Office adress Department of Political Science Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Maastricht University PO Box 616 6200 MD Maastricht The Netherlands e mail: a.schakel@maastrichtuniversity.nl Curriculum Vitae Arjan Hille Schakel December 2011 Areas of Specialization Multilevel governance; federalism; territorial politics; methodology; decentralization; regionalism; regional party politics; multilevel party systems; ethnoregional and regional parties; European Union; comparative politics. Academic Appointments 2011-present Assistant Professor in Research Methods, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Maastricht University 2009 2011 Newton International Fellow, School of Social and Political Science, Territorial Politics Groups, University of Edinburgh. Education 2005 2009 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ph.D. in Political Science 2003 2006 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, LLM Dutch Law 2000 2004 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ma. in Political Science 1997 2003 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ma. in Biology Additional Training 2008. PhD Programme of the Netherlands Institute of Governance (NIG). Three courses: Social Network Analysis, Writing Reviews, Getting it Published. 2007. Graduate class work at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. Three courses: Game Theory, American Politics, Maximum Likelihood Methods.
2006. ECPR 15 th PhD Summer School on European Parties and Party Systems Democracy in Europe: European Politics and Multi Level Governance Rijs, the Netherlands. 2006. ECPR 39 th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection, University of Essex, the United Kingdom. One course: Multilevel analysis. 2005. Graduate class work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. Three courses: Structural Equation Models, Comparative Political Research and Analysis, Varieties of Capitalism.. Teaching Experience 2011-2012. Coordinator Governance in the EU, Master European Public Affairs, 2011-2012. Coordinator Qualitative Research Skills I, Bachelor European Studies, 2011-2012 Coordinator Research Skills Track, Master European Studies, 2011-2012. Tutor Comparative Politics and Government, Bachelor European Studies, 2011-2012. Tutor Quantitative Data Analysis II, Bachelor European Studies, 2011-2012. Tutor Qualitative Research Skills II, Bachelor European Studies, 2011-2012. Tutor Quantitative Data Analysis I, Bachelor European Studies, 2010-2011. Tutor Core Quantitative Data Analysis, University of Edinburgh. 2009-2010. Tutor Core Quantitative Data Analysis, University of Edinburgh. 2009. Summer School: New Challenges for Regionalism and Federalism in the 21st Century, ECPR Standing Group on Federalism and Regionalism Summer School, Münster (Germany), 28 August 4 September 2009. 2007-2008. Instructor Bachelor Project (with Andre Krouwel), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
200-2008. Instructor Bachelor Werkgroep Introduction to Political Science (with Jasper de Raadt and Jaap Woldendorp), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. 2005-2006. Teaching Assistant to Andre Krouwel and Kees van Kersbergen for Inleiding Bachelor Politicologie (BA), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Fellowships and Grants 2011. European Commission, update Regional Authority Index, 10.000, 2009. Postdoctoral grant, Van Coeverden Adriani Stichting, 3000, 2009. Newton International Fellowship, Royal Society, 89000, 2008. Travel grant, Faculty of Social Sciences, VU Amsterdam, 800, 2007. Spring Visiting scholar University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2007. Travel grant, Netherlands Institute of Government, travel grant, 910, 2005. Fall Visiting scholar University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Languages Dutch (native), English (fluent), German (good). Professional Activities Conferences co organized 2010. Workshop on Towards A Regional Political Science. Data and Methods Beyond Methodological Nationalism with Charlie Jeffery, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, June 24-25, 2010. 2009. Workshop on Parties and Voters in Multilevel Settings, with Dave Sinardet, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, May 28 29, 2009. 2008. Workshop on Comparative Multilevel Governance, with Hans Keman, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, May 29 30, 2008. 2007. Workshop on Comparative Multilevel Governance, with Kris Deschouwer, University of Antwerp, Belgium, May 31 June 1, 2007. Invited talks 2011. Regional Election Research discussant at the workshop on Exchanging Data and Skills on Place Inequality: A UK-Brazilian Collaboration, Center for Metropolitan Studies, Sao Paolo, March, 17-18, 2011.
2010. Territoriality of the Vote. The Case for Analyzing Party Systems as Multi- Level Party Systems presentation given at the staff seminar of the department of social and political science at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, October 21, 2010. 2010. Significance and content of a Charter on MLG presentation given at the Atelier on The Elaboration of a European Charter on Multilevel Governance: A strengthened Commitment to a Multilevel Democracy organized by the Committee of the Regions, Brussels, June 22, 2010. 2010. Data and Analysis on Regional Elections presentation given at the workshop on Exchanging Data and Skills in Place Inequality: UK and Brazil, Edinburgh, September 7-8, 2010. 2009. Elections and Regional Democracy presentation given at the ESRC seminar series Democracy after the Nation-State organized by Charlie Jeffery and Daniel Wincott, European University Institute, Florence, 17-18 June, 2009. Survey 2006. Co principal organizer with Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks of the Expert Survey on Multilevel Governance and Policy Provision, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. Publications Special issues Jeffery, Charlie and Schakel, Arjan H. (eds) (2012) special issue Towards a Regional Political Science, accepted for publication in Regional Studies, forthcoming. 2010 impact factor: 1.259; 2010 5-year impact factor: 2.212 (Geography). Hooghe, Liesbet, Marks, Gary and Schakel Arjan H. (eds) (2008) special issue Regional Authority in 42 Democracies, 1950 2006: A Measure and Five Hypotheses, Regional and Federal Studies, 18, 2 3: 111 302. [33 cites, October 2011, Publish or Perish]
Articles Jeffery, Charlie and Schakel, Arjan H. (2012) Towards a Regional Political Science: Data and Methods Beyond Methodological Nationalism, accepted for publication in Regional Studies, forthcoming. 2010 impact factor: 1.259; 2010 5- year impact factor: 2.212 (Geography). Schakel, Arjan H. and Jeffery, Charlie (2012) Are Regional Elections Really Second-Order Elections?, accepted for publication in Regional Studies, forthcoming. 2010 impact factor: 1.259; 2010 5-year impact factor: 2.212 (Geography). Schakel, Arjan H. (2011) Congruence Between Regional and National Governments, Comparative Political Studies, published online 18 October 2011. 2010 impact factor: 1.813; 2010 5-year impact factor: 2.363 (Political Science). Schakel, Arjan H. (2010) Explaining Regional and Local Government: An Empirical Test of the Decentralization Theorem, Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions, 23, 2: 331 355. 2010 impact factor: 1.774; 2010 5-year impact factor: 2.046 (Political Science). [3 cites, November 2011, Publish or Perish] Schakel, Arjan H. (2009) Explaining Policy Allocation over Governmental Tiers by Identity and Functionality, Acta Politica, 44, 4: 385 409. 2010 impact factor: 0.706; 2010 5-year impact factor: 1.194 (Political Science). [1 cite, November 2011, Publish or Perish] Eijsackers, Herman, Bruggeman, Jorn, Harmsen, J., de Kort, Thijs and Schakel, Arjan H. (2009) Colonization of PAH-contaminated Dredged Sediment by Earthworms, Applied Soil Ecology, 43, 2 3: 216 225. 2010 impact factor: 2.399; 2010 5-year impact factor: 2.792 (Soil Science). [4 cites, November 2011, Publish or Perish] Marks, Gary, Hooghe, Liesbet and Schakel Arjan H. (2008) Measuring Regional Authority, with Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks, Regional and Federal Studies, 18, 2 3: 111 121. [64 cites, November 2011, Publish or Perish] Hooghe, Liesbet, Schakel, Arjan H. and Marks, Gary (2008) Operationalizing Regional Authority: A Coding Scheme for 42 Countries, 1950 2006, with Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks, Regional and Federal Studies, 18, 2 3: 123 142. [24 cites, November 2011, Publish or Perish] Schakel Arjan H. (2008) Validation of the Regional Authority Index, Regional and Federal Studies, 18, 2 3: 143 166. [19 cites, November 2011, Publish or Perish] Marks, Gary, Hooghe, Liesbet and Schakel, Arjan H. (2008) Patterns of Regional Authority, with Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks, Regional and Federal Studies, 18, 2 3: 167 181. [40 cites, November 2011, Publish or Perish]
Books Hooghe, Liesbet, Marks, Gary and Schakel, Arjan H. (2010) The Rise of Regional Authority: A Comparative Study of 42 Countries, London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-57776-2. 224pp. Paperback. [33 cites, November 2011, Publish or Perish] Schakel, Arjan H. (2009) A Postfunctionalist Theory of Regional Government. An Inquiry into Regional Authority and Regional Policy Provision, PhD thesis Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Veenendaal: Universal Press. ISBN: 978-90-9024328-3. 273pp. Paperback. [7 cites, November 2011, Publish or Perish] Book reviews Schakel, Arjan H. (2011) Territory and Electoral Rules in Post-Communist Democracies by Daniel Bochsler, Regional and Federal Studies, 21, 3: 378 379. Schakel, Arjan H. (2010) Exploring Federalism. State, Society and Congruence in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany and Switzerland, by Jan Erk, Regional and Federal Studies, 20, 1: 154-155. Schakel, Arjan H. (2009) Federalism and Regionalism in Western Europe. A Comparative and Thematic Analysis, by Wilfried Swenden and The Architecture of Government: Rethinking Political Decentralization, by Daniel Treisman, Acta Politica, 44, 1: 113 117. Conference papers and presentations Schakel, Arjan H. (2011) Ideal Type Second-Order Elections: Regional Elections in Six Central and Eastern European Countries paper presented at the 1 st European Conference on Comparative Electoral Research, December 1-3, Sofia. Schakel, Arjan H., Hooghe, Liesbet and Marks, Gary (2011) The Multilevel State paper presented at the Conference Transformations of the State, November 3-8, Delmenhorst. Massetti, Emanuele and Schakel, Arjan H. (2011) Decentralization and Regionalist Parties Electoral Fortunes: Unpacking a Complex Relationship paper presented at the 6th General Conference of the European Consortium of Political Research, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, August 25-27. Schakel, Arjan H. (2011) Ideal Type Second-Order Elections: Regional Elections in Six Central and Eastern European Countries paper presented at the 6th General Conference of the European Consortium of Political Research, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, August 25-27.
Massetti, Emanuele and Schakel, Arjan H. (2011) Decentralization and Regionalist Parties Electoral Fortunes: Unpacking a Complex Relationship paper presented at the workshop on New Research on Regions in Europe, Humboldt-Universiät zu Berlin, Berlin, July 5-6. Massetti, Emanuele and Schakel, Arjan H. (2011) Decentralization, Regionalist Parties Strength and Regionalist Demands paper presented at the annual conference of the Dutch Political Science Association, Amsterdam, June 10-11. Massetti, Emanuele and Schakel, Arjan H. (2011) Decentralization, Regionalist Parties Strength and Regionalist Demands paper presented at the 4th annual conference of the Association Belge de Science Politique, Brussels, April 20-22. Massetti, Emanuele and Schakel, Arjan H. (2011) Decentralization, Regionalist Parties Strength and Regionalist Demands paper presented at the 12th Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Boston, Massachusetts, March 3-5. Schakel, Arjan H. (2010) Territoriality and Congruence in Multilevel Party Systems paper presented at the workshop Multilevel Governance: Estimating Authority Below and Above the State, Berlin, December 20-12. Schakel, Arjan H. (2010) Regional Authority and Nationalization of Parties and Party Systems in National Parliaments paper presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, September 2-5. Schakel, Arjan H. and Jeffery, Charlie (2010) Second Order Elections and Electoral Cycles in Multilevel Systems paper presented at the Workshop Towards a Regional Political Science, University of Edinburgh, June 24-25. Schakel, Arjan H. and Dandoy, Regis (2010) Turnout in Regional Elections paper presented at the Workshop Towards a Regional Political Science, University of Edinburgh, June 24-25. Schakel, Arjan H. (2010) Territoriality and Congruence in Multi-Level Party Systems paper presented at the 82nd annual meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Montreal, Canada, June 1-3. Schakel, Arjan H. (2010) Territoriality and Congruence in Multi-Level Party Systems paper presented at the 68th Annual National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, United States, April 22-24. Schakel, Arjan H. and Swenden, Wilfried (2010) Rethinking Nationalization and Beyond. A Toolbox for Measuring Multi-Level Party Systems paper presented at the Political Science Association annual meeting, Edinburgh, March 29 April 1. Schakel, Arjan H. (2010) Regional Reform and Territorialization of Party Systems paper presented at the Political Science Association Specialist Group Conference, British and Comparative Territorial Politics, University of Oxford, January 7 8. Schakel, Arjan H. (2009) Regional Authority and its Effect on Regional Party Systems paper presented at the 5th European Consortium for Political Research general conference, Potsdam, September 10 12. Schakel, Arjan H. (2009) Towards Understanding Variation in Subnational Regional Authority paper presented at the Politicologenetmaal held at the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, May 28 29. Schakel, Arjan H. (2009) Explaining Regional and Local Government. An Empirical Test of the Decentralization Theorem paper presented at the European Union Studies Association 11th Biennial International Conference, Los Angeles, April 23-25.
Schakel, Arjan H. (2008) Understanding Variation in Subnational Regional Authority. A Postfunctionalist Theory of Jurisdictional design, paper presented at the 4th Transatlantic Dialogue held at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, June 12 14. Schakel, Arjan H. (2008) Explaining Regional and Local Governance: An Analysis on a Policy Provision Dataset, paper presented at the Politicologenetmaal held at the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, May 31 June 1. Schakel, Arjan H. (2008) Sub national Governance and Policy Performance in Nineteen Established Democratic States, paper presented at the Politicologenetmaal held at the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, May 31 June 1. Schakel, Arjan H. (2008) A Postfunctional Theory of Regional Government, dissertation outline presented at the Transatlantic Graduate Student Workshop on European Integration and Multilevel Governance held at the Hanse Wissenschaftkolleg, Delmenhorst, Germany, May 9 10. Hooghe, Liesbet, Mark, Gary and Schakel, Arjan H. (2007) A New Data set on Regional Authority for 42 Countries, paper presented at a conference on Regions held at the University of Louvain la Neuve, Belgium, October 15. Schakel, Arjan H. (2007) Validation of the Regional Authority Index, paper presented at the Politicologenetmaal, University of Antwerp, Belgium, May 31 June 1. Hooghe, Liesbet, Mark, Gary and Schakel, Arjan H. (2007) Patterns of Regional Authority, paper presented at the European Union Studies Association 10th Biennial International Conference, Montreal, May 10-11. Schakel, Arjan H. (2006) Multilevel Governance: the Search for a Dependent Variable, paper presented at the 15th PhD Summer School on European Parties and Party Systems, Rijs, the Netherlands, September 12 22. Schakel, Arjan H. (2006) Multilevel Governance: the Search for a Dependent Variable, paper presented at the 1st Graduate Conference held at the University of Essex, United Kingdom, September 8 9. Schakel, Arjan H. (2006) Measuring Multilevel Governance Within the EU Member States, paper presented at the Politicologenetmaal, The Hague, the Netherlands, May 18 19. Schakel, Arjan H. (2006) Optimal versus Actual Allocation of Authority Across Territorial Levels, presentation for the Conference on Parties, Identity, and Multilevel Governance held at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA, April, 29 30.