ADAM WILLIAM CHALMERS 8.03.2014 Leiden University Institute of Political Science Pieter de la Court Building, 5B15 Wassenaarseweg 52 2333 AK Leiden, Netherlands Phone: +31 (0) 6 23 87 9393 Email: a.w.chalmers@fsw.leidenuniv.nl Webpage: www.adamwilliamchalmers.com CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor, Leiden University, Institute of Political Science, Netherlands (2011 present). EDUCATION Ph.D., McGill University, Canada, Department of Political Science, 2011. Dissertation: Information, Interests and Influence: An Analysis of Interest Group Influence in the European Union (Supervisor: Juliet Johnson) Major Fields: Comparative Politics; Political Theory. Minor Field: International Relations M.A., York University, Canada, Department of Social and Political Thought, 2003. B.A. (Honours), York University, Canada, Department of Humanities, 2001. PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Defining and Classifying Interest Groups, with Laura Baroni, Brendan Carroll, Luz Munoz, and Anne Rasmussen, Interest Groups and Advocacy (forthcoming). In over their Heads: Stakeholder Involvement and Legislative Duration in the European Union, European Union Politics (forthcoming). Getting a Seat at the Table: Capital, Capture and Expertise in the European Union, West European Politics, (forthcoming). Regional Authority, Transnational Lobbying and the Allocation of Structural Funds in the European Union, Journal of Common Market Studies, 51:5 (2013), 815-988. With a lot of Help from their Friends: Explaining the Social Logic of Informational Lobbying in the European Union, European Union Politics, 14:4 (2013). 475-496. Trading Information for Access: Informational Lobbying Strategies and Interest Group Access to the EU, Journal of European Public Policy, 20:1 (2013), 39-58. Interests, Information and Influence: Comparing the Influence of Interests Groups in the European Union, Journal of European Integration, 33:4 (2011): 471-486.
Refiguring the European Union s Historical Dimension, European Journal of Political Theory, 5:4 (2006): 437-454. The Aporias of Theory: Negotiating the Dialectical Image in Walter Benjamin s Arcades Project, New Formations: A Journal of Culture, Theory, Politics, 54 (2005): 44-60. Book Chapters Interests, Information and Influence: Comparing the Influence of Interests Groups in the European Union, M. Knodt, C. Quittkat and J. Greenwood, eds. Functional and Territorial Interest Representation in the EU, London and New York: Routledge, 2012. (reprint of 2011 Journal of European Integration article). Revise and Resubmit & Work Under Review Information, Lobbying, and the Politics of Interest Representation, (book manuscript in preparation for Oxford University Press). Changing the Face of Lobbying? Explaining When and Why Business Interests use Social Media, with Paul Shotten Interest Organizations across Economic Sectors: Explaining Interest Group Density in the European Union, with Joost Berkhout, Caelesta Braun, Tine Destrooper, David Lowery and Anne Rasmussen. Institutional Opportunity, Issue Salience and Capture in the Regulation Securities Markets. Work in Progress Financial Governance and Agency Independence: Measuring Capture of Insurance and Pension Regulation. The Politics of International Redistribution: Expenditure Politics, Elite Cues and Public Support, with Lisa Dellmuth. Policy Papers Special Interests and Integration: Changes in Patterns of Lobbying since Lisbon, Decision Making in the EU Before and After Lisbon, DEUBAL Policy Brief (2012). Direct Democracy for the EU: A Place for Interest Groups in the European Citizens Initiative, SWP Working Paper (December 5 th, 2011). Das EU-Parlament braucht einen Ethos, kein Lobbyistenverbot (The European Parliament needs an ethos not a ban on lobbyists), with Roderick Parkes, Euractiv (April 13, 2011). Adam William Chalmers Curriculum Vitae 2
CONFERENCE PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS Institutional Opportunity, Issue Salience, and Capture in the Regulation of Securities Markets, Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, April 3-6 th, 2014. Lobbying, Social Media, and Strategies of Interest Representation, International Studies Associations (ISA) 55 th Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada, Mach 25 th -29 th 2014. Lobbying, Social Media and Strategies of Interest Representation in the European Union, with Paul Shotten, 7 th ECPR General Conference, Bordeaux, September 4 th -7 th, 2013. A Seat at the Table: Transnational Experts and the Politics of Expertise in the European Union, 7 th ECPR General Conference, Bordeaux, September 4 th -7 th, 2013. A Politics of Expertise? The Lobbying Dimension of Expert Groups in the European Union, 20th International Conference of Europeanists, Amsterdam, June 25-27, 2013 Regional Authority, Lobbying and the Allocation of Structural Funds in the European Union, Netherlands Institute of Government Annual Work Conference, Leuven, November 29-30 th, 2012. Special Interests and Integration: Changing Patterns of Lobbying since Lisbon, DEUBAL Workshop: Decision-Making in the European Union before and after Lisbon, Brussels, May 21 st, 2012. How to Measure Interest Group Influence: Assessing Indicators for Measuring Influence in Conflictual and Non-Conflictual Lobbying, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 12-15, 2011. Lobbying as Information Transmission in the EU: An Analysis of Information Types, Tactics and Targets, 6 th ECPR General Conference, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, August 25-27, 2011. Interests, Information and Influence: A Comparative Study of Business, NGO and Territorial Interests in the European Union. IPSA, International Political Science Association Conference, Luxembourg, March 18 th to 21 st, 2010. The Politics of Redistribution in the European Union: Determining the Winners and Losers of EU Regional Policy. ECPR Standing Group on Federalism and Regionalism Summer School. New Challenges for Regionalism and Federalism in the 21 st Century. Münster, Germany, July 28-August 4, 2009. Sending Mixed Signals: Regionalization and Enlargement in Europe s New Member States. European Community Studies Association Biennial Conference: The Maturing European Union. Edmonton, Alberta, September 25-27, 2009. EU Regional Policy, EU Enlargement and Good Governance in Europe s New Member States. McGill Centre for Developing-Area Studies Workshop. McGill University, Montreal, September 19 th, 2008 Accounting for Protracted Regionalization in Central and Eastern Europe. Canadian Political Science Association s Annual Conference. University of British Columbia, June 4-6, 2008. Adam William Chalmers Curriculum Vitae 3
GRANTS & AWARDS Doctorate Alexander Mackenzie Fellowship, McGill University (2010-2011). DAAD, Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (German Academic Exchange Service), Ph.D. Research Grant (2009-2010). Principal s Graduate Fellowship, McGill (2008). McCall MacBain Fellowship, McGill (2008). SSHRC, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (2007-2008). European Field Research Scholarship, Institute for European Studies, Université de Montréal & McGill University (2007). McGill Graduate Studies Fellowship (2006-2007). Graduate Ontario -- Baden-Württemberg Graduate Research Exchange, Konstanz University, Germany (2004). York International Mobility Award, York University (2004). Undergraduate Dean's Honour Roll, York University (2001). Canada Millennium Scholarship, York University (2000). TEACHING EXPERIENCE Graduate Courses International Organizations, Global Governance and Transnational Actors, MA Thesis Seminar, Leiden University, 2012, 2013 & 2014. Advanced Topics in International Political Economy, Leiden University, 2013 & 2014. International Relations: Theories and Approaches, Leiden University, 2012. Business Lobbying in the EU, European Integration Summer School (EISS), Agder University, Kristiansand (Norway), summer 2012. Interest group influence in the European Union: Measurement Strategies for Conflictual and Non-conflictual Lobbying, Summer School on Interest Group Politics, Agder University, Kristiansand, summer 2012. Undergraduate Courses Introduction to International Political Economy, Leiden University, 2013 & 2014. Adam William Chalmers Curriculum Vitae 4
International Relations: Theories and Approaches, Leiden University, 2011. European Union Foreign Policy, Leiden University, 2012. ADDITIONAL RESEARCH METHODS TRAINING Applying Regression Analysis (STATA), Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, 2010. Measurement Instruments in Survey Research, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, 2010. PREVIOUS POSITIONS Brussels Fellow, The German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Brussels Office, March September 2011. Visiting Fellow, Institute of Governance, University of Edinburgh, UK, 2010 2011. DAAD Scholar, Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, 2009 2010. Visiting Fellow, Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, 2007. LANGUAGES English (native); German (fluent); French (intermediate); Dutch (beginner) Adam William Chalmers Curriculum Vitae 5