Helen Callaghan, PhD
Vita
born April 3, 1976 in Wiesbaden (Germany)
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Dissertation (defended in August 2006)
European Integration and the Clash of Capitalisms:
British, French and German disagreements over corporate governance, 1970-2003
Committee:
Kathleen Thelen (Chair), Michael Wallerstein, Peter Gourevitch, Karen Alter
- Education
- Fellowships and Awards
- Teaching Experience
- Professional Service
- Invited Talks
- Other Work Experience
- Languages
Education | |
| 1999-2006 | PhD programme in Political Science, Northwestern University |
| 2000-2002 | MSc in "Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences" at Northwestern University |
| 1995-1998 | BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, Trinity College, Oxford University |
| 2002-2003 | Pensionnaire Étrangère, École Normale Supérieure, Paris |
| 1998-1999 | Visiting Student, Humboldt Universität Berlin |
| 1993-1995 | Abitur, St. Viti Gymnasium Zeven |
| 1992-1993 | International Baccalaureate course (year one), Impington Village College, Cambridge, UK |
Fellowships and Awards | |
| 2010 | DAAD-Procope Franco-German research grant (12.000 Euro, shared with Paul Lagneau-Ymonet) |
| 2006 | Max-Weber post-doctoral fellowship, European University Institute Florence (two years) |
| 2004 | Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Societies dissertation fellowship (two years) |
| 2003 | Council for European Studies dissertation fellowship (twelve months)
Class Prize, Department of Political Science, Northwestern University |
| 2002 | French government Chateaubriand dissertation fellowship (nine months)
Bourse d' Accueil, Ecole Normale Supérieure. Paris (nine months) |
| 2000 | Fellowship from the Mathematical Methods program, Northwestern University (twelve months) |
| 1999 | Fellowship from the Graduate School, Northwestern University (four years) |
| 1996 | Distinction in the First Public Examination in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, Oxford University
Exhibition, Trinity College Oxford |
Teaching Experience | ||
| 2007-2008 | Fall: EU Institutions and Policy-Making (Masters Program, James Madison University Florence) | |
| 2006-2007 | Winter: Comparative Capitalism - East, West, South (Ph.D. Seminar, European University Institute, Florence) | |
| 2005-2006 | Fall: Comparative Corporate Governance
(PoliSci 376, Northwestern University) | |
| Teaching Assistance (at Northwestern University) | ||
| 2001-2002 | Fall: "Applied Statistics for Research" (graduate level) with Prof. Tanner
Winter: "Introduction to World Systems" with Prof. Reno Spring: "Introduction to Comparative Politics" with Prof. Winters | |
| 2000-2001 | Spring: "Game Theory" with Prof. Abdulkadiroglu
Winter: "Formal Theories of Justice" with Prof. Austen-Smith | |
Professional Service | |
| Teaching administration | Academic co-odinator, together with Anne Rasmussen, of the EUI/University College Dublin Summer School on European Union Politics, June 2008;
Academic advisor, EDULINK Network of Excellence for Qualitative Research Methods (ACP-EU Cooperation Programme in Higher Education; Project: Building and Sustaining a Qualitative Methods Network in Sub-Saharan Africa), January 2009-December 2011. |
| Refereeing | Comparative Political Studies, Comparative European Politics, European Union Politics, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, Politics, West European Politics |
| Editing | Editor of the MPIfG Newsletter (ongoing)
Editor of the MPIfG Yearbook (ongoing) Editor of the SPS in Press publications newsletter at the European University Institute, 2008-09 |
| Other | Executive Council Member of the Society for the Advancement of Socioeconomics (SASE) (ongoing)
Member of the MPIfG Publications Committee (ongoing) Chair of the MPIfG Library Committee (ongoing) Member of the MPIfG Intranet Committee (ongoing) Coordinator of the MPIfG Working Group on Institutional Change (ongoing) |
Invited Talks | |
| 2012 | University College Dublin, Geary Institute (guest lecture) |
| 2009 | Millstein Center for Corporate Governance at Yale School of Management |
| 2008 | Waseda University Tokyo (guest lecture)
MZES Mannheim (guest lecture) |
| 2007 | St. Hugh's College Oxford (job talk for research fellowship) |
| 2006 | Nuffield College Oxford (job talk for research fellowship) |
Other Work Experience | |
| 1997 | Sept.: internship in the Press Department of the German Embassy, London
August: internship at the Bonn editorial office of the ‘Financial Times' April: internship in the Berlin editorial office of ‘The Economist’ |
Languages | |
| German | Native |
| English | Native |
| French | Fluent |
| Italian | Fluent |
| Russian | Basic |
For references, please contact:
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Prof. Kathleen Thelen Northwestern University thelen(at)northwestern.edu |
Prof. Peter Gourevitch University of California, San Diego pgourevi(at)irpsmail.ucsd.edu |
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Prof. Wolfgang Streeck Max Planck Institute Cologne streeck(at)mpifg.de |
Prof. David Soskice Nuffield College Oxford soskice(at)duke.edu |
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Prof. Karen Alter Northwestern University kalter(at)northwestern.edu |