Faculty

Moser, Robert
Associate Professor
Associate Chair, Faculty Graduate Advisor

Office: BAT 4.148
Office Hours: MT 1:30-3
Phone: 512-232-7278
rmoser@austin.utexas.edu

Education: Professor Moser received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1995.

Research interests:
Professor Moser specializes in the study of electoral systems, political parties, and Russian politics. He has written numerous book chapters and articles on democratization, elections, and political parties in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. His articles have appeared in World Politics, Comparative Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Electoral Studies, and Post- Soviet Affairs. His research has been funded by SSRC, IREX, and the Ford Foundation.

Field(s) of Study: Comparative Politics; Political Behavior

Awards/Honors:
He was appointed the William D. Blunk Memorial Professor for 2005-06 in recognition of his undergraduate teaching and advising and was awarded the President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award in 2002.

Recent Publications:
He is the author of Unexpected Outcomes: Electoral Systems, Political Parties, and Representation in Russia (2001) and co-editor, with Zoltan Barany, of Russian Politics: Challenges of Democratization (2001) and Ethnic Politics after Communism (2005). He is currently writing a book on mixed electoral systems around the world and an edited volume, with Zoltan Barany, entitled Exporting Democracy: What the West Can and Cannot Do .