Prof. Daniel Ziblatt, Ph.D.

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Daniel Ziblatt by Annette Hornischer
Annette Hornischer

Contact

daniel.ziblatt [at] wzb.eu
Reichpietschufer 50
D-10785 Berlin
room
B 223
Director of the Research Unit

Daniel Ziblatt is Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University and since October 2020 the new director of the Department Transformations of Democracy. He has been awarded the 2019 Berlin Prize by the American Academy in Berlin and was Karl W. Deutsch Visiting Professor at the WZB from 2019 to 2020. His book "How Democracies Die" (with Steven Levitsky, Crown, 2018), a New York Times bestseller, has been translated into over fifteen 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.

 

Academic Research Activities

Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Harvard University, 2018-

Director, Acting, Minda De Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, 2019 and 2014

Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University, 2011-2018

Paul Sack Associate Professor of Political Economy, Department of Government, Harvard University, 2009-2010

Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University, 2007-2009

Assistant Professor of Government and Social Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University, 2003-2007


Education

University of California, Berkeley, PhD, Department of Political Science, December 2002
Pomona College, Claremont, CA

Bachelor of Arts, Double Major: German Studies and Politics, Magna Cum Laude, May 1995


Memberships

Editorial Board Service: German Politics and Society (2008-Present); World Politics; Comparative Political Studies

2017. European Politics and Society Section, Best Book Prize Committee, APSA

2017. Gabriel Almond Dissertation Prize Committee, APSA

2015. Chair, David Greenstone Prize, Best Book Prize Committee, Politics and History Section, APSA

2010. Juan Linz Prize Committee, Best Dissertation for Comparative Democratization Section, APSA

2010. Sage Prize Committee Member, Best Paper presented in Comparative, APSA

2008. Chair, European Politics and Society Best Book Prize Committee, APSA, 2008.

2006. Member, Sage Prize Committee, APSA, Qualitative Methods Division, Summer 2006

2005-Member, Executive Committee, Conference Group on Italian Politics and Society, American Political Science Association.

Reviewer: American Political Science Review, German Politics and Society, Studies in Comparative International Development, Party Politics, Comparative Political Studies, World Politics, American Sociological Review, Journal of Politics

1998- Member, American Political Science Association

1998- Member, Council of European Studies

1998- German Studies Association

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Daniel Ziblatt by Annette Hornischer
Annette Hornischer

Contact

daniel.ziblatt [at] wzb.eu
Reichpietschufer 50
D-10785 Berlin
room
B 223

Office
Iryna Mazynska
+49 30 25491 327
td.office [at] wzb.eu

Reichpietschufer 50
10785 Berlin

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Harnack Lecture Max Planck Society
Max Planck Society

Newly published

Muharrem Aytug Sasmaz, Alper Yagci and Daniel Ziblatt (2022): "How Voters Respond to Presidential Assaults on Checks and Balances: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Turkey" Comparative Political Studies. January 2022. 

Aditya Dasgupta and Daniel Ziblatt (2021): "Capital Meets Democracy: The Impact of Franchise Extension on Sovereign Bond Markets." American Journal of Political Science.

Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky (2021): "Die Verzweiflung der alten Mehrheit. Amerikas Konservative setzen die Demokratie aufs Spiel". In: WZB-Mitteilungen, H. 172, S. 6-9.

Upcoming events

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Is Authoritarianism Here To Stay?
MSNBC
Video Interview

Is authoritarianism here to stay?

Video Interview on MSNBC's The Sunday Show from October 3, 2021