Federica Genovese Contact Stanford University 616 Serra Street Encina Hall West, Room 410 Stanford, CA 94305-6044 Web: http://www.federica-genovese.com Email: fgenoves@stanford.edu Research Interests International Relations, International Political Economy, Environmental Politics, Formal and Quantitative Methods. Employment Postdoctoral Scholar (September 2013 - September 2014), Stanford University. Education Ph.D., Political Science (summa cum laude), 2010 2013 Graduate School of Decision Sciences & Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz. Committee: Gerald Schneider (main advisor), Fabio Franchino, Katharina Holzinger. Dissertation Title: The Power of the Strong, the Perseverance of the Weak: Explaining Climate Change Negotiations. M.A., International Relations and International Economics, 2008 2010 School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Bologna and Washington D.C. Concentrations: Energy and Environmental Policy; Quantitative Methods. Honours B.A., Political Science (high distinction), 2004 2008 University of Toronto. Concentrations: Peace and Conflict Studies; Environmental Policy. Awards & Scholarships 2013 Winner of C. M. Santoro Prize for best paper presented at the 2012 Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Society (SISP). Universität Konstanz, 2013-2014 GSDS final year fellowship (declined). ISA Travel Grant for attending the Annual Convention (2012, 2013, 2014). Warwick Institute for Advanced Study and the Economic and Social Research Council, Travel Support for CAGE Annual Vacation School (April 2012). Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Fellowship (October 2011 August 2013).
Universität Konstanz Gleichstellungsrats Grant to attend the Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models Summer School (June July 2011). Universität Konstanz Brückenstipendium for Young Female Researchers (February 2011 August 2011). SAIS Travel Grant for China Energy Research Trip (March 2010). Johns Hopkins University Tuition Funds (2009 2010). University of Toronto Scholarship for Undergraduate Studies (2004 2005). Publications & Papers Peer reviewed States interests and bargaining positions at the climate change negotiations: Exploring a new dataset. 2014. [Accepted at Environmental Politics] Submitted Smoke with fire: Financial crises, institutional reform, and the future of EU democracy, with Gerald Schneider [R&R at PSRM ] Work in Progress Climate change negotiations, national interests, and the political economy of bargaining positions Paper presented at the Annual Conference on the Political Economy of International Organizations, Princeton, 2014; the Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Dublin, 2011; and the Annual Meeting of the Italian Political Science Association, Palermo, 2011. Capabilities and strategy: Exploring the determinants of national success at the UNFCCC negotiations Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, 2013, the Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, 2013, and the European Political Science Association, Barcelona, 2013. Forecast of a hot future: Predicting decision making at the UNFCCC negotiations Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Italian Political Science Association, Rome, 2012; and the International Climate Policy PhD Workshop at ETH Zurich, 2012. (Awarded the 2013 C. M. Santoro Prize of the Italian Political Science Society). Policy osmosis: Rethinking diffusion when policies have substitutes, with Florian Kern and Christian W. Martin Paper presented upon invitation at the Research Seminar on Comparative Poli-
tics, Interdependence and Globalization, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, June 2012, and the Second Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association (EPSA), Berlin, June 2012. [CAU Working Paper] Economic Crises, Austerity Measures and Labour Strikes, with Pia Wassman and Gerald Schneider Paper prepared for presentation at the International Studies Association Conference, Toronto, 2014. Greening China transportation system: Past developments and future perspectives, with Lisa McDonald, Daniel Pescatore and Anjue Wu Policy brief presented at the Workshop on China s Energy Challenges in the 21st Century, Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C., 2010. Data Projects UNFCCC Negotiations Dataset Includes ideal positions and agreements over 23 issues for approximately 90 countries at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change between 2001 and 2011. Comparative Income Taxation Database (with Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage) Historical yearly database on the top marginal income tax rate for 20 OECD countries. Teaching Instructor B.A. seminar The International Politics of Climate Change University of Konstanz Winter Semester 2012/2013 Teaching Assistant M.A. course Politics and Economics of International Energy (G. Luciani) SAIS, Johns Hopkins University Winter Semester 2008/2009 Academic Work Postdoctoral Research (September 2013 September 2014), Stanford University. Working with Prof. Kenneth Scheve and Prof. David Stasavage (NYU) Research Assistance (June 2009 September 2009) Center for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto. Working for Prof. Douglas MacDonald
Research Assistance (January 2005 July 2005) Department of Sociology, University of Toronto. Working for Prof. Lorne Tepperman Academic Training Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection Session 3: Mathematics and Spatial Econometrics (August 2012) University of Essex, UK Methodological Advances in the Study of Political Economy Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) Third Annual Vacation School (April 2012) University of Warwick, UK Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models Third EITM Europe Summer School (June/July 2011) Mannheim, Germany Other Work Editorial Management (August, 2010 March, 2011) European Union Politics journal, Universität Konstanz. Employer: Prof. Gerald Schneider (Editor in-chief) Policy Analysis (October 2009 January 2010) Women for Women International, Washington D.C. Office head: Lyric Thompson Climate Change Offsets Analysis (June August 2009) Chicago Climate Exchange Offsets Program, Chicago. Office head: Bridget A. Laffrey Referee British Journal of Political Science (2013) European Union Politics (2012 13) Swiss Political Science Review (2013) Membership (Participation) European Political Science Association (2011, 2012, 2013) International Studies Association (2012, 2013, 2014) Midwest Political Science Association (2013, 2014) Political Economy of International Organizations (2013, 2014) Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (2011, 2012)
Skills & Competences Languages Italian (native) English (very fluent) French (advanced) German (intermediate) Spanish (basic) Computer Statistical software: STATA, R, WinBugs Programming: Python, GAUSS (basic) Other software: Yoshikoder, MaxQDA, L A TEX References Prof. Dr. Gerald Schneider University of Konstanz Universitaetsstr. 10 78457 Konstanz +49 7531 88-2608 Gerald.schneider@uni-konstanz.de Prof. Dr. Michael Bechtel University of St. Gallen Rosenbergstrasse 51 CH-9000 St. Gallen +41 71 224 3144 Michael.bechtel@unisg.ch Prof. Dr. Fabio Franchino University of Milan Via Conservatorio 7 20122 Milano +39 02 503 21241 Fabio.franchino@unimi.it Prof. Dr. Kenneth Scheve Stanford University 616 Serra Street, Encina Hall West Stanford, CA 94305-6044 +1 650 497 9790 Scheve@stanford.edu Personal Info Born: 25.03.1986 Nationality: Italian (Updated January 7, 2014)