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     Nils Ringe


Title: Assistant Professor
Website: http://users.polisci.wisc.edu/ringe
Office: 201B North Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:30 - 11:30 & Thursdays 9:30 - 10:30 or By Appointment
Phone: 608.263.2040
Has Voicemail: Yes
E-Mail: ringe@wisc.edu
Keywords: European Union, Political Institutions


Nils Ringe (Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, 2006) is an assistant professor of European Politics in the Department of Political Science. His research and teaching interests are European Union politics (in particular the institutions of the European Union), political parties, legislatures, and elections. He is currently working on a book manuscript that re-considers the role of political parties in the decision-making processes of the European Parliament. Additional research projects include an examination of voting patterns in local elections in Central and Eastern Europe and a comparative social network analysis of Congress and the European Parliament.
 


Recent Publications

Nils Ringe Who Decides, and How? Preferences, Uncertainty, and Policy Choice in the European Parliament. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009   
Nils Ringe, Jennifer N. Victor. 2009. “The Social Utility of Informal Institutions: Caucuses as Networks in the 110th U.S. House of Representatives.” American Politics Research 37, 5 (2009): 742-66.   
 

Current Courses taught for Fall 2009-2010

106 - Introduction to Comparative Politics

Instructors: Nils Ringe      Field: Comparative Politics

338 - The European Union: Politics & Political Economy

Instructors: Nils Ringe      Field: Comparative Politics