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Valentin SeidlerVisitor at the University of WarwickResearcher at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Historical Social Science
+43 664 147 8782 (in Austria) [email protected]://homepage.univie.ac.at/valentin.seidler/
Curriculum Vitae
PRESENT AND PAST POSITIONS
PERSONAL INFORMATION
CONTACT INFORMATION
EDUCATION 10/2011
10/2009
10/2001
B.A. in History/Political Science, University of Vienna
Ph.D. in Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) Dissertation (graded excellent): "Colonial Legacy and Institutional Development: Botswana and Nigeria". Supervisor: Prof. Andreas Resch
Married (Japanese nationality), one sonEnglish, German - excellent in speaking, reading and writing Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese - fluent to intermediate
12/2012 Scholarship, Ronald Coase Institute, USA
2010 and 2011
07/2005
Mobility Grants, Vienna University for Economics and Business
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
1999 Scholarship, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), MBA Programme
2014-2015
Scholarship, Johns Hopkins University, USAParticipation at the Health Emergencies in Large Population Course
Max Kade Fellowship, USA12 months stipend at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
2015 Elinor Ostrom Award 2015, shortlisted
February 2017
03/2016-
09/2015-02/2016
09/2014-08/2015
09/2011-08/2014
09/2010-03/2016
Visitor at the University of Warwick, Dept. of Economics, UK
Research fellow, IFK (Int. Research Center for Cultural Studies), Vienna
Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Research Fellow, Dept. of Development Studies, University of Vienna
Lecturer, Dept. of Development Studies, University of Vienna
2016-2018 Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship, Austria (FWF)36 months stipend of which 24 months are spent at the University of Warwick (UK) and the University of Groningen (Netherlands).
Mag.rer.soc.oec. (M.B.A. equivalent),Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien)
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TEACHING Introduction to Development Economics (B.A. Level)We introduce and critically discuss important theories and concepts in development. Literature by Rodrik, Easterly and Krugmann. Held at the University of Vienna, 2011-2016.
Water Institutions and Development (M.A. Level) The course discusses problems of water management in developing countries. It includes a debate with development practitioners and a simulation exercise based on Ostrom’s principles of the Commons. Held at the University of Vienna, 2014-2016.
PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS
Seidler, V. 2011. Colonial Legacy and Institutional Development – The Cases of Botswana and Nigeria. ÖFSE Forum 52. Wien: Südwind Verlag.
OTHER WORKING EXPERIENCES
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Seidler, V. 2016. Colonial Bureaucrats, Institutional Transplants, and Development in the 20th Century, in Becker, Nell (eds.), Administory - Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsgeschichte, 1: 155-172.
Kabbach de Castro L, Gelman M, Seidler V. 2015. Effects of the involvement of counselors to the agreement of shareholders to the values of the firm. Revista de Administração de Empresas 55(3): 345-358.
2001-2011PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement and Austrian Red Cross2011: Teamleader Africa at the Austrian RC in Vienna 2008-10: International disaster response to earthqakes in Indonesia and in Italy 2006-8: Representative of the Austrian RC to the EU Commission in Brussels 2005-6: Head of regional delegation covering Indonesia, Cambodia and Timor-Leste 2001-5: Field positions in Kosovo, Moldova, Mozambique, Burkina Faso and others
2000-2002
1999
WORK IN PROGRESS
Lecturer at the Österreichisches Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum, Vienna.
Internship at the UNODC Regional Office in Mexico D.F.
Topics in Heterodox Economics (M.A. Level)Covers topics outside the orthodox mainstream such as Marxism or feminist positions in economics. University of Vienna in 2012 with guests (Elisabeth Springler, Katharina Mader, Reinhard Pirker)
Seidler, V. 2014. When do institutional transplants work? The relation between institutions, culture and the transplant effect: the case of Borno in north-eastern Nigeria. Journal of Institutional Economics 10(3): 371-397. This article has been shortlisted for the Elinor Ostrom Award 2015.
Can you copy governance? The presence of British colonial officers after independence. Economic development requires effective bureaucracies based on a Weberian tradition. The paper investigates the extent to which a Weberian tradition was transferred into the colonial administrations of British Africa. I find evidence that the number of British officers who remained in service after independence influenced the adoption of Weberian principles in African civil services. Submitted (1st revision) to the Journal of Institutional Economics.
Skills needed in state-building: Lawyers and economistsSuccessful institutional reforms require specific skills and training of those who implement them. In a dataset of 14,000 colonial officers, who were involved in the reforms preceding independence, officers with a legal or an economic training built more effective modern institutions. Co-author: Claudia Williamson, Mississippi State University. First empirical analyses conducted.
Do extractive regimes employ more police officers?Acemoglu et al. (2001) argue that intial conditions for first European settlers determined the nature of institutions established in the colonies. We test this hypothesis in a dataset of 14,000 British colonial officers in 38 colonies.Co-author: Jesus Crespo, Vienna University of Economics and Business. Coding completed.
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REVIEWER
TALKS & PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Workshop on Institutional Analysis, Ronald Coase Institute, Santiago, Chile, December 2012.
REFERENCES
Mary Shirley PresidentThe Ronald Coase InstituteEmail: [email protected]
Prof. Dani Rodrik Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy Harvard University, Kennedy School of GovernmentEmail: [email protected]
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British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Institutional Economics, Society & Natural Resources, IE Working Paper Series
ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS
Society for Institutional & Organizational Economics, The Ronald Coase Institute, World Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research, Economic History AssociationAlumnus: Institute for Advanced Study in PrincetonAffiliated researcher: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Historical Social Science, ViennaFounding member: Austrian Society for New Institutional Economics (ASNIE)
Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS), February 2015.
WORKING PAPERS Seidler, V. 2010. Why did Botswana end up with good institutions: the role culture and colonial rule. Paper presented at the 14th Annual Conference of the International Society for New Institutional Economics, 2010, Stirling, UK.
Ao. Prof. Mag. Mag. Dr. Andreas Resch Deputy Head, Institute for Economic and Social History Vienna University for Economics and Business Email: [email protected]
Public lecture at the IFK - Int. Research Center for Cultural Studies, Vienna, November 2015.
19th Annual Meeting of the International Society of New Institutional Economics (ISNIE), Harvard Law School, USA, June 2015.
24th Annual Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) in Krakow, Poland, October 2012.
15th Annual Conference of the International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE), Stanford, USA, June 2011.
14th Annual Conference of the International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE), Stirling, UK, June 2010.
Prof. Robbert MaselandAssociate Professor of Economics and BusinessUniversity of GroningenEmail: [email protected]
2nd WINIR conference "Institutions, Development and Globalization", Rio de Janeiro, September 2015.
Keynote speaker at the 3rd Witten Conference on Institutional Change, Witten, December 2016
3rd WINIR conference "Institutions & Human Behaviour", Boston, September 2016.
