Sase

And from Network P:

- Lynn Stout on how the preference accorded to shareholders harms investors, corporations, and the public.

- Cynthia Williams and Peter Zumbansen examines corporate governance, labor, and finance capitalism.

MIT Sloan is located in Cambridge, Mass. across the Charles River from Boston and adjacent to Cambridge's Kendall Square. The campus is within three miles of two major interstate highways, less than six miles from Logan International Airport, and is accessible via public transportation.

The campus is in the immediate vicinity of the Kendall/MIT stop on the Red Line and a 15 minute walk from Lechmere Station on the Green Line. MIT Sloan is also a 15-30 minute walk from downtown Boston (depending on the weather) and a 30-40 minute walk from Harvard University (located just up the river from the MIT campus).

SASE: How and when did you first become involved with SASE?

Richard Deeg: My first SASE conference was 2004 in D.C. where I presented a paper on complementarities and institutional change; after more iterations this paper was eventually published in the "Journal of European Public Policy".My first experience hooked me on SASE - here was a community of scholars including and beyond political science who shared my way of thinking about issues in political economy. I think, at the time, SASE was not well known among American political scientists working in political economy, and I have to thank Sig Vitols or Gregory Jackson (can't remember which one!) for introducing me to the organization. Since that time I've considered one of my personal goals as getting more of my American political scientist colleagues involved in SASE. Without question Kathy Thelen's turn as president was a big boost in this regard. After DC, I attended every SASE conference except Trier (2006). Prior to the Copenhagen conference, Kathy Thelen asked me if I would be willing to help organize and have Temple University serve as host for a SASE conference. I agreed and, though it got delayed for a variety of reasons, SASE's conference was eventually held at Temple in 2010. I also became a member of SASE's executive council at that time.

SASE: What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Richard Deeg: Growing up, I wanted to be a lawyer or a rock star. (Are there any rock stars who are also lawyers?) Needless to say, I became neither (undoubtedly this was to the long-term benefit of society).

SASE: How did you become interested in Europe?
Richard Deeg: I was interested in Europe from a very young age, undoubtedly because my parents were German emigres. My first trip to Germany was as a five-year old, and I still have several distinct memories (including the smell of diesel fumes and teeny-tiny European cars).

SASE: What are you currently working on?
Richard Deeg: I am co-editing (with Gregory Jackson) a special issue of the "Journal on European Public Policy" on changing models of capitalism. I have also just begun a project with one of my colleagues, Orfeo Fioretos, on the changing character of national and transnational governance of financial markets. My "wish project," which I've been wanting to do for years but never have the time for, is a comparative study of the US and the EU on climate change policy.

SASE: What do you enjoy doing when you're not working?
Richard Deeg: When I'm not working I spend a lot of time raising three teenagers (which is why my hair is falling out) and riding my bike: I've become one of those middle-aged male road biking enthusiasts - the kind that wears spandex shorts (much to my wife's chagrin) and rides an overpriced carbon-fiber bicycle.

Woodrow Wilson Fellowships

by Henry on September 8, 2011

I've just returned to teaching after a year's fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. It's a great place for anyone who wants to write a book (although you usually are expected to have completed one book already before applying), with good conversation (fellows are usually historians, social scientists or journalists) good offices, and a lot of intellectual activity. The Fellowship application page is here. If you think that it sounds interesting, and are able to transplant to DC for a year, I really recommend it (and am happy to provide advice in comments as needs be).