FACULTY

Despina Alexiadou, PhD European University Institute, 2005 Assistant Professor of Political Science E-mail: dalexiad+@pitt.edu Curriculum Vitae

COURSES/SYLLABI

PS 0300 Comparative Politics
PS 2384 European Comparative Political Economy

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Comparative political economy, comparative political systems, European politics, political party systems, international political economy, quantitative methods, applied formal theory

CONFERENCE PAPERS

"Financing the Welfare State: Employers' Contributions and Unemployment in minority and majority governments," delivered at the European Consortium of Political Science, Rennes, April 2008.

"Party system, political representation and social insurance in the OECD countries," delivered at the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, September 2006.

"The role of policy weights on economic outcomes: Why coalition governments can undertake policy changes," delivered at the EITM Poster session, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2006.

"Coalition governments, social insurance and central bank independence versus inflation: Fighting inflation alone or together?" delivered at the American Political Science Association, Washington, September 2005.

"Price stability, social transfers and partisanship," delivered at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2005.