1 March, 2010 PETER MAIR Nationality: Irish Work address: Department of Political and Social Science European University University Badia Fiesolana Via dei Roccettini, 9 50014 San Domenico di Fiesole Italy Tel: + 39 055 4685 210 Fax: + 39 055 4685 279
[email protected] Education & Qualifications 1972 BA History and Politics, University College Dublin, Ireland 1973 MA Political Science, University College Dublin, Ireland 1987 PhD Political Science, University of Leiden, Netherlands Principal Employment Experience 1974-76 Assistant Lecturer in Politics Department of European Studies, National Institute of Higher Education, Limerick 1976-78 Temporary Lecturer in Politics Department of Government, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow 1979-84 Assistant/Assistant Professor of Politics Department of Political and Social Science, European University Institute, Florence 1984-90 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Government Department of Government, University of Manchester 1990-92 University Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Department of Political Science, University of Leiden 1992-08 Professor of Political Science and Comparative Politics Department of Political Science, Leiden University 2 1995-99 Director, Netherlands Graduate School for Political Science and International Relations (1995-99) 2005- Professor of Comparative Politics Department of Political and Social Science, European University Institute, Florence 2008- (Honorary) Professor of Comparative European Politics Department of Political Science, Leiden University RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Honours, Public Lectures, and Visiting Positions: 1988-89 Fellow in Residence, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Wassenaar, the Netherlands. 1990 With Stefano Bartolini, winner of the Stein Rokkan Prize in Comparative Social Science Research (awarded by the International Social Science Council/ UNESCO) 1992 Stein Rokkan Lecture, Joint Sessions of the European Consortium for Political Research, Limerick.