Simon Toubeau

Contact

• workRoom B121 Law and Social Sciences
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• Simon.Toubeau@nottingham.ac.uk

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

Recent Publications

• KÖLLING, MARIO, TOUBEAU, SIMON and GODOY, DEBORAH ZAK, 2023. The Determinants of Taxation Innovation Policy in Spain’s Common Regime Autonomous Communities (1986–2018) Publius: The Journal of Federalism. pjad027
• HANNA KLEIDER and SIMON TOUBEAU, 2022. Public policy in multi-level systems: A new research agenda for the study of regional-level policy Regional & Federal Studies. 32(3), 277-305
• TOUBEAU, SIMON and VAMPA, DAVIDE, 2021. Adjusting to austerity: the public spending responses of regional governments to the budget constraint in Spain and Italy JOURNAL OF PUBLIC POLICY. 41(3), 462-488
• SIMON TOUBEAU, 2018. Party support in multi-level elections:: the influence of economic perceptions and vertical congruence Electoral Studies. 54, 22-34

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Ph.D Supervision

I am interested in supervising research students that wish to work in the following areas:

• the ways parties compete over the issue of regional authority and decentralisation
• constitutional reforms in decentralised and federal multinational states
• nationalist, independentist and sovereigntist parties and movements
• regional-level policy-making and policy coordination, in particular in the face of crises (economic, public health, climate change related crises)
• the way voters hold parties in government at different levels responsible for policy outcomes

Current Research

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 along five main axes:

• Party competition and decentralisation
• The institutional evolution of decentralised and federal states
• Sovereignty conflicts in multinational states
• Regional public policy and policy coordination in multi-level states
• Accountability and voting behaviour in multi-Level states

• KÖLLING, MARIO, TOUBEAU, SIMON and GODOY, DEBORAH ZAK, 2023. The Determinants of Taxation Innovation Policy in Spain’s Common Regime Autonomous Communities (1986–2018) Publius: The Journal of Federalism. pjad027
• HANNA KLEIDER and SIMON TOUBEAU, 2022. Public policy in multi-level systems: A new research agenda for the study of regional-level policy Regional & Federal Studies. 32(3), 277-305
• TOUBEAU, SIMON and VAMPA, DAVIDE, 2021. Adjusting to austerity: the public spending responses of regional governments to the budget constraint in Spain and Italy JOURNAL OF PUBLIC POLICY. 41(3), 462-488
• SIMON TOUBEAU, 2018. Party support in multi-level elections:: the influence of economic perceptions and vertical congruence Electoral Studies. 54, 22-34
• BROSCHEK, JOERG, PETERSOHN, BETTINA and TOUBEAU, SIMON, 2018. Territorial Politics and Institutional Change: A Comparative-Historical Analysis PUBLIUS-THE JOURNAL OF FEDERALISM. 48(1), 1-25
• SIMON TOUBEAU, 2017. Restructuring the State: Mainstream Responses to Regional Nationalism Publius: The Journal of Federalism. 48(1), 76-101
• SIMON TOUBEAU and MARKUS WAGNER, 2016. Party competition over decentralisation:: The influence of ideology and electoral incentives on issue emphasis European Journal of Political Research. 55(2), 340-357
• SIMON TOUBEAU and MARKUS WAGNER, 2015. Explaining Party Positions on Decentralization British Journal of Political Science. 45(1), 97-119
• TOUBEAU, SIMON, 2013. Multi-Level Party Politics in Western Europe WEST EUROPEAN POLITICS. 36(4), 886-888
• MASSETTI, EMANUELE and TOUBEAU, SIMON, 2013. Sailing with Northern Winds: Party Politics and Federal Reforms in Italy WEST EUROPEAN POLITICS. 36(2), 359-381
• TOUBEAU, SIMON and MASSETTI, EMANUELE, 2013. The Party Politics of Territorial Reforms in Europe WEST EUROPEAN POLITICS. 36(2), 297-316