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GIOVANNI CAPOCCIA
Department of Politics and IR and Corpus Christi College
University of Oxford
OX1 4JF Oxford, United Kingdom
Tel +44 (0) 1865-276752 / Fax +44 (0) 1865-276767
giovanni.capoccia@politics.ox.ac.uk web: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0073/
Status: November 2013
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations
Professor of Comparative Politics and Fellow of Corpus Christi College, 2006-present
University Lecturer in Politics (tenure-track) and Fellow of Corpus Christi College, 2003-2006
University Lecturer in Politics (fixed-term) and Fellow of Magdalen College, 2001-2003
Harvard University, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Rita E. Hauser Fellow, 2006-2007
European University Institute, Department of Political and Social Sciences
Research Assistant, 1999-2001
DEGREES
European University Institute (EUI), Florence (Italy).
Ph.D. Political and Social Sciences, December 2000
University of Rome I “La Sapienza” (Italy), Faculty of Political Sciences
Laurea (BA+MA) in Political Sciences, Summa cum laude, 1994. Honors’ thesis officially
recommended for publication.
PUBLICATION PRIZES
2011 Sage Award for the Best Paper in Comparative Politics presented at the 2010 Annual
Convention of the American Political Science Association (Paper: “Normative frameworks,
electoral interests, and the boundaries of legitimate participation in post-Fascist democracies”).
2011 Mary Parker Follett Award for the Best Article in Politics and History, awarded by the
American Political Science Association (for “The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies:
A New Research Agenda for Europe and Beyond”, co-author D. Ziblatt).
2010 Best Paper in Comparative Democratization presented at the 2009 Annual Convention of the
American Political Science Association (Paper: “The Historical Turn in Democratization
Studies: A New Research Agenda for Europe and Beyond”, co-author D. Ziblatt).
2008 Alexander L. George Award for the Best Article in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research
published in 2007, awarded by the American Political Science Association (for “The Study of
Critical Junctures”, co-author D. Kelemen).

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2006 Best Book in European Politics published in 2005, awarded by the American Political Science
Association (for Defending Democracy. Reactions to Extremism in Interwar Europe, Johns Hopkins
University Press).
2006 Sage Award for the Best Paper Developing or Applying Qualitative Methods presented at the
2005 Annual Convention of the American Political Science Association. (Paper: “The Study of
Critical Junctures”, co-author D. Kelemen).
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies, special double issue of Comparative Political Studies, August-
September 2010, Vol. 43, n. 8/9, pages 350 (co-edited with D. Ziblatt).
Defending Democracy. Reactions to Extremism in Inter-war Europe, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University
Press, 2005, pages 352. [Paperback 2007, Kindle 2010]
Unified Germany Between Continuity and Renewal. The German Electoral and Party System in the Process of
National Reunification (in Italian), Rome, Bulzoni, 1995, pages 490.
Articles and Book Chapters:
“Militant Democracy. The Institutional Bases of Democratic Self-Preservation”, Annual Review of
Law and Social Sciences, 9, 2013, 207-226.
“When State Reponses Fail: Religion and Secessionism in India 1952-2002” (with L. D. Saez and E.
de Rooij), The Journal of Politics, 74, 4, October 2012, 1010-1022.
“The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies: A New Research Agenda for Europe and
Beyond” (with D. Ziblatt), Comparative Political Studies, 43, 8/9, August-September 2010, 931-968.
“Germany’s Response to 9/11: The Importance of Checks and Balances”, in Crenshaw, M. (ed.) The
Consequences of Counterterrorist Policies in Democracies, New York, Russell Sage, 2010, pp. 285-334.
“The Study of Critical Junctures: Theory, Narrative and Counterfactuals in Historical
Institutionalism” (with R. D. Kelemen), World Politics, 59, 3, April 2007, 341-369.
“Lessons from the Past”, in Eatwell, R. and C. Mudde, (eds.), Western Democracies and the New
“Extremist” Challenge, London, Routledge, 2004, pp. 83-107.
(Hebrew version of “Defending Democracy: Strategies of Reaction to Political Extremism in Inter-
War Europe”, State and Society, N. 1, 2003).
“Legislative Responses to Extremism. The ‘Protection of Democracy’ in the First Czechoslovak
Republic 1920-1938”, East European Politics and Societies, 16, 3, 2002, 691-734.
“The Political Consequences of Electoral Laws: the German System at Fifty”, West European Politics,
25, 3, July 2002, 173-204.
“Anti-system Parties: A Conceptual Reassessment”, Journal of Theoretical Politics, 14, 1, January 2002, 9-
35.
“Defending Democracy: Strategies of Reaction to Political Extremism in Inter-War Europe”,
European Journal of Political Research, 39, 4, June 2001, 431-460.
“Proportional representation and first-past-the-post election in the German electoral system” (in
Italian), Quaderni di Scienza Politica, 7, 2, August 2001, 99-163.
“Redistricting in Germany: Relevant Legislation and Political Importance” (in Italian), Nomos. Le
Attualità del Diritto, 3, 2-3, May-December 1998, 29-56.

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Other Scholarly Publications:
“Taking History and Politics Seriously”, in Symposium on Cathie Jo Martin’s and Duane Swank’s
The Political Construction of Business Interests (Cambridge University Press, 2012), Reviews and
Critical Commentary. A Forum for Research and Commentary on Europe, Council for European Studies,
December 2012, online at http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/critcom/taking-history-andpolitics-seriously/
“The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies: A New Research Agenda for Europe and
Beyond” (with D. Ziblatt), in Symposium on “Where have we been, and where should we go next?”,
Newsletter of the Comparative Democratization Section of the American Political Science Association,
October 2010, Vol. 8, n. 3, p. 2, 15-19.
“The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies: A New Research Agenda for Europe and
Beyond” (with D. Ziblatt), Harvard University Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
Working Paper #177/2010.
“Militant Democracy: Past and Present”, European Studies Forum, Newsletter of the Council for
European Studies, Autumn 2008, 38:2, 58-65.
“The Study of Critical Junctures: Theory, Narrative and Counterfactuals in Institutional Theory”
(with D. Kelemen), Committee on Concepts and Methods, Working Paper Series on Political
Concepts, #10/2006.
“Multi-method Research in Comparative Politics and Political Theory” (with M. Freeden),
Committee on Concepts and Methods, Working Paper Series on Political Methodology, #9/2006
Book Review of Dirk Berg-Schlosser and Jeremy Mitchell (eds.), Conditions of Democracy in
Europe, 1919-39, Newsletter of the ECPR Standing Group “Extremism and Democracy”, 1/4,
Winter 2000.
“Defending Democracy: Strategies of Reaction to Political Extremism in Inter-war Europe”,
European University Institute, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Working Paper
#2/2000.
“Defending Democracy: Responses to Extremist Parties in Inter-war European Democracies”,
ECPR News, 10/3, summer 1999, 38-39 (Series: “Doctoral Research in Progress”).
“Challenge, Prevention and Response: Game-Theoretical Perspective on Breakdown and Survival of
European Democracies”, European University Institute, Department of Political and Social
Sciences, Working Paper #11/99
Book Review of Manfred G. Schmidt, Demokratietheorien, Opladen, Leske & Budrich, 1997 (2 nd
edition), Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 1/1998 (in Italian).
Book Review of Gary Cox, Making Votes Count: Strategic Coordination in the World’s Electoral
Systems, Cambridge and New York, Cambridge University Press, 1997, Rivista Italiana di Scienza
Politica, 3/1997 (in Italian).
“Electoral Abuse in PR Systems: Old and New Territorial Distortions in the German Electoral
System”, European University Institute, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Working Paper
#6/97.
Book Review of Mario Caciagli and Pier Vincenzo Uleri (eds.), Democrazie e referendum, Bari,
Laterza, 1994, Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 1/1995 (in Italian).
Translation from English (into Italian): article “La Presidenza della Commissione Europea. Vincoli
e risorse”, by Ken Endo, published in Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 3/1995.

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Data:
"Replication data for: When State Responses Fail: Religion and Secessionism in India 1952-2002",
http://hdl.handle.net/1902.1/19120 V1 [Version] (with L. D. Saez and E. de Rooij).
WORK IN PROGRESS:
Reshaping Democracy after Authoritarianism, book manuscript in preparation.
“Historical Institutionalism and the Politics of Institutional Change”.
“Selecting Units in Political Research” (with L. Stoker).
“Coalitions, Legacies, and the Fate of Successor Parties in Post-Authoritarian Democracies. Theory
and Evidence from Italy.”
“The Study of Democratization and the Arab Spring” (with A. Ahmed)
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
Academic Fellowships
2014-2017: Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship.
2009-2010: Visiting Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University.
2006-2007: Rita E. Hauser Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University.
2006-2007: British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship
2002 (Summer): DAAD Visiting Scholar, Max-Planck Institute for Foreign Constitutional Law and
International Law, Heidelberg (Germany).
1998 (Fall): Visiting Scholar, University of California at Berkeley, Department of Political Science.
1997-1998: DAAD Visiting Scholar, Institute of Political Science, University of Heidelberg
(Germany).
Research Grants
2011-2013: John Fell Fund Grant, University of Oxford (£ 7,500).
2011: Charles Oldham Grant, Corpus Christi College, Oxford (£ 500).
2009-2011: John Fell Fund Grant, University of Oxford (£ 7,500).
2007-2008: John Fell Fund Grant, University of Oxford (£ 3,996).
2007-2008: British Academy Small Grant (£ 7,489).
2007: Conference Grant, Stiftung Deutsch-Amerikanischer Wissenschaftsbeziehungen (€ 5,000) (with D.
Ziblatt).
2006-2007: Research Development Fund Grant, University of Oxford (£ 2,925).
2006-2007: British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship (full teaching and
administration buyout for the academic year 2006-07).
2006-2007: Nuffield Foundation Small Grant (£ 6,921).
2006-2007: Research Development Fund Grant, University of Oxford (£ 6,921) underwriting the
application to the Nuffield Foundation for a Small Grant (returned).
2005-2006: Astor Fund Grant (£ 425).
2005-2006: Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Training Grant (£ 300).
2004-2005: British Academy Overseas Travel Grant (£ 510).
2004: Council of European Studies Grant, (accommodation costs for attendance of the Conference
of Europeanists 2004).

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2003-2006: Research Development Fund Research Grant, University of Oxford (£ 29,716).
2003-2004: British Academy Research Grant (£ 4,940)
2003-2004: Apgar Prize, Magdalen College Oxford (£ 550).
2003: Consortium for Qualitative Research Methods, Grant for attendance of the Institute on
Qualitative Research Methods, Arizona State University (accommodation and tuition covered)
2002: Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Research Grant (€ 2,950)
1995-2000: Full Ph.D. Grant, European University Institute (tuition and salary).
1998: “Top-up” grant for a visiting fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, European
University Institute (approx. € 4,000).
1997-1998: Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Research grant (approx. € 6,000).
1996, 1997: Various external grants for participation in international Summer Schools
1994: Publication Grant, Italian National Research Council (full coverage of publication and
distribution costs for research monograph).
1992: Fondazione Einaudi, Best Essay Award, “Scuola di Liberalismo 1992” (approx. € 600)
1991-1992: European Community (ERASMUS) scholarship for study at Bremen University,
Germany (approx. € 2,600)
INVITED TALKS AND LECTURES
2014. London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Government (Public
Lectures series in Comparative Politics), Spring (date TBC).
2013. Bocconi University, Milan (Italy), Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management,
May.
2012. Harvard University, Center for European Studies, Speaker series “State and Capitalism since
1800”, September.
2012. George Washington University, Center for European Studies, September.
2011. Aspen Institute Italy, Florence (Aspen Seminar), November.
2011. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies (Distinguished
Lecture Series), November.
2011. University College London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, October.
2010. Oxford University, Center for the Study of Inequality and Democracy, November.
2009. Princeton University, Department of Politics, November.
2008. Harvard University, Center for European Studies, December.
2008. MIT, Department of Political Science, December.
2008. Centro de Estudios Politicos y Constitucionales, Madrid, Spain, October.
2008. University of Lisbon, Instituto de Ciéncias Sociais, Lisbon, Portugal, October.
2008. Harvard University, Center for European Studies, October.
2008. Oxford University, Center for the Study of Inequality and Democracy, February.
2007. Harvard University, Center for European Studies, May.
2007. Harvard University, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, April.
2007. University of Oregon, Eugene, Department of Political Science, April.
2007. University of Washington, Seattle, Department of Political Science, April.
2007. University of Pennsylvania, Department of Political Science, March.
2007. Rutgers University, Department of Political Science, March.
2007. Harvard University, Harvard Law School, March.
2007. Harvard University, Harvard Law School, February.

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2006. Harvard University, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, December.
2006. University of Toronto, Munk Center for International Studies, October.
2006. Van Leer Jerusalem Institute (VLJI), Jerusalem, Israel, June.
2006. Oxford University, Department of Politics and IR, May.
2005. Oxford University, Center for Research Methods in the Social Sciences, October.
2005. Brown University, Watson Institute for International Studies, September.
2005. Georgetown University, Department of Government, September.
2005. Oxford University, Public Policy Unit, May.
2004. Oxford University, Nuffield College, February.
2003. Oxford University, Department of International Development, March.
2003. Maison Française d’Oxford, January.
2002. Oxford University, European Studies Center, St. Antony’s College, March.
2002. Stanford University, Oxford Campus, February.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
Research Workshops
2010 “The Historical Turn in the Study of Democracy”, Oxford Center for the Study of Inequality
and Democracy, speaker series, a.y. 2010-2011, Oxford, UK (with N. Bermeo)
2008 “Dilemmas and Challenges of Democratization: Lessons from Europe”, Minda de Gunzburg
Center for European Studies, Harvard University, 3-4 October 2008 (with D. Ziblatt),
Cambridge, MA.
2003 “Defending democracy: How democratic regimes respond to extremist challenges without
subverting their own foundations” (with A. Pedahzur), European Consortium of Political
Research, Joint Sessions of Workshops, Edinburgh, UK.
Conference Panels
2014 “Long-term legacies of transitions and authoritarianism”, American Political Science
Association, Annual Convention, Washington, D.C. (with M. Bernhard) [application pending]
2014 “Long-term legacies of transitions and authoritarianism”, Council for European Studies Annual
Conference, Washington, D.C. (with M. Bernhard)
2010 “Comparing Post-Authoritarian Party Systems” (with S. Hanson), American Political Science
Association, Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.
2010 “Institutions and Ethnic Conflict” (with L. Sáez), American Political Science Association,
Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.
2009 “The Challenges and Dilemmas of European Democratization” (with D. Ziblatt), American
Political Science Association, Annual Convention, Toronto, ON.
2009 “Illiberal Policies in Liberals States: Studying the ‘Rough Edges’ of Democracy”, American
Political Science Association, Annual Convention, Toronto, ON.
2008 “Legacies of authoritarianism in Western and Eastern Europe” (with M. Bernhard), American
Political Science Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
2008 “Rethinking Democratization in Western Europe” (with D. Ziblatt), Council for European
Studies Conference, Chicago, IL.
2007 “Terrorism and its consequences” (with M. Midlarsky), American Political Science Association
Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
2007 “Democracy and Democratization in Europe: Insights and Challenges” (with D. Ziblatt),
American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.

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2006 “Anti-extremist Policies in Advanced Democratic Systems: Beyond the Counter-terrorism
Template”, American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
2003 “State Responses to Extremism in Democratic Regimes” (with A. Pedahzur), European
Consortium of Political Research General Conference, Marburg (Germany)
2001 “Studying party systems as systems” (with M. Bogaards), European Consortium of Political
Research General Conference, Canterbury (UK).
CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
2014 “Lustration and Democratic Attitudes: Evidence from West Germany” (with G. Pop-Eleches),
American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., August
[application pending].
2014 “Lustration and Democratic Attitudes: Evidence from West Germany” (with G. Pop-Eleches),
Council for European Studies Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., March.
2013 “Critical Junctures and Institutional Change”, workshop on “Comparative Historical Analysis in
the Social Sciences”, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, November.
2013 “Selecting Units in Political Research” (with L. Stoker), American Political Science Association
Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, September.
2013 “Critical Junctures and Institutional Change”, American Political Science Association Annual
Convention, Chicago, IL, September
2013 “Historical Memories, Political Attitudes and Electoral Behavior: Evidence from Post-War
Germany” (with G. Pop-Eleches), Council for European Studies, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, June.
2013 Roundtable participant, “Historical Institutionalism and the Study of Europe”, Council for
European Studies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June.
2013 “Critical Junctures and Institutional Change”, workshop on “Comparative Historical Analysis in
the Social Sciences”, MIT, Cambridge, MA, March.
2012 “Units. Choosing and combining units in political research” (with L. Stoker), American Political
Science Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, September (paper accepted but
conference cancelled).
2012 “Recent advances on theories of institutional development”, Roundtable on “Historical
Institutionalism in Welfare State Research: Past, Present and Future”, Council for European
Studies, Boston, MA, March.
2012 Roundtable (book panel) participant, “The Political Construction of Business Interests”,
Council for European Studies, Boston, MA, March.
2011 “Units. Choosing and combining units in political research” (with L. Stoker), American Political
Science Association Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, September.
2011 “Setting the boundaries of participation in post-authoritarian democracies. The case of Italy”,
Council for European Studies, Barcelona, Spain, June.
2010 “Organizational resilience, religious fundamentalism, and state repression: Explaining the
trajectory of separatist movements in India 1952-2002” (with L.D. Sáez and E. De Rooij),
American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., August
2010 “Normative frameworks, electoral interests, and the boundaries of legitimate participation in
post-Fascist democracies. The case of Italy”, American Political Science Association, Annual
Convention, Washington, D.C., August
2010 “The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies. A New Research Agenda for Europe and
Beyond”, Council for European Studies, Montreal, QC, April.
2009 “Repressing extremism? Banning the Extreme Right in Western Europe”, American Political
Science Association Annual Convention, Toronto, ON, August.

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2009 “The Historical Turn in Democratization Studies: Lessons from Europe” (with D Ziblatt),
American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Toronto, ON, August.
2008 “Stabilizing new democracies: Italy in the aftermath of WWII”, in the workshop “Dilemmas
and Challenges of Democratization: Lessons from Europe”, Minda de Gunzburg Center for
European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, October.
2008 “‘Gravity of evil’ or partisan politics? Banning extremist parties in consolidated democracies”,
American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA, August.
2008 “Restricting Party Pluralism in Democracies: Repression of the Extreme Right in post-war
Western Europe”, Council for European Studies, Chicago, Ill., March.
2007 “Limits to political pluralism in Western European democracies: A comparative and
longitudinal analysis”, American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Chicago, Ill.,
August.
2007 “Institutional Change and Constitutional Traditions in German Counterterrorism after 9/11”,
American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Chicago, Ill., August.
2007 “When State Responses Fail: Religious Radicalism and Separatism in India 1955-2002”,
American Political Science Association Annual Convention (with L. D. Sáez and E. De Rooij),
Chicago, Ill., August.
2006 “Multi-method Research in Comparative Politics and Political Theory: Insights and Tradeoffs”
(with M. Freeden), American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Philadelphia,
PA, August.
2006 “Measuring Repression in Western European Democracies”, American Political Science
Association Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA, August.
2006 “Giovanni Sartori’s contribution to Italian and international Political Science”. Roundtable
“Giovanni Sartori: Work and Legacy”, American Political Science Association Annual
Convention, Philadelphia, PA, August.
2006 “Defending Democracy. Reactions to Extremism in Interwar Europe”, book presentation,
Roundtable “Comparative Historical Analysis and the Study of States and Regimes: New
Research and New Perspectives”, Council for European Studies, Chicago, Ill., March.
2005 “Theory, narrative and counterfactuals in the analysis of critical junctures” (with D. Kelemen),
American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., September.
2005 “The Study of Political Repression in Western Europe: Data and Methods for the Analysis of
‘Militant Democracies’ ”, American Political Science Association Annual Convention,
Washington, D.C., September.
2004 “When State Responses Fail: Religious Radicalism in India”, American Political Science
Association Annual Convention, Chicago, Ill., September (with L. D. Sáez).
2004 “Structuralism, Contingency, and Regime Survival: Evidence from Inter-war Europe”, Council
for European Studies, Chicago, Ill., March.
2003 “Difficult Democracies and Responses to Extremism: A Comparison Between Inter-war
European Democracies and Cases of Recent Democratization”, American Political Science
Association Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA, August.
2003 “State Responses to Religious Radicalism in India”, European Consortium of Political Research
Joint Sessions of Workshops, Edinburgh (UK), March (with L. D. Sáez).
2002 “Regime Defense in Difficult Democracies: The Case of the First Czechoslovak Republic”,
American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA, August.
2002 “The Political Consequences of Electoral Laws. The German System at Fifty”, American
Political Science Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA, August.
2002 “Legislative Responses to Extremism. The ‘Protection of Democracy’ in the First Czechoslovak
Republic”, Council for European Studies, Chicago, Ill, March.

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2002 “Anti-Systemness and the Study of Party Systems”, European Consortium of Political Research
General Conference, Canterbury (UK), September.
2001 “Defending Democracy: Strategies of Reaction to Political Extremism in Inter-War Europe”,
American Political Science Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, August.
2001 “Anti-system parties: A conceptual reassessment”, American Political Science Association
Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, August.
2001 “Repression, Inclusion, Lustration, Education: How Democracies Deal with Their Enemies”,
European Consortium of Political Research Joint Sessions of Workshops, Grenoble (France),
April.
2000 “Defending Democracy: Strategies of Reaction to Political Extremism in Inter-War Europe”,
European Consortium of Political Research Joint Sessions of Workshops, Copenhagen
(Denmark), April.
1999 “Between Weimar and Algiers: The Genesis and Political Importance of Anti-Extremist
Legislation in Difficult Democracies”, European Consortium of Political Research Joint
Sessions of Workshops, Mannheim (Germany), March.
1997 “New forms of territorial electoral distortion in PR system: The German case” Paper presented
at the Giornata di Studi sulle Riforme Elettorali: Un Prisma Multidisciplinare, University of
Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy), October.
PANEL CHAIR AND DISCUSSANT
2014, Chair, panel on “A Crisis of Authority? The European Democratic Deficit in Austere Times”,
Council for European Studies Conference, Washington, D.C., March.
2013 Chair and Discussant, panel on “The Far Right in Europe: Country Cases and Membership”
Council for European Studies Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June.
2012 Chair and Discussant, panel on “Historical Democratization in the Post-Colonial World”,
American Political Science Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, September
(participation confirmed but conference cancelled).
2012 Discussant, panel on “The Impact of Social Forces on Democratic Institutions and Policy-
Making”, Council for European Studies Conference, Boston, MA, March.
2011 Chair, panel on “Legal Responses to Extremist Political Actors in Liberal Democracies”,
American Political Science Association, Annual Convention, Seattle WA, September.
2004 Chair and Discussant, panel “The Extreme Right”, Annual Conference on Elections, Public
Opinion, and Parties (EPOP), Oxford (UK), September.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE
Reviewer:
Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Palgrave, Routledge;
American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, World Politics, Journal
of Politics, American Journal of Sociology, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics,
Political Research Quarterly, European Journal of Political Research, European Political Science
Review, Studies in Comparative and International Development, Social Science History, Political
Studies, Democratization, Governance, Politics; PS—Political Science & Politics, Electoral
Studies, West European Politics, East European Politics and Societies, Democracy and Security,
Journal of Global History, Journal of Historical Sociology, Journal of Political Ideologies, Latin
American Research Review, International Migration Review, Revue Française d’ Administration
Publique, Zeitschrift für vergleichende Politikwissenschaft.

Nuffield Foundation (UK); American Academy in Berlin (Germany);
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External Reviewer (evaluation of political science research outputs), Ministry of Education,
Universities and Research (Italy)
External Reviewer for Professorial appointments. UK: School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London; University of Birmingham; University of St. Andrew’s. US: Amherst
College, Villanova University.
Country Expert (Italy), project on Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem).
Editorial Boards:
Comparative Political Studies (Sage), 2013-present
Democracy and Security (Routledge), 2005-present.
Academic appointments
Member (Commissario OCSE) of National Committee for Professorial appointments, Ministry of
Education, Universities and Research (Italy), 2013-2014.
External PhD Examiner: London School of Economics.
American Political Science Association:
2013-14: Chair, Selection Committee. Ernst Haas Award for Best Dissertation in European Politics.
2011-12: Chair, Selection Committee. Sage Award for Best APSA Paper in Comparative Politics.
2011-12: Chair, Selection Committee. Award for the Best Book in European Politics.
2011-13: Board Member, Section on Qualitative and Multi-Method Research
2011-12: Chair, Selection Committee. Award for Best Fieldwork in Comparative Democratization;
2009: Division Head, Section on Qualitative and Multi-Method Research;
2006-07: Chair, Selection Committee. Award for the Best Book in European Politics;
2006-07: Member, Selection Committee. Sage Award for the Best APSA Paper Applying or
Developing Qualitative Methods.
Council for European Studies:
2013-14: Chair, Selection Committee. Award for Best Book on European Studies
2011-12: Member, Selection Committee. Award for Best Book on European Studies
European Consortium of Political Research:
2002-2012: ECPR Official Representative for Oxford, ECPR Council Member.
Professional memberships:
American Political Science Association (APSA). Section memberships: Comparative Politics, Political
Methodology, European Politics and Society, Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, Politics
and History, Comparative Democratization, Politics and Religion.
American Sociological Association (ASA) Section Memberships: Comparative-Historical Sociology;
Methodology; Political Sociology.
Council for European Studies (CES)
Society for Political Methodology
Italian Society of Political Science (1996-2004)
Consulting and Media Activity:
2013: Interview with Toronto Star (Canadian newspaper) on Italian politics, February.
2013: Interview with Gulan media (Iraqi newspaper) on democracy and party politics, January.

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2013: Country expert (Italy) for international project “Varieties of Democracy” (VDem).
2011: Interview with Gulan Media (Iraqi newspaper) on counter-terrorism, October.
2009: Italian State Radio, interview on counter-terrorism responses, July.
2006: BBC World Service, consulted on Western European political affairs, May.
2004-present: occasional consultancy and report writing on Western European political affairs
(Italian, French, German, British, Dutch and EU politics) for Oxford Analytica, a global
consultancy firm.
2001: Radio Free Europe, consulted about problems of democracy and extremism in Eastern
European democracies, November.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations
2013-2014: Chair of Examiners, Graduate examining board, M.Phil. and M.Sc. in Politics.
2012-present: Member of the graduate examining board, M.Phil. and M.Sc. in Politics
2012-present: Member of graduate admissions committee
2012-present: Course Provider, Comparative Government (Honours Schools of Philosophy, Politics,
and Economics, and of Modern History and Politics).
2002-present: Member of several search committees for positions in Comparative Politics, European
Politics, American Politics, Quantitative Methods.
2007-2011: Director of Research, Chair of the Research Committee
2007-2011: Member of the General Purpose Committee
2003-2007: Member of the M.Phil. in Politics joint panel
2001-present: Member of the Government Course Panel
2003-2006: Course Provider for Government and Politics in Western Europe, Final Honours
Schools of Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and Modern History and Politics (BA).
2003-2006: Course Convenor for Comparative Government (core course), M.Phil. in Politics.
University of Oxford, Corpus Christi College and Magdalen College
2012-present: Member of Academic Committee, Corpus Christi College
2003-present: Member of the Governing Body, Corpus Christi College.
2011-2013: Member of Selection Committee for the Von Clemm Harvard-Oxford Scholarship
2002-2003: Member of the SCR Committee, Magdalen College.
2001-2003: Member of the Tutorial Board; Member of the Governing Body; Member of the House
Committee, Magdalen College.
TEACHING
Teaching fields:
Comparative politics, European politics, Political sociology, Comparative methodology.
Undergraduate:
Introduction to Politics
Introduction to Political Institutions
Comparative Government
Political Sociology
Government and Politics in Europe
Supervision of undergraduate honors theses.

Prof Giovanni Capoccia – Curriculum vitae; page 12 of 12
Graduate (M.Sc/M.Phil/Ph.D):
Comparative Government
European Politics
Comparative Methodology
Case Study Research
Supervision of M.Sc. and M.Phil. theses
Supervision of D.Phil. (Ph.D.) dissertations.
LANGUAGES:
Mother tongue: Italian.
Active knowledge of German and French. Reading ability of Spanish.