Laurence MOREL Curriculum vitae

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Laurence MOREL
Curriculum vitae
(as for February 2012)
Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Lille II (Lille, France)
Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Administratives Politiques et Sociales (CERAPS)
Faculté des Sciences Juridiques Politiques et Sociales
Université de Lille II
1, Place Déliot
BP 629
59024 Lille Cedex
France
Tel: +33 (0) 3 20 90 74 53/51
Fax: +33 (0) 3 20 90 77 00
e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
University Degrees
Ph.D of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy (January
1992)
Dissertation topic: “Les référendums dans les régimes parlementaires d’Europe de l’Ouest.
L’intégration de la démocratie directe à la démocratie représentative, libérale et partisane”.
Examining Board: Yves Mény (Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, Chairman), Jean Blondel
(European University Institute, Supervisor), Gianfranco Pasquino (University of Bologna), JeanLouis Quermonne (Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Grenoble), Gordon Smith (London School of
Economics)
“The thesis was written in French and defended in French and English. By Academic
Council Decision the Doctorate of the European University Institute is ungraded” (extract
from the Doctoral certificate)
Diploma of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (= M.A level) (June 1985).
Master’s dissertation topic: “Les relations entre majorité et minorité au sein d’une municipalité
urbaine depuis 1983. Application au cas de Compiègne”
Supervisors: Bernard Manin and Elisabeth Dupoirier, mention: Bien
Licence of “Lettres Modernes”, Sorbonne, Paris IV (= B.A. level), (June 1982). First 2 yearsdiploma (DEUG) obtained by equivalence after « Hypokhâgne” and.”Khâgnes” classes (1980 and
1981)
Languages
French (native) – Italian (fluent) - English (fluent) – German (passive) – Spanish (passive)
Employment
Associate Professor of Political Science, Université de Lille II, Faculté de Sciences Juridiques,
Politiques et Sociales (since 1994)
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Professor with contract at the Stanford University in Florence (2007-2008)
Professor with contract in the doctoral programme of the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane,
Florence, Italy (2006-2009, on leave from University of Lille II from January to June 2006)
Research Fellow at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy):
1989-94: with Jean Blondel (research projects “Ministerial carriers, Structures and Internal
Decision-making in West-European Cabinets since 1945” and“Governments and Supporting
parties”).
1988: with Gosta Esping-Andersen (research project“Labour Markets and Welfare States in
West-Europe”)
Visiting Professor
European University Institute, Florence, Italy, Department of Social and political Sciences
(September 2003 –February 2004)
Bologna University, Italy, Department “Politica, Istituzioni, Storia” (February-April 2002)
Faculty of Political Science of Belgrade, Yugoslavia (within European project TEMPUS), April
1992
Teaching Experience
At the Faculté des Sciences Juridiques Politiques et Sociales, Lille (in French) :
- “Democratic Theory” (post- graduate, since 2004)
- “European Politics” (graduate, since 1998)
- “French Politics” (graduate, since 2007)
- “Introduction to political science” (graduate, 2006-2008)
- “Comparative government” (post-graduate, 1994-2002)
- “Comparative Analysis of Political Parties” (post-graduate, 1994-2002)
At the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Lille (in French):
- “Comparative Political Systems” (graduate, since 2011)
- “European Politics” (graduate, 1998-2005)
At the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Florence (in Italian):
- “Empirical theories of democracy” (Doctorate of Political Science, Fall term 2008, with prof.
Morlino)
- “I classici della scienza politica” (Doctorate of Political Science, Fall term 2007)
- “ Teoria della democrazia” (Doctorate of Political Science, Fall term 2005)
At the Stanford University in Florence (in English)
- “Italian Politics between Europe and the Mediterranean. Change and Continuity” (graduate,
Winter terms 2007 and 2008, Spring term 2008)
- “Democratic Quality in the Contemporary World” (graduate, Spring term 2007)
At the Bologna University (in Italian)
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“Analisi comparata delle democrazie” (Master di Relazioni Internazionali, 2002)
Research activities
General theme: comparative government
Specific themes: direct democracy, referendum, sortition – democratic quality – democratic theory
– political parties – Italian Politics
Participation to research projects:
“Sortition in contemporary democracy”, Paris, Centre d’Etudes de la VIe POlitique Française
(CEVIPOF), directed by Gil Delannoi (2011/)
“The quality of democracy”, Florence, Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, directed by Leonardo
Morlino (2005/).
« Groupe de REcherches sur la Gauche en Europe » (GREGE. Centre de Recherches Politiques de
la Sorbonne), directed by Marc Lazar (1994/ )
“Professionalizzazione e cartellizzazione dei partiti italiani “, directed by Piero Ignazi, University of
Bologna (2004/)
“Governments and Supporting parties in Liberal Democracies”, directed by Jean Blondel, European
University Institute (1992-96)
“Il gigante ai piedi d’argilla: la crisi di un regime partitocratico”, directed by Maurizio Cotta and
Pierangelo Isernia (1994-6).
Research centers and scientific boards
Member of the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Administratives Politiques et Sociales (CERAPS,
Université de Lille II, UMR 8026 of the National Center for Scientific Research – CNRS)
Associated member of the Centre d’Etudes Politiques sur l’Europe du Nord (CEPEN, Institut
d’Etudes Politiques de Lille) (2000-2009)
Associated Member of the Groupe de REcherches Pluridisciplinaires sur l’Italie Contemporaine
(GREPIC, Sorbonne, Paris I and Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Sciences Po
Paris)
Co-director (with Jean-Luc Parodi) of the Association Française de Science Politique’s standing
group on referendums (1995-2000)
Member of the scientific board of the Revue Internationale de Politique Comparée
Conferences and Lectures
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Organisation of conferences and workshops:
“The path to referendums: Referendums on the EC Treaty”, panels 31.20 and 31.21(with Maija
Setala), 3rd ECPR General Conference, Budapest, Hungary, September 8th-10th 2005
“Le résultat introuvable du référendum italien sur la loi électorale”, workshop, Congress of the
Association Française de Science Politique, Rennes, France, September 24th 1999
“Les référendums italiens de 1997”, workshop, Association Française de Science Politique’s
standing group on Referendum, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris, France,
November 1997
“Referendums”, conference (with Jean-Luc Parodi), Association Française de Science Politique’s
standing group on Referendum, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris, France, June
1997
“Le président de la République italien dans la transition, conference, Centre d’Etudes et de
Recherches Administratives et Sociales, University of Lille II, Lille, France, March 8th1996
“Il ruolo del referendum nel sistema politico italiano”, workshop (with Piervincenzo Uleri),
Congress of the Associazione Italiana di Scienza Politica, Forli, Italy, September 1994
Papers in conferences and lectures
“Sortition in contemporary democracies”, conference “Tirage au sort et démocratie” organized by
Gil Delannoi and Oliver Dowlen, Paris, CEVIPOF, October 6th-7th 2011
“Are referendums valuable adjuncts to the political system?”, conference “The role of referendum
in France and in the UK”, Franco-British Council, London, September 28th 2011
“The Weberian Concept of Plebiscitarian Democracy applied to Contemporary Established
Democracies, panel 188: “Leader Democracy, Post-Democracy, Inverted Totalitarianism:
Democratic Theory beyond Crisis Diagnoses and reform Optimism”, 6th ECPR General Conference,
Reykjavik, August 24th-27th 2011
“Referendum and Accountability”, conference “Accountability under Democratic Constitutions”,
UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office & Ministry of Justice, Wilton Park, Steyning, February
10th-13th 2010
“Is the referendum still viable”, conference “The Fifth Republic at Fifty: Fifty years of
Constitutional Change in Britain and France”, organized by Vernon Bogdanor, Oxford, St
Anthony’s College, May 15th-16th 2008
“ Political Participation as a Quality of Democracy”, ECPR Conference, Panel : “Quality of
democracy: Dimensions and Indicators”, Chair: Gianfranco Pasquino, Pisa, Italy, September 6th-8th
2007
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“Towards a theory of referendums causes”, workshop “Referendums and initiatives: Supplementing
or Undermining Representative Democracy” directed by M. Setala and T. Schiller, ECPR Joint
sessions, Helsinki, May 7th-12th 2007
“Le elezioni presidenziale francese: campagna, voto, risultati”, conference “Ségolène o Nicolas? Il
voto in Francia e alcuni riflessione sul’Italia”, University of Molise, Isernia, Italy, May 18th 2007
“Le Elezioni Presidenziali Francese: Il Giorno Dopo”, lecture, Stanford University, Florence, Italy,
May 7th 2007
“Démocratie directe et démocratie participative. Concepts et pratiques », conference «Dialogue for
Europe : Inspirations, recommendations and Opportunities », Initiative & Referendum Institute
Europe & Fondation Notre Europe, Lyon, France, April 26-28 2007
“ The road to referendum: lessons from France. The emergence of a politically obligatory
referendum.”, panel “The path to referendums: Referendums on the EC Treaty” (organized by
Laurence Morel and Maija Setala), 3rd ECPR General Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 8-10
September 2005
“Les usages du référendum sous la Cinquième République”, conference “Le référendum du 29 mai:
dynamique, résultats et conséquences”, Groupe d’Analyse Electorale, Association Française de
Science Politique’s standing group on Electoral Analysis (GAEL), (organized by Annie Laurent and
Nicolas Sauger), Centre d’Etudes et de Relations Internationales, Paris, 3 June 2005.
“Direct Democracy and deliberation”, discussant of papers by Donatella della Porta, Yannis
Papadopoulos and Hanspeter Kriesi, conference “Empirical Approaches to Deliberative politics”
(organized by Jurg Steiner and André Bachtinger), European University Institute, Florence, 22-23
May 2004.
“The political use of government-initiated referendums”, conference “On the verge of cardinal
decisions: Israel and the referendum, lessons from around the world” (organized by Gary Sussman),
The Harold Hartog School of Government and Public Policy, in coll. with the Israeli Association of
Parliamentarism and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Tel Aviv, Israel, 21-22 April 2004.
“Lo studio dei referendums: aspetti metodologici”, doctoral seminar (Leonardo Morlino),
Department of political science, University of Florence, Italy, 10 March 2004.
“Democratic innovation and direct democracy”, doctoral seminar, European University Institute,
Florence, Italy, 11 February 2004.
“La quatrième partie du projet de Constitution: les logiques spécifiques de la négociation sur la
révision et sur la ratification”, conference “La Convention européènne: anatomie d’un consensus”
(organized by Paul Magnette and Renaud Dehousse), Association Française de Science Politique’s
standing group on Europe, Université Libre of Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgique, 21 November 2003
“L’Europe à l’épreuve des référendums: un bilan contrasté”, conference “ Les référendums
d’adhésion à l’Union Européènne”, Association Française de Science Politique’s standing group on
Electoral Analysis (GAEL) and Centre d’Etudes Politiques sur l’Europe du Nord (organized by
Annie Laurent and Michel Hastings), Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, France, 13 October
2003.
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“Le système politique italien en transition”, doctoral seminar (Piero Ignazi), Department “Politica,
Istituzioni e Storia”, University of Bologna, Italy, 27 November 2002
“La démocratie directe dans la théorie démocratique contemporaine”, lecture, Association Française
de Science Politique’s standing group “Pensée politique et histoire des idées” (invited by Gil
Delannoi and Dominique Reynier), Centre d’Etude de la VIe POlitique Française, Paris, France, 28
January 2002
“L’importance de la fonction programmatique dans les partis français: contribution à l’étude de la
crise des organisations partisanes”, section 12 “Political parties”, panel 12.6 (organized by Piero
Ignazi and Colette Ysmal), 1st ECPR General Conference, Canterbury, United Kingdom, 6-8
September 2001
“L’uso del referendum nelle democrazie occidentale: bilancio e prospettive”, doctoral seminar
(Maurizio Cotta), Department of Political Science, Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca sul
CAmbiamento Politico, Sienna, Italy, 6 March 2001
“Les référendums en France sous la Cinquième République. Les enseignements de la géographie
électorale”, Conference IPSA, Special Session n°21: “Referendum Voting: Direct Democracy and
Political behaviour” (organized by Larry Leduc), Quebec, Canada, 1-5 August 2000
“Le référendum dans les démocraties: l’exception française”, in conference “Le quinquennat :
analyses et perspectives” (organized by Pascal Perrineau), Institut d’Etudes Politiques de ParisRadio-France Internationale, Paris, 12 September 2000.
“The strategic use of government-sponsored referendums in liberal democracies”, conference
“Maturity or Malaise? The Growing Use of Referendums in Liberal-Democratic Societies”
(organized by Matthew Mendelsohn and Andrew Parkin), Center for the Study of Democracy,
Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, 14-15 May 1999
« Démocratie citoyenne, société civile, référendums », Discussant of papers by Alfio Mastropaolo
and Hiroshi Shiratori, conference « Pour une comparaison de l’Italie et du japon », Centre d’Etudes
et de Recherches Internationale (CERI), Paris, France, 10-11 December 1998
“Existe-t’il un éternel politique italien? La question de la spécificité italienne dans le débat sur le
changement politique en Italie”, conference “Le politique et la politique dans l’Italie
contemporaine” (organized by Marc Lazar), Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales,
Paris, France, 11-12 December 1997.
“The Referendum in French Political and Constitutional Experience”, workshop: “The Referendum
Experience in Europe” (organized by Michael Gallagher and Piervincenzo Uleri), ECPR Joint
Sessions, Madrid, Spain, 17-24 April 1994
“L’analyse du rapport entre le gouvernement et les partis qui le soutiennent dans le cadre de cinq
politiques publiques: la loi de réhabilitation des généraux félons d’Algérie, les nationalisations, les
privatisations, le code de nationalité et le RMI”, workshop “Governments and Supporting Parties”
(organized by Jean Blondel) Sienna, Italy, December 1993.
“Le référendum abrogatif italien: originalité dans le système référendaire européen”, conference
“Le référendum italien sur le système électoral” (organized by Hugues Portelli), Centre d’Etudes et
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de Recherches sur les Institutions Politiques Italiennes, Institut Culturel Italien, Paris, France, 4
June 1993
“La sélection des politiques permettant d’évaluer les rapports entre les gouvernements et les partis
qui les soutiennent: problèmes méthodologiques”, workshop “Governments and Supporting Parties”
(organized by Jean Blondel), European University Institute, Florence, Italy, June 1992
Series of 4 lectures: “Processes of group formation”, “The integration of groups to the State”,
“Parties and party systems”, “Concepts for analysing party change”, Faculty of Political Science of
Belgrade, Yugoslavia (within European project TEMPUS), April 1992
“Les positions des partis à l’égard de la tenue des référendums”, workshop “Prospettive di analisi
comparata”, conference “Democrazia e Referendum: le consultazioni referendarie in Italia e nel
mondo” (organized by Mario Caciagli and Piervincenzo Uleri), Società Italiana di Studi Elettorale,
Prato, Italy, 3-5 October 1991
“Party internal responses to referendums: implications for change in party responsiveness to
voters”, workshop “Elections and Parties” (organized by Kay Lawson), joint IPSA-ECPR
conference, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris, France,10-12 April 1989
“Party Internal Responses to Referendums”, workshop “Change in West European Party Systems”
(organized by Peter Mair and Gordon Smith), ECPR joint sessions, Rimini, Italy, 5-10 April 1988
Activities of expertise (most recent and significative)
(2012) Peer-reviewing of a submitted book on direct democracy to Manchester University Press
Peer-reviewing for the following journals: European Journal of Political Research, West European
Politics, Revue Internationale de Politique Comparée, Local Government Studies, Revue française
de science politique, Robert Schuman Center Working Papers
Expert guest for evaluation of NCCR project Democracy 21 (National Centre of Competence in
Research: Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century) , Swiss National Science Foundation,
Director Hans-Peter Kriesi, University of Zurich, Switzerland, 26-27 October 2007
University Franco-Italienne: yearly expertise of projects submitted for finance
Regular guest of daily program “Enjeux internationaux” (07.15a.m.-07.30a.m.), on national radio
network France Culture, as analyst of Italian politics (e.g.: 30 January 2008 « La chute du
gouvernement Prodi », 1 February 2007 : «La faiblesse du gouvernement Prodi : l’Italie renouet’elle avec ses vieux démons ? », 22 January 2005: “Le président du conseil italien mis en difficulté
par la résurgence de contre-pouvoirs?”, 16 June 2003: “L’évolution du système politique italien
deux ans après l’arrivée au pouvoir de Forza Italia”, 9 April 2002: “La vie politique italienne:
Immature? Atypique? Anticipatrice?”, 17 April 2000: “Analyse à chaud des élections régionales
italiennes”).
Guest (with Yannis Papadopoulos and Jean-Luc Parodi) in public conference “La place du
référendum dans la démocratie”, in Les conversations à la FNAC (weekly debates on political
topics organized by Pascal Perrineau), FNAC Ternes, Paris, 21 April 2005
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“Le référendum européen à bâtir”(article), special dossier on participatory democracy, daily
newspaper La Croix, 19/12/2003
(1998) collaboration to second edition of Philippe Lauvaux, Les grandes démocraties, Paris, PUF
(chapter on Italy)
Publications
Books
(1997) L’Italie en transition. Recul des partis et activation de la fonction présidentielle, Paris,
L’Harmattan, 251 p, editor and author of 4 chapters (see chapters in books)
Articles
(2012, forthcoming) “Sortition and Contemporary Democracy”, Cahiers du CEVIPOF, 10 pages
(2011) « On Sortition : critical essay on Gil Delannoi et Oliver Dowlen (dir.), Sortition. Theory
and Practice, Charlottesville, Imprint Academic, 2010, and Gil Delannoi, “Le retour du tirage au
sort en politique”, Fondapol, dec. 2010 », Jus Politicum n°6, 15 pages (www.juspoliticum.com)
(2010) “La Ve République et la démocratie plébiscitaire de Max Weber, Jus Politicum, n°2, p 203247
(2010) “La Ve République, le référendum et la démocratie plébiscitaire de Max Weber, Jus
Politicum, n°4, 55 pages (www.juspoliticum.com)
(2007) “The Rise of Politically Obligatory Referendums. The 2005 French Referendum in
Comparative Perspective”, West European Politics, vol. 30, N° 5, 1041-1067
(2006) “Le recours au référendum: une initiative présidentielle?”, in La Vème République,
évolutions et débats, Cahiers Français n° 332, La Documentation Française, p 14-9
(2005) “Les usages du référendum sous la Cinquième République : un Président en perte
d’initiative“, Cahiers du CEVIPOF n° 42, p 7-25.
(2004) Book review on Gianfranco Pasquino, Sistemi Politici Comparati. Francia, Germania,
GranBretagna, Italia, Stati Uniti, Bologne, Bononia UP, 167 p, in Revue Internationale de
Politique Comparée, vol. 11, n°2, p 319-21
(2003) “Du référendum en Europe du Nord et de quelques remarques générales inspirées par les
référendums irlandais sur le Traité de Nice”, Cahiers du CEPEN, 2003, n°1, p. 7-12
(2003) “Les référendums en France sous la Cinquième République. Les enseignements de la
géographie électorale”, (with Bernard Dolez & Annie Laurent), Revue Internationale de Politique
Comparée, vol.10, n°1, p. 111-27
(2001) “La législation directe dans les démocraties occidentales: mise en perspective du cas
français”, Cahiers Français, n°300: “La Vème République: permanences et mutations”, p 81-91
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(2000) “Vers une démocratie directe partisane? En relisant Ian Budge”, Revue Française de Science
Politique, vol. 50, n° 4-5, p 731-44
(1998) “Referendums, direct democracy and party government in liberal democracies”, European
Review, vol.6, n°2, p 203-214
(1996) “La pratique du référendum dans les démocraties libérales”, Pouvoirs, n°77, p 21-40
(1996) on David Butler & Austin Ranney (eds), Referendums around the World. The Growing Use
of Direct Democracy, London, Macmillan, 1994, in West European Politics, 19(3), p 655-6
(1994) “Il referendum nell’esperienza politica e costituzionale francese”, Quaderni
dell’Osservatorio Elettorale, 32, p 69-110
(1993) “Party Attitudes Towards Referendums in Western Europe”, West European Politics, 16(3),
p 225-44
(1992) “Le référendum: Etat des recherches”, Revue Française de Science Politique, 42(6), p 83564
Chapters in books
(forthcoming 2013), “Referendums in Western Europe”, in Andreas Auer & Matt Qvortrup (eds),
Referendums around the World, Macmillan
(2012) “Referendums” in Andras Sajo and Michel Rosenfeld (eds), The Oxford Book of
Comparative Constitutional Law, Oxford: Oxford U. P., ch. 24, pp. 501-528
(2011) “Referenda” in Bertrand Badie, Dirk Berg- Schlosser, Leonardo Morlino (eds),
International Encyclopedia of Political Science, SAGE Publications, Vol. 7, pp. 2226-2230 (the
encyclopedy was granted the “Darmouth Honourable Mention”)
(2001) “The strategic use of government-sponsored referendums in liberal democracies”, in
Matthew Mendelsohn & Andrew Parkin (eds), Referendum Democracy: Citizens, Elites, and
Deliberation in Referendums Campaigns, New York, Palgrave, p 47-64
(1997) 4 chapters in Laurence Morel (ed.), L’Italie en transition. Recul des partis et activation de la
fonction présidentielle, Paris, L’Harmattan, 251 p: “La transition italienne” (p 9-38), “Les
réformes institutionnelles: de l’initiative partisane aux référendums” (p 141-74), “Les transitions
dans les démocraties: comparaison France-Italie” (p 207-17), Annexes (p 219-50)
(1996) “Du marxisme au craxisme: le parti socialiste italien à la recherche d’une identité”, in Marc
Lazar (ed), La gauche en Europe depuis 1945: invariants et mutations du socialisme européen,
Paris, PUF, p 263-91
(1996) “France: Party Government at Last?” in Jean Blondel & Maurizio Cotta (eds), Party and
Governments. An Inquiry into the Relationship between Governments and Supporting Parties in
Western Liberal Democracies, London, Macmillan, p 40-60
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(1996) “Le riforme istituzionali”, in Maurizo Cotta & Pierangelo Isernia (eds), Un gigante dai piedi
d’argilla: la crisi di un regime partitocratico, Bologna, Il Mulino, p 337-72
(1996) “France: towards a less controversial use of the referendum?”in Michael Gallagher &
Piervicenzo Uleri (eds), The Referendum Experience in Europe, London, Macmillan, p 66-85
(1994) “La Francia dalla rivoluzione alla Quinta Repubblica”, in Mario Caciagli & Piervincenzo
Uleri (eds), Democrazia e Referendum, Laterza, Roma/Bari, p 100-23
(1990) “France”, in Thomas.T. Mackie (ed), Europe Votes 3, Aldershot, Dartmouth, p 51-86
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