SUMMARY OF ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES 2001-2002
Sebastián Royo
Suffolk University.
Government Department.
FORTHCOMING BOOK
- A New Century of Corporatism?
Corporatism in Southern Europe. Spain and Portugal in Comparative Perspective. Greenwood Publishing/Praeger. Forthcoming in winter of 2002.
PUBLISHED ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS (2001)
- "A Novo Século o Corporativismo?" in Analise Social. (Revista do Instituto de Ciencias Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa). June 2001.
- ‘The Collapse of Social Concertation and the Failure of Socialists Economic Policies in Spain,’ in South European Society & Politics. Summer 2001.
FORTHCOMING ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS
- "Still the Century of Corporatism? Corporatism in Southern Europe. Spain and Portugal in Comparative Perspective," in west European Politics. Summer 2002.
PAPERS PRESENTED IN ACADEMIC CONFERENCES IN 2001
- "Neocorporatism and Economic Reform in Mexico and Spain in the 1980s." paper presented at the 2001 meeting of the Latin American Studies Association. Washington D.C., September 6-8, 2001.
- "Re-conceptualizing Citizenship in the New Europe: Some Lessons from the 15th Anniversary of Spain and Portugal's Accession to the European Union." Paper presented with Paul C. Manuel at the Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association. May 2001.
PROPOSED CONFERENCES FOR 2002
- "Institutions and Political Outcomes in New Democracies: Redefining the Power of the State." Panel proposal for the 98th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Boston. August 29-September 1, 2002.
- "The Impact of Financial Institutions on Small and Medium Enterprises in Spain: Policy lessons for Iberoamerican countries" Paper proposal for the 98th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Boston. August 29-September 1, 2002.
- " A New Century of Liberal Corporatism in Iberia?"Paper proposal for the Council for European Studies' 13th Conference of Europeanists. Chicago. March 14th-16th, 2002
HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S CENTER FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES CONFERENCE
- Organizer of upcoming conference: "From Isolation to Europe: Spain and Portugal in the European Union. Fifteen Years of EU Membership Evaluated." Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University. November 2-3, 2001.
AFFILIATION
- Affiliate: Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University. Co-chair of the Iberian Study Group.
GRANTS
CES conference grants ($52,000):
- Recipient of $22.000 grant for the Tinker Foundation to organize the Iberian Conference at Harvard University
- Recipient of $5,000 from the New Hampshire Institute of Politics to organize the Iberian Conference at Harvard University
- Recipient of $5,000 grant from the Real Colegio Complutense to organize the Iberian Conference at Harvard University
- Recipient of $2,000 grant from Suffolk University to organize the Iberian Conference at Harvard University.
- Recipient of $5,000 grant from the Gulbenkian Foundation to organize the Iberian Conference at Harvard University.
- Recipient of $5,000 grant from the CES and EU Center at Harvard University to organize the Iberian Conference at Harvard University.
- Recipient of $3,000 grant from the Camões Institute to organize the Iberian Conference at Harvard University.
- Recipient of $5,000 grant from the Embassy of Spain to organize the Iberian Conference at Harvard University.
NEW COURSES
- Developed 1 New Graduate Course for the International Relations Graduate Program:
- GVT 763 International Political Economy (Spring 2001).
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
- Representative of the Government's Department in the Curriculum Committee.
- Member of the Suffolk University e-education sub-committee
- Chair of task evaluation force of the web-subcommittee
RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR 2001-2002
- "The Impact of Financial Institutions on Small and Medium Enterprises: A Cross-country Analysis in Iberia and Latin America." Research project with Dr. Guillermo Cardoza, Centro Euro-Latinoamericano, Instituto de Empresa. Madrid. Presented Grant Proposal to the Tinker Foundation.
RESEARCH TRIPS
- March and May of 2001: Traveled to Spain for three weeks to conduct interviews for my forthcoming book. Conducted 12 interviews with political leaders (including a former Prime Minister), scholars, and social actors.
OTHER
- This past summer I have developed an internship program for Suffolk students with Imagitas, a local Internet start-up consulting company that focuses on politics and the public sector. 1 Government student interned there last summer.
- Integrating all my courses and lectures in my web page.
- Development of new e-based program with MPA.