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Education

Papers & Presentations

• "Privatization in Europe: Systemic Left-Wing Strength, Power Resources and Productive Efficiency"
  • Draft: 2009/07/14
  • [Submitted]
  • Presentations:
    • SASE conference: Paris, July 2009.
    • 'Inequality and Institutions' conference, Oxford, May 2009.
    • MPSA conference, Chicago, April 2009.
• 'Welfare State Retrenchment and Redistribution Strategies'
  • Draft: 2009/03/31
  • [Submitted]
  • Presentations:
    • Dublin Political Economy Workshop, Trinity College Dublin: November 2009.
    • LSE Department of Government, May 2009.
    • IMT, Lucca, March 2009.
    • Juan March Institute, Madrid, January 2009.
    • MPSA conference, Chicago, April 2007.
• 'Partisan Strategy at the Emergence of the British and Swedish Post-War Health Systems'
  • [Submitted]
  • Presentations:
    • APSA conference, Toronto, September 2009.
• 'Rational Historical Institutionalism: Intentional Path Dependence at the Foundation of the NHS'
• 'School Choice, Productive Efficiency, and Left-Wing Politics: A Discussion Paper'
  • [Work in progress]
  • Presentation: ECPR Joint Sessions, Lisbon, April 2009.

Extra Training

• Multilevel and Longitudinal Modelling - Sophia Rabe-Hesketh and Anders Skrondal, ESRC National Centre for Research Methods, June 2009.
• Visiting student, Department of Political Science, Yale University - Spring 2009.
• Workshop on Automating Cross-National Statistical Modelling - Ray Duch and Dave Armstrong, ESRC Oxford Spring School, September 2008.
• Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models - Washington University, St. Louis, June 2008.
• Mathematical Concepts & Formal Modelling – Rebecca Morton, ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, July/August 2007.
• An Introduction to Event History Analysis – Chris Zorn, ESRC Oxford Spring School, June 2007.
• Econometrics course for MPhil Economics – University of Oxford, Autumn 2006.

Teaching

• 2008 October - December: Pembroke College, Oxford
  • Government and Politics in Western Europe
• 2008 January - March: Worcester College, Oxford
  • International Political Economy: devised and taught a course of eight undergraduate tutorials.

Awards

• Conference travel award: APSA (2009).
• Travel award: Department of Politics & IR, University of Oxford (2009).
• Mobility Fund for Lisbon Joint Sessions: ECPR (2009).
• Grant to support convening conference on 'Inequality and Institutions': Oxford Centre for the Study of Inequality and Democracy, University of Oxford (2009).
• Grant to support convening conference on 'Inequality and Institutions': Department of Politics & IR, University of Oxford (2009).
• Grant to support convening conference on 'Inequality and Institutions': Nuffield College, Oxford (2009).
• Tuition at Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models: Washington University, St. Louis, June 2008.
• Travel award: Nuffield College, Oxford (2008).
• Norman Chester Fund travel award: Department of Politics & IR, University of Oxford (2008).
• Travel award and fee support for ECPR Summer School: Nuffield College, Oxford (2007).
• Doctoral studentship: Nuffield College, Oxford (2005-2008).
• "A-level" scholarship: Frensham Heights School (1996-1998).

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