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Personal Statement
I am a Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and received my PhD from the European University Institute. Before moving to Glasgow, I was an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Warwick and a visiting professor at Duke University.
My research explores the process of policy-making in democracies. In my book "Ideologues, Partisans and Loyalists" (Oxford University Press 2016), I argue that politicians' own ideology and political clout matter for policy. In some of my current projects I investigate the relationship between political and economic inequality, the professionalization of politics, policy coordination and energy and health inequalities.
To read my work visit my personal webpage: https://alexiadou.com/ or my research page on the research gate portal: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Despina_Alexiadou
Teaching Interests
I have taught a number of undergraduate and graduate courses in comparative politics, comparative political economy and public policy, comparative welfare states, and time-series cross section data analysis. At Strathclyde, I am teaching an entry level course on comparative politics (L2108: Politics: Decisionmaking and Outcomes) and a third year course on the theoretical foundations of economic policy in industrialised democracies (L2343: Philosophy of Economic Policy).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
European University Institute
Award Date: 12 Dec 2005
External positions
Senior Fellow at the Cluster of Excellence for the Politics of Inequality, University of Konstanz
1 Oct 2020 → 30 Nov 2020
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Projects
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Revolving Door Politics and Income Inequality in Europe: A study of finance ministers
1/10/20 → 30/11/20
Project: Research Fellowship
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The role of ministerial policy coordination on energy policy and energy poverty.
1/04/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Cabinet ministers and inequality
Alexiadou, D., 26 Jul 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: European Journal of Political Research. 43 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The leadership dilemma: examining the impact of strong leaders on parties
Alexiadou, D. & O'Malley, E., 22 Oct 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Journal of Political Research. 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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Biographical Data of Cabinet Ministers, 18 Parliamentary Democracies, 1945-2015
Alexiadou, D. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, 26 Nov 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LPCEXG
Dataset
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Replication Data for: "The Leadership Dilemma: Examining the Impact of Strong Leaders on Parties
Alexiadou, D. (Creator) & O'Malley, E. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, 26 Nov 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TFEKZA
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Prizes
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Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Summer School, Duke University
Alexiadou, Despina (Recipient), Jun 2004
Prize: Other distinction
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Activities
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Why strong leaders often end up damaging their parties in the medium term
Despina Alexiadou (Recipient) & Eoin O'Malley (Recipient)
Nov 2021Activity: Other activity types › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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To understand your government’s welfare policies, look at its ministers' backgrounds
Despina Alexiadou (Recipient)
Nov 2021Activity: Other activity types › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation