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Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D. in Government (expected October 2011) London School of Economics Thesis: Dynamic Federation: managing plurinationality and the role of the Court in Canada
MSc. Nationalism and Ethnicity (2006) London School of Economics
B.A. (Honours) in Political Science (2004) Carleton University
Awards
Doctoral Fellowship, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2009-2012) LSE PhD Scholarship, London School of Economics (2008-2011) Departmental Teaching Prize, Government Department, LSE (2010) Nations and Nationalism Essay Prize for "Recognition or Imposition? Federalism, national minorities and Supreme Court of Canada" ASEN/Nations and Nationalism (2007) Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Government of Ontario (2004, award not accepted) Dean's List, Carleton University (2002-2004) William Bechtel Scholarship, Carleton University (2003)
Research
Focus
Federalism; nations and nationalism; constitutional law and theory; ethno-national conflict management; comparative politics; Canadian politics
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Schertzer, R. "The 'Problem' of National Minorities" Politicheskaia Nauka (journal of the Russian Academy of Science and the Russian Political Science Association, translated into Russian) (Forthcoming 2011)
Schertzer, R. & Woods, E. "Beyond Multinational Canada" Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 49(2) (2011)
Woods, E., Schertzer, R. & Kaufmann, E. "Nationalism, Ethno-national Conflict and its Management" Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 49(2) (2011)
Schertzer, R. "Recognition or Imposition? Federalism, national minorities and Supreme Court of Canada" Nations and Nationalism 14(1) (2008)
Edited Works and Reviews
Schertzer, R. Review of Lecours, A & Nootens, G. (eds.) Dominant Nationalism, Dominant Ethnicity: Identity, Federalism and Democracy, in Nations and Nationalism (Forthcoming 2011)
Woods, E., Schertzer R. & Kaufmann, E. (eds.) Nationalism and Ethno-National Conflict Management, a special issue of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 49(2) (2011)
Current Work
Schertzer, R. "Bridging the Gap: Ancient and modern constitutionalism and the Secession Reference" (under review)
Schertzer, R. "The Contested Federation: accounting for conflict over Canada" (under review).
Invited Lectures and Conference Papers
"Beyond Canada: rethinking multinational federalism" (with Eric Woods). Discussant: Eric Kaufmann. Invited lecture for the ASEN Seminar Series, LSE (February 2010)
"Deciding the Nation: accounting for the judiciary in a plurinational federation" at the Tenth Essex Conference in Critical Political Theory (Essex, June 2010)
"The 'Problem' of National Minorities" at the Ethno-cultural Diversity and the Problem of Tolerance in the Globalizing World conference of the International Political Science Association Research Committee 14 (Politics and Ethnicity) (St. Petersburg, June 2010)
"Federation as Process" at Democracy as a work in progress: the intellectual and cultural dynamics of the Canadian idea conference of the British Association for Canadian Studies (Cambridge, April 2010).
Work Experience
Academic Related
Director - Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, LSE (2009-2010) Managing significant financial and human resources directing the executive committee of the world leading research group on ethnicity and nationalism. Member of Editorial Teams for Nations and Nationalism and Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism. Also acted as Funding Secretary (2008) and Special Advisor (2011) for Association
Class Teacher - Government Department, LSE (2009-2010) Taught final-year undergraduate course (GV350 Theories and Problems of Nationalism)
Professional
Senior Policy Advisor - International and Intergovernmental Affairs, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Government of Canada (2008-) Providing strategic advice and policy recommendations related to federal-provincial relations with respect to immigration (currently on leave from position)
Analyst - Exclusive Analysis (2007-) Providing analysis and forecasts on the political, regulatory and security environment in Canada
Policy Analyst - Canada Pension Plan Disability Policy, Human Resources and Social Development Canada, Government of Canada (2005-2007) Provided policy analysis and recommendations related to the program and social and economic issues related to persons with disabilities
Program Coordinator - Operations, Service Canada, Government of Canada (2004-2005) Designed and led multiple projects seeking to simplify and improve service to Canadians with disabilities through the Canada Pension Plan Disability program
Intern Research Assistant - Office of John Grogan MP, Parliament of Westminster (2004) Four month placement as part of Carleton-Leeds Parliamentary Internship Program
Intern Research Assistant - Office of Lorne Nystrom MP PC, Parliament of Canada (2003) Four month placement as part of Carleton-Leeds Parliamentary Internship Program
Junior Analyst - Comptrollership Modernization Directorate, Treasury Board Secretariat, Government of Canada (2003) Conducted consultations with senior management across government to prepare the final report on a government-wide management improvement initiative
Statistical Research Assistant - Data Resource Centre, Carleton University (2002-2003) Tutored and assisted faculty and students in researching, retrieving, and utilizing, statistical data
References
Thesis Supervisors
Professional
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