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Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professor of European and Eurasian Studies
Professor, Political Science
Director, WCEE/WCED

• Affiliation(s)

  • WCEE, Political Science, CREES, WCED

• Fields of Study

  • Political parties, state development and transformation, informal political institutions, religion and politics, and post-communist politics

• About

  More information about Professor Grzymala-Busse

• Education

  • Harvard University, Ph.D. with distinction (Government)
  • Cambridge University, M.Phil (Social and Political Studies)
  • Princeton University, A.B. with honors (Public and International Affairs)

• Awards

  • Henry Russel Award, University of Michigan (2009)
  • Ed A. Hewett Prize for Best Publication on the Political Economy of the Former Soviet Union and East Central Europe (2008)
  • APSA Greg Luebbert Award for Best Article in Comparative Politics (2008)

• Grants

  • NCEEER Policy Research Fellowship Grant for Public Opinion Research (2003)
  • ISPS Grant for Public Opinion Research in Poland, Czech Republic, and Slovakia (2003)
  • IREX Short-Term Grant (2003)

• Presentations

  • Churches as Political Actors in New(ish) Democracies (Council of Europeanists, 2012)
  • Informal Institutions and Post-Communist State Reform (Conference on Ruling Politics: The Formal and Informal Foundations of Power, 2011)
  • Legacies of Religion and Identity, and Post-Communist Political Influence (Conference on Communist Legacies, 2011)

• Selected Publications:

• Books

  • (2007) Rebuilding Leviathan
  • (2002) Redeeming the Communist Past

• Articles

  • (2012) Why Comparative Politics Needs to take Reigion (More) Seriously, Annual Review of Political Science