Matthew Bergman is part of the C3 Project "Strong vs. Weak Governments and the Challenge of Economic Reforms", part of the collaborative research center "Political Economy of Reforms" at the University of Mannheim. He completed his BA at Johns Hopkins University with a minor in physics and then taught secondary calculus, physics, and chemistry in Arizona, USA. He obtained is MA and PhD at University of California, San Diego in Political Science. Thereafter he lectured on the topics of comparative and international political economy, public policy analysis, research design, and legal reasoning.
He is the founding director of the Krinsk-Houston Law & Politics Initiative at UCSD, which serves as a bridge between students, alumni, and the San Diego legal community. Matthew also makes media contributions on topics relating to European politics.
Research Interests: Political Institutions, Political Economy, Electoral Systems, Comparative Politics, Voting Behavior, Party-Voter Linkages, European and Italian Politics, Populism, Parties, Elections, and Public Opinion, Issue Competition.
Publications:
2020
Bergman M. Italians will vote on a reform to create stable governments. But will it work? Washington Post. 2020 Sep 18.
Bergman M. Italy's Constitutional Referendum: Yet Another Reform to Improve the Country's Governability. EUROPP Blog. 2020 Sep 14.
Bergman M. Sorting between and within coalitions: the Italian case (2001–2008). Italian Political Science Review. 2020 May 4. doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2020.12
Bergman M. Gianluca Passarelli. Preferential Voting Systems: Influence on Intra-Party Competition and Voting Behaviour. Representation-the Journal of Representative Democracy. 2020;56(1):127-132. doi.org/10.1080/00344893.2020.1720791
Bergman M. New Directions in Quantitative Measures of Populism. In Ron A, Nadesan M, editors, Mapping Populism: Approaches and Methods. London and New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 2020. p. 236-247