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Daniel Tarschys

Professor emeritus

in Political Science and Public Administration, University of Stockholm

E-mail: daniel.tarschys@statsvet.su.se

Daniel Tarschy's CV

Professional career

• Research Associate (docent), Stockholm University, 1972-1976

• Adviser, Ministry of Finance, 1976-1978 and 1979-1983

• Secretary of State, Prime Minister's Office, 1978-1979

• Professor in Soviet and East European studies, Uppsala University, 1983-1985

• Professor in Political Science and Public Administration, Stockholm University, 1985-2010 (on leave 1985-99)

• Secretary General, Council of Europe, 1994-1999.

Political functions

• City Councillor in Lidingö, 1970-1976

• Liberal Member of the Swedish Parliament for Stockholm County, 1976-1982 and 1985-1994

• Chairman of the Social Affairs Committee of the Swedish Parliament, 1985-1991

• Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Swedish Parliament, 1991- 1994

• Vice-President of the Liberal International 1992-1994

• Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 1986-1994, alternate 1981-1983; Chairman of the Liberal, Democratic and Reformers Group 1991-1994.

Chairmanships

• Chairman of the Expert Group for Studies in Public Finance (ESO), 1981-1983 and 1986-1992

• Chairman of the Nordic Committee on Soviet and East European Studies, 1983-1987

• Chairman of the Board of the Swedish Agency for Research Co-operation with Developing Countries (SAREC), 1991-1994

• Chairman of the Board of the Centre for Evaluation of Social Policy (CUS), 1993-94

• Chairman of the Board of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), 1992-2000

• Chairman of the government committee on public policy planning (förvaltningsutredningen), 1977-1983

• Chairman of the board of the Stockholm University-Karolinska Institutet Ageing Research Centre (ARC) 2000-2006

• Chairman of the Board of the Swedish Institute for Growth Policy Studies (ITPS) 2001-2007

• Chairman of the Swedish National Council on Medicine and Ethics 2001-2011

• Chairman of the Board of the International Programme Office for Education and Training 2003-2007

• Chairman of the Board of the Edita and Ira Morris Hiroshima Foundation 2004-

• Chairman of the European Conference of National Ethics Committees (Cometh)
2005-2007

• Chairman of the Board of Riksbankens Jubileumsfond 2006-

Memberships

• Board Member of the International Committee on Soviet and East European Studies (ICSEES), 1985-90

• Member, Norwegian Committee on Leadership and Organisation Research (LOS - kommittén), 1991-94

• Member, Conseil d'Administration, Centre des Études Européennes de Strasbourg, 1995-99

• Member, Board of Trustees, European University S:t Petersburg, 1997-2000

• Member, Academia Europea, 1998-

• Member, European Group of Public Law, 1998-

• Member of the Convention for Drafting the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, 1999 - 2000 (personal representative of the Swedish Prime Minister)

• Member of the Government Committee on Constitutional Reform, 2004-

• Member, Executive Committee, International Political Science Association (IPSA) 2003-2009; Vice President 2006-2009

• Member, Board of Trustees of the European Studies Institute (Moscow), 2007-

• Member, Board of Trustees of the Eurasia Partnership Foundation (Tbilisi), 2008-

• Member, Immovable Properties Commission (Nicosia), 2006-

• Member, Scientific Council of the Swedish National Audit Agency, 2003-

• Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 2008-

Education

• Fil. kand., Stockholm University 1963

• Jur.kand., Stockholm University 1965

• Exchange student, Law Faculty of Leningrad University, spring term 1966

• Fil. lic., Stockholm University, 1967

• Master of Arts, Princeton University 1967

• PhD, Princeton University 1972

• Fil. dr., Stockholm University 1972

Honours and awards

• Docent, Stockholm University, 1972

• Herbert Tingsten Award (shared with Ingemar Hedenius), 1976

• Docent, Åbo Akademi, 1980

• Nagrada Sloboda (Prix liberté), Centre International pour la Paix, Sarajevo, 1995

• Grosskreuz des Fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Verdienstordens, 1996

• Gran Croce de S:ta Agata (San Marino), 1997

• Gold Medal, Comenius University of Bratislava (Slovakia), 1997

• Doctor Honoris Causa, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj (Romania), 1997

• Citoyen d'Honneur, Ville de Dammarie-lès-Lys (France) 1998

• Nomisma Honoris, Law Faculty, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), 1999

• Steaua României, în gradul de Mare Cruce (Romania), 1999

• Gran Cruz de la Orden del Mérito Civil (Spain), 1999

• Grosses Verdienstkreuz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland mit Schulterband und Stern, 2000

• The Swedish King's Medal, 12th Size with Serafim Ribbon, 2004

• Senior Fellow, Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI), University of Bonn, 2009

• Karl Staaff Gold Medal, 2009.

Languages

Swedish, English, French, German, Russian.

 

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