Alan M. Jacobs Department of Political Science University of British Columbia C425 1866 Main Mall Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1 Tel: (604) 822-6830 Fax: (604) 822-5540 alan.jacobs@ubc.ca ACADEMIC POSITIONS Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, July 2011-present. Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, July 2003-2011. Lecturer, Department of Social Policy, University of Bath, United Kingdom, 1994-1996. EDUCATION Ph.D., Political Science, Harvard University, 2004. A.M., Political Science, Harvard University, 1999. M.Sc., with Distinction, European Social Policy Analysis, University of Bath, United Kingdom, 1994. B.A., Political Science, Yale University, 1993. Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Distinction within Major, Best Senior Essay in American Politics AWARDS AND HONOURS Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowship, European University Institute, to be taken up May and June 2015. Sage Best Paper Award, 2014, Organized Section for Qualitative and Multi- Method Research, American Political Science Association, for the best paper on qualitative or multi-method research presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the APSA (for Mixing Methods with Macartan Humphreys). Gregory Luebbert Best Book Award (co-recipient), 2012, Organized Section for Comparative Politics, American Political Science Association, for the best book in the field of comparative politics published in 2010 or 2011 (for Governing for the Long Term). 1
Giovanni Sartori Book Award, 2012, Organized Section for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, American Political Science Association, for the best book developing or applying qualitative methods (for Governing for the Long Term). Charles Levine Memorial Book Prize, 2012, Research Committee on the Structure of Governence, International Political Science Association, for the best book on comparative policy and administration (for Governing for the Long Term). Mary Parker Follett Award, 2009, Organized Section for Politics and History, American Political Science Association, for the best article or chapter on politics and history published in 2007 or 2008 (for The Politics of When, British Journal of Political Science). John Heinz Dissertation Award, 2005, National Academy of Social Insurance, for the best Ph.D. dissertation in any discipline on topic of social insurance, 2005. PUBLICATIONS Book Governing for the Long Term: Democracy and the Politics of Investment, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Articles and book chapters Reviews: - Nicholas J. McMeniman, Political Studies Review, 12.2 (2014), 291-292. - Mark Cassell, Political Science Quarterly, 124.4 (2012): 694-696. - Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, September/October (2012). Social Policy Dynamics. Oxford Handbook of Historical Institutionalism. Eds. Tulia Falleti, Orfeo Fioretos, and Adam Sheingate. Forthcoming with Oxford University Press. Process-tracing the Effects of Ideas. in Process Tracing in the Social Sciences: From Metaphor to Analytic Tool. Eds. Andrew Bennett and Jeffrey T. Checkel. New York: Cambridge University Press, Strategies of Social Inquiry Series, 2015. When Policies Undo Themselves: Self-Undermining Feedback as a Source of Policy Change, Governance, EarlyView, forthcoming in print. (with R. Kent Weaver). 2
Why Do Citizens Discount the Future? Public Opinion and the Timing of Policy Consequences, British Journal of Political Science, 42.4 (2012): 903-935 (with J. Scott Matthews). How Do Ideas Matter? Mental Models and Attention in German Pension Politics, Comparative Political Studies, 42.2 (2009): 252-279. 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, 94-131. The Politics of When: Redistribution, Investment, and Policymaking for the Long Term, British Journal of Political Science, 38.2 (2008): 193-220. - 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): 1-33. Multimedia learning tool Decision Making in the European Union [CD-ROM], London: Sage Publications, 1998. Work in progress Mixing Methods: A Bayesian Unification of Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Causal Inference (with Macartan Humphreys), revise-andresubmit at American Political Science Review. Policy Attitudes in Institutional Context: Theory and Experimental Evidence (with J. Scott Matthews), revise-and-resubmit at American Journal of Political Science. Integrated Inferences. Book under contract with Cambridge University Press, Strategies in Social Inquiry Series (with Macartan Humphreys). Are the Rich Better Off than They Were Four Years Ago? Class-Biased Economic Voting in Comparative Perspective (with Tim Hicks and J. Scott Matthews). Who Will Be in Charge? Prospective responsibility and citizen support for policy change (with J. Scott Matthews). 3
Book reviews Paul Pierson, Dismantling the Welfare State? Reagan, Thatcher, and the Politics of Retrenchment, Journal of European Social Policy, 5(4), 1995, 340-2. Brian Abel-Smith, Introduction to Health: Policy, Planning, and Financing, Journal of Social Policy, 24(4), 1995, 594-5. SELECTED PRESENTATIONS Invited talks Mixing Methods: A Bayesian Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Causal Inference. Institutions Seminar, Duke University, January 2015. Mixing Methods: A Bayesian Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Causal Inference. Comparative Politics Colloquium, Princeton University, April 2014. Uncertainty, Institutions, and Citizens Policy Attitudes: An Experimental Investigation. Comparative Politics Colloquium, UC Berkeley, October 2013. Uncertainty, Institutions, and Citizens Policy Attitudes: An Experimental Investigation. Miller Center for Public Affairs, University of Virginia, November 2012. Policymaking for the Long Term: Democratic Politics and the Challenge of Investment. School of Public Policy and Governance and Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, December 2011. Policymaking for the Long Term: Democratic Politics and the Challenge of Investment. Department of Political Studies and School of Policy Studies, Queen s University, November 2011. The Politics of the Long Term: Political Institutions and Policy Tradeoffs over Time. Department of Political Science, University of Iowa, May 2005. The Nuts and Bolts of Process Tracing: Studying Policy Choices in Advanced Democracies. Workshop on Process Tracing, Harvard University Department of Government, April 2005. Conferences and Workshops Are the Rich Better Off than They Were Four Years Ago? Class-Biased Economic Voting in Comparative Perspective. (with Tim Hicks and J. Scott Matthews) Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2013. 4
Mixing Methods: A Bayesian Unification of Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. (with Macartan Humphreys) - Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2013. - Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research Authors Workshop, Syracuse University, June 22-23, 2013. Political Uncertainty and Policy Trade-offs: An Experimental Investigation. (with J. Scott Matthews) - Conference of Europeanists, Boston, MA, 2012. - Experiments in Governance and Politics Conference, Vancouver, BC, 2012. Process Tracing and Ideational Effects. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2011. Policy Feedback and Policy Change. (With R. Kent Weaver) American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2010. Policymaking as Political Constraint: Institutional Development in the U.S. Social Security System. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, 2008. Does Timing Matter?: Intertemporal Policy Attitudes in the Mass Public. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, with J. Scott Matthews, 2008. The Politics of When: Redistribution, Investment, and the Politics of the Long Term. Workshop on Canadian Social Policy, Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, 2008. Does Timing Matter?: Intertemporal Policy Attitudes in the Mass Public. (with J. Scott Matthews) Workshop on Experimental Methods, Canadian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, 2008. Does Timing Matter?: Intertemporal Policy Attitudes in the Mass Public (with J. Scott Matthews) Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2008. Policymaking as Political Constraint: Institutional Development in the U.S. Social Security System. Workshop on Historical Institutionalism, Northwestern University, 2007. The Politics of Investment: Theorizing Governments Policy Choices for the Long Term. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 2006. The Perils of Market Making: The Case of British Pension Reform. (with Steven Teles) Workshop on The Politics and Economics of Markets, Gordon Public Policy Center, Brandeis University, 2005. 5
A Matter of Trust: Cognition, Institutions, and the Sources of Credible Commitment. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2005. Backing into the Future: Reconceiving Policy Reform as Intertemporal Choice. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2004. Democracy, Public Policy, and Timing: Toward a Theory of Intertemporal Policy Choice. Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Winnipeg, 2004. Making Tradeoffs over Time: Retrenchment, Investment, and the Reform of Pension Systems. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, 2002. The Politics of When: Pension Financing in Britain and Germany. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2001. RESEARCH FUNDING Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Insight Grant, Principal Investigator, 2014-18. UBC HSS Grant, 2013-2014. UBC HSS Grant, 2011-2012. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Faculty Research Grant, 2010. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Standard Research Grant, Principal Investigator, 2006-11. UBC Hampton Fund, Democracy in Time: Attention, Information, and the Electoral Politics of Policy Investment. Principal Investigator, University of British Columbia (externally reviewed), 2004-2006. UBC HSS Small Grants Bridging Program, Business and the Politics of the Long Term. Principal Investigator, University of British Columbia, 2003-2004. German Marshall Fund of the United States, Dissertation Research Support, 2001. Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Dissertation Writing Grant, Harvard University, 2002-2003. Center for American Political Studies, Dissertation Research Grant, Harvard University, 2001-2002. TEACHING AND SUPERVISION Courses Investigating Politics: An Introduction to Scientific Political Analysis The State and the Market: The Politics of Who Gets What 6
Comparative Politics of Public Policy Methods of Political Analysis: Qualitative Research Methods (Graduate seminar) Political Methodology (Graduate seminar) 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) PhD supervision (committee chair) In progress: Itai Bavli; Pascal Doray-Demers; Matthew Gravelle; Alexander Held; Alexander Hemingway; Yoel Kornreich PhD committee membership Completed: Katherine Boothe; Michael Cohen; Nicolas Dragojlovic; William Bendix; Michael Mackenzie In progress: Conrad King; Sule Yaylaci; Beth Schwartz; Clare McGovern; Tommi Rebien; Fernanda Tomaselli MA supervision Completed: Yoel Kornreich; Timothy Came; Judith Wong; Nadya Repin; Mark Walsh; Jessica Hedges-Chou Undergraduate thesis supervision Completed: Katie Bowers; Cathy Chen; Madison Vonk SERVICE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Service to the profession Cambridge University Press, Methods of Social Inquiry Series, Editorial Board Member, 2014-present. Palgrave-MacMillan, Political Analysis Series, Editorial Advisory Group Member, 2013-present. Comparative Political Studies, Editorial Board Member, 2013-16 APSA Presidential Taskforce, Getting to Yes in Politics, Member, 2012-2013. Qualitative and Multimethod Research Organized Section, American Political Science Association Division Chair, APSA 2015 Annual Meeting 7
Section Newsletter Co-editor, 2014-6. Multi-Section Working Group on Pre-registration, Member, 2014-. Giovanni Sartori Best Book Award Committee, Chair, 2013-2014. Comparative Politics Organized Section, American Political Science Association Gregory Luebbert Best Book Award Committee, Member, 2012-2013. Public Policy Organized Section, American Political Science Association Best Comparative Policy Paper Award Committee, Member, 2011-2012. Best Comparative Policy Paper Award Committee, Member, 2010-2011. Best Paper Committee, Member, 2009. Council Member, 2006-2009. Politics and History Organized Section, American Political Science Association Mary Parker Follett Best Article/Chapter Award Committee, Member, 2013-4. Mary Parker Follett Best Article/Chapter Award Committee, Chair, 2011-2012. David J. Greenstone Best Book Award Committee, Member, 2010-2011. Nominating Committee Member, 2010. Canadian Political Science Association, Comparative Politics Best Book Award Committee, member, 2013-4. Peer reviewing activities American Journal of Political Science; American Political Science Review; British Journal of Political Science; Canadian Journal of Political Science; Canadian Review of Sociology; Comparative Political Studies; Comparative Politics; Global Environmental Politics; Governance; Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties; Journal of European Social Policy; Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law; Journal of Politics; Oxford Bibliographies; Policy Sciences; Political Studies; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; University of Toronto Press; World Politics. Service to Department and University Department Graduate Program Committee, Member, 2014-present. Acting Director, UBC Institute for European Studies, 2012-2013. Department Research and Awards Committee, Chair, 2011-present. Comparative, Canadian, and U.S. Politics Research Workshop Coordinator, 2004-2008, 2010-present. Department Speaker Series Coordinator, 2005-2008, 2010-present. European Consortium for Political Research, Department Liaison, 2005-present. 8
Arts Faculty Library Advisory Committee, Member, 2005-2014. Peer Teaching Review Committees: Glenn Coulthard, First Nations Studies Program, 2012. Merje Kuus, Geography, 2012. Department Graduate Admissions Committee, Member, 2010-2011. UBC Journal of Political Studies, Faculty Sponsor, 2009. Department Executive Committee, Elected Member, 2006-2007. Department Graduate Program Committee, Member, 2005-2007. European Studies Hiring Committee, Institute for European Studies, Member, 2005-2006. Institute for European Studies Steering Committee, Member, 2004-2006. Canadian Politics Hiring Committee, Member, 2004-2005. Department Communications Committee, Member, 2004-2006. PROFESSIONAL AND VISITING AFFILIATIONS Visiting Scholar, Berlin Graduate School of the Social Sciences, Humboldt University-Berlin, 2009-2010. American Political Science Association, Member, 1998-present. Institute for European Studies, Faculty Associate, University of British Columbia, 2004-present. Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Graduate Student Associate, Harvard University, 1999-2004. LSE Health and Social Care, Visiting Academic London School of Economics and Political Science, 2001. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Visiting Scholar, 2001. 9