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Biography
Dr Simon Toubeau is Associate Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations, where he conducts research and teaching in comparative politics, specialising in the field of territorial politics and federalism.
He obtained a PhD. in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute (EUI), an M.Phil in European Politics and Society from the University of Oxford and an M.A (Hons) in Economics and Politics from the University of Edinburgh. Simon was previously Research Fellow at the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales (CEPC), the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), the University of Edinburgh and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Simon is a member of the Nottingham Inter-Disciplinary Centre for Economic and Political Research (NICEP) and a Scientific Collaborator at the Centre d'Etude de la Vie Politique (CEVIPOL) at ULB. He was co-convener (2013-17) of the Standing Group on Regionalism and Federalism at the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR).
Expertise Summary
- Comparative European Politics
- Decentralisation and Party Competition
- Institutional Change in Decentralised and Federal States
- Public Policy in Multi-Level Systems
Teaching Summary
Simon teaches a variety of modules in the field of comparative politics and research methods at the under-graduate and post-graduate level, including:
- Crises and Controversies in European Politics (L2)
- Identity, Territory and Political Conflict (L3)
- Comparative Democratic Development (L4)
- Foundations in Qualitative Research Methods (L4)
Research Summary
Simon conducts research in the field of comparative territorial politics and federalism. His research seeks to explain the causes and consequences of multi-level government. His research is organised… read more