QoG visiting scholar program
The aim of the Visiting Scholar Program is to provide intellectual impetus for the Quality of Government (QoG) Institute. We aim at inviting cutting-edge scholars who conduct studies on issues related to the research carried out at the QoG Institute. Visiting scholars are welcome to stay for one week. Longer stays may also be negotiated. We aim at maximum flexibility in order to increase chances for participation. The only requirement is that the stay in Gothenburg falls within the seminar period (September 1 – December 15 and January 15 – June 10).
The visiting scholars will have few obligations during their stay. All that is required is that they present their ongoing research at our research seminars. Apart from that, we just want visitors to be around, meet the QoG people and keep working on their respective research topic. We will provide you with an office and full access to the infrastructure of the university (computer network, library, photocopying, fax, e-mail etc). We believe that the Quality of Government Institute and the Department of Political Science in general offers a stimulating research environment for visitors. Our seminars are renowned for hosting interesting visitors and stimulating discussions. Our working language is English.
Previous guests include Susan Stokes (Yale University), Benito Arruñada (Pompeu Fabra University), Pablo Beramendi (Duke University), Herbert Kitschelt (Duke University), Melanie Hughes (University of Pittsburgh), Jason Sharman (University of Cambridge), Saad Gulzar (Stanford University), James Perry (Indiana University), Sheri Berman (Columbia University), Lyle Scruggs (University of Connecticut), Eric Uslaner (University of Maryland), Kathleen Thelen (MIT), Ben Ross Schneider (MIT).
Previous visiting scholars
2024
Pétur Berg Matthíasson, PhD student of Political Science / Public Administration, University of Iceland
Christos Kotsogiannis, Professor of Economics, University of Exeter Business School, Director of Tax Administration Research Centre (TARC), President of the Management Board of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (IAPR) of Greece and Research Fellow at CESifo
Gregg Van Ryzin, Professor at the School of Public Affair and Administration, Rutgers University-Newark, and Director at the Center for Experimental and Behavioral Public Administration (CEBPA)
Alexander Katsaitis, Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University
Luisa Loiacono, Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Management, University of Ferrara
Marko Klašnja, Assistant Professor of Political Science with the joint appointment in the Government Department and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Abbey Steele, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Amsterdam
Silvia Bolgherini, Associate Professor for Political Science, University of Perugia
Kaj Thomsson, Associate Professor of Economics in the School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University
2023
Sarah Brierley, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Saverio Di Giorno, Visiting researcher at QoG and PhD student (Economics, Statistics and Sustainability) at the University of Naples Parthenope
Pedro Magalhães, Researcher elections, public opinion and constitutional politics at the Institute of Social Sciences (ICS) of the University of Lisbon
Peter Van der Windt, Associate professor of political science at New York University – Abu Dhabi
Sergejus Muravjovas, PhD student in Management and Economics at the University of Management and Economics in Vilnius, Lithuania, and a Visiting Scholar at Penn Center for Social Norms and Behavioral Dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Gustav Agneman, Postdoc, Department of Political Science at the University of Lund and winner of QoG Best Paper Award
Jorgen Moller, Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
Mattias vom Hau, Associate Professor, Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI)
Daniel Brieba, Fellow in Public Policy and Political Science at LSE / Profesor en Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
John Nye, Professor of Economics, George Manson University
Jennifer L. Selin, Senior Attorney Advisor, Administrative Conference of the United States
Christopher A. Cooper, Phd, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa
Florian Hollenbach, Associate Professor in Business & Politics at Copenhagen Business School
2022
Carina Gunnarson, Associate Professor and researcher at the Institute for Future Studies and at Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI).
Giulia Andrighetto, senior researcher at Mälardalen University, and at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the National Research Council of Italy in Rome.
Brian Palmer-Rubin, Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Marquette University.
Oriol Sabaté Domingo, Beatriu de Pinós Fellow, Universitat de Barcelona.
Marko Klašnja, Assistant Professor at the School of Foreign Service and Government Department, Georgetown University.
Sofia Vera, Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Kansas.
Eric Chang, Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Michigan State University.
M. Jae Moon, Underwood Distinguished Professor and Director, Department of Public Policy and Management and Institute for Future Government, Yonsei University
2021
Edoardo Teso, Assistant Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Guillem Amatller, predoctoral research fellow, IBEI and UPF, Barcelona.
Pablo Fernández-Vázquez, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences Carlos III at the University of Madrid.
Sergi Ferrer, PhD Student, Department of Political Science, University of Barcelona
2020
Andreea Nastase, Assistant Professor, Maastricht University
Andi Hoxhaj, Ph.D., University of Warwick
Sergo Praca, Professor and researcher, the CPDOC School of Social Sciences (FGV-RJ)
Andrea Vaccaro, Ph.D. Student, Sapienza University of Rome
2019
Benito Arruñada, Professor, Pompeu Fabra University
Ward Berenschot, Postdoc., KITLV/ Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
Maria Carreri, Assistant Professor, UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy
Rajeev Goel, Professor, Illinois State University
Anselm Hager, Assistant Professor, Graduate school of decision sciences in Konstanz
Oksana Huss, Post-Doctoral researcher, Leiden University
Stratos Patrikios, Senior Lecturer, School of Government and Public Policy, University of Strathclyde
Sergio Praca, Professor, da Escola de Ciências Sociais do CPDOC (FGV-RJ)
Matthew Stephenson, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Pavithra Suryanarayan, Assistant Professor, John Hopkins University
Petr Urban, Senior Researcher, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
Eric M. Uslaner, Professor, University of Maryland
Eleanor Woodhouse, Postdoc., European University Institute
Guo Xu, Assistant Professor, Berkeley Haas School of Business
2018
Sofia Beatriz Vera, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Tore Wig, Senior Researcher, Peace Research institute, Oslo
Paola Annoni, Chief Statistician, European Commission DG for Regional and Urban Policy, Policy Development and Economic Analysis Unit
Gabriella Montinola, Associate Professor, UC Davis
Sergi Pardos-Prado, Official Fellow and Tutor, University of Oxford
James Perry, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University
Jason Sharman, Professor, University of Cambridge
Pedro J. Camões, Assistant Professor and Vice President, School of Economics and Management, University of Minho
Anastasia Piliavsky, Fellow and Director of Studies in Social Anthropology, Girton College, Cambridge
Luca Andriani, Lecturer, Birkbeck University of London
Lisanne de Blok, Ph.D. candidate, University of Amsterdam
Saad Gulzar, Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Benjamin Pasquale, Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Joan-Josep Vallbé, Professor, University of Barcelona
Felix Haaß, Research Fellow, GIGA Institute of African Affairs, Hamburg
Cornelia Woll, Professor, Science Po, Paris
Tom Van der Meer, Professor, University of Amsterdam
Anders Woller Nielsen, Ph.D. candidate, University of Copenhagen
2017
Virginia Oliveros, Assistant Professor, Tulane University
Michael Ting, Professor, University of Columbia
Matthew Winters, Associate Professor, University of Illinois
Sheri Berman, Professor, Columbia University
Lyle Scruggs, Professor, University of Connecticut
Andrew Whitford, Professor, University of Georgia
Rafael Vazques, Lecturer, University of Granada
Anna Patherick, Ph.D. candidate, University of Oxford
Ina Kubbe, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Tel Aviv University
Luis Schiumerini, Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Manuel Teodoro, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
Elena Costas, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2016
Jonnekke Koomen, Associate Professor, Willamette University
Reuben Kline, Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University
Janine Wedel, Professor, School of Policy, Government, & International
David Andersen, Ph.D. candidate, Aarhus University
Sofia Wickberg, Ph.D. candidate, Sciences Po Paris
Michael Atkinson, Professor, University of Saskatchewan/University of Regina
Diana O’Brien, Assistant Professor, Indiana University
Salvatore Sberna, Adjunct Professor, New York University Florence
Hortense Jongen, Ph.D. researcher, Maastricht University
2015
Donatella Casade, University of Siena
Nan Zhang, European University Institute
David Eric Lewis, Vanderbilt University
Oguzhan Dincer, Illinois State University
Petra Schleiter, University of Oxford
Adrienne Lebas, American University
Leslie Schwindt Bayer, Rice University, Houston
Anna Ahlers, University of Oslo
Salvador Parrado, Distance Learning University (UNED), Madrid
Adam Graycar, Flinders University
Melanie Hughes, University of Pittsburgh
Staffan Darnolf, International Foundation for Electoral Systems
Tiffany Barnes, University of Kentucky
2014
Anna Khakunova, Higher School of Economics, National Research University, Moscow
Tom Pegram, University College London
David Booth, The Overseas Development Institute, London
Eliska Drapalova, European University Institute
Cathrine Holst, Oslo University
Thomas Kölble, University of Cape Town
Eva Zemandl, Central European University
Sven Steinmo, European University Institute
Andrew Patterson, University of British Columbia
Roberto Foa, Harvard University, Cambridge
Herbert Kitschelt, Duke University
2013
Jonathan Hopkin, Dr., London School of Economics
Vinothan Naido, Dr., University of Cape Town
Pablo Beramendi, Associate Professor, Duke University
Sheri Berman, Professor, Barnard College
Takis Pappas, Dr., European University Institute
Ben Ross Schneider, Professor, MIT
Kathleen Thelen, Professor, MIT, Oxford University
Jong Sung You, Dr., University of California
Bryan Michael, Fellow, Asian Institute for International Financial Law
Illong Kwon, Associate Professor, Seoul National University
Robert Cox, Professor, University of South Carolina and Walker Institute of International and Area Studies
Anett Hodosi, Ph.D. candidate, University of Debrecen
2012
Susan Ariel Aaronson, Associate Research Professor, George Washington University
Andreas Schedler, Professor, CIDE
Mette Frisk Jensen, Dr., Aarhus University
Paul Heywood, Professor, University of Nottingham
Davide Torsello, University of Bergamo
Margaret Levy, Professor, University of Washington
Fengping Zhao, Associate Professor, Zhengzhou University
2011
Eric Uslaner, Professor, University of Maryland
Steven Pfaff, Associate Professor, University of Washington
Pierre Englebert, Assistant Professor, Pomona College
Bryon Moraski, Associate Professor, University of Florida
Anirudh Krishna, Professor, Duke Stanford School of Public Policy
David Collier, Professor, University of California Berkley
Ruth Collier, Professor, University of California Berkley
Susan Stokes, Professor, Yale University
Heather Marquette, Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham
Esther Shalev-Gerz, Professor, Valand School of Fine Arts