Alan M. Jacobs. Assistant Professor July University of British Columbia

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1 Department of Political Science C Main Mall Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 Tel: (604) Fax: (604) ACADEMIC POSITIONS Associate Professor July 2011-present Assistant Professor July Lecturer Department of Social Policy University of Bath, United Kingdom EDUCATION Ph.D. in Political Science May 2004 Dissertation: Governing for the Long Term: Democratic Politics and Policy Investment Committee: Paul Pierson (Chair), Peter Hall, Torben Iversen, Theda Skocpol A.M. in Political Science 1999 M.Sc. in European Social Policy Analysis 1994 University of Bath, United Kingdom Honors: Distinction B.A. in Political Science 1993 Yale University Honors: Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Distinction within Major, Outstanding Senior Essay in American Politics AWARDS Mary Parker Follett Award 2009 Politics and History Section, American Political Science Association, best article or chapter on politics and history published in 2007 or 2008, for The Politics of When, British Journal of Political Science, 2008.

2 John Heinz Dissertation Award 2005 National Academy of Social Insurance, best Ph.D. dissertation in any discipline on topic of social insurance PUBLICATIONS Book Governing for the Long Term: Democracy and the Politics of Investment, New York: Cambridge University Press, Peer-reviewed articles and chapters The Nature and Sources of Citizen Myopia: Time-Discounting in Public Opinion, with J. Scott Matthews, forthcoming in British Journal of Political Science. How Do Ideas Matter? Mental Models and Attention in German Pension Politics, Comparative Political Studies, 42.2 (2009): Policymaking as Political Constraint: Institutional Development in the U.S. Social Security Program, in Explaining Institutional Change: Ambiguity, Agency and Power, eds. James Mahoney and Kathleen Thelen, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009, The Politics of When: Redistribution, Investment, and Policymaking for the Long Term, British Journal of Political Science, 38.2 (2008): (Winner of APSA s Mary Parker Follett Award) The Perils of Market-Making: The Case of British Pension Reform, The Politics and Economics of Creating Competitive Markets, eds. Martin Levin, Martin Shapiro and Marc Landy, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2007, (with Steven Teles). Seeing Difference: Market Health Reform in Europe, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 23(1), 1998, Textbooks Decision Making in the European Union [CD-ROM], London: Sage Publications, (Content author) 2

3 Working papers Jacobs, Alan M. and J. Scott Matthews. Who Will Be in Charge? Prospective responsibility and citizen support for policy change. Paper presented at the 2011 Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association and under revision. Jacobs, Alan M. and R. Kent Weaver. Policy Feedback and Policy Change. Paper presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association and under revision. Process-tracing and Ideational Effects. Paper presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association and under revision. Book reviews Paul Pierson, Dismantling the Welfare State? Reagan, Thatcher, and the Politics of Retrenchment, Journal of European Social Policy, 5(4), 1995, Brian Abel-Smith, Introduction to Health: Policy, Planning, and Financing, Journal of Social Policy, 24(4), 1995, SELECTED PRESENTATIONS Process Tracing and Ideational Effects 2011 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. Policy Feedback and Policy Change 2010 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. With R. Kent Weaver Policymaking as Political Constraint: Institutional Development in the 2008 U.S. Social Security System American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston Does Timing Matter?: Intertemporal Policy Attitudes in the Mass Public 2008 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, with J. Scott Matthews The Politics of When: Redistribution, Investment, and the Politics of the Long Term 2008 Workshop on Canadian Social Policy, Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver Does Timing Matter?: Intertemporal Policy Attitudes in the Mass Public 2008 Workshop on Experimental Methods, Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, with J. Scott Matthews 3

4 Does Timing Matter?: Intertemporal Policy Attitudes in the Mass Public 2008 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, with J. Scott Matthews Policymaking as Political Constraint: Institutional Development in the 2007 U.S. Social Security System Workshop on Historical Institutionalism, Northwestern University The Politics of Investment: Theorizing Governments Policy Choices 2006 for the Long Term American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia The Perils of Market Making: The Case of British Pension Reform 2005 Workshop on The Politics and Economics of Markets, Gordon Public Policy Center, Brandeis University, with Steven Teles A Matter of Trust: Cognition, Institutions, and the Sources of 2005 Credible Commitment American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago Backing into the Future: Reconceiving Policy Reform as 2004 Intertemporal Choice American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago Democracy, Public Policy, and Timing: Toward a Theory of Intertemporal 2004 Policy Choice Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Winnipeg Making Tradeoffs over Time: Retrenchment, Investment, and the 2002 Reform of Pension Systems American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston The Politics of When: Pension Financing in Britain and Germany 2001 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco Panel Chair or Discussant Public Policy Poster Session, Comparative Theme 2010 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. Discussant Process Tracing, Cauasal Mechanisms, and Theory 2008 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston Chair and Discussant 4

5 Determinants of Public Policy in Canada 2004 Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Winnipeg Discussant RESEARCH FUNDING German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) 2010 Faculty Research Grant Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Understanding Intertemporal Policy Attitudes: A Survey Experiment Standard Research Grant, Principal Investigator Hampton Fund (externally reviewed) Democracy in Time: Attention, Information, and the Electoral Politics of Policy Investment Principal Investigator HSS Small Grants Bridging Program Business and the Politics of the Long Term Principal Investigator German Marshall Fund of the United States 2001 Dissertation Research Support Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies Dissertation Writing Grant Center for American Political Studies Dissertation Research Grant TEACHING AND SUPERVISION Courses Investigating Politics The State and the Market: The Politics of Who Gets What Comparative Politics of Public Policy Methods of Political Analysis: Qualitative Research Methods (Graduate seminar) Political Methodology (Graduate seminar) 5

6 Policy Studies (Graduate seminar) Policy Analysis (Graduate seminar, co-taught) Statistical Methods Statistics (Graduate seminar) European Integration (Graduate seminar, co-taught) Principles and Processes in Social Policy Health Policy and Politics (co-taught) Graduate Supervision: MA thesis supervision Completed Yoel Kornreich Timothy Came Judith Wong Nadya Repin Mark Walsh PhD dissertation supervision (committee chair) In progress Timothy Came Matthew Gravelle Yoel Kornreich PhD dissertation committee membership Completed Katherine Boothe Nicolas Dragojlovic In progress Beth Schwartz Michael Mackenzie Michael Cohen Clare McGovern William Bendix Christian Constantin 6

7 CONSULTING Navigator Ltd., 2004 Provided health-policy advice to government of a Canadian province, based on comparative policy analysis. Harvard Medical International, Harvard Medical School, 2000 Advised government of a Canadian province on possible consequences of health-care reform options based on cross-national reform evidence. SERVICE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Service to Department and University Department Research and Awards Committee, chair 2011-present Department Graduate Admissions Committee member Comparative and Canadian Politics Research Workshop Coordinator Department Speaker Series Coordinator European Consortium for Political Research, Department Liaison Arts Faculty Library Advisory Committee, Member , 2010-present , 2010-present 2005-present 2005-present UBC Journal of Political Studies, Faculty Sponsor 2009 Consortium for Qualitative Research Methods, Department Liaison Executive Committee, Elected Member Departmental Graduate Program Committee, Member European Studies Hiring Committee, Institute for European Studies, Member Institute for European Studies Steering Committee, Member Canadian Politics Hiring Committee, Member Departmental Communications Committee, Member

8 Peer reviewing activities American Journal of Political Science; British Journal of Political Science; World Politics; Journal of Politics; Canadian Journal of Political Science; Canadian Review of Sociology; American Political Science Review; Comparative Politics; Political Studies; Global Environmental Politics; Governance; Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law; Journal of European Social Policy; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Service to the profession Public Policy Organized Section, American Political Science Association Best Comparative Policy Paper Award Committee, Member Best Paper Committee, Member 2009 Council Member Politics and History Organized Section, American Political Science Association Mary Parker Follett Best Article/Chapter Award Committee, Chair David J. Greenstone Best Book Award Committee, Member Nominating Committee Member 2010 Professional and Visiting Affiliations Visiting Scholar Berlin Graduate School of the Social Sciences, Humboldt University-Berlin American Political Science Association Member Institute for European Studies Faculty Associate Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies Graduate Student Associate LSE Health and Social Care 2001 London School of Economics and Political Science Visiting Academic Wissenschaftszentrum-Berlin für Sozialforschung 2001 Visiting Scholar 8