CURRICULUM VITAE - KARIN HILMER PEDERSEN

(updated November 30 th 2011)
CURRICULUM VITAE
KARIN HILMER PEDERSEN
Associate professor in comparative politics at
Department of Political Sciences, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus
Personal data:
Citizenship
Danish
Home address : Sortmosevej 11, Vinkel, 8800 Viborg, Denmark
Office address : Department of Political Science, Bartholins Allé,
University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C. Denmark
Tel. (prv.)
+4586639450 (fixed line)
Tel. (work) +4589421319
Fax (work) +4586139839
E-mail (work)
khp@ps.au.dk
Research and teaching experiences
Political and institutional change with a focus on democratization and democratic consolidation
(historical-institutional paths from communism and beyond, populism as a destabilising factor in
democracies), state capacity (governance indicators), administrative efficiency and
implementation deficits (causes and consequences of corruption), policy transfer, discourse
institutionalism and Europeanization of EU member states political systems and politics
(specifically the judicial system and environmental policy).
Knowledge of language
Danish: mother tong
English: excellent in reading, writing and speaking
Russian: excellent in reading, good in speaking, not god in writing
Bulgarian: excellent in reading, modest in speaking, not god in writing
German: excellent in reading, not god in speaking and writing
Present, previous occupation
2001 present Associate professor, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus,
Denmark.
1998-2001 Assistant professor, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus,
Denmark.

1993- 1997 Researcher and amanuensis at the Department of Political Sciences, Aarhus
University
1996-1999 Consultancies: among others, “Addressing the social impact of economic
restructuring and privatisation in Russia” TACIS-project.
1990-1993 Researcher, Thorkild Kristensen Institute, South Jutland University, Denmark.
Education
1996: Ph.D. in sociology of law, Department of Law, Faculty of Social Science, Aarhus
University
1989: MA Political Science, Aarhus University
1981: BA in Russian language and literature, Aarhus University
Appointments:
2007-2010 Member of the program board of the Norwegian Research Council’s Cooperation
programs with West-Balkan and Russia.
2004-present Member of the Advisory Board of BONUS for the Baltic Sea Science – Network of
Founding Agencies, an EU 6 th framework programme of ERA-NET projects: see
www.bonusportal.org .
2003-present External referee for the Research Council of Norway, Division of Environment
and Development.
1992-1996 Appointed member of the Danish advisory committee for technical and
administrative assistance to former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern
European States , Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Current research project (external financed)
“Administrative implementation and corruption” FSE grant. (with Lars Johannsen)
Finalised research projects (external financed)
“Democracy, the State and Administrative Reforms in Post-communist Societies” lead by Professor
Ole Nørgaard, Aarhus. Financed by The Danish Council for Independent Research, Social Sciences.
“Sustainable Water Management systems in NIS: Problems of Transfer and Adaption”, coordinated
by Professor Per Kristen Mydske, Oslo. Financed by INTAS 97
“Environmental Policy Instruments in Land Use Systems: Comparative Studies of the Nordic and
Baltic Countries”, co-ordinated by Professor Katarina Eckerberg, Umeå. Financed by Nordic
Environmental Research Programme 1993-1997, Social Science Research of Environmental Policy
Issues.

Published research and selected conference papers
2011
1. “Bønder som klimahelte: Kan og vil landbruget bidrage” Politica, 42, 4. (with Gert Tingaard
Svendsen).
2. ”Klima på frihjul Global opvarmning og klimapolitik” Politica, 42: 4. (with Gert Tingard
Svendsen).
3. ”Democratic Consolidation – A Matter of Shared Values. The Case of Bulgaria” in Bakke, E.
& Peters, I. (reds). 20 Years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall, BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-
Verlag GmbH. Pp. 77-96 (with Lars Johannsen)
4. “Det fælles bedste eller individuelle normer. Kampen mod korruption i nye EUmedlemslande”
in Schaumburg-Müller, S. & Vedsted-Hansen J. (reds). Ret, individ og
kollektiv, Djøf, Jurist- og Økonomforbundet, pp. 183-205.
5. ”For the common good: Combatting corruption in new EU member states” Journal of
Comparative Politics, 4: 1, pp. 91-110 (with Lars Johannsen) “Path Making: Democracy in
the Baltic States Twenty Years After” Politics in Central Europe, 7, 1, pp. 57-73 (with Lars
Johannsen)
6. “The Institutional Roots of Anti-Corruption Policies: Comparing the Three Baltic States”
Journal of Baltic Studies, 42, 3, pp. 329-346 (with Lars Johannsen)
2010
7. “’You do not bite the hand that feeds you’. An institutional account of populist use of corruption in
the speeches of Baltic presidents” workshop 17 “Disassembling Populism (and Putting it Back
Together Again. Collaborative Empirical Research on Interactions among Populism’s Attributes)
ECPR 2010, Münster, Germany. (with Lars Johannsen)
8. “The institutional roots of anti-corruption policies – comparing the three Baltic states”, submitted
to Journal of Baltic Studies (with Lars Johannsen)
2009
9. “Implementing EU-Law – the Czech republic. Between Law and Politics” VII CEESIA Convention,
Sct. Petersborg, September.

10. "When nation building is at odds with economic reform and EU membership”, Politics in Central
Europe, vol. 5 nr. 2, s. 55-77 (with Lars Johannsen)
11. 'After the Wall: Political Development Trajectories in Selected Post-Communist Countries', in
Johannsen, L., Pedersen, K.H. (eds.), Pathways: A Study of Six Post-Communist Countries, Aarhus
University Press , pp. 9-29 (with Lars Johannsen)
12. 'Keys to Transition and Paths Leading Beyond', in Johannsen, L., Pedersen, K.H. (eds.), Pathways: A
Study of Six Post-Communist Countries, Aarhus University Press, Aarhus, pp. 155-167(with Lars
Johannsen)
13. “Stability and political order Pathways to political developments after 1989”, Presentation 13th
November 2009; “20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall – was Communism in Central and
Eastern Europe merely a parenthesis” The E.ON Ruhr gas Scholarship program in Political science
and Norwegian Institute of Foreign Affairs and Department of Political Science, University of Oslo,
(with Lars Johannsen)
2008
14. 'Korruption i post-kommunistiske lande: et forbigående eller permanent fænomen', (‘Corruption
in post-communist countries: a temporary or permanent phenomenon’, in Danish) Nordisk
Østforum, vol. 22 nr. 3-4,pp. 271-287(with Lars Johannsen)
15. 'The Responsive State: Openness and Inclusion in the Policy Process', in Dani, A.A., de Haan, A.
(eds.), Inclusive States: Social Policy and Structural Inequalities, The International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, Washington DC, pp. 73-95. (with Lars
Johannsen)
2007
16. 'The Talk of the Town: Comparing Corruption in the Baltic States and Poland', in Schartau, M.-B.,
Berglund, S., Henningsen, B. (eds.), Political Culture: Values and Identities in the Baltic Sea Region,
Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 117-134 (with Lars Johannsen)
2006
17. 'Corruption: Commonality, Causes and Consequences in Fifteen Post-communist Countries', in
Rosenbaum, A., Nemec, J. (eds), Democratic Governance in Central and Eastern European
Countries, NISPAcee, Bratislava, pp. 311-336. (with Lars Johannsen)
18. “Ret og kultur – dilemmaer i Tjekkiets omstilling til en demokratisk retsstat” (“On right and culture
– dilemmas in the Czech transition to a democratic state based upon the rule of law’, in Danish) in

Nielsen, Ole Bruun & Karin Hilmer Pedersen (eds.) Om ret og kultur, (On Law and Culture), Juristog
Økonomforbundets forlag, København, pp. 103-124.
19. 'Den nødvendige europæisering - små postkommunistiske landes svar på globaliseringen', (’The
necessary europeanization – small post-communist countries answer to the challenge of
globalisation’, in Danish) Politica - Tidsskrift for Politisk Videnskab, vol. 38 no. 3, pp. 280-297. (with
Lars Johannsen)
2005
20. “Demokrati på bulgarsk. Et studie i regeringsduelighed eller mangel på samme”, (Democracy – The
Bulgarian way. A study in governing capacity or the lack thereof’, in Danish) Nordisk Østforum, vol.
19, no. 4, pp. 483-498.
21. ‘Political management capacity. A four-country study of governments in new EU member states
(Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland)’ in Mansfeldová, Zdenka, Vera Sparaschuh &
Agnieszka Wenninger (eds.). Patterns of Europeanisation in Central and Eastern Europe, Beiträge
zur osteuropaforshung, IZ Social Science Information Centre, Hamburg, Krämer verlag, 201-216
2004
22. 'The Real Challenge for Change. Public Administration in New EU Member States', Welt Trends,
vol. 12 no. 43, pp. 93-10 (with Lars Johannsen)
23. “Europæisering – et retligt Perspektiv på EU’s Østudvidelse”, (Europeanization – a legal
perspective on the East Enlargement of EU’, in Danish) Politica, vol. 36, nr. 1, pp. 55-70.
24. “Miljøpolitik i et udvidet Europa” (“Environmental policy in an Enlarged EU”, in Danish), Vindue
mod Øst, no. 2, pp. 15-17.
2002
25. Farvel til førertrøjen EU’s udvidelse og miljøet (The EU enlargement and the issue of
environmental protection, in Danish), Danish International Studies.
26. ”Law, Development and Democracy. Exploring the Meaning and Role of an Ignored Institution”, in:
Ole Elgström and Goran Hyden (eds) Development and Democracy. What have we learned and
how, Routledge (with Ole Nørgaard)
2001

27. “Rusland mod det tredje årtusinde” (“Russia towards the third millennium” in Danish) Politica, vol.
33, no. 2, pp. 125-137 (with Mette Skak).
28. “Rusland og retssamfundet” (“Russia and the Rule of Law” in Danish), Politica, vol. 33, no. 2, pp.
138-151.
2000
29. “The Impact of Regime Transition on the Environmental Protection of Common Property – Lessons
Learned from Rapid Transition to Democracy and Market Economy in the Baltics”. Paper
presented at the IASCP 2000 Conference: Constituting the Commons: Crafting Sustainable
Commons in the New Millennium, Bloomington, Indiana, June. 2000. Internet publication
http://129.79.82.27/IASCP/Papers/pedersenk051800.pdf
1998
30. Rusland mod Årtusindskiftet. Feudalstat, Retsstat, Velfærdsstat, eller ... (Russia towards 2000. A
feudal state, a ’rule of law’ state, a welfare state, or …’ Ph.D. dissertation), Jurist- og
Økonomforbundets forlag, København, p. 276.
1995
31. ”A Comparison Between the Three Baltic States. Perspectives for Sustainable Agriculture as the
Outcome of Institutional and Policy Instrument Choice” in: Karin Hilmer Pedersen (ed) The
Institutional and Legal Framework for Environmental Policy in the Agricultural Sector. Estonia,
Latvia and Lithuania. Socio-Economic Environmental Research Program, report 1
1991
32. “Virksomhedslovgivning i Sovjetunionen – kan ‘reguleret markedsøkonomi’ løse den økonomiske
krise”, (”Business law in the Soviet Union – can ’regulated marked economy solve the economic
crisis”, in Danish), Retfærd, no. 51, v. 13, pp. 65-76.
1990
33. ”Deregulering på russisk. Sovjetunionens reformer mellem staten, markedet og det civile
samfund”, (Deregulation the Russian way. Soviet reforms between state, market and the civil
society’, in Danish) pp 194-214 in Lis Frost (ed), Deregulering. Ret uden regler, Aarhus
Universitetsforlag.