Education. Current Research Focus. The Comparative Method. The Configurational Comparative Method (CCM) and its relevance to ideational theory.

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1 Mahama Tawat Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Administration Research Fellow, Centre for Advanced Studies Higher School of Economic, Myasnitskaya 22, Moscow, , Education Current Research Focus PhD, 2012, comparative public policy (thesis on Danish and Swedish immigrant integration policies) University of Otago, New Zealand. Visiting PhD Student, Centre for Danish Studies, Lund University 2008). Centre for International Migration and Inter-ethnic Relations, Stockholm University (Fall 2009) MA (highest distinction), 2006, European Political Sociology (dissertation on Danish and Swedish multicultural policies), Dalarna University, Sweden. Diploma (distinction), 2005, European Integration (research component on aid policy), Malmö University, Sweden. Diploma (incomplete), Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden. Diploma, 2004, communication, Institute for Journalism, Media and Communication, (JMK), Stockholm University, Sweden. BA Honours (distinction), 1998 Political Science and Mass communication University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon. Comparative public policy and administration. Integration, immigration and national minority policies in Sweden/Denmark and Australia/New Zealand. Public sector reform and the quality of government in New Zealand/Sweden and Cameroon/Colombia. The Comparative Method. The Configurational Comparative Method (CCM) and its relevance to ideational theory. nn Peer-reviewed Publications 1) Tawat, Mahama Danish and Swedish immigrants cultural policies between 1960 and 2006: toleration and the celebration of difference, International Journal of Cultural Policy, ) Tawat, Mahama, Two Tales of Viking Diversity. A Comparative Study of the Immigrant Integration Policy of Denmark and Sweden, , unpublished PhD thesis, Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago, ) Tawat, Mahama, The Births of Swedish Immigrant Cultural Policy: The Primacy of Olof Palme s Ideas, accepted with revision 4) Tawat, Mahama, Book Review: Erik Bleich. The Freedom to Be Racist? How the United States and Europe Struggle to Preserve Freedom and Combat Racism, Accepted (revise and re-submit) Journal of Comparative Public Policy Analysis: Research and

2 CV-Tawat 2 Practice. 5) New Public Management in New Zealand: The Past, Present and Future of the Great Experiment, International Public Management Review, Volume 14, Issue 2, Conferences, workshops and seminars Economic Sanctions As a Foreign Policy Tool: A Comparative Study of the Effects on the Russian and Iranian oil and gas industries, 2nd International Conference on Public Policy, Milan, Italy, Ideational Theory: A Fruitful Terrain of Fertilization for Comparative Politics and Comparative Public, 2nd International Conference on Public Policy, Milan, Italy, Understanding Convergence in Immigrant Integration Policies. The Cases of Denmark and Sweden Since 1960, 73rd Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, Guest lectures The Challenges of Multiculturalism and Antiracism Policymaking in a Comparative Perspective, Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Welfare and Diversity, Malmö University, Sweden, fall Two Unlikely Friends: The Configurational Comparative Method and Ideas, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, Two Peas in a Pod? Danish and Swedish Social Democratic Parties and the Integration of Immigrants. Conference: Is Social Democracy Exhausted? Pathways, Reflections, Dilemmas, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, February Tawat, Mahama, Two Tales of Viking Diversity: A Study on the Immigrant Integration Policies of Denmark and Sweden between 1960 and 2006, Public Policy Section, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2011, Seattle, USA. The Births of Danish and Swedish Cultural Integration Policies: Ideas from Policy Legacy in Denmark and Olof Palme in Sweden, New Zealand Political Science Association Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, 30 November-1 December The French Republican Model from 1789 to date. Public Talk at Alliance Française, Dunedin, New Zealand, 14 July Why Different? A Study of Danish and Swedish Integration Policies since the mid-1960s, International Conference on Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relations, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, November Same but Different: A Comparative Study of the Integration Policies of Denmark and Sweden, paper presented at the 14th Migration Metropolis Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, September Ideas and Multiculturalism. A Comparative Study of the Cultural Integration Policy of Sweden and Denmark since 1969, 12th Metropolis Migration Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 8-12 October Two Tales of Viking Diversity: Cultural Policies in Denmark and

3 CV-Tawat 3 Sweden presented at the New Zealand Political Studies Association, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, August Ideas and policymaking - session on refugee policy, presented at Emerging Scholars Workshop, Swinburne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia August Topics in African Emigration, workshop on African Independence day/150th anniversary of the ban on the British slave trade, Otago University, New Zealand. Competitive Awards Relevant Experience Postdoctoral Publishing Bursary, NZD 5000, University of Otago, New Zealand, July-September Travel grant, CAD 850 Conference Mapping the Global Dimensions of Policy: Investigating Theory, Practice and Challenges, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, January Travel grant, AUD 650, Emerging Scholars Workshop, Swinburne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, August recipient, prestigious New Zealand International Research Doctoral Scholarship (NZIRD) offered by the New Zealand Government. Visiting Research fellow, European Centre for Minority Issues, Flensburg, Germany and Malmö Institute for the Study of Migration, Diversity and Welfare, Malmö University, September 2013-January Teaching fellow in French and Francophone culture, politics and society, Department of Languages and Cultures, University of Otago, New Zealand, 2010-July University tutor for students with disabilities, Disability Information Support, University of Otago, 2009 to July Selected courses: Introduction to public policy, Indigenous Politics: the Treaty of Waitangi, Scottish Migration. Assistant Managing Editor, Otago French Notes, French studies journal, (3 issues). Teaching assistant and marker, course Introduction to Interna tional Relations (Pols 104), University of Otago (Semester 1, 2010). Research assistant, Professor Philip Nel, November January Project: income-based inequality in India, South-Africa and Brazil. Market researcher, IMS Medical Radar, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 2006-February 2007.

4 CV-Tawat 4 Service to the Profession Languages Computer Skills Referee, Australian Journal of Political Science, European Yearbook for Minority issues. Discussant, panel "Diasporas and democracy" American Political Science Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. Founder, workshop on quantitative studies in political sciences, New Zealand Political Science Association, Wellington, Panel chair Comparative Public Policy and organizing committee member, New Zealand Political Science Association Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, Panel co-organizer, 14 th International Migration Metropolis Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, Panel chair, European Union Network conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, November Member, Research Committee 30, (RC 30) on comparative public policy, International Political Science Association. Member, Study Groups on the Quality of Government and Public Sector Reform, International Institute of Administrative Studies (IIAS). English (fluent), Swedish (fluent), French (Native), German (average). MS Office, SPSS, html coding, adobe photoshop. Media Bookforum, Omnivore Scandinavia Style, 18 December 2013, Guest Commentator, The Revolution will not be Televised, Politics show, Radio 91,5 FM, Dunedin, New Zealand. 15 August Interview, migration and the Brevik Affair, Rush Hour, Radio 91,5 FM, Postgraduate Show, University of Otago. 20 June Interview, Ny I Danmark (New in Denmark) No 3, 2009 news organ, Ministry of Refugee, Immigration, and Integration Affairs, Denmark. References Professor Marian Simms, Deakin University, Australia/Australian Research Council, Level 2, 11 Lancaster Place, Majura Park ACT 2609, +61 (0) , marian.simms@arc.gov.au Professor Bo Petersson, School of Global Political Studies, Gaddan 7, Malmö University, 10506, Sweden, , bo.petersson@mah.se Dr. Vicki Spencer, Department of Politics, University of Otago, New Zealand, +64 (3) , vicki.spencer@otago.ac.nz

5 CV-Tawat 5 Dr. Constantin Grigorut, Department of Languages and Cultures, University of Otago, New Zealand, +64 (3) , constantin.grigorut@otago.ac.nz Dr. Jim Headley, Department of Politics, University of Otago, New Zealand, , james.headley@otago.ac.nz.