Elisabeth Ivarsflaten

Stilling: førsteamanuensis

Telefon: 55 58 24 60

Mobiltelefon: 456 71 663 SMS

E-post: Elisabeth.Ivarsflaten@isp.uib.no

Besøksadresse: Christiesgt. 15

Academic positions

08/2007-present	Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen. Deputy Head of Department from 2009.
10/2005-07/2007	Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.

Academic degrees

10/2002-12/2005	D.Phil. in Politics, Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Thesis: “Immigration Policies and Party Organization: Explaining the Rise of the Populist Right in Western Europe.”
10/2000-9/2002	M.Phil. in European Politics and Society, Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Thesis: “Re-considering the Populist Right’s Challenge to Contemporary Democracies in Western Europe: A Critical Evaluation of Kitschelt’s Account”. Thesis grade: 78.
08/1997-02/2000	B.A. Columbia University. Major in Political Science. GPA: 3.971. Thesis: “Between Old and New Politics of Welfare: Scandinavian Reforms in the 1990s.” Thesis grade: A+.

Post-degree courses completed:

06/2009-01/2010	Training program for junior research leaders. Invited participant on multiple session course organized by the Research Department at the University of Bergen and EU consultant Bruce Reed.
02-06/2008	Pedagogy for University Employees (“Basismodulen”). Obligatory course on teaching at the university level organized by the University of Bergen.

Grants and Awards

04/2007-present	Vaious small grants awarded by the University of Bergen.
09/2005	David Butler Prize 2005 awarded by the Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties conference.
02/2003-12/2005	Ph.D. Scholarship, Norwegian Research Council, project: 154350/530.
10/2002-02/2003	Funded Studentship, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
10/2000-10/2003	Overseas Research Scholarship (ORS), Department of Education and Skills, U.K.
02/2000	Summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa honors, Columbia University.
08/1997-02/2000	The J.J. Holst Scholarship, Columbia University and the Norwegian Department of Foreign Affairs. The grant is awarded to one Norwegian student every three years.

Languages

Norwegian	Fluent
English	Fluent
French	Conversational
Russian	Conversational
German	Reading knowledge

Publikasjoner i Cristin

Publications in peer reviewed journals

Ivarsflaten, Elisabeth (2008), “What Unites the Populist Right in Western Europe? Reexamining grievance mobilization models in seven successful cases,” Comparative Political Studies, 41(1): pp. 3-23.

___ (2005), “The Vulnerable Populist Right Parties: No Economic Realignment Fuelling Their Electoral Success,” European Journal of Political Research, 44: pp. 465-492.

___ (2005),”Threatened by diversity: Why Restrictive Asylum and Immigration Policies Appeal to Voters in Western Europe,” Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties 15 (1): pp. 21-
    45. (The paper was awarded the David Butler Prize for best paper presented by a graduate student at EPOP 2004).

Book chapters and book reviews:

___ (2008 ), “Populists in Power: attitudes towards immigrants after the Austrian Freedom Party entered government,” in New Parties in Government edited by Kris Deschouwer,
London: Routledge: pp. 175-189.

___ (2007), “Party pasts, immigrant policies, and voter mobilization in the 2002 Swedish election campaign,” in Siri Gloppen and Lise Rakner, Globalization and Democratization:
Challenges for political parties, Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, pp. 175-192.

____(2008), “Book review of Cas Mudde, ed., (2007), The Populist Radical Right in Europe, in Acta Politica.

___ (2008), “Book review of Jorg Flecker, ed., (2007), Changing Working Life and the Appeal of the Extreme Right in European Sociological Review.

___ (2007), “Book review of Radical Right: Voters and Parties in the Electoral Market by Pippa Norris and Voting Radical Right in Western Europe by Terri E. Givens,” Canadian Journal of
Political Science, 40 (1), pp. 267-269.

___ (2006), “Book review of The Importance of Being Decent: Political discourse on immigration in Norway 1970-2002 by Anniken Hagelund,” Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning, 47(1), pp. 146-148.

Conference papers

NSF 01/2010	“Diversity and Social Trust in Norwegian Communities.” Paper coauthored with Kristin Strømsnes and presented at the Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Political Science Association in Kristiansand, January 6-9.
NOPSA 09/2008	“The Anti-Racism Norm in Wester European Immigration Politics.” Paper coauthored with Scott Blinder and Robert Ford and presented to the Political Communication Group at the biannual meeting of the Nordic Political Science Association in Tromsø, August 6- August 8, 2009. The paper was also presented by my coauthors at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Chicago, September 2008.
ECPR 09/2007	“Party pasts, immigrant policies, and voter mobilization in the 2002 Swedish election campaign.” Paper presented at the biannual conference of the European Consortium for Political Research in Pisa, 5-8 September 2007.
ECPR 09/2007	“Immigration Politics in Western Europe: Party politics, prejudice, and the anti-racism norm.” Paper presented at the biannual conference of the European Consortium for Political Research in Pisa, 5-8 September 2007.
APSA 09/2006	“Reputational Shields: Why anti-immigrant parties fail.” Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Political Science Association in Philadelphia, August 30-September 3.
Oxford 02/2006	“Potential Populists: A Solution to Selection Problems in Studies of Populist Right Parties in Western Europe.” Paper presented at the Politics Postdoc Seminar, Department of Politics and IR, University of Oxford, February 7.
Bergen 01/2006	“Explaining the rise of the populist right in Western Europe: The role of minor parties’ resources.” Paper presented to the Norwegian annual meeting of political scientists in Bergen, January 5-7.
Harvard 10/2004	“Explaining the Rise of the Populist Right in Western Europe.” Paper presented to the Research Workshop in Comparative Politics convened by Professors Susan Pharr, Timothy Colton, and Yoshiko Herrera, Department of Government, Harvard University, October 6.
APSA 09/2004& EPOP 09/2004	“Globalization, Identity Politics, and Anti-Immigrant Elites: Explaining the Appeal of Restrictive Immigration and Asylum Policies to Voters in Western Europe.” Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Political Science Association in Chicago, September 2-5, and at the panel on the far right, which I had convened, at the Conference of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties, in Oxford, September 10-12. The paper was awarded the David Butler Prize by EPOP.
APSA 09/2004	“The Spatial Model’s Limits: How Mainstream Parties’ Responses to the Populist Right Affect Public Attitudes towards New Minorities in Western Europe.” Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Political Science Association in Chicago, September 2-5.
ECPR 04/2004	“Exclude, Include, or Coopt: How Political Parties Affect Public Opinion towards New Minorities in Western Europe.” The paper was presented at the workshop New Parties in Government at the annual conference of the European Consortium of Political Research in Uppsala, April 13-18. The paper was nominated for the Rudolf Wildenmann Prize 2004.
CoE 03/2004	“Asylum Preferences and the Variation in the Electoral Success of Populist Right Parties in Western Europe.” Paper presented at the biannual Conference of Europeanists in Chicago, March 11-14.
Harvard 02/2004	“Mainstream Parties’ Strategies and Populist Right Success.” Paper presented to the Research Workshop in Comparative Politics convened by Professors Susan Pharr, Robert Putnam, and Margarita Estevez-Abe, Department of Government, Harvard University, February 18.
EREPS 12/2003	“Difficult Issues in Multiparty Competition: Modeling and Measuring the Effects of Mainstream Parties’ Policy Responses on the Immigration and Asylum Issue.” Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Extreme Right Electoral and Party Success network in Ghent, December 5- 7.
ECPR 09/2003& APSA 08/2003	“The Success of Populist Right Parties in Western Europe: Are Mainstream Parties to Blame?” paper presented at the biannual conference of the European Consortium of Political Research in Marburg, September 18-21, and at the annual conference of the American Political Science Association in Philadelphia, August 26-31.
APSA 08/2003	“Divisions within Voter Coalitions: A Key to Explaining Instabilities in Western European Electoral Politics.” Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Political Science Association in Philadelphia, August 26-31. The paper was nominated for the Wilson Prize for best APSA paper on French politics.
EREPS 12/2002	“The Puzzle of Populist Right Success in Western Europe.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Extreme Right Electoral and Party Success network in Grenoble, December 10-12.

Teaching experience

08/2007-present	304: Methods of Comparative Politics. Main teacher of obligatory seminar taught to master’s students at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen.
06/2007-present	Thesis advisor at Master and B.A. levels, Department of Comparative Politics, UiB.
11/2007-2008	318: The EU in Comparative Perspective. Part III: Elections Parties and Public Opinion. Lectures at master’s level, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen.
02/2008 & 09/208	Short course and introductory lectures on Multilevel modeling using Stata for colleagues and advanced students at UiB and the Rokkan Center.
02/2006-03/2006	Political Sociology seminar taught to prospective Master’s students in Politics and Sociology, University of Oxford. Responsibilities: Preparing and leading discussions, setting essay questions, correcting and commenting on essays.
10/2001-12/2001	Government and Politics in Western Europe taught to undergraduate students in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE), St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford. Position: Tutor.
04/2002-12/2002	Applied Quantitative Methods Projects for PPE students, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford. Positions: Teaching assistant, help session organizer, report evaluator, and tutor for students whose projects had failed.