Dr Daniel Hough

Biography

Dan Hough¿¿graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1997.¿¿ On leaving the North-East he headed for¿¿the¿¿Institute for German Studies at the University of Birmingham to complete his PhD.¿¿ Following the completion of his doctoral studies¿¿in 2000 he spent another two years in Birmingham working on a Leverhulme Trust funded research project with Charlie Jeffery and then as an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow.¿¿ He then moved to the University of Nottingham for a year before joining the department¿¿in the Autumn of 2003.

If Dan is not in his office then he is likely either to be watching Shrewsbury Town Football Club or¿¿playing cricket for Twickenham CC. He occasionally tweets on @thedanhough

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CAREER

2013- Professor of Politics

Sept 2011- January 2012¿¿ Visiting Fellow, Renmin Law School, Renmin University of China, Beijing

2011-¿¿ Director, Sussex Centre for the Study of Corruption (SCSC)

2009-2012¿¿ Reader in Politics, University of Sussex

2006-2009 ¿¿Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Sussex¿¿

2003-2006¿¿ Lecturer in Politics, University of Sussex

2002-03 Lecturer in Politics, University of Nottingham

2001-02 ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Birmingham

2000-01 Research Assistant on a Leverhulme Trust funded project with Professor Charlie Jeffery, University of Birmingham

1997-2000 PhD, University of Birmingham

1995-96 University of Leipzig, Germany

1993-1997 BA (Hons), University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Community and Business

I have served as both Secretary (2007-10) and Treasurer (2004-07) of the International Association for the Study of German Politics (http://www.iasgp.org/).  I am a member of Executive Committee of the Bernd Trautmann Foundation (http://www.trautmann-foundation.org/), an organisation that seeks to develop and deepen sporting links (and the positive relationships that stem from them) between Germans and Britons. 

Political Corruption, Comparative Politics, German Politics, The GDR/East Germany, Party Politics, Electoral Behaviour, Post-Communist Politics

RESEARCH FUNDING

British Academy Small Research Grant, 'The Polish Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) in Comparative Perspective: Successes, Failures and Options for Reform', October 2012 - March 2013, £9,980.

DAAD Research Grant, 'Germany, the UK and the Eurocrisis' (with Kai Oppermann and Alan Mayhew), September 2012 - August 2013, Euro 35,000.

DAAD Research Grant ('Study Visits for Academics'), November-December 2009, Euro 3,990. 

British Academy Overseas Conference Grant, German Studies Association Conference Minneapolis/St Paul, October 2008, £500.

Nuffield Foundation Small Grant, 'Party Formation in Theory and Practice: The Party of the Left in Germany', March 2006 - August 2006, £2,568.

ESRC Small Grant, 'Government Participation and the De-Radicalisation of Left-Wing Populist Parties', January 2005 - February 2006, £44,613.

Co-applicant, Leverhulme Trust funded project on 'Policy Transfer and Programmatic Change in the Communist Successor Parties of East Central Europe', March 2002 - June 2003, £107,000.

UNDERGRADUATE

Winner of the PSA's Bernard Crick Award for Outstanding Teaching, New Entrants Prize, 2005.

Political Change: Modern Germany

Political Governance: Modern Germany

Political Corruption

Research Skills and Methods in Political Science

POSTGRADUATE

Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Corruption

Methodological Approaches to the Study of Corruption

West European Politics (option)

Territorial Politics (option)

Tackling Corruption: Methods, Means and Mechanisms (option)

Student Consultation

In the Summer Term I am available (Friston 215) to see students via appointment. Mondays generally suit best, but I can be flexible with a bit of notice. Just drop me a line to make an appointment (d.t.hough@sussex.ac.uk).

Hough, Daniel (2013) Corruption, anti-corruption and governance. Political corruption and governance . Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. ISBN 9781137268709

Hepburn, Eve and Hough, Dan (2012) Regionalist Parties and the Mobilisation of Territorial Difference in Germany. Government and Opposition, 47 (1). pp. 74-96. ISSN 0017-257X

Bale, Tim, Hough, Dan and Van Kessel, Stijn (2012) Right to be worried? Three centre-left parties and the radical right in the Netherlands, Germany and Great Britain. In: Class politics and the radical right. Extremism and democracy . Routledge, London. ISBN 9780415690522

Hough, Dan (2011) Lurch to the left or a spot of shadow boxing?: The Left Party's new programme and its implications for governing Germany. Working Paper. AICGS, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC.

Green, Simon, Hough, Dan and Miskimmon, Alistair (2011) The Politics of the New Germany. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-60439-0

Hough, Dan (2011) Breaking the mould: forming and maintaining the conservative-liberal democrat coalition. Political Quarterly, 82 (2). pp. 240-243. ISSN 0032-3179

Mayhew, Alan, Oppermann, Kai and Hough, Dan (2011) German foreign policy and leadership of the EU - 'You can't always get what you want … but you sometimes get what you need'. Working Paper. Sussex European Institute, Sussex, UK.

Hough, Dan (2011) Small but perfectly formed?: The rise and rise of Germany's smaller parties. German Politics, 20 (1). pp. 186-199. ISSN 0964-4008

Lees, Charles, Hough, Dan and Keith, Dan (2010) Towards an Analytical Framework for Party Mergers: Operationalising the Cases of the German Left Party and the Dutch Green Left. West European Politics, 33 (6). pp. 1299-1317. ISSN 0140-2382

Hough, Dan (2010) Political opposition in the era of the Grand Coalition (2005-09). German Politics, 19 (3-4). pp. 369-381. ISSN 0964-4008

Olsen, Jonathan, Hough, Dan and Koβ, Michael (2010) Conclusion: Left Parties in National Governments. In: Left Parties in National Governments. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 173-185. ISBN 978-0230236509

Hough, Dan (2010) From pariah to prospective partner?: The German left party's winding path towards government. In: Left parties in national governments. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 138-154. ISBN 9780230236509

Olsen, Jonathon, Koß , Michael and Hough, Dan, eds. (2010) Left Parties in National Governments. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230236509

Hough, Dan (2010) Don't mention the four.

Hough, Dan and Koß , Michael (2010) A Regional(ist) Party in Denial? The German PDS and its Arrival in Unified Germany. In: New Challenges for Stateless Nationalist and Regionalist Parties. Routledge, London. ISBN 9780415571814

Hough, Dan and Kirchner, Emil (2010) Germany at 60: Stability and Success, Problems and Challenges. German Politics, 19 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 0964-4008

Hough, Dan and Fisher, Justin (2010) Die Parlamentswahlen 2010 im Vereinigten Koenigreich. Wird alles anders? Oder viel Lärm um nichts? Zeitschrift fur Parlamentsfragen, 41 (4). pp. 725-739. ISSN 0340-1758

Hough, Dan and Kirchner, Emil, eds. (2010) German Politics. (Special Issue), 19 (1). Routledge. ISBN 0964-4008

Hough, Dan and Verge, Tània (2009) A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing or a Gift from Heaven? Left-Left Coalitions in Comparative Perspective. Regional and Federal Studies, 19 (1). pp. 37-55. ISSN 1359-7566

Jeffery, Charlie and Hough, Dan (2009) Understanding Post-Devolution Elections in Scotland and Wales in Comparative Perspective. Party Politics, 15 (2). pp. 219-240. ISSN 1354-0688

Hough, Dan (2009) Smaller parties and the 'normalization' of the German party system. In: Germany's gathering crisis: the 2005 federal election and the grand coalition. New perspectives in German political studies . Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230516854

Hough, Dan and Koß , Michael (2009) A Regional(ist) Party in Denial? The German PDS and its Arrival in Unified Germany. Regional and Federal Studies, 19 (4-5). pp. 579-593. ISSN 1359-7566

Koß , Michael and Hough, Dan (2009) Populism Personified or Reinvigorated Reformers? The German Left Party in 2009 and Beyond. German Politics and Society, 27 (2). pp. 76-91. ISSN 1045-0300

Hough, Dan and Boswell, Christina (2008) Politicising Migration: Opportunity or Liability for the Centre-Right in Germany? In: Immigration and Integration Policy in Europe: Why Politics - and the Centre-Right - Matter. Routledge, London. ISBN 978-0415468343

Hough, Dan and Koß , Michael (2008) Territory and Electoral Politics in Germany. In: Territorial Party Politics in Western Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 47-62. ISBN 9780230521629

Hough, Daniel (2008) The Left Party and Germany's Coalition Conundrums.

Boswell, Christina and Hough, Dan (2008) Politicizing migration: opportunity or liability for the centre-right in Germany? Journal of European Public Policy, 15 (3). pp. 331-348. ISSN 1350-1763

Green, Simon, Hough, Dan and Miskimmon, Alister (2008) The Politics of the New Germany. Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN 9780415353663

Hough, Dan and Sloam, James (2007) Different Road Maps, Similar Paths? Social Democratic Politics in the UK and Germany. In: Policy Convergence in the UK and Germany: Beyond the Third Way? Routledge, London, pp. 26-38. ISBN 978-0415445801

Olsen, Jonathan and Hough, Dan (2007) Don't Think Twice, It's Alright: SPD-Left Party/PDS Coalitions in the Eastern German Länder. German Politics and Society, 25 (3). pp. 1-24. ISSN 1045-0300

Hough, Dan, Koß , Michael and Olsen, Jonathon (2007) The Left Party in Contemporary German Politics. New perspectives in German Studies . Palgrave. ISBN 9780230019072

Hough, Dan and Quaglia, Lucia (2007) Italy and the German Presidency of the European Union. Foreign Policy in Dialogue, 8 (21). pp. 37-44. ISSN 1862-7692

Koß , Michael and Hough, Dan (2007) Die Linkspartei.PDS nach der Bundestagswahl 2005: Die ostdeutschen Landesverbaende als Hort des Pragmatismus? Deutschland Archiv, 40 (1). pp. 11-19. ISSN 0012-1428

Hough, Dan and Quaglia, Lucia (2007) Italy and the German presidency of the European Union. Foreign Policy in Dialogue, 8 (21). pp. 36-44. ISSN 1862-7692

Hough, Dan (2007) Sport in German culture: introduction. German as a Foreign Language (2). pp. 3-6. ISSN 1470-9570

Hough, Dan and Jeffery, Charlie, eds. (2006) Devolution and Electoral Politics: A Comparative Evaluation. Manchester University Press, Manchester. ISBN 0719073308

Koß, Michael and Hough, Dan (2006) Landesparteien in vergleichender Perspektive: Die Linkspartei.PDS zwischen Regierungsverantwortung und Opposition. Zeitschrift fur Parlamentsfragen, 37 (2). pp. 312-332. ISSN 0340-1758

Koß , Michael and Hough, Dan (2006) Between a rock and many Hard Places: The PDS and government participation in the eastern German Länder. German Politics, 15 (1). pp. 73-98. ISSN 0964-4008

Koß , Michael and Hough, Dan (2006) Zurueck in die Zukunft? Die Linkspartei.PDS und die Verlockungen des Populismus. In: Kleine Parteien im Aufwind. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt/ New York, pp. 179-200. ISBN 3-593-38015-3

Hough, Dan and Jeffery, Charlie (2006) Germany: An Erosion of Federal-Laender Linkages? In: Devolution and Electoral Politics. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. 119-139. ISBN 978-0719073304

Hough, Dan (2005) The programmatic development of the Eastern German PDS: learning what from whom and under what conditions? Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 21 (1). pp. 141-160. ISSN 1352-3279

Hough, Daniel (2005) Die linke in Zentraleuropa: herausforderungen und moeglichkeiten. In: Für ein anders Europa: linke parteien im aufbruch. Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (19). Dietz, Berlin, pp. 384-403. ISBN 3-320-02066-8

Hough, Dan (2005) Learning from the west: policy transfer and programmatic change in the communist successor parties of Eastern and Central Europe. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 21 (1). pp. 1-15. ISSN 1743-9116

Hough, Dan and Handl, Vladimír (2004) The post-communist left and the European Union: The Czech Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) and the German Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 37 (3). pp. 319-339. ISSN 0967-067X

Hough, Daniel and Jeffery, Charlie (2004) Wahlverhalten und Parteienwettbewerb in regionalisierten Staaten. In: Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2004: Föderalismus, Subsidiarität und Regionen in Europa. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, pp. 49-66. ISBN 978-3-8329-0774-7

Hough, Dan and Jeffery, Charlie (2003) Introduction: Multi-Level Electoral Competition: Elections and Parties in Decentralized States. European Urban and Regional Studies, 10 (3). pp. 195-198. ISSN 0969-7764

Jeffery, Charlie and Hough, Dan (2003) Regional Elections in Multi-Level Systems. European Urban and Regional Studies, 10 (3). pp. 199-212. ISSN 0969-7764

Hough, Dan and Jeffery, Charlie (2003) Landtagswahlen: Bundestestwahlen oder Regionalwahlen? Zeitschrift fur Parlamentsfragen, 34 (1). pp. 79-94. ISSN 0340-1758

Hough, Dan and Jeffery, Charlie (2003) Elections in Multi-Level Systems: Lessons for the UK from Abroad. In: The State of the Nations 2003. Imprint Academic, Exeter, pp. 239-262. ISBN 0-907845-49-5

Hough, Dan (2003) 'It's the East Stupid!' Eastern Germany and the outcome of the 2002 Bundestagswahl. Representation, 39 (2). pp. 137-145. ISSN 0034-4893

Hough, Daniel (2002) The PDS and the concept of the catch-all party. German Politics and Society, 20 (4). pp. 27-47. ISSN 1045-0300

Hough, Dan (2002) East German identity and party politics. In: East German distinctiveness in a unified Germany. The new Germany in context . Birmingham University Press, Birmingham, pp. 99-118. ISBN 9781902459172

Hough, Daniel and Jeffery, Charlie (2002) Regionalwahlen in Mehr-Ebenen-Systemen. In: Regionales Europa, Europaisierte Regionen: Mannheimer Jahrbuch fur Europaische Sozialforschung. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt/New York, pp. 213-237. ISBN 9783593370293

Green, Simon, Paterson, William E and Hough, Dan (2002) Das deutsche Parteiensystem aus britischer Perspektive. In: Der Kampf um die politische Mitte - Politische Kultur und Parteiensystem seit 1998. Olzog. ISBN 9783789280955

Hough, Daniel and Grix, Jonathan (2001) The PDS and the SPD's Dilemma of Governance in the Eastern German Länder. Politics, 21 (3). pp. 158-167. ISSN 0263-3957

Jeffery, Charlie and Hough, Daniel (2001) The Electoral Cycle and Multi-Level Voting in Germany. German Politics, 10 (2). pp. 73-98. ISSN 0964-4008

Hough, Daniel (2001) Die PDS: ein Zeichen ostdeutscher andersartigkeit. Deutschland Archiv, 34 (2). pp. 284-287. ISSN 0012-1428

Hough, Dan (2001) The fall and rise of the PDS in Eastern Germany. The New Germany in Context . University of Birmingham Press, Birmingham. ISBN 9781902459141

Hough, Daniel (2000) 'Made in Eastern Germany': The PDS and the articulation of Eastern German interests. German Politics, 9 (2). pp. 125-148. ISSN 0964-4008

Hough, Daniel (2000) Societal Transformation and the Creation of a Regional Party: The PDS as a Regional Actor in Eastern Germany. Space and Polity, 4 (1). pp. 57-75. ISSN 1356-2576