PABLO EZEQUIEL BALÁN

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1 Date of Birth: 09/20/1988 City: Buenos Aires Country: Argentina Contact: Education PABLO EZEQUIEL BALÁN 2015 present Ph.D. in Government, Department of Government, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University M.A. in Political Science, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Thesis submitted. GPA: 9.92/ B.A. (Licenciado) in Political Science, Universidad de San Andrés. Summa cum Laude (1st of 213 students) Bachiller Universitario, Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Buenos Aires (1st of 150 students). Honors and awards 2014 Winner of the nation-wide essay competition organized by Academia Nacional de Ciencias Morales y Políticas (National Academy of Political Science) and publishing house El Ateneo. Essay co-authored with Federico H. Tiberti San Andrés Prize to the highest GPA of Universidad de San Andrés, class of Highest GPA in Political Science Department, Universidad de San Andrés, class of Rector Uballes prize to the highest GPA of Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, class of Mitre prize (anually awarded by the Mitre Museum) to the highest GPA of Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, class of Doctor Manuel Rafael Swiatlo prize to the highest GPA in Biology of Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, class of Ricardo Monner Sans prize to the highest GPA in Spanish of Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, class of Salvador A. Marino prize to the highest GPA in Latin of Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, class of Profesor Héctor Fidel Massa prize to the highest GPA in the first three years at Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires. Page 1 of 5

2 Scholarships 2014 Latin American Studies Association (LASA): Travel Grant to attend the XXXII Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Chicago, Il USD 2013 Fulbright Commission: Study of the US Institute for Young Leaders, University of Massachusetts Civic Initiative. The Donahue Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD): Hochschulwinterkurs. University Winter Course for the Study of the German Language in the Institut für Sprachen (Kassel, Germany) Undergraduate scolarship, Universidad de San Andrés Scolarship awarded by the Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación (House of Representatives) Book manuscripts 2014 La República Pendiente: Argentina y el problema del desarrollo político. Buenos Aires, El Ateneo. (Co-authored with Federico H. Tiberti). Published articles (in peer-reviewed journals) 2015 El Estado en la ciencia social moderna: conceptos, medición, indagación causal. Estudios Sociales del Estado 1(1): URL: El conflicto con el campo: entre el pretorianismo y la institucionalización. Revista Conflicto Social 7(11): Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani. URL: Determinantes de la capacidad estatal en las provincias argentinas. Colección 23: URL: Page 2 of 5

3 Translated articles 2011 Altbach, P. G El despertar de los gigantes: presente y futuro de los sistemas de educación superior en China e India. Revista de Política Educativa 2, School of Education, Universidad de San Andrés-Prometeo. Book Reviews 2014 Review: Negretto, G. L Making Constitutions: Presidents, Parties, and Institutional Choice in Latin America. New York: Cambridge University Press. PostData: Revista de Reflexión y Análisis Político 19(1): URL: Review: Pita González, A La Unión Latino Americana y el Boletín Renovación. Redes intelectuales y revistas culturales en la década de México: El Colegio de México/Universidad de Colima. Araucaria: Revista Iberoamericana de Filosofía, Política y Humanidades. URL: Presentations 2014 Speaker at the seminar Legislative Politics in Historical Perspective. Paper: Revisiting the Electoral Reform of 1912: the Role of Congress and subnational Incentives. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina, November 5th Speaker and Travel Grantee at the XXXII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Paper: Democracy, Inequality, and State Capacity in the Argentine Provinces. Chicago, Il, May 21st-24th Speaker at the 11th National Congress of Political Science, Argentine Political Science Association (SAAP). Paper: Why do Argentine Provinces differ in their State Capacitiy?. Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos, Paraná, July 17th-20th Speaker at the XLVII Annual Meeting of the Argentine Political Economy Association (AAEP). Paper: Determinants of State Capacity in the Argentine Provinces. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco, Trelew, November 16th Speaker at the Fourth Uruguayan Congress of Political Science. Paper: Determinants of State Capacity in the Argentine Provinces. Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Montevideo, November 15th Speaker at the 10th National Congress of Political Science, Argentine Political Science Association (SAAP)-Catholic University of Córdoba. Paper: De clientes a burócratas: reforma del Estado y poder burocrático durante el primer menemismo ( ). Page 3 of 5

4 Experience 4/2014 7/2015 Fellow, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Supervisor: Carlos Gervasoni. 3/ /2013 Research Assistant to Prof. Mariano Tommasi, Universidad de San Andrés. Project: Institutions and Public Policy 8/ /2013 Teaching Assistant in the course Topics of Political Economy in Argentina, Prof. Mariano Tommasi, Universidad de San Andrés. 1/2012 1/2013 Volunteer at Democracia Global, NGO affiliated to the World Federalist Movement. 8/2011 2/2012 Research Assistant to professors Diego Pando y Mercedes Iacoviello, Universidad de San Andrés. 11/ /2011 Research Assistant to professor Robert Barros, Universidad de San Andrés. 1/2011 2/2011 Volunteer at Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina, NGO affiliated to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Additional Graduate Training 2015 Introduction to Network Analysis using Pajek, Prof. Vladimir Batagelj. IPSA-Summer School 2015, University of São Paulo, February 2nd-14th Summer School in U.S. Politics. Universidad de San Andrés, February 24th-28th (Profs. S. Saiegh and M. Abrajano) 2014 Summer School in Mixed Methods (Southern Cone), Instituto de Ciencia Política Núcleo Milenio para el Estudio de la Estatalidad y la Democracia en América Latina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, January 6th-11th Institutional Challenges in Federal Countries, Prof. Mark P. Jones, Universidad de San Andrés, August 5th-7th Agent-based Modeling in the Social Sciences, Prof. Nils B. Weidmann. ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques, University of Vienna, February 17th-20th Fulbright Commission. Graduate Seminar: The US: Foundations of Foreign and Domestic Politics, Profs. G. John Ikenberry and Alan McPherson. Universidad de San Andrés, August 17th-20th Other activities 2013 present En Letra, Open-access journal on Law and Political Theory. Co-founder and member of the editorial board. URL: Page 4 of 5

5 Current affiliations 9/2014 Member of the Institute of Political Sociology, Academia Nacional de Ciencias Morales y Políticas. Professional Affiliations Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Sociedad Argentina de Análisis Político (SAAP). Languages Spanish (native) English (general fluency; Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English; TOEFL: 113/120). French (intermediate; Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires). German (intermediate, B2; Laboratorio de Idiomas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires and Institut für Sprachen, Kassel, Germany). Computer Skills Proficient in Microsoft Office, Stata, EViews. Basic knowledge of R and NetLogo. Page 5 of 5