Liam F. McGrath CONTACT INFORMATION CITIZENSHIP ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT ETH Zürich Phone: +41.44.632.62.68 IFW C 45.2 E-mail: liam.mcgrath@ir.gess.ethz.ch Haldeneggsteig 4 8092 Zürich Switzerland ETH Zürich, Switzerland Postdoctoral Researcher 2015 - Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) and the Institute for Environmental Decisions (IED) Hertie School of Governance, Germany Research Scientist, The Governance Report 2014-2015 EDUCATION University of Essex, PhD Political Science 2010-2015 Topic: The Politics of Economic Crises - Defaults, Responses and Consequences Supervisor: Thomas Plümper. Examiners: William Clark and Alejandro Quiroz-Flores. University of Rochester, United States of America Visiting Graduate Student 2013-2014 Invited by Curtis Signorino University of Essex, M.A. Political Economy 2009-2010 With Distinction Thesis Topic: Economic Crises, Bilateral Aid and Human Rights B.A. (Hons) International Relations and Politics 2006-2009 With Honours Class I 1 of 5
RESEARCH Under Review: The Politics of Post-Currency Crisis Reserve Accumulation Revise & Resubmit, Political Science and Research Methods Estimating Onsets of Binary Events With Panel Data Revise & Resubmit, Political Analysis Protection From Your Neighbour s Fate: The Diffusion of Reserve Accumulation Policies Chapters in Edited Volumes: Inequality in Perceptions within and between EU Member Countries (Forthcoming) in Beyond the Crisis: The Governance of Europe s Economic, Political, and Legal Transformation. Oxford University Press. Indicators of Convergence within the European Union (2015) in The Governance Report 2015. Oxford University Press. Working Papers: Political Systems and the Onset of Sovereign Debt Crises A Cross-National Measure of Inequality in Perceptions Economic Crises in an Interdependent World: How Economic Interdependence Affects Responses to Economic Crises In Preparation: Omitted Variables From Abroad: Considering Omitted Variable Bias in a Spatial Context (with Janina Beiser) Statistical Models of Learning TEACHING EXPERIENCE Department of Government, University of Essex, Teaching Assistant 2010-2013 GV200 Political Analysis ( 10, 11, 12) U GV518 International Negotiation ( 10, 11, 12) U/G GV903 Advanced Research Methods ( 13) G Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis Teaching Assistant 2010-2013 Bayesian Analysis in the Social Sciences ( 13) G Discrete Choice Models in the Social Sciences ( 11) G 2 of 5
Maximum Likelihood and Limited Dependent Variable Models ( 10) G Multivariate Data Analysis ( 12) G Panel Data Analysis for Comparative Research ( 10) G Pooled Time-Series Cross-Sectional Analysis ( 11, 13) G Selection and Strategic Models ( 11, 12) G G(raduate), U(ndergraduate) ADDITIONAL TRAINING EITM Summer Institute, Princeton University Summer 2012 Simulation Innovation: A Node, University of Surrey Courses Taken: February 2011 Introduction to Agent Based Modelling (Nigel Gilbert) Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex Courses Taken: October 2010 Programming an Estimation Command in Stata and Mata (David Drukker) Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis Courses Taken: 2009-2012 Bayesian Analysis in the Social Sciences (Richard Morey 12) Empirical Models of Context Conditionality, (Inter)Dependence and Endogeneity (Rob Franzese 09) Introduction to Duration Models (Matt Golder 10) Logit and Probit Models (Marco Steenbergen 09) Mathematics for Social Scientists (Edward Codling/Chris Saker 09) Panel Data Analysis for Comparative Research (Chris Adolph 09) Spatial Econometrics (Rob Franzese/Jude Hays 10) CONFERENCE AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS 2015: PolMeth 32, University of Rochester EPSA Annual Conference, Vienna European and Global Governance Colloquium, Hertie School of Governance PSA Quantitative Methods Network Conference on Quantitative Political Methodology, University of Oxford 3 of 5
2014: Economics and Politics Seminar, Heidelberg University Workshop on Political Institutions and Inclusive Development, Hertie School of Governance and German Development Institute (DIE) Samples and Sandwiches Seminar, Hertie School of Governance EPSA Annual Conference, Edinburgh Watson Seminar, University of Rochester ISA Annual Conference, Toronto 2013: MPSA Annual Conference, Chicago ISA Annual Conference, San Francisco 2012: IPES Annual Conference, University of Virginia AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS International Studies Association Travel Grant 2013 Grant to attend EITM Summer Institute, Princeton University 2012 Advanced Quantitative Methods Stipend 2010-2013 Additional funding awarded by ESRC for use of advanced quantitative methods in research. Eric Tanenbaum Prize for Best Masters Student (Jointly awarded) 2010 ESRC 1+3 Scholarship 2009-2013 Scholarship covered tuition fees for M.A. and PhD as well as a maintenance stipend. Jean Blondel Prize for Best Undegraduate Degree Result 2009 SERVICES TO THE PROFESSION Journal Referee Economics & Politics Journal of Conflict Resolution 4 of 5
RESEARCH ASSISTANCE University of Essex, Research Assistant Summer 2013 Research Assistant for Alejandro Quiroz-Flores. Coding Assistant June - July 2010 Coding Assistant for I-CeM Project. Data Assistant January - April 2010 Data Assistant for Dr. Thomas Scotto. COMPUTER SKILLS Statistics: JAGS, R, Stan, Stata, SPSS REFERENCES Thomas Plümper Curtis S. Signorino Department of Government 303 Harkness Hall University of Essex Department of Political Science Wivenhoe Park University of Rochester Colchester, Essex Rochester, NY CO4 3SQ 14627 United States of America tpluem@essex.ac.uk curt.signorino@rochester.edu Mark Kayser Alejandro Quiroz Flores Hertie School of Governance Department of Government Friedrichstrasse 180 University of Essex 10117 Berlin Wivenhoe Park Germany Colchester, Essex kayser@hertie-school.org CO4 3SQ tbohmelt@essex.ac.uk 5 of 5