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. 1995 Stein Rokkan Memorial Lecture, University of Bergen, Norway 1996 Article co-authored with Francis G. Castles (from 1984, see list of publications below) nominated as one of the ‘Hall of Fame’ articles marking the 25th anniversary of the European Journal of Political Research (volume 31, numbers 1- 2, 1997). 1997 Visiting Fellow (April to June), European University Institute, Florence, Italy 1998 Inaugural Lecture, Launch of Research Centre for Contemporary Irish Politics, University of Ulster, UK 1999 Commemorative Lecture, 25th Anniversary of MA Programme in Politics at University College Dublin, Dublin Castle, Ireland 2000 Inaugural Lecture, Launch of Institute for the Study of Political Parties, University of Sheffield, UK 2001 Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Vienna, Austria (March) The German Politics Lecture, Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of German Politics, Birmingham University, Birmingham, UK 3 S. E. Finer Memorial Lecturer, Keele University, UK 2001 Winner of the Casimir Prize (Faculty Teaching Prize), Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University. 2006 The Government & Opposition Leonard Shapiro Lecture, Annual Conference of the Political Studies Association of the UK, University of Reading. Uhlenbeck Lecture. Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Wassenaar. Visiting Professor, Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane (SUM). 2007 Keynote Lecture, Graduate Conference, Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane. 2008 Elected as a Foreign Member of the Royal Dutch Academy for Arts and Sciences. Editorships: Journals : 2001- Co-editor, West European Politics 1994-2000 Co-editor, European Journal of Political Research 1992-95 Founding editor, Political Data Yearbook , published in association with the European Journal of Political Research . 1988-91 Review Editor, Irish Political Studies Member, Editorial Board: Acta Politica (2006- ); European Journal of Political Research (1986-94, 2001-6), European Political Science (2005-), Irish Political Studies (2002-), Journal of Theoretical Politics (2002-6), Party Politics (1994-), Perspectives on European Politics and Society (2000-), Political Studies (1991-), West European Politics (1990-2000). Book Series : 2003- General Editor, Comparative Political Institutions Series, Oxford University Press. 1991-94 General Editor , Modern Politics Series, Sage Publications/ECPR. 4 Research and University Administration : 1987 Director, Research Session on Party Organisation, Research Sessions of the European Consortium for Political Research, Mannheim, Germany. 1988 Co-director, Workshop on Party System Change in Western Europe, Joint Sessions of the European Consortium for Political Research, Rimini, Italy. 1989-91 External examiner, MSc in European Politics in the London School of Economics and Political Science. 1991-96 Member of the Publications Committee of the European Consortium for Political Research. 1992 Co-director, Workshop on Democracies and the Organisation of Political Parties, Joint Sessions of the European Consortium for Political Research, Limerick, Ireland. 1993-95 Chairman, Political Science Department, University of Leiden 1995-99 Scientific Director, Dutch Inter-University Research School in Political Science and International Relations (POLYBIOS) 1996-98 Jury Member, European Consortium for Political Research Rudolf-Wildenmann Prize . 1998-2000 Jury Member, Political Science Prize (best PhD), Dutch Political Science Association 1998- External Assessor, European Union Social Science Information Research Facility, Florence, Italy 1999-2003 Director of Research, Political Science Department, Leiden University External Examiner, Politics Programme, University College Dublin, Ireland 2000 Director, Workshop on Competing Conceptions of Democracy in the Practice of Politics, Joint Sessions of the European Consortium for Political Research, Copenhagen, Denmark 2001 Jury Member, British Political Studies Association Harrison Prize Member, Visiting Committee for Triennial Review, Institute for the Study of Social Change, University College Dublin, Ireland 2006 Co-director, Workshop on Political Parties and Patronage Joint Sessions of the European Consortium for Political Research, Nicosia, Cyprus External reviewer of research, School of Social Sciences, Manchester University 5 2006-9 Co-director, ECPR Summer School on Political Parties, Free University Amsterdam, 2006; European University Institute, 2007-9. 2007 Jury Member, Italian Political Science Association SISP book prize Member, International Evaluation Committee in Political Science and International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2007-10 Chair, SPS Department, European University Institute 2009- Co-director, Observatory on Political Parties and Representation (OPPR), EUDO/EUI PhD dissertations supervised (solely or jointly) to completion: Michael Cunningham, British Government Policy in Northern Ireland, 1969-1989 . Manchester 1990. Runner-up, Political Studies Association dissertation prize. Cas Mudde, The Extreme Right Party Family: An Ideological Approach. Leiden 1998. André Krouwel, The Catch-All Party in Western Europe, 1945-1990. Leiden 1999. Joint supervisor Petr Kopecky, Political Competition and the Institutionalization of Parliaments in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Leiden 1999. Joint supervisor Ania van der Meer, Shaping the Democratic Order: The Institutionalization of Parliament in Poland . Leiden 1999. Joint supervisor. Winner of the Dutch Political Science Association Dissertation Prize 2001. Renske Doorenspleet, The Fourth Wave of Democratization: Identification and Explanation . Leiden 2001. Winner of the Dutch Political Science Association Dissertation Prize 2002. Ingrid van Biezen, Party Organization in New Democracies: Southern and Eastern Europe Compared . Leiden 2001. R.A.A. de Rooij, Nederlandse Gemeenten en Provincies in de Europese Unie: Gevolgen van het nationale EU-lidmaatschap voor subnationale overheden . Leiden 2003. Joint supervisor Maarten P. Vink, Limits of European Citizenship . Leiden 2003. Joint supervisor. Wojciech Gagatek, Political Parties at the European Level: Their Organization and Activities . EUI, 2008. Edwin van Rooyen, De Europeanisering van belangengroepen en politieke partijen in Nederland . Leiden 2009. Joint Supervisor. Joost van Spanje, Pariah Parties: On the Origins and Electoral Consequences of the Ostracism of Political Parties in Established Democracies . EUI, 2009. 6 Asnake Kefale, Federalism and Ethnic Conflict in Ethiopia: a comparative study of the Somali and Benishangul-Gumuz regions . Leiden, 2009. Joint Supervisor. Hans Vollaard, Political Territoriality in the European Union: The Changing Boundaries of Security and Healthcare. Leiden, 2009. Joint Supervisor. Laurentiu G. Stinga, Still Elected Dictators? A Study of Executive Accountability to the Legislature in Multi-Party Democracies Across Time: Italy (1974-2006), Argentina (1982-2006) and Romania (1992-2007) . EUI, 2009. Joint Supervisor. Katarzyna Grzybowska-Walecka, International Party Cooperation Before and After 1989: The Polish and Hungarian (Post-) Communists and the Western Social Democrats. EUI, 2009. Joint Supervisor. Gerardo Scherlis Perel, Patronage and Party Organization in Argentina: the Emergence of the Patronage-based Network Party. Leiden, 2009. Joint Supervisor. 7 PUBLICATIONS Books: The Changing Irish Party System: organisation, ideology and electoral competition . London: Frances Pinter, 1987; Pb edition, 1988, xii + 245pp. Identity,