Prof. Daniel Ziblatt, Ph.D.

Daniel Ziblatt is Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University and, since October 2020, the director of the Department Transformations of Democracy. His book "How Democracies Die" (with Steven Levitsky, Crown, 2018), a New York Times bestseller, has been translated into thirty languages. His book "Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy" (Cambridge University Press, 2017), an account of Europe's historical democratization, won the American Political Science Association's 2018 Woodrow Wilson Prize for the best book in government and international relations and three other prizes including the American Sociological Association's 2018 Barrington Moore Award for the best book in comparative historical sociology. His book "Tyranny of the Minority" appeared in Fall 2023. He has been the recipient of the 2019 Berlin Prize from the American Academy in Berlin and has served as Karl W. Deutsch Visiting Professor at the WZB and, in 2023, was elected as member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

TYRANNY OF THE MINORITY
New York Times Best Seller/Newsweek Best Book of the Year/California Review of Books 10 Best Books of the Year

Academic Appointments

since October 2020   Director, Transformations of Democracy Research Unit,
                                     WissenschaftszentrumBerlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
since 2018                  Eaton Professor of the Science of Government,
                                     Harvard University
2019 and 2014           Director, Acting, Minda De Gunzburg Center for
                                     European Studies, Harvard University
2011 - 2018                Professor of Government, Department of Government,
                                     Harvard University
2009 - 2010                Paul Sack Associate Professor of Political Economy,
                                     Harvard University
2007 - 2009                Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies,
                                     Harvard University
2003 - 2007                Assistant Professor of Government and Social Studies,
                                     Harvard University

Education

1996–2002 - University of California, Berkeley, PhD, Department of Political Science
1995–1996 - Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1995 - Pomona College, Claremont, CA, Bachelor of Arts, Double Major: German Studies and Politics, Magna Cum Laude

Recent Academic Prizes

2023 - Election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2023 - Best Article Honorable Mention Award, Midwest Political Science Association (for Capital Meets Democracy: The Impact of Franchise Extension on Sovereign Bond Markets, 2022)
2022 - Martha Derthick Book Award, American Political Science Association, for book making a lasting contribution to the study of federalism (for Structuring the State (2006))
2021 - Harnack Lecture, Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany
2020 - Karl Deutsch Visiting Professorship, WZB Berlin, Germany
2019 - Berlin Prize, American Academy in Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2019 - Goldsmith Book Prize, Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Best Non-fiction book of the year (for co-authored How Democracies Die)
2018 - NDR Kultur Sachbuchpreis. Best Non-fiction book published in 2018, German Public Radio (for co-authored book Wie Demokratien Sterben)
2018 - Woodrow Wilson Award, Best book published in the United States on government, politics or international affairs, American Political Science Association (for Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy)
2018 - Barrington Moore Prize, American Sociological Association, Best Book Award, Comparative and Historical Sociology Section (for Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy)
2018 - Comparative Democratization Book Prize, Comparative Democratization Section, American Political Science Association, Best Book Award (for Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy)
2018 - European Politics and Society Book Prize, European Politics and Society Section, American Political Science Association, Best Book Award (for Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy)