Contact Information Rebecca Oliver Assistant Professor of Political Science Department of Political Science & Sociology Murray State University Faculty Hall 5A-9 Murray, KY 42071 Phone: 323 823 9957 Rebecca J. Oliver Curriculum Vitae Academic Positions Murray State University, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & Sociology (2016-) University of Southern California, Lecturer, Department of Political Science (2014-2016) Miami University, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Faculty Affiliate of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program (August 2006-2014) Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, (Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG)), Post-Doctoral Fellow (2010-2011) Education Northwestern University, Ph.D. Political Science (2006). Dissertation Committee: Kathleen Thelen, Peter Swenson, Michael Wallerstein and Leslie McCall. Université de Montréal, B.Sc. Political Science (Baccalauréat spécialisé en science politique) (1998) Book Manuscript Negotiating Differences: Developments in Collective Bargaining Italy and Sweden. Book manuscript. Status: Revise and Resubmit from Cambridge University Press. Peer-reviewed journal articles Greer, Scott, Elliott, Heather & Oliver, Rebecca (2015). Differences That Matter: Overcoming Methodological Nationalism in Comparative Social Policy Research. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 17(4), 408-429. (Comparative Social Policy Research Best Article Award for 2015)
Oliver, Rebecca and Margitta Mätzke (2014) Childcare Expansion in Conservative Welfare States: Policy Legacies and the Politics of Decentralized Implementation in Germany and Italy. Social Politics, (Volume 21, Issue 1, pp. 1-27). Oliver, Rebecca (2011) Powerful Remnants: Politics of Egalitarian Wage Bargaining Institutions in Italy and Sweden. (2011) Socio-Economic Review, (Volume 9, Issue 3), pp. 533-566. Oliver, Rebecca (2008) "Diverging Developments in Wage Inequality." Comparative Political Studies (Volume 41, Issue 12), 1551-1582. Working Projects Lynch, Julia and Oliver, Rebecca. (2016) Immobilism by Design: Fiscal Devolution and Territorial Inequality in Italy, Chapter 7 in Greer, S, Elliot H and Trench A. Federalism in Good Times and Bad, under contract with University of Michigan Press [in preparation] Oliver, Rebecca (2016) Standards of Deviation: Collective Representation of Atypical Workers in Europe. Working Paper. Oliver, Rebecca (2014) Politics of Women as Outsiders : Labor Market Dualism and Female Atypical Workers. Working Paper. Oliver, Rebecca (2012) Insider Institutions, Outsider Outcomes: Italy Temporary Workers in Comparative Perspective. Working Paper. Research Fellowships, Grants & Awards Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG), Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 12 months (2010-2011) Committee on Faculty Research (CFR), Miami University, Research Grant for field research (2010-2011) Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG), Field Research Grant (2010-2011) Kellogg Dispute Resolution Research Center (DRRC), Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Research Grant (9 months of dissertation fieldwork (2003-2004) Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Doctoral Fellowship (2000-2003) John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fund of the Department of Political Science, Northwestern University, Field Work Research Grant (2002) Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'aide à la Recherche (FCAR), Quebec Government Fund for Research Training and Development, Masters Fellowship (1998-2000) Political Science Department, Northwestern University, Farrell Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (2000) Northwestern University, University Scholarships (1998-2003) 2
Grant from University of Michigan for co-authored project, The comparative territorial politics of the welfare state: federalism, regional governments and welfare states, with Scott L Greer, University of Michigan (Principle Investigator), Heather Elliot, University of Michigan, Simone Rauscher, Georgetown University. (50 000$ Research Funds and Funding for Graduate Assistant) (November 2012) Selected Paper Presentations Egalitarian Aftermath: Resilience and Deterioration in Collective Bargaining Practices in Italy. Presentated at the 23rd International Conference of Europeanists, Philadelphia, PA, Resilient Europe (April, 2016)! Italy (with Julia Lynch, University of Pennsylvania) at Territorial Diversity of Welfare States. In invited workshop Territory, Austerity, and Social Inequality, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI University of Michigan's (November 2013 and March 2015). Counting Outsiders: Exile, Voice and Solidarity. Presented at the Council for European Studies, Amsterdam (June 2013) and the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Annual Meeting, Milan (June 2013). Dualism and the Politics of Inequality for Atypical Workers in Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark, presented at the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Annual Meeting, MIT, Boston, MA (June 2012). Book session on Social Pacts in Europe: Emergence, Evolution, and Institutionalization at the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Annual Meeting, MIT, Boston, MA (June 2012). Childcare Expansion in Conservative Welfare States: Policy Legacies and the Territorial Politics of Implementation in Germany and Italy (with co-author Margitta Mätzke) presented at the Council for European Studies Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, (March 2012). Book session on Social change and public policy: labour market flexibility, new social risks and social protection in contemporary political economies at the Council for European Studies Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, (March 2012). Insiders Institutions, Outsiders Outcomes: Politics of Collective Bargaining for Atypical Workers in Europe, presented at the MPIfG Research Seminar Series (February 2011) and Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, Barcelona, Spain (June 2011). Expanding Childcare Provision in Familist Welfare States: Legacies of Battles Waged or Unwaged and Variations on the Principle of Subsidiarity in Italy and Germany. (co-authored with Margitta Mätzke), presented at Flexible Families Working Group in Project Area Institutional Change in Contemporary Capitalism at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG), (January 2011) 3
Courses Taught Undergraduate Courses Critical Issues in Public Policy: Welfare States and Inequality (University of Southern California, Spring 2015, Fall 2015) Critical Issues in Law: Labor in Europe (University of Southern California, Spring 2015) European Politics (University of Southern California, Fall 2014, Fall 2015) Comparative Politics (Miami University, Fall 2006- Fall 2012; University of Southern California, Fall 2014, Fall 2015) Politics of Western Europe (Miami University, Fall 2006-Fall 2013) Comparative Politics, Honors Seminar (Miami University, Spring 2010, Fall 2012) Comparative Politics, Writing Section (Miami University, Fall 2013, Spring 2014) Social and Labor Policy in the European Union, Capstone Seminar (Miami University, Fall 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014) Globalization (Northwestern University, Winter 2006) Graduate Seminars Proseminar in Comparative Politics (Miami University, Spring 2006, Fall 2007) Western European Politics Graduate Seminar (Miami University, Fall 2008, Spring 2009) Professional and University Service Reviewer for Journal of Comparative Politics, American Political Science Review, Socio-Economic Review and British Journal of Industrial Relations Member of Executive Council, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) (June 2011-2014) and Member of Awards Committee (Travel Grants and Student Awards) (2012-2013) Guest Affiliations Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE), UCLA, (May 2015-August 2015) Visiting Scholar, LABORatorio R. Revelli Centre for Employment Studies (March 2004, June 2011) Visiting Scholar, Labor Studies Institute (Istituto di Studi del Lavoro) University of Milan (2001-2004) Visiting Scholar, Trade Union Institute for Economic Research (FIEF, Stiftelsen Fackföreningsrörelsens Institut för Ekonomisk Forskning), Stockholm (June 2003) 4
Workshops and Short Courses Workshop at Sciences Po, Centre d Etudes Européennes Explaining Labour Market and Welfare State Dualisation in France and Germany," part of the NEWOWE (New worlds of welfare capitalism), March 2011. Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG), OECD Statistics Training Seminar, March 2011 Miami University, CELT workers Seminar, "Quantitative Reasoning - Making Numbers Count" February 2009 Miami University, Proposal Writing Workshop, Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship (September - December 2008) Miami University, Learning Technology Summer Institute (May 2008) Miami University, Assessing Critical Thinking, Workshop Series (January - May 2008) APSA Short Course, Integrating New Italian Politics into Undergraduate Teaching and Comparative Research, (August 2004) Luxembourg Income Study Summer Workshop (July 2003) Professional Affiliations American Political Science Association (APSA) Conference Group on Italian Politics and Society (CONGRIPS) Council for European Studies (CES) Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) Other Information Languages: French (fluent) and Italian (spoken and read) Founder and President of the Debating Club of the Université de Montréal (1995-1996) First Prize Winner of the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate (CUSID) French National Championships, with Marie-Noëlle Fredette (1996) Director of French Language Debate for Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate CUSID (1996-1997) References Kathleen Thelen, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Phone: 617-253-5262. E-mail: thelen@mit.edu Julia Lynch, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania. Phone: 215-746- 8312. E-mail: jflynch@sas.upenn.edu 5
Peter Swenson, Department of Political Science, Yale University. Phone: 203-432-5677. E- mail: peter.swenson@yale.edu Dennis Chong, Department of Political Science, University of Southern California. Phone: (213) 740-6998. E-mail: chongd@usc.edu Karen Dawisha, Department of Political Science, Miami University. Phone: 513-529-2000. Email: dawishkl@miamioh.edu 6