Curriculum Vitae Dr. Thomas Winzen February 2016 ETH Zurich
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Appointments ETH Zurich, Postdoctoral researcher, Center for Comparative and International Studies, since 10/2013 Harvard University, Visiting scholar, Center for European Studies, 09/2015-02/2016 Maastricht University, Visiting scholar, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 06/2015 ETH Zurich, Doctoral student, Center for Comparative and International Studies, 02/2010-09/2013
Education ETH Zurich, Doctor of Sciences, 11/2013 Committee: Frank Schimmelfennig, Stefanie Bailer, Tapio Raunio NCCR Democracy, Doctoral programme certificate, 09/2013 ETH Zurich, M.A. in Comparative and International Studies, 01/2010 University of Sheffield, M.A. in Research Methods in Politics and International Relations, 08/2008 Maastricht University, B.A. in European Studies, 07/2007
Awards 2014 Medal of the ETH Zurich for exceptional doctoral dissertations 2012 NCCR Living Reviews in Democracy Best Paper Award
Grants Swiss National Science Foundation / NCCR Democracy, ca. CHF250.000, 2013-2017 Title: Internationalisation and Representative Democracy Project co-leader with Francis Cheneval and Frank Schimmelfennig NCCR Postdoctoral Funding, CHF3.000, 2015-2016 Contribution to a stay as visiting scholar at Harvard University Swiss National Science Foundation, International Short Visit Grant, CHF 3.400, 06/2015 Grant for a visit to Maastricht University
Workshop organisation Local expert 3rd Swiss Summer School in Democracy Studies: Representation and Governance ETH Zurich / University of Zurich, 20-24 June 2016 Workshop: National Parliaments: Reactions to Deparliamentarization Workshop co-director ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops University of Warsaw, 29 April-2 March 2015 Workshop: Analysing Parliamentary Behaviour in European Union Affairs
Professional service Editorial board memberships Journal of European Public Policy Reviewing Books: ECPR Press Journals: Comparative European Politics, Comparative Political Studies, European Union Politics, Government and Opposition, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of Legislative Studies, Political Research Quarterly, Publius, Review of International Organizations, Scandinavian Political Studies, The International Spectator, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, West European Politics
References Prof. Stefanie Bailer, University of Basel,
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[email protected] Prof. Frank Schimmelfennig, ETH Zurich,
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Publications February 2016 Google scholar: Citations: 194, h-index: 7, i10 index: 6
Books 1) Winzen, Thomas. Constitutional preferences and parliamentary reform: Explaining national parliaments’ adaptation to European integration. Under contract with Oxford University Press.
Articles 13) Duttle, Thomas, Katharina Holzinger, Thomas Malang, Thomas Schäubli, Frank Schimmelfennig, and Thomas Winzen."Opting out from European Union Legislation: The Differentiation of Secondary Law." Journal of European Public Policy (in press). 12) Winzen, Thomas. 2016. "From capacity to sovereignty: Legislative politics and differentiated integration in the European Union." European Journal of Political Research 55 (1):100-19. 11) Rittberger, Berthold, and Thomas Winzen. 2015. "Parlamentarismus nach der Krise: Die Vertiefung parlamentarischer Asymmetrie in der reformierten Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion." Politische Vierteljahresschrift 56(3):430-56. 10) Roger, Léa, and Thomas Winzen. 2015. "Party groups and committee negotiations in the European Parliament: outside attention and the anticipation of plenary conflict." Journal of European Public Policy 22 (3):391-408. 9) Winzen, Thomas, Christilla Roederer-Rynning, and Frank Schimmelfennig. 2015. "Parliamentary Co-Evolution: National Parliamentary Reactions to the Empowerment of the European Parliament." Journal of European Public Policy 22(1):75-93. 8) Winzen, Thomas, and Frank Schimmelfennig. 2014. "Vertragsentwicklung und Differenzierung in der europäischen Integration. Nationale Identität, staatliche Autonomie und die Entstehung einer Kern-Peripherie-Struktur in der europäischen Integration." Integration 37(2):138-151. 7) Winzen, Thomas. 2014. "Bureaucracy and Democracy: Intra-Parliamentary Delegation in European Union Affairs." Journal of European Integration 36 (7):677-695. 6) Schimmelfennig, Frank, and Thomas Winzen. 2014. "Instrumental and Constitutional Differentiation in the European Union." Journal of Common Market Studies 52 (2):354-70. 5) Winzen, Thomas. 2013. "European integration and national parliamentary oversight institutions." European Union Politics 14 (2):297-323. 4) Winzen, Thomas. 2012. "National parliamentary control of European Union affairs: a cross-national and longitudinal comparison." West European Politics 35 (3):657-72. 3) Jensen, Thomas, and Thomas Winzen. 2012. "Legislative Negotiations in the European Parliament." European Union Politics 13 (1): 118-49. 2) Winzen, Thomas. 2011. "Technical or Political? An Exploration of the Work of Officials in the Committees of the European Parliament." The Journal of Legislative Studies 17 (1): 27 - 44.
1) Winzen, Thomas. 2010. "Political Integration and National Parliaments in Europe." Living Reviews in Democracy. Online article: http://www.livingreviews.org/lrd-2010-5.
Book chapters 1) Rittberger, Berthold, and Thomas Winzen. 2015. "The European Union's Multilevel Parliamentary System." In The European Union: Power and Policy-Making, ed. S. Mazey and J. Richardson. Abingdon: Routledge,107-33.
Manuscripts under review Bormann, Nils-Christian, and Thomas Winzen. Contingent learning: The diffusion of parliamentary oversight institutions in the European Union. Revise and resubmit at European Journal of Political Research. Winzen, Thomas and Frank Schimmelfennig. The Choice for Differentiated Europe: Explaining differentiation in European Union treaties. Revise and resubmit at European Union Politics. Winzen, Thomas. Legislative specialisation, party fragmentation and unrepresentative policy-making in the European Parliament. Submitted to European Journal of Political Research.
Working papers Rocabert, Jofre, Frank Schimmelfennig, Thomas Winzen, and Loriana Crasnic. The Rise of International Parliamentary Institutions: Authority and Legitimacy. Roger, Léa, and Thomas Winzen. Policy conflict and parliamentarians’ choice of likeminded bureaucratic supporters in European Parliament negotiations. Roger, Léa, and Thomas Winzen. Including elites, excluding voters: Informal politics, consensusseeking, and the legitimacy of European Parliament policy-making. Schimmelfennig, Frank, and Thomas Winzen. Normalizing differentiated integration: Discriminating and exempting new member states in accession treatise and legislative politics. Winzen, Thomas, Jofre Rocabert, and Rik De Ruiter. Responsible Parliamentarism versus Responsive Euroscepticism: The Treatment of the European Union in the Parliamentary Arena.
Teaching Parlamentsforschung, Spring 2013 & 2015 BA seminar, 2h/week, in German Role: Convenor Gegenstand des Kurses ist eine Einführung in wesentliche Bereiche der Parlamentsforschung. Schwerpunkte sind die Beziehungen zwischen Wählern, der parlamentarischen Arena und der Regierung sowie die Funktionsweise parlamentarischer Parteien und Ausschüsse. Den Kursteilnehmenden wird die Möglichkeit gegeben, spezielle Interessen durch die Bearbeitung von drei Wahlthemen zu vertiefen. Vor jeder Sitzung reichen die Teilnehmenden einen schriftlichen Kommentar (max. 2 Absätze) ein, der die Hauptschwäche oder -stärke der jeweiligen Pflichtlektüre sowie eine wesentliche Unklarheit erläutert. Teaching evaluation 2015 (13 respondents): Average: 1.62/4. 1 Teaching evaluation 2013 (5 respondents): Average: 1.61/4.
Development and current issues of European integration, Autumn 2014 MA seminar, 2h/week, in English Role: Co-convenor, with post-docs and PhD students of the European Politics Group at ETH Zurich This course first introduces the basic theories, institutions and decision-making processes of the EU, and then moves on to issues of particular relevance in current research and policy-making such as compliance with EU law, differentiated integration, interest group influence, the democratic deficit, or the Eurozone crisis. Participants have to give a presentation in one of the session and hand in an essay (ca. 4000 words) at the end of the course. Teaching evaluation: No evaluation conducted.
Europäische Integration, Autumn 2013 BA lecture, 2h/week, in German Role: Convenor, with a tutorial given by a doctoral student Gegenstand dieser Vorlesung ist eine Einführung in Kernbereiche der Europaforschung. Behandelt werden die institutionelle Entwicklung der EU, die wesentlichen Institutionen und Entscheidungsverfahren, die demokratische Qualität der EU sowie ausgewählte Bereiche der europäischen Innenpolitik und Aussenbeziehungen. Die Leistungen der Teilnehmenden werden auf der Grundlage einer Präsentation im Tutorat und einer schriftlichen Abschlussprüfung bewertet. Teaching evaluation (10 respondents): 3.3/5. 2
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Average evaluation on a 1-4 scale (positive to negative) for 16 survey items. Details available on request. Average ‘overall satisfaction’ on a 1-5 scale (negative-positive). Details available on request.
Differentiated Integration in the European Union, Spring 2011 & 2012 MA seminar, 2h/week, in English Role: Convenor (2011), co-convenor with a doctoral student (2012) This course focuses on the fact that the participation of different countries in European integration varies legally and in practice. How can we describe and explain the development of differentiated integration? What consequences does differentiation have for the EU and its member states? Based on these questions, the course covers theories of integration, politics and decision-making in EU institutions, and selected internal and external policies. Participants have to give a presentation and deliver a term paper (4-6000 words). Teaching evaluation 2012: No evaluation conducted. Teaching evaluation 2011: (3 respondents): 4.0/5. 3
Supervision Co-supervision: Jofre Rocabert, doctoral student, ETH Zurich
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Average ‘overall satisfaction’ on a 1-5 scale (negative-positive). Details available on request.