Pepper D.

Culpepper
Professor of Political Science
European University Institute tel: +39 055 4685 286
Via dei Roccettini, 9 pepper.culpepper@eui.eu
50014 San Domenico di Fiesole (FI), Italy http://www.pepperculpepper.net/



Academic Employment
Professor of Political Science 2010-
European University Institute

Associate Professor of Public Policy 2003-2009
Assistant Professor of Public Policy 1998-2003
Harvard Kennedy School


Education
Harvard University Ph.D., Political Science 1999
A.M., Political Science 1994

Oxford University MLitt., Politics 1992

Duke University B.A., summa cum laude, distinction in Political Science 1990


Books
Quiet Politics and Business Power: Corporate Control in Europe and Japan. New York:
Cambridge University Press, 2011. [Winner of the 2012 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative
Social Science Research].

Changing France: The Politics that Markets Make. (Edited volume, with Peter A. Hall and
Bruno Palier). New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006. [French translation published as La
France en Mutation 1980-2005. Paris: Presses de Sciences-Po, 2006].

Creating Cooperation: How States Develop Human Capital in Europe. Ithaca, NY: Cornell
University Press, 2003.

The German Skills Machine: Sustaining Comparative Advantage in a Global Economy
(Edited volume, with David Finegold). New York: Berghahn Books, 1999.



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Journal Articles
Structural Power and Bank Bailouts in the United Kingdom and the United States. With
Raphael Reinke. Politics & Society first published online September 2014, doi:
10.1177/0032329214547342.

The Political Economy of Unmediated Democracy: Italian Austerity under Mario Monti.
West European Politics 37:6, November 2014, pp. 1264-1281.

Why Dont Governments Need Trade Unions Anymore? The Death of Social Pacts in
Ireland and Italy. With Aidan Regan. Socio-Economic Review first published online
February 2014, doi: 10.1093/ser/mwt028.

The Politics of Common Knowledge: Ideas and Institutional Change in Wage Bargaining.
International Organization 62:1, January 2008, pp. 1-33.

Do all Bridges Collapse? Possibilities for Democracy in the European Union. With Archon
Fung. Politische Vierteljahresschrift 48:4, December 2007, pp. 730-739.

Eppure, non si muove: Legal Change, Institutional Stability, and Italian Corporate
Governance. West European Politics 30:4, September 2007, pp. 784-802.

Les silences de la France en mutation. With Peter A. Hall and Bruno Palier. Revue
Franaise de Science Politique 57:2, April 2007, pp. 248-250.

Small States and Skill Specificity: Austria, Switzerland, and Interemployer Cleavages in
Coordinated Capitalism. Comparative Political Studies 40:6, June 2007, pp. 611-637.

Institutional Change in Contemporary Capitalism: Coordinated Financial Systems since
1990. World Politics 57:2, January 2005, pp. 173-199.

Single Country Studies and Comparative Politics. Italian Politics & Society 60, Spring
2005, pp. 2-5.

Puzzling, Powering, and Pacting: The Informational Logic of Negotiated Reforms.
Journal of European Public Policy 9:5, October 2002, pp. 774-790.

Associations and Non-Market Coordination in Banking: France and Eastern Germany
Compared. European Journal of Industrial Relations 8:2, 2002, pp. 217-235.

Can the State Create Cooperation? Problems of Reforming the Labor Supply in France.
Journal of Public Policy 20:3, 2000, pp. 223-245.

The Future of the High-Skill Equilibrium in Germany. Oxford Review of Economic Policy
15:1, 1999, pp. 43-59.
Reprinted in David Coates, ed., Models of Capitalism: Debating Strengths and
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Weaknesses, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2002.

Organizational Competition and the Neo-Corporatist Fallacy in French Agriculture. West
European Politics 16:3, July 1993, pp. 295-315.

Book Chapters
Capitalism, Institutions, and Power in the Study of Business. In Orfeo Fioretos, Tulia G.
Falleti, and Adam Sheingate, eds., Oxford Handbook of Historical Institutionalism, Oxford
University Press, forthcoming.

Corporate Control and Managerial Power. In David Coen, Wyn Grant, and Graham
Wilson, eds., Oxford Handbook of Business and Government, Oxford University Press, 2010,
pp. 497-511.

Institutions and Collective Actors in the Provision of Training: Historical and Cross-
National Comparisons. With Kathleen Thelen. In Karl Ulrich Mayer and Heike Solga, eds.,
Skill Formation: Interdisciplinary and Cross-National Perspectives, Cambridge University
Press, 2008, pp. 21-49.

Capitalism, Coordination, and Economic Change: The French Political Economy since
1985. In Pepper D. Culpepper, Peter A. Hall, and Bruno Palier, eds., Changing France: The
Politics that Markets Make. Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006, pp. 29-49.

La France sans boussole, au milieu des marchs. With Bruno Palier and Peter A. Hall. In
Pepper D. Culpepper, Peter Hall, and Bruno Palier, eds. La France en Mutation 1975-2005.
Presses de Sciences-Po, 2006, pp. 13-36.

Re-Embedding Public Policy: Decentralized Collaborative Governance in France and Italy.
In C. Joerges, B. Strth, and P. Wagner, eds., The Economy as a Polity: The Political
Constitution of Contemporary Capitalism. London: UCL Press, 2005, pp. 137-57.

LInformation prive et les politiques publiques en perspective comparative. In Maten
Bel, Philippe Mhaut and Olivier Mriaux, eds., La dcentralisation de la formation
professionnelle: Quels changements dans la conduite de laction publique? Paris:
LHarmattan, 2003, pp. 69-88.

Employers, Public Policy, and the Politics of Decentralized Cooperation in Germany and
France. In Peter A. Hall and David Soskice, eds., Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional
Foundations of Comparative Advantage. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 275-
306.

Still a Model for the Industrialized Countries? In Pepper D. Culpepper and David
Finegold, eds. The German Skills Machine: Sustaining Comparative Advantage in a Global
Economy. New York: Berghahn Books, 1999, pp. 1-34.

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Individual Choice, Collective Action, and the Problem of Training Reform: Insights from
France and eastern Germany. In Pepper D. Culpepper and David Finegold, eds., The
German Skills Machine: Sustaining Comparative Advantage in a Global Economy. New
York: Berghahn Books, 1999, pp. 269-325.


Public Commentary and Symposium Contributions (non-refereed)
Limitons les rmunrations patronales. Le Monde, March 30, 2012.

Politics and the Diversity of Capitalist Democracies in Europe. EUI Review Spring 2011.

Technocratic Temptations and the Global Governance Dilemma of the European Union.
An EU Agenda for Global Governance, organized by Miguel Poiares Maduro. RSCAS Policy
Papers, 2011/01.

British Universities: Quality at the Cost of Inequality. With Ben Ansell. Times Higher
Education (London), February 3, 2011.

How to Succeed in Regulating Business. The New Republic online (posted March 17, 2009
at http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/how-succeed-regulating-business).

Business Power, Policy Salience, and the Study of Politics, European Studies Forum 38:2,
Autumn 2008, pp. 5-11.

Obamas Biggest Obstacle. Christian Science Monitor, February 7, 2008.

Public Deliberation and Legitimate Governance. With Archon Fung and Taeku Lee.
Contribution to forum on Deliberation in Europe at openDemocracy.net:
http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/dliberation/public_deliberation_legitimate_governance.
Posted October, 2007.

What Can We Learn From Social Science about Democracy in Europe. With Archon
Fung. Notre Europe Etudes et Recherches, September 2006.

Listen to the Citizens: The Radical Way Forward for the European Union. With Archon
Fung. Harvard International Review, July 2006.

The Failure of Fraternit. With Peter A. Hall. International Herald Tribune, March 29,
2006.


Book Reviews
Kathleen Thelen, Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity.
Forthcoming in Socio-Economic Review.

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Michel Goyer, Contingent Capital: Short-Term Investors and the Evolution of Corporate
Governance in France and Germany. In French Politics, Culture & Society, 31:2, June 2013.

John W. Cioffi, Public Law and Private Power: Corporate Governance Reform in the Age of
Finance Capitalism, 2010. In Perspectives on Politics 10:3, September 2012.

Masahiko Aoki, Gregory Jackson, and Hideaki Miyajima, eds., Corporate Governance in
Japan: Institutional Change and Organizational Diversity, 2007. In Social Science Japan
Journal 11:2, October 2008.

Johan P. Olsen, Europe in Search of Political Order, 2007. In West European Politics 31:3,
May 2008.

John L. Campbell, Institutional Change and Globalization, 2004, and Michael Barnett and
Martha Finnemore, Rules for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics,
2004. In Perspectives on Politics 4:3, September 2006.

David Coates, Models of Capitalism: Growth and Stagnation in the Modern Era, 2000. In
Political Science Quarterly 115:4, Winter 2000-2001.

Michel Grossetti, Science, Industrie, et Territoire, 1995. In French Politics and Society 15:1,
Winter, 1997.


Fellowships and Honors
Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research, 2012
International Social Science Council and
European Consortium for Political Research

Abe Fellowship, Social Science Research Council 2007-2008

Douglas Dillon Fellowship and Distinguished Research 2007
Faculty Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs,
Harvard University (Semester Research Leave)

Grant from the William F. Milton Fund, 2004
Harvard University ($35,000)

Faculty Research Grant, Weatherhead Center for 2004
International Affairs, Harvard University ($5,000)

Deans Teaching Award, Harvard Kennedy School 2001, 2004, 2005,
2007

Jean Monnet Fellowship, European University Institute 2002-2003
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Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 1998
Government Department, Harvard University

Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 1997
Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship, American Institute for 1997
Contemporary German Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Social Science Research Council 1996
Western Europe Dissertation Research Fellowship

Chateaubriand Fellowship 1996

Dissertation Research Fellowship, 1995
Center for European Studies, Harvard University

National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship 1992-1995

Dissertation Exploration Grant, 1994
Center for European Studies, Harvard University

Max Weber Fellowship, Center for European Studies, 1992-1994
Harvard University

Marshall Scholarship, Oxford University 1990-1992

Phi Beta Kappa 1990


Professional Service
Member, Editorial Boards of Business and Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Journal
of Public Policy and Gouvernement et Action Publique.

Associate Editor, Business and Politics, 2014-present.

Review editor, French Politics, 2006-2014.

Member, Selection Committee, American Political Science Association Aaron Wildavsky
Enduring Contribution Award, 2013.

Program Co-Chair, Comparative Politics Section, American Political Science Association
Meeting, September 1-4, 2011.

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Conference Program Co-Chair, Eighteenth International Conference of European Studies,
Barcelona, Spain, June 20-22, 2011.

Member Executive Committee, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, 2010-
present.

Chair, Selection Committee, American Political Science Association Gregory Luebbert
Article Award (for best article in the field of comparative politics published in 2007 or 2008).

Chair, Fellowship Selection Committee, Council for European Studies, 2008 and 2009.

Program Chair, European Politics Section, Midwest Political Science Association Meeting,
Chicago IL, April 3-6, 2008.

Core Curriculum Planning Group, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, University of
Maastricht, Netherlands, 2004-2009.

Screener, International Dissertation Field Research Program, Social Science Research
Council, 2004-2007.

Referee for American Political Science Review, British Journal of Industrial Relations,
British Journal of Political Science, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Comparative
European Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, EPS, European
Political Science Review, French Politics, Governance, Industrial Relations Journal, Interest
Groups & Advocacy, International Organization, International Political Science Review,
International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of Comparative
Policy Analysis, Perspectives on Politics, Political Studies, Regulation & Governance, Socio-
Economic Review, World Politics, Cambridge University Press, Cornell University Press,
Harvard University Press, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, Berghahn
Books, the French National Research Agency (ANR), the Netherlands Organization for
Scientific Research (NWO), and the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO).


University Service
Search Committee, Chair in Political Science, European University Institute, 2014.

Workshop Organizer, EUI Summer Conference on Economy and Society, June 30-July 3,
2013.

Workshop Organizer, Has the Economic Crisis Changed Political Economy? Should It?
European University Institute, May 17-18, 2012.

Search Committee, Chair in International Relations, European University Institute, 2012.

Workshop Organizer, The Political and Social Dynamics of Economic Inequality in
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Europe European University Institute, May 26-27, 2011.

Max Weber Fellowship Steering Committee, European University Institute, 2010- present.

Search Committee, Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics, European University
Institute, 2010.

Workshop Organizer, Economic Integration and Political Fragmentation? Parties, Interest
Groups, and Democratic Capitalism in Eastern and Western Europe, European University
Institute, June 11-12, 2010.

Global Governance Programme Steering Committee Member, European University Institute,
2010.

Co-Chair, Committee to revise the core course in Democratic Institutions and Politics, John
F. Kennedy School of Government, 2006-2007.

Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Selection Committee, Center for European
Studies, 2006.

Summer Internship Fund Fellowship Selection Committee, John F. Kennedy School of
Government, 2006.

Coordinating Committee, Workshop Series on Democratic Institutions and Politics, John F.
Kennedy School of Government, 2005-2006.

Dissertation and Summer Research Fellowship Selection Committee, Center for European
Studies, 2005.

Deans Committee on Research, John F. Kennedy School of Government, 2004-2005.

Standing Committee on Higher Degrees in Public Policy, 2004-2009.

James Bryant Conant Post-doctoral Fellowship Selection Committee, 2004.

Multi-Disciplinary Program on Inequality and Social Policy, 2003-2009.

Committee on Doctoral Programs and PhD/PP Admissions, John F. Kennedy School of
Government, 2003-2009.

Standing Committee on European Studies, 2000-2009.

European Union Grant Executive Committee, 1999-2001.

Selection Committee of the Center for European Studies Summer Research Grants in Public
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Policy, 1999.

Search Committee in Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, 1998-1999.


Courses Taught
Comparative Political Economy, European University Institute

Introduction to Qualitative Methods, European University Institute

European Democracy, European University Institute

Comparative Politics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Varieties of Capitalism and Strategies of Reform, Harvard Kennedy School

European Policymaking, Harvard Kennedy School

The European Union: Politics and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Institution Building, Trust, and Effective Governance, Harvard Kennedy School

Doctoral Research Seminar (Strategies of Inquiry), Harvard Kennedy School


Research Affiliations
Visiting Professor, Ecole des Hautes tudes en Sciences 2011
Sociales, Paris

Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Social Science, 2007
University of Tokyo

Faculty Affiliate, Harvard Program on U.S.-Japan Relations 2006-2009

Visiting Professor, Laboratoire dconomie et de Sociologie 2003
Du Travail, CNRS/Universit de la Mditerrane Aix-Marseille II

Faculty Associate, Center for European Studies, Harvard University 2000-2009

Faculty Affiliate, Center for Business and Government, 2000-2009
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Faculty Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 1999-2009
Harvard University

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Associate Research Fellow, ESRC Centre on Skills, Knowledge, 1999-present
and Organizational Performance (SKOPE), Universities of Oxford
and Cardiff (UK)

Faculty Affiliate, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, 1998-2009
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Bosch Fellow for Institutions and Public Policy, American Institute 1997
for Contemporary German Studies, Washington, DC

Associated Researcher, Centre de Sociologie des Organisations, 1996
Paris

Guest Researcher, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fr Sozialforschung, 1995-1996
Abteilung Wirtschaftswandel und Beschftigung, Berlin


Languages
English, French, Italian, German