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Michael Robert
Tatham
Associate Professor
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Christiesgt. 15
5007 BERGEN
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Postboks 7802
5007 BERGEN
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- Comparative Politics

- European Union politics

- Territorial Politics

- Public Policy

- Editor (together with Jan Erk and Wilfried Swenden), Regional and Federal Studies, international peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor-Francis, Routledge (http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/frfs20/current)

- Editor (together with Michael Keating and Arjan Schakel), Comparative Territorial Politics, book series published by Palgrave/macmillan (http://us.macmillan.com/series/ComparativeTerritorialPolitics)

- Chair of the research network on Territorial Politics and Federalism, Council for European Studies (CES, Columbia University, http://www.councilforeuropeanstudies.org/research/research-networks/terr...)

Bergen University (Department of Comparative Politics):

- "Polity, Politics and Policies of the European Union"
BA course (28 hours), together with Jonas Linde, SAMPOL 215

- "Regions, federalism and EU integration"
BA course (24 hours), SAMPOL 205

- “European History and Politics”
BA course (26 hours), interdisciplinary course with the History Department and Frank H Aarebrot, EUR 101

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Politics and Public Administration chair):

- “Introduction to public policy analysis in comparative and European contexts”
 BA course (30 hours), SS 2011, SS 2012

- “European and International Dimensions of Policy-Making”
 BA course (32 hours), WS 2010, WS 2011-2

- “Theories of EU integration: from method to practice”
 MA course (30 hours), SS 2011, SS 2012

- “Regions, federalism and EU integration”
 MA course (32 hours), WS 2011-2

Monash University (Prato Centre):

- “Researching the European Union: Theories and Methodologies”
 MA Course (32 hours), 2009.

Guest lectures:

- Session title: “Crash course on the EU: Empirical qualitative approaches”
invited by Prof. Dr. Ellen M. Immergut for her Projektseminar on “Internationalisierung, Europäisierung und das Problem der Demokratie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, July 3, 2012.

- Session title: “Survey research: design, implementation and analysis”
invited by Dr. Yvette Peters for the BA course on “Comparing democracies empirically”, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, February 3, 2011.

- Session title: “Regions in the EU”
invited by Dr. Alex Wilson for the MA course on “EU institutions and policy-making”, James Madison University in Florence, November 9, 2009.

- Session title: “Le nouveau régionalisme en Europe”
invited by Prof. Michael Keating, for the Franco-German “Master européen de Gouver-nance et d'Administration” course, Florence, June 2007.

Journal articles
  • Bauer, Michael W.; Tatham, Michael Robert. 2014. German regional administrative elites, New Public Management and the role of the state in the economy. Revue Francaise d'Administration Publique. 152.
  • Callanan, Mark; Tatham, Michael Robert. 2014. Territorial interest representation in the European Union: actors, objectives and strategies. Journal of European Public Policy. 21: 188-210. doi: 10.1080/13501763.2013.829579
  • Tatham, Michael Robert. 2014. Limited institutional change in an international organisation: accounting for the EU’s shift away from "federal blindness. European Political Science Review. 6: 21-45. doi: 10.1017/S1755773912000240
  • Tatham, Michael Robert. 2014. Same game but more players? Sub-national lobbying in an enlarged Union. Regional & Federal Studies. 24: 341-361. doi: 10.1080/13597566.2014.911735
  • Tatham, Michael Robert; Bauer, Michael W. 2014. Support from below? Supranational institutions, regional élites and governance preferences. Journal of Public Policy. 34: 237-267. doi: 10.1017/S0143814X13000299
  • Tatham, Michael Robert; Bauer, Michael W. 2014. Competence ring-fencing from below? The drivers of regional demands for control over upwards dispersion. Journal of European Public Policy. 21.
  • Tatham, Michael Robert; Jensen, Mads Dagnis; Koop, Christel. 2014. Coping with power dispersion? Autonomy, coordination, and control in multi-level systems. Journal of European Public Policy. 21.
  • Tatham, Michael Robert; Thau, Mads. 2014. The more the merrier: accounting for sub-state paradiplomats in Brussels. European Union Politics. 15: 255-276. doi: 10.1177/1465116513512539
  • Tatham, Michael Robert. 2013. Paradiplomats against the state: Explaining conflict in state and sub-state interest representation in Brussels. Comparative Political Studies. 46: 63-94. doi: 10.1177/0010414012453031
  • Tatham, Michael Robert. 2012. review of: Bolleyer N (2009) Intergovernmental Cooperation. Rational Choices in Federal Systems and Beyond. Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions. 25: 711-713.
  • Tatham, Michael Robert. 2012. You do what you have to do? Salience and territorial interest representation in EU environmental affairs. European Union Politics. 13: 434-450.
  • Tatham, Michael Robert. 2011. Devolution and EU policy-shaping: Bridging the gap between Multi-Level Governance and Liberal Intergovernmentalism. European Political Science Review. 3: 53-81.
  • Tatham, Michael Robert. 2010. The evolution of the UK political system in the first decade of the new millennium: comparative and temporal perspectives. Revue Babel. 21: 217-253.
  • Tatham, Michael Robert. 2010. With or Without You? Revisiting territorial state-bypassing in EU interest representation. Journal of European Public Policy. 17: 76-99.
  • Tatham, Michael Robert. 2008. La dernière nation sans Etat du Royaume? L'épineuse question de la dévolution au pays de la Rose. Revue Babel. 17: 45-92.
  • Tatham, Michael Robert. 2008. Going Solo: Direct Regional Representation in the European Union. Regional & Federal Studies. 18: 493-515.
  • Tatham, Michael Robert. 2007. Fédéralisme déguisé ou ajustement marginal ? L’impacte de la dévolution sur le système politique britannique. Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique. 14: 19-42.
Book sections
  • Tatham, Michael Robert. 2012. L’interaction Etat-région sur la scène européenne: relations différenciées et facteurs commu. -, pages 131-126. In:
    • Douillet, Anne-Cécile; Faure, Alain; Halpern, Charlotte; Leresche, Jean-Philippe. 2012. L'action publique locale dans tous ses états. Différenciation et standardisation. L'Harmattan. 556 pages. ISBN: 978-2-296-96534-8.

More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)

Books/special issues/edited volumes:

- Special issue in the Journal of European Public Policy, with Mads Jensen and Christel Koop: 'Coping with power dispersion? Autonomy, coordination, and control in multi-level systems', Journal of European Public Policy 21(8): forthcoming.

Will also be published as an edited volume with Routledge.

 

Articles:

- Bauer, M. W. and Tatham, M. (2014) 'German regional administrative elites, New Public Management and the role of the state in the economy', Revue française d'administration publique 152(4): forthcoming.

-Jensen, M. D., Koop, C. and Tatham, M. (2014) (introduction) 'Coping with power dispersion? Autonomy, coordination, and control in multi-level systems', Journal of European Public Policy 21(8): forthcoming.

- Tatham, M. and Bauer, M. W. (2014) 'Competence ring-fencing from below? The drivers of regional demands for control over upwards dispersion', Journal of European Public Policy 21(8): forthcoming.

- Tatham, M. (2014). Same game but more players? Sub-national lobbying in an enlarged Union. Regional and Federal Studies, 24(3): forthcoming

- Tatham, M. and Bauer, M. W. (2014) 'Support from below? Regional élites, governance preferences and supranational institutions', Journal of Public Policy 34(2): forthcoming.

- Tatham M and Thau M (2014) The more the merrier: accounting for sub-state paradiplomats in Brussels. European Union Politics 15(2): 256-277.

- Callanan, M. and Tatham, M. (2014) 'Territorial Interest Representation in the European Union: actors, objectives and strategies', Journal of European Public Policy 21(2): 188-210.

- Tatham, M. (2014) 'Limited institutional change in an international organisation: accounting for the EU’s shift away from "federal blindness"', European Politicial Science Review 6(1): 21-45.

- Tatham, M. (2013) 'Paradiplomats against the state: Explaining conflict in state and sub-state interest representation in Brussels', Comparative Political Studies 46(1): 63-94.

- Tatham, M. (2012) 'You do what you have to do? Salience and territorial interest representation in EU environmental affairs', European Union Politics 13(3): 434-450.

- Tatham, M. (2011) 'Devolution and EU policy-shaping: Bridging the gap between Multi-Level Governance and Liberal Intergovernmentalism', European Political Science Review 3(1): 53-81.

- Tatham, M. (2010) 'With or Without You? Revisiting territorial state-bypassing in EU interest representation', Journal of European Public Policy 17(1): 76-99.
Also published by Routledge as a book chapter: Chapter 5, in Political Representation and European Union Governance (ed. P. Mair & J. Thomassen), Routledge, September 2010 (ISBN 978-0-415-58294-0).

- Tatham, M. (2008) 'Going Solo: Direct Regional Representation in the European Union', Regional and Federal Studies 18(5): 493-515.

- Tatham, M. (2008) 'Conceptualisation, Operationalisation, Cumulation? Exploring the Federalism Variable in European Politics Research', Il Politico, Rivisita Italiana di Scienze Politiche 73(3): 61-96.

- Tatham, M. (2007) 'Fédéralisme déguisé ou ajustement marginal ? L'impact de la dévolution sur le système politique britannique ', Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique 14(1): 19-42.

 

Contributions to edited volumes:

- Keating, M., Hooghe, L. and Tatham, M. (2014) Bypassing the nation-state? Regions and the EU policy process. In J. Richardson and S. Mazey (eds.), European Union: Power and policy-making, Abingdon: Routledge, forthcoming.

- “L’interaction Etat-région sur la scène européenne: relations différenciées et facteurs communs”, in L'action publique locale dans tous ses états. Différenciation et standardisation (ed. A Faure, A.C. Douillet, C. Halpern and J.P. Leresche), L'Harmattan, May 2012, pp. 131-126 (ISBN 978-2-296-96534-8).

- “The evolution of the UK political system in the first decade of the new millennium: comparative and temporal perspectives”, in Le Royaume-Uni dans le monde depuis 2001 (ed. K. Tournier-Sol), Revue Babel, n°21, September 2010, pp. 217-253 (ISSN1277-7897).

- “La dernière nation sans Etat du Royaume? L'épineuse question de la dévolution au pays de la Rose”, in La dynamique de la dévolution au Royaume-Uni (ed. G. Leydier), Revue Babel, n°17, De-cember 2008, pp. 45-92 (ISSN1277-7897).

- “Scotland and the European Union: has devolution changed anything?”, in Scotland and Europe, Scotland in Europe (ed. G. Leydier), Cambridge Scholars Publishing, January 2007, pp. 214-29 (ISBN 1-84718-100-7).

 

Book reviews:

- Regional and Federal Studies, review of: Hooghe L, Marks G and Schakel A H (2010) The Rise of Regional Authority: A comparative study of 42 democracies. Abingdon: Routledge, forthcoming (July, 2013).

- Governance, review of: Bolleyer N (2009) Intergovernmental Cooperation. Rational Choices in Federal Systems and Beyond. Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming (December, 2012).

- PhD (EUI, Florence)

- M.Res (EUI, Florence)

- M.Phil (Oxon)

- Diplôme (IEP, Grenoble)

- Maîtrise, Licence et DEUG (Université Stendhal, Grenoble III)

Current projects

- Co-Investigator of the European Regional Elite Survey, together with Prof. Dr. Michael W. Bauer (funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, German Research Council).

- Co-Investigator of a sub-project on intra-EU labour migration and support for welfare states in Europe, together with Dr. Yvette Peters (funded by the Velferd, arbeidsliv og migrasjon, Norwegian Research Council).