domestic sources of global governance dynamics" (with T. Bernauer. A. Kalbhenn and G.Spilker). British Journal of Political Science 40(2): 509 538, 2010. "Does neutrality make a difference? Explaining patterns of Swiss defense spending in 1975-2001" (with T. Bernauer and F. Ernst). Defense and Peace Economics 20(5): 413-422, 2009. 3
"Effects of political institutions on air quality" (with T. Bernauer). Ecological Economics 68(5): 1355-1365, 2009. "National and regional economic consequences of Swiss defense spending" (with T, Bernauer and F. Ernst). Journal of Peace Research 46(4): 457-484, 2009. "On the determinants of financial development and stock returns." Journal of Money, Investment and Banking Issue 1, January 2008. "Distribution of power and military R & D" (with D. Lalman). Journal of Theoretical Politics 19 (2): 133-152, 2007. ''On the interconnectedness of regulatory policy and markets: Lessons from banking'' (with T. Bernauer). British Journal of Political Science 36 (2): 509-525, 2006. ''War and economic performance.'' Journal of Peace Research 42 (1): 67-82, 2005. "Banking crisis vs credit crunch? A cross-country comparison of policy responses to dilemmas in banking regulation" (with T. Bernauer). Business and Politics 6 (2), Article 2, 2004. ''Business cycles and schooling'' (with H. Dellas). European Journal of Political Economy 19 (4): 843-859, 2003. "Banking regulation in hard times: Business cycles, bank capital, and the bank failure - credit crunch dilemma" (with T. Bernauer). Journal of Public Policy 22 (4): 61-75, 2002. "Industrial employment, investment equipment and economic growth" (with H. Dellas). Economic Development and Cultural Change 49 (4): 867-81, 2001. "Military technology races." International Organization 53 (3): 537-566, 1999. "Interstate military technology races and arms control agreements." Journal of Conflict and Peace Management 16 (1): 57-75, 1998. "Military buildups and arms control agreements." International Studies Quarterly 38 (4): 605-620, 1994. "Disarmament: A theoretical analysis." International Interactions 19 (4): 263-281, 1994. "Smoke screens: A theoretical analysis" (with H. Dellas). Public Choice 78: 351-358, 1994. "International tensions and arms control agreements." American Journal of Political Science 37 (1): 148-164, 1993. Articles in edited volumes "War and economic growth," in J.J. Hewitt, J. Wilkenfeld and T.R. Curr (Eds) Peace and Conflict 2012. Paradigm Publishers, 2012. "The impact of environmental change on conflict and cooperation - A review" (with T, Bernauer and T. Böhmelt), United Kingdom Government Office for Science, Foresight Project on Migration and Global Environmental Change, October 2011. "Wars and means of mass destruction" in D.D. Razis (Ed) The Human Predicament: An International Dialogue on the Meaning of Human Behavior. Amherst, N.Y: Prometheus Books, 1996. 4
Working Papers "Environmental stressors and migration; Evidence from Vietnam," (with G. Spilker, L. Shaffer and T. Bernauer), 2015 (revise and resubmit). "Globalization and the environment," (with T. Böhmelt and T. Bernauer), 2015 (under review). "Environmental change and migration," (with G. Spilker, L. Shaffer, and T. Böhmelt), (under review). "Environmental migrants: What drives the perception of conflict? "(with T. Böhmelt, G. Spilker, and L. Shaffer) (under review). "An Agent-Based Model of climate-induced migration for Vietnam," (with T. Siegfried, L. Beck and S. Stoll), (work in progress). "Climate change, conflict and peace in international river basins - A theoretical perspective," (with T. Bernauer, L. Beck and T. Siegfried), 2011, (work in progress). "On the effects of environmental and business interest groups on cooperation in the climate change regime," (with T. Böhmelt), (work in progress). "Regulating bank capital: Can market discipline facilitate or replace capital adequacy rules?" (with T. Bernauer), 2002 (revised, 2006). Conference Participant (presenter since 2004) American Political Science Association (APSA): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015. Environmental Politics and Governance: 2015. European Political Science Association (EPSA): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. European Consortium of Political Research General Conference (ECPR): 2005, 2013. Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED), ETH Zurich: 2006, 2008, 2010. International Political Economy Society (IPES): 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2015. International Studies Association (ISA): 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. Political Economy of International Organizations (PEIO): 2009. Swiss Political Science Association (SVPW): 2004, 2010, 2014. Professional activities Expert reviewer, Fifth Assessment Report (Working Groups II, III), United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2012, 2013. Expert reviewer, Clingendael report for the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), 2013. 5
Member, Referee Panel, Expert Committee for Social Sciences, Research Council of Norway, Oslo, 2013. Member, External Evaluation Committee, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, School of Legal, Economic and Political Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2014. External Examiner, Ph.D. Thesis, Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 2012. Manuscript reviewer, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Business and Politics, Climatic Change, Comparative Political Studies, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Constitutional Political Economy, Defense and Peace Economics, Ecological Economics, Economics and Politics, Environment and Development Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, European Journal of Political Research, European Union Politics, Global Environmental Politics, International Area Studies Review, International Interactions, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Politics, Journal of Peace Research, Political Science Research and Methods, Political Studies, Public Choice, and World Development. Conference discussant and panel chair: various national and international conferences such as the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association (APSA), European Political Science Association (EPSA), International Studies Association (ISA), Swiss Political Science Association (SVPW), and Research on Economic Theory & Econometrics (CRETE). Professional Memberships: American Political Science Association, European Political Science Association, International Political Economy Society, International Studies Association, Swiss Political Science Association. Workshops (recent) Water and Security Workshop, New Orleans, USA, February 2010. Climate Change and Security, 250 th Anniversary Conference organized by the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, Trondheim, Norway, June 2010. Climate Change and Security, Zurich, Switzerland, December 2010. International Environmental Governance: Grounding Policy Reform in Rigorous Analysis, World Trade Institute (WTO), Bern, Switzerland, June 2011. Climate and Conflict: Past Evidence and Research Gaps, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Oslo, Norway, 2012. 6
Biotechnology and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities, NCCR Trade Regulation, World Trade Institute (WTO), Bern, Switzerland, February 2013. Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Recovery, The International Expert Forum (IEF), New York, NY, USA, May 2013. Auswirkungen des Klimawandels und Klimapolitik: Ergebnisse des 5. IPCC-Berichts, University of Zurich, Zurich, April 2014. Thesis supervision: Supervisor and co-supervisor of numerous Master, Bachelor and PhD theses. Recent PhDs: Gabriele Spilker (2009), assistant professor, University of Salzburg, Austria. Anna Kalbhenn (2010), European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany. Lena Schaffer (2011), postdoctoral researcher, CIS, ETH Zurich. Carola Betzold (2013), post-doctoral researcher, Gothenburg Centre for Globalisation and Development, and the School for Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. 7