Curriculum Vitae

Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Department of Politics and International Relations and Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford

Inaugural Director, Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM), University of Oxford

Host, BBC Radio 4 Rethink

UK Politics Columnist, Prospect

Fellow of the British Academy

Editor (with David Samuels and Dawn Teele), Comparative Political Studies

BBC Annual Reith Lecturer

Principal Investigator, WEALTHPOL, European Research Council Consolidator Grant (1.7m Euros)

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota

Ph.D. Government, Harvard University
Thesis: From the Ballot to the Blackboard: The Redistributive Political Economy of Education
Awarded Senator Charles Sumner Memorial Dissertation Prize

M.A. Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

M.A. Cultural History, University of Manchester

B.A. (Hons) History, First Class, University of Manchester

APSA European Politics and Society Best Paper Prize

Elected Fellow of the British Academy

Woodrow Wilson Prize for Best Book on government, politics, or international affairs (APSA)

William H. Riker Prize for Best Book in Political Economy (APSA)

William H. Riker Prize for Best Book in Political Economy (APSA)

Best Article Award, Comparative Democratization Section (APSA)