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Curriculum Vita Pippa Norris PIPPA NORRIS CURRICULUM VITAE 7/25/2021 JOHN F. KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT • HARVARD UNIVERSITY CAMBRIDGE MA 02138 • TEL: (857) 4 4 5 - 9105 E - MAIL [email protected] TWITTER: @PIPPAN15 WWW.PIPPANORRIS.COM WWW.ELECTORALINTEGRITYPROJECT.COM PIPPA NORRIS CURRICULUM VITAE CONTENTS MAIN FIELDS OF RESEARCH ............................................................................................. 2 AGE ....................................................................................................................................... 2 EDUCATION ......................................................................................................................... 2 QUALIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................ 2 FULLTIME APPOINTMENTS: .............................................................................................. 2 MAJOR HONORS: ................................................................................................................. 3 CITATION IMPACT: ............................................................................................................. 4 TEACHING: .......................................................................................................................... 4 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS: .......................................................... 4 EDITORIAL BOARDS: .......................................................................................................... 5 AUTHORED BOOKS: ........................................................................................................... 6 TRANSLATED EDITIONS OF AUTHORED BOOKS: ......................................................... 7 EDITED BOOKS: .................................................................................................................. 8 BOOK CHAPTERS: ............................................................................................................... 9 EDITED SPECIAL ISSUES OF JOURNALS ......................................................................... 18 JOURNAL ARTICLES .......................................................................................................... 19 CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PUBLIC LECTURES ........................................................... 25 POLICY REPORTS AND CONSULTANCY WORK ............................................................. 41 MEDIA COMMENTARY ..................................................................................................... 43 AWARDS FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS: .............................................................................. 44 VISITING FELLOWSHIPS, AND RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS .......................................... 46 CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS ..................................................................................... 47 1 PIPPA NORRIS CURRICULUM VITAE 7/25/2021 PIPPA NORRIS MAIN FIELDS OF RESEARCH Comparative politics, including democracy, autocracy, and processes of democratization Comparative elections Comparative political institutions and behavior Comparative public opinion Comparative political communications Comparative gender politics AGE Date of Birth: 10th July 1953 EDUCATION 1971-74 University of Warwick, UK. 1974-77 London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. (LSE) QUALIFICATIONS 1974 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Warwick University. Joint Honors in Politics & Philosophy. 1975 Master of Science (M.Sc.). LSE/London University. Politics. 1988 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). LSE/London University. Politics. FULLTIME APPOINTMENTS: October 1977 - September 1988. Appointment with tenure, Department of Government, Northumberland University, UK. Lecturer II and Senior Lecturer in Government. October 1988 - December 1993. Appointment with tenure, Department of Politics, Edinburgh University, UK. Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Politics (the equivalent of an Associate Professor). (January 1992 to December 1993 Visiting Lecturer at the Kennedy School) January 1994 - 2001. John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Lecturer in Public Policy and Associate Director (Research) Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. January 2002-date Paul F. McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government. Also teaching in Harvard’s Government Department and the Law School, and Faculty Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, the Ash Institute, and the Joan Shorenstein Center on Press/Politics. May 2006-Sept 2007 (on leave from Harvard) Director, Democratic Governance, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York. 1 January-31 December 2011 Visiting Professor of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. 1 Jan 2013-December 2019 Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellow and Professor of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney 2 PIPPA NORRIS CURRICULUM VITAE 7/25/2021 2019-date. Faculty Affiliate, Government Department, Harvard University MAJOR HONORS: 2021. Murray Edelman Lifetime Distinguished Career Award, Political Communications Section, American Political Science Association, to recognize “a lifetime contribution to the study of Political Communication.” 2020. Samuel Eldersveld Lifetime Career Achievement Award, Political Organizations and Parties Section, American Political Science Association 2020. Book of the Year for “Cultural Backlash”, Global Policy Institute, Loyola Marymount University 2019. Honorary doctorate, University of Bergen. 2019. APSA’s Charles E. Merriam Award “to recognize a person whose published work and career represent a significant contribution to the art of government through the application of social science research.” 2019. Honorary doctorate, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany. 2018. George H. Hallet book award for Political Recruitment: Gender, Race and Class in the British Parliament (with Joni Lovenduski, CUP 1995), for a book ‘that has made a lasting contribution to the literature on representation and electoral systems’ from APSA’s Representation & Electoral Systems Organized Section. 2018. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2017. Sir Isaiah Berlin Prize for Lifetime Contribution to Political Studies, Political Science Association of the UK “for the significant contribution she has made as a major political thinker and in helping to shape academic research on democracy, electoral integrity, and populism–all issues that are relevant now more than ever.” 2017. Doctor of Law, honoris causa, University of Warwick 2017. International Institutional Engagement award presented for the ‘outstanding’ work of the Electoral Integrity Project at the 15th International Electoral Affairs Symposium, Jordan. 2016. Choice Outstanding Academic Title for Why Elections Fail. 2016. Academic Leadership in Political Science award, Australian Political Studies Association. 2016. The Brown Democracy Medal was awarded by the McCourtney Institute, Pennsylvania State University in recognition of “exceptional innovation in the advancement of democracy in the United States or around the world.” 2014. The Karl Deutsch award by the International Political Science Association ‘to honor a prominent scholar engaged in the cross-disciplinary research.’ 2011. The Johan Skytte prize with Ronald Inglehart awarded for "contributing innovative ideas about the relevance and roots of political culture in a global context, transcending previous mainstream approaches of research". http://skytteprize.statsvet.uu.se/ 3 PIPPA NORRIS CURRICULUM VITAE 7/25/2021 2011. Doctorate honorus causa awarded by the University of Edinburgh 2011. Special Recognition award, Political Science Association of the UK. 2011. Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship, Australian Research Council for work which has “deepened and advanced understanding of the causes and consequences of problems of electoral integrity around the world.” 2006. The 2006 Doris A. Graber Award for A Virtuous Circle, the best book published in political communications. 2005. The Virginia A. Hodgkinson research prize by the Independent Sector for Sacred and Secular (with Ronald Inglehart) 2004. Outstanding Professional Achievement Award, Midwest PSA Women’s Caucus. CITATION IMPACT: Google scholar: h-index 107 Political Science: ranked 4th worldwide Comparative Politics: ranked 2nd Political Behavior: ranked 1st Gender Politics: ranked 1st Ioannidis et al (2019) Ranked most cited political scientist worldwide SSRN: Ranks 2nd most downloaded political scientist. TEACHING: DPI-418 The Rise of Authoritarian Populism DPI-416 Challenges of Electoral Integrity DPI-413 Challenges of Democratization DPI-415 Comparative Politics DPI-616 Public Opinion Gov-1109 Comparative Institutional Design PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS: American Political Science Association 1997-98 Program Committee Women and Politics Research section 1998-99 President, Women and Politics Research Section 1997-99 APSA Council Member 1997-99 APSA Administrative Committee 1998-99 Chair, Ad-Hoc Committee on Information Technology 2000-02 Executive, British Politics Group (and also in 1994-98) 2004-05 Program chair, Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section 2012-13 Vice President, Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section 2005-06 President, Political Communications Section 2010-11 Member APSA Taskforce on Democratic Indices
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