Curriculum Vitae Name: MARTIN MENDELSKI Address: Paulstr. 3 50676 Cologne Germany Phone: +49 221 2767-226 E-Mail: mendelski@mpifg.de ACADEMIC POSITIONS Since 2016 Postdoctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Postdoctoral project: Capitalist Diversity, Socio-economic Fragmentation, and the EU s Neoliberal Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe 2016 Researcher in the EU-funded project Anticorruption Policies Revisited: Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (anticorrp.eu) 2012-2016 Lecturer, Trier University, Department of Sociology and Department of Political Science 2011 2014 PhD researcher, University of Luxembourg 2009 Research Assistant, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin 2008-2009 Research Fellow in the Volkswagenstiftung project Emerging Market Economies in Central Asia: The Role of Institutional Complementarities in Reform Processes, Private University Applied Sciences Goettingen 2005-2007 Research Assistant, Economics Department, ESCP Europe Business School, Berlin EDUCATION 2011-2014 PhD in Political Science, University of Luxembourg Dissertation title: The Limits of the European Union s Transformative Power: Pathologies of Europeanization and Rule of Law Reform in Central and Eastern Europe, Grade: Excellent, Committee members: Robert Harmsen, Jean-Paul Lehners, Harlan Koff, Leonardo Morlino, Geoffrey Pridham 2003-2004 Master of European Studies (MES), Viadrina University Frankfurt/Oder: European Studies 1997-2003 Dipl.-Kfm. (Business Administration), University of Mannheim Studies abroad: 2004 Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Iasi (Romania) 2002 FINEC St. Petersburg (Russia) 2001 ITESM Monterrey (Mexico) 2000-2001 Cracow University of Economics (Poland) 1
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Winter 2015 Winter 2015 Summer 2015 May 2015 Winter 2012, 2013 Winter 2012, 2013 Summer 2012 Summer 2012 Capitalism: A Socioeconomic, Political-Economic and Transnational Perspective, undergraduate lecture, Trier University The Political Economy of Labor Relations and Corporate Governance, undergraduate seminar, Trier University Labor, Reforms and Varieties of Capitalism in Transition Economies, undergraduate seminar, Trier University Institutional Transplantation and Complementarities: How to Measure Them, European School on New Institutional Economics, guest lecture Institutional Theory, Political Economies and Economic Development, graduate seminar, Trier University Institutional and Socio-Economic Change in Central and Eastern Europe, graduate seminar, Trier University Sociology of Markets, undergraduate lecture, Trier University Human Rights Protection in International and European Law, graduate seminar, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi (visiting professor) Rule of Law in Central and Eastern Europe, undergrad. seminar, Trier University International Regimes and European Human Rights, graduate seminar University of Luxembourg (joint teaching with Prof. Robert Harmsen) Political Economy, graduate seminar, University of Luxembourg (joint teaching with Prof. Harlan Koff) Europeanization and Domestic Change in Central and Eastern Europe, undergraduate seminar, Trier University RESEARCH INTERESTS Economic Sociology, Sociological Institutionalism, New Institutional Economics, Comparative Political Economy, Varieties of Capitalism, Rule of Law, Anti-Corruption, Europeanization, Democratization, Transnationalization, Good Governance, Central and Eastern Europe VISITING POSITIONS Harvard University, European University Institute, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, University of Georgia, Bilkent University, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, European Law Academy, Institute for Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union, CEPS/INSTEAD LANGUAGES Polish, German (mother tongues), English (fluent), Romanian (very good), Russian (good), French (good), Spanish (good), Italian (good), Turkish (good) 2
SELECTED AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, and RESEARCH GRANTS THESEUS Award for Promising Research on European Integration, 2015 Best Poster Award, Herrenhausen Conference, November 2015 Country expert for Romania, Quality of Government Institute at the University of Gothenburg Country expert for Romania, Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI Index FNR-AFR Luxembourg, research grant PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed articles Mendelski, M. (2016) The EU s rule of law promotion in post-soviet Europe: what explains the divergence between Baltic States and EaP countries?, Eastern Journal of European Studies 7(2): 107-140 Mendelski, M. (2016) Europeanization and the Rule of Law: Towards a Pathological Turn, Southeastern Europe 40 (3): 346-384 Mendelski, M. (2016) Das europäische Evaluierungsdefizit der Rechtsstaatlichkeit, Leviathan- Berlin Journal of Social Sciences 44(3):366-398 Mendelski, M. (2015) The EU s pathological power: The failure of external rule of law promotion in South Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe 39 (3): 318-346 Markus, Stanislav/Martin Mendelski (2015) Institutional Complementarity, Economic Performance, and Governance in the Post-Communist World and Beyond, Comparative European Politics 13(3): 376-404 Mendelski, Martin/Alexander Libman (2014): Demand for Litigation in the Absence of Traditions of Rule of Law: An Example of Ottoman and Habsburg Legacies in Romania, Constitutional Political Economy 25(2): 177-206 Mendelski, M. (2013) They Have Failed Again! Donor-driven Promotion of the Rule of Law in Serbia, Südosteuropa 61(1): 79-113 Mendelski, M. (2012) EU-Driven Judicial Reforms in Romania: A Success Story?, East European Politics 28 (1): 23-42 Mendelski, M. (2011) Rule of Law Reforms in the Shadow of Clientelism: The Limits of the EU s Transformative Power in Romania, Polish Sociological Review 2 (174): 235-252 Mendelski, M. (2009) The Impact of the European Union on Governance Reforms in Post- Communist Europe: A Comparison between First and Second-Wave Candidates, Romanian Journal of Political Science 9 (2): 42-64 3
Working papers Mendelski, M. (2016) The EU s Rule of Law Promotion in Central and Eastern Europe: Where and Why Does it Fail, and What Can be Done About It? Global Rule of Law Exchange Practice Notes, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, London, 2016 Mendelski, Martin and Libman, Alexander (2014) Demand for Litigation in the Absence of Traditions of Rule of Law: An Example of Ottoman and Habsburg Legacies in Romania, Max Planck Institute for European Legal History Research Paper Series No. 2014-04. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2429309 Mendelski, M. (2010) The Varieties of Capitalism Approach Goes East: Institutional Complementarities and Law Enforcement during Post-Communist Transition, in: Proceedings of the Workshop on the 29/30 October 2009, What Capitalism? Socio-Economic Change in Central Eastern Europe, No. 36, August 2010 Mendelski, M. (2008) Institutional Reforms in South Eastern Europe: A Comparative Analysis during Different Periods of Transition, Working Paper for the 10th Annual Kokkalis Graduate Student Workshop, Harvard University, February 8, 2008 Mendelski, M. (2008) Where, When and How Does the European Union Generate Institutional and Governance Change? A Comparative Study between First and Second-Wave Candidates, Cyprus Center of European and International Affairs, paper no. 2008-2 (January) Mendelski, M. (2008) Latin and Orthodox Development Trajectories, Annual Book of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vol.7, pp.155-180 Mendelski, M. (2006) The application of Douglass North s Approach to Institutional Change in Transition Economies, DonNTU Series Economics, Donetsk 2006 Book chapters Mendelski, M. (2017) The Rule of Law and the Courts, in: Kopecky, P. /Fagan, A. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of East European Politics, (forthcoming with Routledge) Mendelski, M. (2017) Fragmented Capitalism in South Eastern Europe (forthcoming with Ashgate) Mendelski, M. (2013) Where does the EU Make a Difference? Judicial Reforms in the Western Balkans and beyond, in: Arolda Elbasani (ed.), EU Enlargement and Europeanization in the Western Balkans, London: Routledge Mendelski, M. (2011) Romanian Rule of Law Reform: A Two-Dimensional Approach, in: Ronald F. King and Paul E. Sum (eds.) Romania under Basescu: Aspirations, Achievements, and Frustrations during His First Presidential Term, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Work in Progress The EU s impact on the development of capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe The embedded political economy: a systemic and relational perspective on capitalism Measuring legal pluralism: An empirical analysis Law and Capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe: A conceptual and empirical analysis Varieties of Capitalism Approach and New Institutional Economics of History: Towards an Integrated Framework of Institutional Change 4
PRESENTATIONS and PARTICIPATIONS A Polanyian Perspective on Post-Communist Transformation, International Conference A Great Transformation? Global Perspectives on Contemporary, Linz, January 10 13, 2017 The EU s Rule of Law Promotion in Central and Eastern Europe, EURINT 2016, Iasi The Development of Fragmented Capitalism in the Western Balkans and beyond, International Conference, The Role of State in Varieties of Capitalism (SVOC), Budapest, 26-27 November 2015 EU, Law & capitalism: Vicious and Virtuous Reform Cycles in Central and Eastern Europe, Herrenhausen Conference, Long-Term Processes of Socio-Economic Development November, November 20-21, 2015, Hanover, Germany Law & Capitalism: The importance of the rule of law for the development of capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe, Lucerne Master Class 2015 on Markets and Democracy with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Streeck, University of Lucerne, 28 September - 2 October 2015 Healthy and pathological reform paths in Central and Eastern Europe, International conference, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, 8-12 July 2015 The EU s pathological power: The failure of external rule of law promotion in the Western Balkans and beyond, RRPP Annual Conference, Ohrid, Macedonia, 28-29 May 2015 The development of fragmented capitalism in the Western Balkans and beyond, Balkan Futures Workshop II: the Role of the State, British School at Athens, 7-8 March, 2014 De jure and de facto development of the rule of law in Central and Eastern Europe, contribution to the research project The Rule of Law A Strategic Priority of the European Union s External Action, international research project workshop, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, 27-28 February 2014 Pathologies of the EU s rule of law promotion in Central and Eastern Europe, Assises de la Justice, organized by the European Commission, Brussels, 21-22 November 2013 Limits of the EU s transformative power: evidence from rule of law promotion in Moldova, EURINT 2013, International Conference, The EU as a Model of Soft Power in the Eastern Neighbourhood, Iasi, 15-17 May 2013 De Jure and De Facto Rule of Law in Central and Eastern Europe, Formality and Informality from Decoupling to Entanglement, Workshop on the Formal and the Informal in Law, Institutions and Economy, organized by the Polish Sociological Association: Sociology of Law Section, Warsaw, 13-14 May 2013 The Uneven Promotion of the Rule of Law by International Donors: Evidence from Judicial Reforms in Moldova, APSA, American Political Science Association, New Orleans, 30 August - 2 September, 2012 Donor-driven Promotion of the Rule of Law in Serbia, RRPP annual conference Social, Political and Economic Change in the Western Balkans, Sarajevo, 24-27 May 2012 Histories Matter for Judicial Performance: Towards a More Differentiated Examination of Pre- Communist Institutional Legacies in Romania, international workshop, organized by New Europe College and Yale University, Bucharest, 29-30 April 2011 Where Does the EU Make a Difference? Judicial Reforms in South-Eastern Europe, APSA, American Political Science Association, Washington, September 2-5, 2010 5
EU-Driven Judicial Reforms in Romania: A Success Story?, workshop on Europeanization and Enlargement, organized by the London School of Economics and the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, 11-12 June 2010 The Varieties of Capitalism Approach Goes East: Institutional Complementarities and Law Enforcement during Post-Communist Transition, AAASS, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, 41st National Convention, Boston, 12-15 November 2009 Varieties of Capitalism Approach and New Institutional Economics of History: Towards an Integrated Framework of Institutional Change, SASE, Society for the Advancement of Socio- Economics, Paris, France,16-18 July 2009 Institutional Reforms in South-Eastern Europe: A Comparative Analysis during Different Periods of Transition, ISNIE, 12th Annual Conference at the University of Toronto, 20-21 June, 2008 Can Ottoman bureaucratic and Institutional Legacy Explain the Divergent Institutional Performance of Post-Communist Transition Countries?, ISNIE, International Society for New Institutional Economics, 11th Annual Conference, Reykjavik, 21-23 June, 2007 Where, When, and How the European Union Generates Institutional and Governance Change? A Comparative Study between First and Second-Wave Candidates EAEPE, European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy, 19th Annual Conference, Istanbul, 1-3 November 2007 Latin and Orthodox Development Trajectories. An Analysis of Social Capital and Generalized Trust in Transition Countries, EAEPE, European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy, 18th Annual Conference, Istanbul, 2-4 November 2006 Berger/Luckmann s Social Constructivism meets European Integration Theory, SASE, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, 18th Annual Meeting on Socio-Economics, Trier, 30 June-2 July 2006 Annual Meeting, Law & Society Association, Berlin 25-28 July, 2007 6