Curriculum Vitae ROBERT C. A. ANDERSEN
Professor of Business, Economics and Public Policy; Professor of Strategy; Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
EDUCATION
1998 Ph.D., Sociology, McMaster University. Dissertation: “Polls, the Media and the 1997 Canadian Federal Election”
1994 M.A., Sociology, University of Western Ontario MA Thesis: “Worker Commitment under Lean Production”
1992 Honours diploma, Sociology, University of Western Ontario
1991 B.A., Political Science, University of Western Ontario
REGULAR ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2020- Associate Dean, Faculty, Ivey School of Business. Professor of Business, Economics and Public Policy, Professor of Strategy, Ivey School of Business. Cross-appointments in Departments of Sociology, Political Science, and Statistics and Actuarial Sciences; University of Western Ontario
2015-19 Dean, Faculty of Social Science; Professor of Sociology, Political Science (cross- appointment) and Statistics and Actuarial Sciences (cross-appointment); University of Western Ontario
2007-16 Distinguished Professor of Social Science (2013-16); Professor of Sociology and Political Science (2007-16); Chair, Department of Sociology (2012-15); Associate Chair (Graduate), Department of Sociology (2011-12); University of Toronto (unpaid leave June 2015-June 2016)
2003-09 Senator William McMaster Chair in Political Sociology and Associate Professor (2005-09); Assistant Professor (2003-05); Chair, Graduate Programme, Department of Sociology (2005-06); McMaster University (unpaid leave June 2007-January 2009)
2002-03 Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario
2000-02 Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer, University of Oxford
1998-2002 Assistant Professor, Brock University (unpaid leave January 2000-June 2002)
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VISITING AND ADJUNCT POSITIONS
2007- Adjunct Professor, McMaster University
2007 Visiting Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Yale University
2006-11 Adjunct Research Professor, University of Western Ontario
2005 Visiting Professor of Political Sociology, University of Oxford
2002-06 Instructor, Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2003, 04 Instructor, Summer Program in Data Analysis, Institute for Social Research, York University
2003-05 Instructor, Oxford Spring School in Quantitative Methods for the Social 2009-11, 13 Sciences, University of Oxford
2000-06 Associate Member, Nuffield College, Oxford
AWARDS
2017 Canadian Sociological Association Outstanding Contribution Award. Recognizes ‘exceptional scholarly merit’ and career contributions to Canadian sociology
2008, Dean’s Excellence Award, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto 2010-14
2006 Premier’s Research Excellence Award, Government of Ontario [also listed under ‘Research Funding’]
2005 Frank L Wilson Prize for Best Paper (with Jocelyn Evans) French Politics section, American Political Science Association
2003 British Elections and Parties Review Best Paper Award (with Geoffrey Evans) Elections, Public Opinion and Parties section of the Political Studies Association (UK)
1998 Alfred Hunter Memorial Award, McMaster University. Excellence in dissertation research.
1996 American Sociological Association/ICPSR Clifford Clogg Scholarship Recognition of outstanding potential in social science research.
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RESEARCH Summary (as of 7 March 2020)
Published refereed books and major reports: 2 Published refereed journal articles: 49 Published book chapters: 19
Invited lectures and workshops: 60+ Conference presentations: 50+
Google scholar citations: Total citations=4,115; h-index=28; i10-index=55
External research funding: ~$1.2 million CDN (~ $300,000 as lead)
Books and Major Reports
Andersen, Robert and Mitch McIvor (2013) Growing Inequality and its Impacts in Canada. Report to the European Commission, Brussels. January 2013 (108 p.). GINI (Growing Inequalities’ Impacts international research project) 7th Framework Programme (www.gini- researc.org/CR-Canada)
Andersen, Robert (2008) Modern Methods for Robust Regression. Sage University Paper series on Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences, 07-152. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (ISBN: 9781412940726). [Also translated for a Mandarin edition]
Articles and Book Chapters
Andersen, Robert and Meir Yaish (2018). ‘Preferences for the distribution of incomes in modern societies: The enduring influence of social class and economic context,’ Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politiques, 44(2): 190-205.
Brym, Robert, Robert Andersen and Scott Milligan (2018). ’Are Islam and Democracy Compatible?’ pp. 249-257 in Patrizia Albanese, Lorne Tepperman and Eily Alexander, eds. Reading Sociology: Canadian Perspectives, 3rd ed. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Alexander, Trent, Robert Andersen, Peter Cookson Jr., Kathryn Edin, Jonathan Fisher, David B. Grusky, Marybeth Mattingly and Charles Varner (2017) ‘Qualitative Census of Rural and Urban Poverty,’ ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 672 (1): 143-161.
Andersen, Robert and Robert Brym. (2017) ‘How Terrorism Affects Attitudes towards Democracy: Tunisia in 2015,’ Canadian Review of Sociology, 54 (4): 519–529.
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Tony Huiquan Zhang, Robert Brym & Robert Andersen (2017) ‘Liberalism and Postmaterialism in China: The Role of Social Class and Inequality,’ Chinese Sociological Review 49(1): 65-87.
Andersen, Robert (2016) “What can Canada learn from Europe? Policies to promote low income inequality and high prosperity,” pp 10-30 in Brym, Robert, (ed.), Inequality and the Future of Canadian Society. Oakville ON: Rock’s Mills Press.
Andersen, Robert (2016). ‘Economic Inequality and Acceptance of Minority Groups in Cross- National Perspective: Is Canada Uniquely Tolerant?’ Chapter 24 in Edward Grabb, Jeffrey G. Reitz, and Monica Hwang (eds.), Social Inequality in Canada: Dimensions of Disadvantage (6th edition). Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Brym, Robert and Robert Andersen (2016) “Democracy, women’s rights, and public opinion in Tunisia,” International Sociology, 31:1-15.
Andersen, Robert and Josh Curtis (2015) ‘Social Class, Economic Inequality and the Convergence of Policy Preferences: Evidence from 24 Modern Democracies’, Canadian Review of Sociology, 52: 266-288.
Curtis, Josh and Robert Andersen (2015) ‘How Social Class Shapes Attitudes on Economic Inequality: The Competing Forces of Self-Interest and Legitimation,’ International Review of Social Research, 5: 4-19.
Cote, Rochelle, Robert Andersen and Bonnie Erickson (2015) ‘Social Capital and Ethnic Tolerance: The Opposing Effects of Diversity and Competition,’ pp. 91-106 in The Handbook of Research Methods and Applications on Social Capital, edited by Yaojun Li. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Sealey, Anthony and Robert Andersen (2015) ‘The Impact of Income Inequality on Popular Support for Redistributive Policies in Canada, 1993-2008,’ Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politiques, 41(1): 51-64.
Milligan, Scott, Robert Andersen and Robert Brym (2014) ‘Assessing Variation in Tolerance in 23 Muslim-Majority and Western Countries,’ Canadian Review of Sociology, 51: (3): 239-261.
Andersen, Robert and Mitch McIvor (2014) ‘Rising Inequality and Its Impact in Canada: The Role of National Debt’, pp. 172-195 in Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Thirty Rich Countries: Thirty Countries’ Experiences, edited by Brian Nolan, Wiemer Salverda, Daniele Checchi, Ive Marx, Abigail McKnight, István György Tóth and Herman van de Werfhorst. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Andersen, Robert, Brian Burgoon and Herman Van De Werfhorst (2014) ‘Inequality, legitimacy and the political system’, pp. 218-238 in Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Thirty Rich Countries: Analytical and Comparative Perspectives, edited by Brian Nolan,
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Wiemer Salverda, Daniele Checchi, Ive Marx, Abigail McKnight, István György Tóth and Herman van de Werfhorst. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Andersen, Robert and Josh Curtis (2013) ‘Public Opinion on Redistribution in Canada, 1980 2005: The Role of Political and Economic Context,’ pp. 141-164 in Inequality and the Fading of Redistributive Politics, edited by Keith Banting and John Myles. Vancouver: UBC Press.
Andersen, Robert (2013) ‘The Class-Party Relationship in Canada, 1965-2004,’ Chapter 7 (pp. 165-184) in Political Choice Matters. Political Choice Matters: Explaining the Strength of Class and Religious Cleavages in Cross-National Perspective, edited by Geoffrey Evans and Nan Dirk De Graaf. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Andersen, Robert (2012), ‘Support for Democracy in Cross-national Perspective: The Detrimental Effect of Economic Inequality,’ Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 30(4): 389-402.
Yaish, Meir and Robert Andersen (2012), ‘Social Mobility in 20 Modern Societies: The Role of Economic and Political Context,‘ Social Science Research, 41 (3): 527-538.
Andersen, Robert and Josh Curtis (2012), ‘The Polarizing Effect of Economic Inequality on Class Identification: Evidence from 44 Countries,’ Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 30:129-141.
Andersen, Robert (2012). ‘Methods for detecting badly behaved data: Distributions, linear models and beyond,’ in APA handbooks in psychology: Vol. 3. APA handbook of research methods in psychology: Data analysis and research publication, edited by H. Cooper (Ed.-in- Chief), P. Camic, D. Long, A. Panter, D. Rindskopf, & K. J. Sher. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
Andersen, Robert, Robert Brym, and Badar Araj (2012) ‘Citizen inclusion in the Greater Middle East,’ pp. 65-93 in Dalia Mogahed, (ed.) The Abu Dhabi Gallup Forum: Research, Dialogue and Solutions. Abu Dhabi: Gallup.
Andersen, Robert and David Zarifa (2012) ’Academic Performance and Expectations of Canadian Students: The Role of School Disciplinary Climate,’ pp. 42-73 in Improving Learning Environments in Schools: Lessons from Abroad, edited by Richard Arum and Melissa Velez. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press.
Andersen, Robert and Scott Milligan (2011) ‘Immigration, Ethnicity and Voluntary Association Membership in Canada: Individual and Contextual Effects,’ Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 29(2): 139-154.
Brym, Robert and Robert Andersen (2011) ‘Rational Choice and the Political Bases of Changing Israeli Counterinsurgency Strategy,’ British Journal of Sociology, 62(3): 482-503.
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Andersen, Robert and Josh Curtis (2011) ‘The Economy and Public Opinion on Welfare Spending in Canada,’ Chapter 57 in Reading Sociology, Second Edition, edited by Lorne Tepperman and Angela Kalyta. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
Andersen, Robert and Herman van de Werfhorst (2010) ‘Education and Occupational Status in 14 Countries: The Role of Educational Institutions and Labour Market Coordination,’ British Journal of Sociology, 61(2): 336-355.
Andersen, Robert (2009) ‘Nonparametric Methods for Modelling Nonlinearity in Regression Analysis,’ Annual Review of Sociology, 35: 67-85
Grabb, Edward, Robert Andersen, Monica Hwang and Scott Milligan (2009) ‘Confidence in Political Institutions in Canada and the United States: Assessing the Interactive Role of Region and Race,’ American Review of Canadian Studies, 39(4): 379-397.
Hirschorn, Kristine, Robert Andersen and Ivy L. Bourgeault (2009) ‘Canadian Family Physicians and Complementary/Alternative Medicine: The Role of Practice Setting, Medical Training and Province of Practice,’ Canadian Review of Sociology, 46(2): 143-159.
Grabb, Edward, Monica Hwang and Robert Andersen (2009) ‘Bridging and Bonding: Ethnic Background and Voluntary Association Activity in Canada,’ Canadian Ethnic Studies, 41(1): 47-67.
Andersen, Robert and Scott Milligan (2009). ‘Inequality and Intolerance: Canada in Cross- national Perspective,’ Chapter 27 in Social Inequality in Canada: Patterns, Problems, and Policies, edited by Edward Grabb and Neil Guppy (eds), Fifth Edition. Toronto: Prentice Hall.
Andersen, Robert and Tina Fetner (2008) ‘Economic Inequality and Intolerance: Attitudes toward Homosexuality in 35 Democracies,’ American Journal of Political Science, 52 (4): 942- 958.
Andersen, Robert and Tina Fetner (2008) ‘Cohort Differences in Tolerance of Homosexuality: Attitudinal Change in Canada and the United States, 1981-2000,’ Public Opinion Quarterly, 72: 311-330.
Hwang, Monica, Robert Andersen and Edward Grabb (2007) ‘Voluntary association activity in Quebec and English Canada: Assessing the effects of region and language,’ Canadian Journal of Political Science, 40(1): 209-232.
Beaujot, Roderic and Robert Andersen (2007) ‘Time-Crunch: Impact of time spent in paid and unpaid work, and its division in families,’ Canadian Journal of Sociology, 32: 295-315.
Andersen, Robert, Edward Grabb, and James Curtis (2006) ‘Trends in Civic Association Activity in Four Democracies: The Special Case of Women in the United States,’ American Sociological Review, 71: 376-400.
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Fox, John and Robert Andersen (2006) ‘Effect Displays for Multinomial and Proportional- Odds Logit Models,’ Sociological Methodology, 36: 225-256.
Andersen, Robert, Min Yang, and Anthony Heath (2006) ‘Class Politics and Political Context in Britain, 1964-97: Have voters become more individualized?’ European Sociological Review, 22: 125-138.
Evans, Geoffrey and Robert Andersen (2006) ‘The Political Conditioning of Economic Perceptions,’ Journal of Politics, 68: 194-207. Reprinted in: Niemi, Richard and Herbert F. Weisberg (Editors) (2010). Controversies in Voting Behavior, 5th Edition. CQ Press.
Arzheimer, Karl and Evans, Jocelyn (Editors). (2008). Electoral Behaviour. Sage.
Andersen, Robert, James Tilley and Anthony Heath (2005) ‘Political Knowledge and Enlightened Preferences: Party Choice Through the Electoral Cycle,’ British Journal of Political Science, 35: 285-303.
Andersen, Robert and Jocelyn Evans (2005) ‘The Stability of French Political Space, 1988- 2002,’ French Politics, 3:282-301. [Frank L Wilson Prize for Best Paper, French Politics Section, American Political Science Association, 2005].
Van de Werfhorst, Herman and Robert Andersen (2005) ‘Social Background, Credential Inflation, and Educational Strategies,’ Acta Sociologica, 48: 323-42.
Andersen, Robert and Jocelyn Evans (2005) ‘Identifying Europe? The Role and Dynamics of a European Cleavage,’ Politique Européenne, 16: 55-81.
Weakliem, David, Robert Andersen and Anthony Heath (2005) ‘By Popular Demand: The Effect of Public Opinion on Income Inequality,’ Comparative Sociology, 4: 261-84.
Weakliem, David, Robert Andersen and Anthony F. Heath (2005) ‘Poder direcionador? Um estudo comparativo de opinião pública e distribuição de renda’ [in Portuguese; English translation: ‘The Directing Power? A Comparative Study of Public Opinion and Income Distribution]’, Opinião Pública, 11: 366-400
Evans, Geoffrey and Robert Andersen (2005) ‘The Impact of Party Leaders: How Blair cost Labour votes,’ Parliamentary Affairs: A Journal of Comparative Politics, 58: 818-836. Reprinted in: Evans, Geoffrey and Robert Andersen (2005) ‘The Impact of Party Leaders: How Blair cost Labour votes,’ in Britain Votes 2005, edited by Pippa Norris and Christopher Wlezien. Oxford University Press.
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Evans, Geoffrey and Robert Andersen (2004) ‘Do Issues Decide? Partisan conditioning and perceptions of party issue positions across the electoral cycle,’ British Elections & Parties Review, 14: 18-39.
Andersen, Robert and Jocelyn A.J. Evans (2003) ‘Framing change in political bloc development: a rejoinder to Grunberg and Schweisguth,’ French Politics, 1(3): 349-354.
Andersen, Robert (2003) ‘Do Newspapers Enlighten Preferences? Personal Ideology, Party Choice, and the Electoral Cycle: The United Kingdom, 1992-97,’ Canadian Journal of Political Science, 36: 601-620.
Cheung, Sin Yi and Robert Andersen (2003) ‘Time to read: family resources and educational outcomes of British children,’ Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 34: 413-433.
Andersen, Robert and Anthony Heath (2003) ‘Social Identities and Political Cleavages: The Role of Political Context,’ Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 166: 301-327.
Andersen, Robert and Geoffrey Evans (2003) ‘Who Blairs Wins? Leadership and voting in the 2001 election’, British Elections & Parties Review, 13:229-247. [Best Paper Award, Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, Political Studies Association, 2003]
Andersen, Robert and Anna Zimdars (2003) ‘Class, Education and Extreme Party Support in Germany, 1991-98,’ German Politics, 12:1-23.
Andersen, Robert and Meir Yaish (2003) ‘Social Cleavages, Electoral Reform and Party Choice: Israel’s ‘Natural’ Experiment,’ Electoral Studies, 22(3): 399-423.
Andersen, Robert and Jocelyn A.J. Evans (2003) ‘Values, Cleavages, and Party Choice in France, 1988-1995,’ French Politics, 1(1):83-114.
Evans, Geoffrey and Robert Andersen (2003) ‘Endogenizing economic perceptions: the impact of prior political preferences,’ pp 117-44 in Revue de la Maison Francaise d’Oxford: Political attitudes and voting behaviour in Europe. Innovative methods and challenging results, edited by Anthony Heath and Anne Jadot. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Heath, Anthony, Robert Andersen and Richard Sinnott (2003) ‘Do less knowledgeable voters make political mistakes? Political knowledge and electoral choice,’ pp 69-86 in Revue de la Maison Francaise d’Oxford: Political attitudes and voting behaviour in Europe. Innovative methods and challenging results, edited by Anthony Heath and Anne Jadot. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Andersen, Robert and Jocelyn A.J. Evans (2003) ‘Contemporary Developments in Political Space in France,’ pp. 171-187 in The French Party System: Continuity and Change, edited by Jocelyn A.J. Evans. Manchester: University of Manchester Press.
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Andersen, Robert and Anthony Heath (2002) ‘Class Matters: The Persisting Effects of Contextual Social Class on Individual Voting Behaviour in Britain, 1964-97,’ European Sociological Review, 18(2):125-138.
Andersen, Robert, Anthony Heath and Richard Sinnott (2002) ‘Political Knowledge and Electoral Choice,’ British Elections & Parties Review, 12:11-27.
Andersen, Robert and Anthony Heath (2001) ‘La integración de la teoría y los métodos: un nuevo enfoque para la investigación comparativa de las divisiones sociales, [in Spanish; English translation: ‘Integrating Theory and Methods: A New Approach to Comparative Research on Social Cleavages’], Política y sociedad, 38: 173-196.
Andersen, Robert and John Fox (2001) ‘Pre-election Polls and the Dynamics of the 1997 Canadian Federal Election,’ Electoral Studies, 20:87-108.
Andersen, Robert (2000) ‘Evaluating Media Reports of Public Opinion Polls: the 1997 Canadian Federal Election,’ International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 12:285-98.
Fox, John, Robert Andersen and Joseph Dubonnet (1999) ‘The Polls and the 1995 Quebec Referendum,’ Canadian Journal of Sociology, 24:411-24.
Contributions to Other Collections:
Andersen, Robert (2011) ‘Social Stratification,’ in Oxford Bibliographies Online: Sociology, Jeff Manza (ed.) New York: Oxford University Press.
Andersen, Robert (2004) ‘Regression Diagnostics,’ pp. 939-941 in Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, Michael Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman, and Tim Futing Liao (eds.). Sage.
Andersen, Robert (2004) ‘Slope,’ pp. 1040-1041 in Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, Michael Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman, and Tim Futing Liao (eds.). Sage.
Andersen, Robert (2004) ’Weighted Least Squares,’ In Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, Michael Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman, and Tim Futing Liao (eds.). Sage.
Andersen, Robert (2004) ‘Regression Models for Ordinal Data,’ pp. 940-941 in Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, Michael Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman, and Tim Futing Liao (eds.). Sage.
Andersen, Robert (2004) ‘Robust Standard Errors,’ pp. 975-976 in Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, Michael Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman, and Tim Futing Liao (eds.). Sage.
Published Working Papers
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Curtis, Josh and Robert Andersen (2015). How Social Class Shapes Attitudes on Economic Inequality: The Competing Forces of Self-Interest and Legitimation,’ LIS Working Paper Series, No. 644. http://www.lisdatacenter.org/wps/liswps/644.pdf
Andersen, Robert and Meir Yaish (2012). ‘Public Opinion on Income Inequality in 20 Democracies: The Enduring Impact of Social Class and Economic Inequality,’ GINI working paper series paper 48, July 2012. < http://gini-research.org/system/uploads/377/original/DP_48_- _Andersen_Yaish.pdf?1345039244>
Andersen, Robert (2012). ‘Inequality and Democratic values,’ GINI working paper series paper 47, July 2012.
Beaujot, Roderic and Robert Andersen (2004) ‘Stress and Adult Health: Impact of Time Spent in Paid and Unpaid Work, and its Division in Families,’ University of Western Ontario Population Studies Centre Discussion Paper 04-08, June 2004
Andersen, Robert and Jocelyn A.J. Evans (2004) ‘Social-political context and authoritarian attitudes: evidence from seven European countries,’ EREPS Working Paper, January 2004
Andersen, Robert and Anthony Heath (2002) ‘Social Identities and Political Cleavages: The Role of Political Context,’ Working Paper Number 2002-06, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, November,
Van de Werfhorst, Herman and Robert Andersen (2002) ‘Social Background, Credential Inflation, and Educational Strategies,’ Crest Working Paper Series, Paper 100 , September,
Andersen, Robert and Jocelyn Evans (2002) ‘Is Three a Crowd? Values, Values, Cleavages, and Party Choice in France, 1988-1995,’ Crest Working Paper Series, Paper 99, September,
Weakliem, David, Robert Andersen and Anthony Heath (2002) ‘The Directing Power? A Comparative Study of Public Opinion and Income Distribution,’ Crest Working Paper Series, Paper 98, September,
Heath, Anthony, Robert Andersen and Richard Sinnott (2002) ‘Do Less Informed Voters Make Mistakes? Political Knowledge and Electoral Choice,’ Crest Working Paper Series, Paper 97, September,
Andersen, Robert and Meir Yaish (2001) ‘Social Cleavages, Electoral Reform and Party Choice : Israel’s ‘Natural’ Experiment,’ Crest Working Paper Series, Paper 89, September,
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Sinnott (2001) ‘Political Knowledge and Electoral Choices,’ Crest Working Paper Series, Paper 87, September,
Andersen, Robert (2001) ‘National Identity and Independence Attitudes : Minority Nationalism in Scotland and Wales,’ Crest Working Paper Series, Paper 86, September,
Andersen, Robert and Anthony Heath (2000) ‘Social Class and Voting: A Multi-Level Analysis of Individual and Constituency Differences, Crest Working Paper Series, Paper 83, September,
Andersen, Robert and Anthony Heath (2000) ‘Informed Preferences and the Electoral Cycle in Britain, 1992-97,’ Crest Working Paper Series, Paper 82, September,
Andersen, Robert and Anthony Heath (2000) ‘Social Cleavages, Attitudes and Voting Patterns: A Comparison of Canada and Great Britain,’ Crest Working Paper Series, Paper 81, September,
Book Reviews
‘Firebaugh, Glenn (2008) The Seven Rules for Social Research. Princeton University Press,’ Canadian Journal of Sociology, 2009, 34 (2): 463-465
‘Hagenaar, Jacques A. and Allan L. McCutcheon (eds) (2002) Applied Latent Class Analysis. Cambridge University Press,’ Canadian Journal of Sociology, 2003, 28: 584-586
‘Baer, Douglas (2002) Political Sociology. Canadian Perspectives. Oxford University Press,’ Canadian Journal of Sociology Online, September - October 2002.
‘Casti. John (1997) Would-be Worlds: How Simulation is Changing the Frontiers of Science. New York: John Wiley and Sons,’ Journal of Artificial Societies and Simulation, 2001, 4 (January),
‘Robinson, Gertrude (1998) Constructing the Quebec Referendum: French and English Media Voices. University of Toronto Press. Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 2000, 37:363-65.
‘Russell, Bob (1999) More with Less: Work Reorganization in the Canadian Mining Industry. University of Toronto Press,’ Canadian Journal of Sociology Online, 1999 (June),
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Research Funding
$197, 258 (CAN) “Municipalities and Universities: developing infrastructure for collaborative research with administrative data,” Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada. 2017-2020. With Michael Haan (principal investigator), Daniel Henstra, David Zarifa and Anders Holm.
$20,000 (CAN) “National Centre for Research on Poverty and Inequality,” Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada. Awarded after LOI stage of SSHRC Partnership grant. Invited to submit formal application. With David Grusky , 2015-17.
$146,626 (CAN) “The Democracy Movement in the Middle East and North Africa,” Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada. With Robert Brym (principal investigator) and Badar Araj. 2012-15.
$70,960 (CAN) “Economic Conditions and Democratic Values: The Interplay between Individual and Contextual Influences,” Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada. 2011- 15.
$23,171 (CAN) “Citizen Inclusion in the Greater Middle East,” Abu Dhabi Gallup Center, United Arab Emirates. With Robert Brym (co-investigator). 2011.
€30,000 (EUROS) “Growing Inequality and its Impacts in Canada,” GINI (Growing Inequalities’ Impacts) Project, European Commission, 2010-12
$150,000 (CAN) “The Importance of Social Community in Determining Social and Political Values,” Premier’s Research Excellence Award, Government of Ontario, 2006-11 (also listed under awards).
$83,307 (CAN) “Voluntary-Associations in Cross-National Perspective,” Social Science and Humanities Research Council. With Edward Grabb (principal investigator) and James Curtis. 2005- 08.
£179,813 (GDP) “Are Traditional Identities in Decline?,” Economic and Social Research Council, UK. With A. Heath (principal investigator), J. Curtice and K. Thompson (RES-148-25-0031). 2004-07.
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$5,000 (CAN) “Family Physicians’ Views and Behaviours Regarding Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Secondary Data Analysis of the 2001 College of Family Physicians of Canada Survey,” CIHR/NHPD CAM ICE Network Research Project Grant. With Ivy Lynn Bourgeault (principal investigator) and Kristine Hirschkorn. 2004-05.
$7,000 (CAN) “Disentangling the Relationship between Political Perception and Party Choice,” Arts Research Board, McMaster University. 2004-05.
$175, 700 (CAN) “The Family, Community and Health in the Context of Economic Change,” Health Policy Research Program, Health Canada. With R. Beaujot (principal investigator), W. Avison, L. Davies, R. Fernando and D. Kerr. 2004-05.
$9,000 (CAN) “Credential Inflation, Educational Attainment and Occupational Outcomes in Canada and the Netherlands,” Canadian Studies Association. With H. Van de Werfhorst. 2003- 05.
$4,400 (CAN) “The Nature and Sources of National Identity in Canada and Great Britain: An Empirical Assessment of Theories of Nationalism,” Social Science and Humanities Research Council, New Scholars Research Grant, Brock University. 1999.
Invited Talks and Workshops
2019 Institute for Urban Economic Research, Kraks Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark, August
Department of Sociology, Turku University, Turku, Finland, August
2018 United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs, New York, September
Department of Sociology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., May
Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, May
Department of Sociology, University of Haifa, Israel, March
Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, January
2016 Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS), University of Amsterdam, November
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Atlantic Research Data Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., April
2015 SD Clark Symposium on Income Inequality and the Future of Canadian Society, University of Toronto, October
Department of Sociology, Stanford University, July
Department of Sociology, University of Haifa, Israel, May
2014 Department of Sociology, Stanford University, July
Politics Seminar, Nuffield College, Oxford, UK, January
Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, January
2013 Ivey Business School, Western University, London, Ontario, November
Invited Session on ‘Inequality and Policy’, American Sociological Association meetings, New York, August
Department of Sociology, Stanford University, July
Western Summer School in Longitudinal Analysis, Western University, London, Ontario, May
Oxford Spring School in Quantitative Methods, University of Oxford, April
James E. Curtis Memorial Lecture, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, February
2012 Department of Sociology, Western University, London, Ontario, November
STICERD (The Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economic and Related Disciplines) , London School of Economics, London, UK, September
Department of Sociology, Stanford University, July
TÁRKI Social Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary, March
2011 Abu Dhabi Gallup Forum on Citizen Inclusion in the Arab World, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December
Department of Sociology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Cal., July
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Conference Celebrating Anthony Heath, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, April
GINI Conference on Growing Inequality, University of Milan, Italy, March
2010 Inequality Around the Globe Conference, Juan March Institute, Madrid, Spain, October
Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality, Stanford University, October
Symposium on Poverty, California County Welfare Directors Association, Sacramento, Cal., October
Conference on ‘The New Politics of Redistribution’, Toronto, May
GINI Conference on Growing Inequality, London School of Economics, London, UK, March
2009 Institute for Social Research, York University, Toronto, June
Initiative in Population Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, May
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, January
2007 Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course (CIQLE), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, November
School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, March
2006 Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, November
Department of Sociology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, March
Department of Sociology, McMaster University, January
2005 Department of Sociology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, June
Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, May
Department of Political Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, January
2003 Extreme Right Electorates & Parties Research Group’s Annual Meeting, Ghent, Belgium, December
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Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, February
Department of Sociology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, January
2002 Extreme Right Electorates & Parties Research Group’s Annual Meeting, Grenoble, France, December
Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, January
2001 Department of Sociology, King’s College, London, Ontario, December
Maison Française d'Oxford, Oxford, UK, May
Research Group on Extreme Right Parties, Paris, France, April
Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, March
Lokniti Programme for Comparative Democracy, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, India, February
Nuffield College Politics Group seminar series, Oxford, UK, January
2000 Nuffield College Sociology Group seminar series, Oxford, UK, October
Nuffield College Sociology Group seminar series, Oxford, UK, June
1999 Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK, September
1998 Department of Political Science, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, October
Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, June
Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, May
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Political Studies Association’s EPOP Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, September
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