Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Wouter Veenendaal
Personal Information:
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Date of Birth:
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Dr.
Veenendaal, Wouter Pieter
14 March 1986
Amsterdam
Dutch
Contact Information:
Institute of Political Science, Leiden University
Wassenaarseweg 52
2333 AK Leiden, The Netherlands
+ 31 (0)71 527 79 56
veenendaalwp@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Employment:
Since 2012
Lecturer
Institute of Political Science, Leiden University.
2009 - 2013
PhD Candidate
Institute of Political Science, Leiden University.
Title Dissertation: “Politics and Democracy in Microstates”
Supervisors: Prof. dr. Ingrid van Biezen and Dr. Jan Erk
Defense: 10 April 2013
March – July 2009
Staff Member
Dutch Electoral Council (Dutch: Kiesraad)
2007 – 2009
Teaching Assistant
Institute of Political Science, Leiden University.
Education:
2007 – 2009
Research Master’s (MPhil) in Political Science
Institute of Political Science, Leiden University.
Graduated cum laude (average grade: 8.3)
2004 – 2007
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science
Institute of Political Science, Leiden University.
1998 – 2004
Pre-University Education
College ‘t Loo (Voorburg).
Academic Honors:
2014
PhD Thesis Nominated for the ECPR Jean Blondel PhD Prize.
2014
PhD Thesis Nominated for the Praemium Erasmianum
(Erasmus Research Prize, Praemium Erasmianum Foundation).
2014
PhD Thesis Nominated for the NKWP Jaarprijs Politicologie
(Annual Thesis Prize of the Dutch Political Science Association)
Visiting Positions:
2014
Visiting Research Fellow at the Liechtenstein Institut
(Liechtenstein Institute), Bendern, Principality of Liechtenstein.
2011
Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Seychelles, Anse
Royale, Mahé, Republic of Seychelles.
Academic Publications:
Books:
Veenendaal, W.P. Politics and Democracy in Microstates (forthcoming at Routledge;
expected September 2014).
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Academic Journals:
Veenendaal, W.P., and J. Corbett. “Why Small States Offer Important Answers to
Large Questions”, Comparative Political Studies (revise and resubmit, 18 March
2014).
Veenendaal, W.P. “Analyzing the Foreign Policy of Microstates: the Relevance of the
International Patron-Client Model”, Foreign Policy Analysis (accepted, 31
March 2014).
Erk, J.G., and W.P. Veenendaal. “Is Small Really Beautiful? The Microstate Mistake”,
Journal of Democracy (accepted, July 2014 issue).
Veenendaal, W.P. “How Democracy Functions Without Parties: the Republic of
Palau”, Party Politics (accepted, published online).
Veenendaal, W.P. “Democracy in Microstates: Why Size Does not Produce a
Democratic Political System”, Democratization (accepted, published online).
Veenendaal, W.P. (2013) “Klein maar Fijn? De Effecten van Kleinschaligheid op het
Karakter van Politiek en Democratie”, Beleid en Maatschappij 40 (4), pp. 354377.
Veenendaal, W.P. (2013) “Size and Institutional Legitimacy: the Caribbean Case of St.
Kitts and Nevis”, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 51 (3), pp. 343-361.
Veenendaal, W.P. (2013) “Size and Personalistic Politics: Characteristics of Political
Contestation in Four Microstates”, The Round Table 102 (3), pp. 245-257.
Veenendaal, W.P. (2013) “Political Representation in Microstates: the Cases of St.
Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles, and Palau”, Comparative Politics 45 (4), pp. 437456.
Academic Reviewing:
Reviewer for Democratization, The Island Studies Journal, The Pacific Review, and Party
Politics.
Academic Conference Papers:
Veenendaal, W.P. (2014) ““Ohne Fürst Sind Wir Nichts“: Smallness, Monarchy, and
Political Legitimacy in the Principality of Liechtenstein”. Paper Presented at
the ECPR Joint Sessions, 10-15 April 2014, Salamanca, Spain.
Erk, J.G., and W.P. Veenendaal (2013) “Putting all our Eggs in the Freedom House
Basket: Democracy, Democratization and Research Methodology”. Paper
Presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association (APSA), 29 August – 1 September 2013, Chicago, United States.
Veenendaal, W.P. (2013) “The World’s Smallest Hybrid Regime: a Case Study of
Politics and Democracy in the Republic of Seychelles”. Paper Presented at the
Conference “Political Legitimacy and the Paradox of Regulation”, 23 – 25
January 2013, Leiden, Netherlands.
Veenendaal, W.P. (2012) “Size and Institutional Legitimacy: the Case of St. Kitts and
Nevis”. Paper Presented at the Conference “Legitimacy under Attack”, 25-26
October 2012, Leiden, Netherlands.
Veenendaal, W.P. (2012) “Introducing the Size Factor: Political Representation in
Microstates”. Paper Presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions, 10-15 April 2012,
Antwerp, Belgium.
Veenendaal, W.P. (2011), “Patterns of International Clientelism: the OECS-Member
States and the United States in a Changing Caribbean Environment”. Paper
Presented at the NALACS Conference “Contested Mobility”, 13-14 October
2011, Leiden, Netherlands.
Veenendaal, W.P. (2011), “The Economic Crisis and the Republic of San Marino: A
Comparative Case Study”. Paper Presented at the 6th ECPR General Conference,
25-27 August 2011, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Grants and Subsidies:
Netherlands Institute of Government (NIG), € 3.000 Research Grant for Field
Research in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis and the Republic of Seychelles.
Leiden University Fund (LUF), € 2.000 Research Grant for Field Research in the
Republic of Palau.
Institute of Political Science, Leiden University, € 900 Research Subsidy for Field
Research in the Principality of Liechtenstein.
Teaching Experience:
MA-Level:
MA-Thesis Supervision (International Relations)
2014
Conflict and Cooperation: the Classics (with Prof. dr. Petr Kopecký)
Course on Classic Works in Political Science
2013
The Netherlands in the World (with Dr. Niels van Willigen)
Course on Dutch Foreign Policy (“Nederland in de Wereld”)
2013
BA-Level: Third Year:
Comparative Analysis of Political Systems
Course Taught at Leiden University College (LUC) The Hague
2014
BA-Thesis Supervision on International Politics
Overarching Course Theme: Small States in World Politics
2014
BA-Thesis Supervision on International Politics
Overarching Course Theme: Transnational Actors and Norms
2013
BA-Thesis Introduction to Literature on Comparative Politics
2013
BA-Thesis Introduction to Literature on Political Theory
2013
BA-Level: Second Year:
Tutorials for Courses on:
Rational Choice Theory
International Security
Comparative Analysis of Political Systems
Methods of Data Collection
2013
2012
2008, 2010
2008, 2009
BA-Level: First Year:
Tutor for First Year Students (Mentoraat)
2014
Tutorials for Courses on:
Dutch Politics (Nationale Politiek)
International Politics
Introduction to Political Science
International Organizations
Politics & Political Science
2007, 2012
2011, 2012
2008–2013
2012
2013
Presentations and Media Appearances:
“Effecten van Kleinschaligheid op Politiek en Democratie in de Caribische Landen van
het Koninkrijk”, Invited Talk at Directie Koninkrijksrelaties (KR) van het
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken (Division ‘Kingdom Affairs’ of the Dutch
Ministry of Internal Affairs), 1 October 2013.
“Politiek en Democratie in Microstaten”, Invited Talk at Sociaal en Cultureel
Planbureau (SCP; Netherlands Institute for Social Research), 27 June 2013.
“Behoud de kloof tussen burger en politiek”, Interview in OBA Live Radio (HUMAN),
6 May 2013.
“Koester kloof tussen politiek en burger”, Interview in Binnenlands Bestuur, 3 May
2013.
“Koester de kloof met de burger”, Interview in BNR Nieuwsradio, 1 May 2013.
“Koester de kloof”, Interview in Hoe?Zo! Radio (NTR), 23 April 2013.
“Kloof tussen politiek en burger moet blijven bestaan”, Interview in Nederlands
Dagblad, 18 April 2013.
“Quattro microstati a confronto: il Titano fa la parte del saggio”, Interview in La
Tribuna Sammarinese, 16 April 2013.
“Il Titano e la doppia crisi che lo inchioda al passato”, Interview in La Tribuna
Sammarinese, 11 October 2011.
“Politics and Democracy in Small States”, Invited Talk at the University of Seychelles,
Mont-Fleuri, Seychelles, 2 March 2011.
Relevant Courses and Training:
2013-2014
Courses on Tutoring First Year Students
Academisch Loopbaancentrum, Leiden University.
2010
Course on Interview Skills and Techniques
ICLON, Leiden University.
2010
ECPR Summer School in Research Methods and Techniques
Course: “Methodologies of Case Studies”
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2008
Course on Teaching Skills for Tutorial Courses
ICLON, Leiden University.
Relevant Other Experience:
January 2014
Field Research in the Principality of Liechtenstein
As Visiting Scholar at the Liechtenstein Institute.
2013
Member of the Committee for the Selection of the Best MAThesis. Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Leiden
University.
2011 - 2012
Member of the PhD-Council of the Netherlands Institute of
Government (NIG).
2010 – 2011
Field Research for PhD-Project in:
Republic of San Marino
(November 2010)
Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis
(January 2011)
Republic of Seychelles
(February-March 2011)
As Visiting Scholar at the University of Seychelles.
Republic of Palau
(July 2011)
2006 – 2007
External Affairs Officer in the Board of the Dutch United
Nations Student Association (DUNSA).
Language Skills:
Dutch
English
German
French
Italian
Spanish
Arabic
Mother Tongue
Fluent
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