Contact and C.V. My contact details are: Arjan H. Schakel Department of Political Science Faculty of Arts and Social Science Maastricht University PO Box 616 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands e-mail: a.schakel[at]maastrichtuniversity.nl Via this link you can download my complete C.V. and below you may find an extract. Curriculum Vitae Arjan H. Schakel Academic appointments 2011-present Assistant Professor in Research Methods, Maastricht University 2009-2011 Newton International Fellow, University of Edinburgh 2005-2009 PhD-candidate, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Scholarships and grants 2011-2012 Travel grant, Cost Action, True European Voter €500,– 2011-2012 Research Stimulation Fund, Maastricht University €1.800,– 2011-2012 Newton International Alumni Scheme, British Academy €6.700,– 2011-2012 European Commission, update Regional Authority Index €10.000,– 2009-2011 Newton International Fellowship, British Academy €104.500,– 2009-2010 Postdoctoral Grant, Van Coeverden Adriani Stichting €3.000,– 2008 Travel grant, Faculty of Social Sciences, VU Amsterdam €800,– 2007 Visiting scholar University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2007 Travel grant, Netherlands Institute of Government €910,– 2005 Visiting scholar University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill International graduate courses 2007 Three Graduate Courses at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA 2006 ECPR Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection, University of Essex, Essex, United Kingdom 2005 Three Graduate Courses at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Conferences co–organized 2010 Workshop on “Towards A Regional Political Science. Data and Methods ‘Beyond Methodological Nationalism’” with Charlie Jeffery, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, June 24-25, 2010. 2009 Workshop on “Parties and Voters in Multilevel Settings,” with Dave Sinardet, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, May 28–29, 2009. 2008 Workshop on “Comparative Multilevel Governance,” with Hans Keman, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, May 29–30, 2008. 2007 Workshop on “Comparative Multilevel Governance,” with Kris Deschouwer, University of Antwerp, Belgium, May 31–June 1, 2007. Invited talks 2011 “Committee of the Regions’ Scoreboard for Monitoring Multilevel Governance in the European Union” external expert European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht, September 31, 2011. 2011 “Regional Election Research” discussant at the workshop on Exchanging Data and Skills on Place Inequality: A UK-Brazilian Collaboration, Center for Metropolitan Studies, Sao Paolo, March, 17-18, 2011. 2010 “Territoriality of the Vote. The Case for Analyzing Party Systems as Multi-Level Party Systems”. Presentation given at the staff seminar of the department of social and political science at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, October 21, 2010. 2010 “Significance and content of a Charter on MLG” presentation given at the Atelier on ‘The Elaboration of a European Charter on Multilevel Governance: A strengthened Commitment to a Multilevel Democracy’ organized by the Committee of the Regions, Brussels, June 22, 2010. 2010 “Data and Analysis on Regional Elections” presentation given at the workshop on Exchanging Data and Skills in Place Inequality: UK and Brazil, Edinburgh, September 7-8, 2010. 2009 “Elections and Regional Democracy” presentation given at the ESRC seminar series ‘Democracy after the Nation-State’ organized by Charlie Jeffery and Daniel Wincott, European University Institute, Florence, 17-18 June, 2009. Reviews Reviewer for Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of Political Research, European Political Science Review, Journal of Common Market Studies. Publius: A Journal of Federalism, Regional and Federal Studies. Academic service 2008-2009 Member Daily Board Employee Council (OR), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. 2008-2009 Member of the Employee Council, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. 2008-2009 2008-2009. President of the PhD Council (ProVU), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.