CURRICULUM VITÆ DR. TIM JAEKEL Assistant Professor Higher School of Economics: School of Public Administration 20 Myasnitskaya Ulitsa, Moscow, Russian Federation, 101000 tjekel[at]hse.ru Blog: publicsector-research.net Corporate: hse.ru/en/staff/jaekel WORK EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Higher School of Economics: School of Public Administration, Moscow, Russia (current position) Teaching fellow, German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer, Germany. Research fellow, German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer, Germany. Coordinator of the Research Collaboration Performance comparison and benchmarking in the public sector, German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer, Germany. Research Assistant, Chair for Comparative Government (Prof. Dr. Uwe Wagschal), Seminar for Political Science, University of Freiburg, Germany. Research Assistant, Chair for Comparative Government (Prof. Dr. Uwe Wagschal), Institute for Political Science, Heidelberg University, Germany. Research Assistant, Department of History, Heidelberg University, Germany. Research Assistant, Department of Ancient History and Epigraphy, Heidelberg University, Germany. 2015 present 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 2010 2015 2010 2015 2009 2010 2006 2009 2006 2007 2003 2007 [1]
EDUCATION Ph.D. in Political Science (Dr. rer. pol.), Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Heidelberg University, Germany. 2011 Doctoral Thesis: Arbeitsmarktreformen. Eine empirischvergleichende Analyse für 16 westeuropäische Länder 1950 bis 2008 (A Time-Series Cross-Sectional Analysis of Labor Market Reforms in Western Europe 1950-2008). (in German) Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Uwe Wagschal, Prof. Dr. Lars P. Feld State examination in Political Science, Heidelberg University, Germany. 2007 State examination in History, Heidelberg University, Germany. 2007 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Undergraduate Research Seminar Models of Service Delivery, Higher School of Economics: School of Public Administration. 4 th module, 2nd year students. Seminar S403 Comparative Local Government Teaching Evaluation Score on a 5 point scale (the higher the better) Mean 4.55 points, Median 5 points, Minimal 3 points, SD 0.7 points 2015 2014 Exercise 1 Methoden und Statistik (Statistics for Political Scientists), University of Freiburg. (in German) Graduate Masterclass Theory and Practice of Public Administration: Lectures on Public Sector Decision Making, and Intergovernmental Relations, Higher School of Economics, Moscow. Seminar S203 Local government and administrative modernization from a comparative perspective, German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer, Germany. Seminar C204 Das politische System Deutschlands im europäischen Vergleich (Comparative Government), German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer, Germany. (in German) 2009 2015 2012, 2013 2011 [2]
PUBLICATIONS A) Books JÄKEL, T. (2016, forthcoming) Benchmarking der öffentlichen Verwaltung: Ein europäischer Ländervergleich. Speyer, Deutsches Forschungsinstitut für öffentliche Verwaltung. (in German) (Benchmarking in Public Administration: A European Cross Country Comparison). * JÄKEL, T. (2011) Arbeitsmarktreformen. Eine empirisch-vergleichende Analyse für 16 westeuropäische Länder 1950 bis 2008. (A Time-Series Cross-Sectional Analysis of Labor Market Reforms in Western Europe 1950-2008) Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Heidelberg. [urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-opus-122045] (in German) B) Journal Articles Peer-Reviewed JÄKEL, T. & KUHLMANN, S. (2013) Lernen von den Besten? Steuerung und Nutzung von Leistungsvergleichen in europäischen Verwaltungen. (Public Performance Benchmarking: A European Comparison) der moderne staat Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management, Sonderheft 2013, 141-160. (in German) KUHLMANN, S. & JÄKEL, T. (2013) Competing, Collaborating or Controlling? Benchmarking-Regimes in European Local Governments from a Comparative Perspective. Public Money & Management, 33, 269-276. [Indexed in SSCI] WAGSCHAL, U. & JÄKEL, T. (2010) Öffentliche Finanzen im Stresstest Policy- Reaktionen auf die Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise. (Policy-Responses in OECD Countries to the Financial and Economic Crisis) der moderne staat Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management, 3, 295-320. (in German) Non-Peer-Reviewed JÄKEL, T. & KUHLMANN, S. (2012) Kann man von der Schweiz lernen? Leistungsvergleiche kommunaler Finanzkennzahlen in föderalen Ländern. (Evaluation of Local Fiscal Performance in Germany and Switzerland) Verwaltung & Management, 18, 131-135. (in German) C) Other Journal Contributions KUHLMANN, S. & JÄKEL, T. (2013) Why does performance benchmarking vary? Evidence from European local government. IN GRACE, C. (Ed.) Benchmarking for improvement. Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (SOLACE). D) Proceedings JÄKEL, T. (2016, forthcoming) Benchmarking and Comparisons of Performance of Local Governments in Germany: Approaches, Advantages and Side Effects. IN WANG YUKAI & FÄRBER, G. (Eds.) Comparative Studies on Vertical Administrative Reforms in China and Germany. Berlin, Duncker & Humblot. JÄKEL, T. (2014) Title: 中 德 行 政 体 制 改 革 比 较 研 究 / 汪 玉 凯, ( 德 ) 吉 塞 拉 菲 尔 伯 尔 等 著. Publisher: 北 京 : 人 民 出 版 社. ISBN: 978-7-01-013994-4. http://opacn.lib.sxu.edu.cn:8080/opac_two/search2/s_detail.jsp?sid=01h0497792&sno=428 [3]
(in Chinese) (Benchmarking and Comparisons of Performance of Local Governments in Germany) E) Contributions in Editions WAGSCHAL, U., WENZELBURGER, G., METZ, T. & JÄKEL, T. (2009) Konsolidierungsstrategien der Bundesländer. (Budget Consolidation in the German States, 1990-2006) IN WAGSCHAL, U., WINTERMANN, O. & PETERSEN, T. (Eds.) Konsolidierungsstrategien der Bundesländer: Verantwortung für die Zukunft. Gütersloh, Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung. (in German) JÄKEL, T. & HÖRISCH, F. (2009) Die Deregulierung von Arbeitsmärkten im OECD- Vergleich zwischen 1990 und 2005. (Liberalization of Labor Market Regulation 1990-2005: An international comparison) IN WAGSCHAL, U. (Ed.) Deutschland zwischen Reformstau und Veränderung: Ein Vergleich der Politik- und Handlungsfelder. Baden-Baden, Nomos. (in German) F) Discussion Papers JÄKEL, T. (2013) Wer vergleicht seine Leistung, wenn er hohe Schulden hat? Empirische Evidenz aus den deutschen kreisfreien Städten (Who compares his performance against that of his peers? Empirical evidence from German single-tier local government) FÖV Discussion Papers, 74. (in German) GRANTS Conference travel grant, German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst), 2014. Graduate Scholarship granted by the German State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, 2007-2010. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP Transatlantic Policy Consortium (TPC). German Political Science Association (DVPW). Heidelberg Alumni International (HAI). INVOLVEMENT IN THIRD-PARTY FUNDED PROJECTS (Own position in Italics) Assistance and membership in Working Group II on Internal New Public Management Reforms, ISCH COST Action IS1207 Local Public Sector Reforms: An International Comparison, Chair/Co-Chair: Sabine Kuhlmann / Geert Bouckaert. Run duration: 28/03/2013-27/03/2017. Sponsor: European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). Amount of funding: EUR 344,200. Short research stays at the School of Political Science, University of Florence, Italy in December 2012 and November 2013, attendance in the hearing of Consiglio Regionale della Toscana, Prima Commissione Affari istituzionali, Programmazione e Bilancio Incontro [4]
della Commissione sul Tema Le fusion dei comuni e la cooperazione intercomunale nei Pesi dell Unione Europea (Regional Council of Tuscany, Committee on Administrative Affairs and Budgeting), and co-authored paper (together with ANDREA LIPPI) on Performance Measurement and Benchmarking in Germany and Italy, VIGONI Project on Municipal Rationalization, Project Leader: Sabine Kuhlmann. Run duration: 01/01/2012-31/12/2013. Sponsor: German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Auslandsdienst, DAAD). Amount of funding: EUR 9,600. INSTITUTIONAL ENGAGEMENT Higher School of Economics: Chair of the section Politics and Public Administration at the 2 nd International Students Conference Welt und Wissenschaft, April 12, 2016. Higher School of Economics: School of Public Administration. Co-Chair and Co-Organizer of the School s monthly Public Administration discussion meeting. Indiana University School of Public & Environmental Affairs Overseas Education Program SPEA ON THE RHINE Public Policy and Administration in Germany, the European Union, and the United States, since 2012. Leibniz Research Network Crises of a globalized world, representative of the German Research Institute for Public Administration, since 2013. PRESENTATIONS, INVITED TALKS AND LECTURES A) PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS AT SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES INTERNATIONAL * JÄKEL, T. Peer Effects, Performance Gaps, and Innovative Behavior, Paper presented at the Conference Public service innovation and the delivery of effective public services, National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary, October 15-16, 2015. * JÄKEL, T. Risk-taking and innovation in the local public sector: Explaining participation decision in a sector-led performance improvement exercise of Swedish municipalities, Paper presented at the II International Conference Modern Econometric Tools and Applications EC2015, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation, September 24-26, 2015 * JÄKEL, T. Using spatial econometrics to explain participation in local public sector performance benchmarking: Empirical evidence from Swedish municipalities. Paper presented at the XVI April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation, 7 10 April 2015. * JÄKEL, T. The Spatial Dimension of Public Performance Benchmarking: Empirical Evidence from Swedish Municipalities, Paper presented at the Transatlantic Policy Consortium Summer 2014 Conference: Transatlantic Perspectives: Innovation in Multiple Systems, Indiana Memorial Union (IMU), Bloomington, USA, June 23-24, 2014. JÄKEL, T. Financial crisis and the use of relative performance information in local public administration: Empirical evidence from German municipalities, Paper presented at the International Graduate Conference Crisis and Governance in Europe : Implications for State, Market and Society, German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer, Germany, April 18-19, 2013. [5]
* JÄKEL, T. Benchmarking und Leistungsvergleiche von Kommunen in Deutschland - Arten, Vorteile und Nebenwirkungen, Invited Talk at the Sino-German Public Policy Dialogue: Administrative Structures: A Comparison between China and Germany against the Background of the Financial Crisis, Chinese Academy of Governance (CAG), Beijing, People s Republic of China, October 22-23, 2012. (in German) JÄKEL, T. International Perspectives on Benchmarking in Public Administration, Keynote Speech at the HIS Conference Benchmarking in Higher Education', Hochschul-Informations- System GmbH (HIS), Hannover, Germany, September 13, 2012. KUHLMANN, S. & JÄKEL, T. (2012) Competing, Collaborating or Controlling? Benchmarking-Regimes in European Local Governments from a Comparative Perspective, Paper presented at the 34th European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) Annual Conference, Bergen, Norway, September 5-8, 2012. JÄKEL, T. Is fiscal stress a driver or an obstacle for the use of relative performance information in local public administration? Empirical evidence from German local government, Paper presented at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA)/ German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer Conference Converging and Conflicting Trends in the Public Administration of the US, Europe, and Germany, German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer, Germany, July, 19-20, 2012. JÄKEL, T. & KUHLMANN, S. International Perspectives on Benchmarking in Public Administration, Paper presented at the International Congress of International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), IDHEAP, Lausanne, Switzerland, July, 4-8, 2011. WAGSCHAL, U. & JÄKEL, T. A Stress Test for Public Finances Policy-Responses to the Financial and Economic Crisis in the OECD, Paper prepared for presentation at the 39th ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops 2011, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. JÄKEL, T. In and out: The impact of labour market insiders on labour market reform strategies, Paper presented at the 38th ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops 2010, University of Münster, Germany, March 22-27, 2010. WAGSCHAL, U. & JÄKEL, T. Worlds of fiscal packages: Policy-responses to the economic crisis in Europe and the OECD, Paper presented at the 5th ECPR General Conference, University of Potsdam, Germany, September 10-12, 2009. JÄKEL, T. Designing a database of labour market reforms, Invited Talk at the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti / IZA Workshop Tracking Structural Reforms. Discussion on further developments on the IZA-frDB database on labour market reforms, Università Bocconi, Milano, Italy, March 13, 2009. NATIONAL JÄKEL, T. & KUHLMANN, S. Wissen durch Leistungsvergleich Die (vier) Welten des Leistungsvergleichs in der öffentlichen Verwaltung (Worlds of Benchmarking in Public Administration), Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the German Association of Political Science Section on Public Policy and Administrative Science, German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer, Germany, November 11, 2011. (in German) JÄKEL, T. Leistungsvergleiche in deutschen Kommunen: Verbreitungsgrade und Determinanten (Determinants of Performance Benchmarking in German Local Government), Paper presented at the Annual Meeting Forum Junge Sozialwissenschaften (FoJuS), German [6]
Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer, Germany, September 22-23, 2011. (in German) JÄKEL, T. Arbeitsmarktreformen Eine empirisch-vergleichende Analyse der Reformdynamik am Arbeitsmarkt und ihrer Determinanten für 16 westeuropäische Länder 1950 bis 2008 (A Time-Series-Cross-Sectional Analysis of Labor Market Reforms in Western Europe 1950-2008), Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the German Association of Political Science Section on Political Economy, University of Bamberg, September 16-17, 2011. (in German) KUHLMANN, S. & JÄKEL, T. Benchmarking in der öffentlichen Verwaltung: ein europäischer Ländervergleich (Benchmarking in European Public Administration), Invited Talk at the Conference Verwaltungsmodernisierung, Benchmarking und Wettbewerb, German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer, Germany, March 22-23, 2011. (in German) B) PRESENTATIONS, INVITED TALKS AND LECTURES (OTHER THAN SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES) INTERNATIONAL JÄKEL, T. Benchmarking for Better Public Sector Performance: Empirical Evidence from European Local Government, Invited Lecture at the National Research University Higher School of Economics Moscow, Russia, March 28, 2014. JÄKEL, T. & LIPPI, A. Measuring and Comparing Local Public Performance in Germany and Italy, Paper presented at the 2nd Joint Meeting of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) VIGONI Project on Municipal Rationalization, School of Political Science, University of Florence, Italy, November 22, 2013. JÄKEL, T. Kommunale Haushalte und Verwaltungshandeln am Beispiel Baden- Württembergs allgemeine Merkmale der kommunalen Haushalte, Verteilung der Zuständigkeiten Einnahmen und Ausgaben (Local Government Budgeting and Administrative Decision-Making in the German State Baden-Württemberg), Invited Lecture at the German- French Seminar Finanzierung öffentlicher Aufgaben der Gebietskörperschaften in Frankreich und Deutschland (Local Finances in Germany and France), EURO-Institut, Kehl, Germany, June 11, 2013. (in German) JÄKEL, T. Auswirkungen der Verwaltungsmodernisierung auf das kommunale Haushaltswesen Von der Kameralistik zur Doppik (Budget Accounting Reforms in German Local Government), Invited Lecture at the German-French Seminar Finanzierung öffentlicher Aufgaben der Gebietskörperschaften in Frankreich und Deutschland (Local Finances in Germany and France), EURO-Institut, Kehl, Germany, June 11, 2013. (in German) * JÄKEL, T. New trends of municipal administrative reforms in Germany: The case of performance benchmarking, Invited Lecture at the Guangxi Provincial School of Administration, Nanning, People s Republic of China, October 24, 2012. JÄKEL, T. Réforme de la fiscalité locale en Allemagne (Reforms of Local Finances in Germany), Invited Lecture at the Institut national des études territoriales (INET), Strasbourg, France, June 6, 2012. JÄKEL, T. Verwaltungsmodernisierung zwischen Wissen und Politik: Benchmarking als Schlüsselinstrument des NPM in Europa? (Administrative Modernization in Europe through [7]
Benchmarking), Invited Lecture at the German-French Seminar «Quelle contribution, le management public apporte-t-il à la promotion de l Etat de Droit, des Droits de l Homme et de la Démocratie?» (Does Public Management contribute to Human Rights and Democracy?), Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France, November 16, 2011. (in German) JÄKEL, T. International Perspectives on Benchmarking in Public Administration, Invited Talk at the Joint Workshop of Indiana University School of Public & Environmental Affairs and German Research Institute for Public Administration, German Research Institute for Public Administration, July 15, 2011. JÄKEL, T. International Perspectives on Benchmarking in Public Administration - Key points for benchlearning in Romania, Invited Lecture at the Workshop Bench-Learning - Lernorientierte Leistungsvergleiche in öffentlichen Verwaltungen (Benchlearning as Tool for Public Performance Improvement) held for a Deputation of Senior Experts from Romanian Central Government organized by Rambøll Management Consulting, Berlin, May 6, 2011. JÄKEL, T. Performance Management and Performance Comparison in Public Administration - The German Experience, Invited Lecture at the China-Europe Public Administration Project (CEPA) II, German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer, Germany, March 2, 2011. NATIONAL JÄKEL, T. Benchmarking in der öffentlichen Verwaltung: ein europäischer Ländervergleich (Benchmarking in Public Administration: A Cross-Country Comparison), Invited Talk at the Expert Talk Benchmarking als Beitrag zur Nachhaltigkeit (Benchmarking as Contribution to Sustainability), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (German Agency for International Cooperation), September 24, 2013. (in German) JÄKEL, T. Leistungsvergleiche in Kommunen im europäischen Vergleich (Performance Comparison at the Local of Government), Invited Talk at the Arbeitskreis 1.3 Bürokratieentlastung der öffentlichen Verwaltung. Arbeitsgemeinschaft für wirtschaftliche Verwaltung e. V. (AWV) (Study Group on Efficient Public Administration), Bundeshaus Berlin, September 13, 2011. (in German) JÄKEL, T. Kommunale Leistungsvergleiche: Erfahrungen für Hessen aus dem europäischen Ausland (Benchmarking of Local Goverment Performance: What lessons can be learned?), Invited Talk at the Dialogverfahren zur Finanzausstattung der hessischen Kommunen (Dialogue on Local Government Funding), Ministry of Finance of the State of Hesse, Wiesbaden, Germany, September 6, 2011. (in German) JÄKEL, T. The Political Economy of Labour Market Reforms, Invited Talk at the Seminar for Political Science, Chair of Comparative Politics (Prof. Dr. Uwe Wagschal), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, May 27, 2010. JÄKEL, T. Arbeitsmarktreformen: Eine empirisch-vergleichende Analyse für 16 westeuropäische Wohlfahrtsstaaten 1950 bis 2008 (A Time-Series-Cross-Sectional Analysis of Labor Market Reforms in Western Europe 1950-2008), Paper presented at the Biannual Joint Session of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program on Tax System and Welfare State Reforms, Institute for Finance and Tax Law, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany, April 22, 2010. JÄKEL, T. Der Einfluss von Problemdruck, Parteiendifferenz und Vetospielern auf Arbeitsmarktreformen (Labor Market Reforms: The Impact of Partisan Cleavages and Veto Players), Paper presented at the Biannual Joint Session of the Interdisciplinary Graduate [8]
Program on Tax System and Welfare State Reforms, Neunkirchen, Germany, June 11-12, 2009. JÄKEL, T. Arbeitsmarktreformen im europäischen Vergleich 1990-2005 (A Cross-Country Comparison of Labor Market Reforms 1990-2005), Invited Talk at the Biannual Joint Session of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program on Tax System and Welfare State Reforms, Institute for Finance and Tax Law, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany, February 13, 2008. C) ACTIVITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES, AND WORKSHOPS INTERNATIONAL Co-Chair, Symposia series Did grow together what belonged together 05 Reorganizing state economies: Towards a regulated market economy in Europe?. 5th ECPR General Conference, University of Potsdam, Germany, September 10-12, 2009. (together with LASZLO BRUSZT and DOROTHEE BOHLE) NATIONAL Workshop Organizer, Annual Meeting of the German Association of Political Science (DVPW) Section Public Policy and Administrative Science, German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer, Germany, November 11-12, 2011. (together with SABINE KUHLMANN, SABINE KROPP, and JULIA FLEISCHER) [9]