March 2016
Dr. rer. pol. DAVID KUEHN
Heidelberg University
Institute of Political Science
Bergheimer Str. 58
D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany
Phone: +49-6221-542867
Fax: +49-6221-542896
E-mail: [email protected]
Professional Appointments
Oct 2015
Senior Research Fellow and Principal Investigator, Heidelberg University,
Research project “Dictators’ Endgames: Theory and Empirical Analysis of
Military Behavior in Authoritarian Regime Crises, 1946-2014”, funded by
the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft,
DFG).
Jun 2015-Sep 2015
Senior Research Fellow, Heidelberg University, Institute of Political
Science
Mar 2013-May 2015
Senior Research Fellow, Heidelberg University, Project on “Democratic
Transformation and Civilian Control of the Military: A Configurative
Comparison of New Democracies (1974-2010)” funded by the German
Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
Dec 2012-Feb 2013
Research Fellow, Heidelberg University, Institute of Political Science
Nov 2008-Nov 2012
Research Fellow, Heidelberg University, Project on “Democratization and
Civilian Control of the Military in East Asia” funded by the German
Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
Apr-Oct 2008
PhD
Scholarship,
Baden-Württemberg
(Landesgraduiertenförderung, LGFG)
Oct 2006-Mar 2008
Lecturer, Institute of Political Science, Heidelberg University
Mar 2003-Sep 2006
Research and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Political Science, Heidelberg
University
May-June 2004
Internship, Baden-Württemberg Center for Political Education.
Feb-Apr 2003
Internship, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt.
Graduate
Foundation
Fellowships and Awards
Visiting Scholar, Department of East Asian Studies, Vienna University, Austria (May 2016)
Visiting Scholar, IDCAR Network, GIGA, Hamburg, Germany (Apr 2015-Jun 2015)
Best Working Paper Award, IPSA Committee on Concepts and Methods. “Causal Explanation and
Multi-Method Research in the Social Sciences“ (with Ingo Rohlfing) (2011)
Visiting Scholar, East-West Center, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (June 2010)
Visiting Scholar, MacArthur Center for Security Studies, Institute of International Relations,
National Chengchih University, Taipei, Taiwan (May 2010)
Chinese Language Training Exchange Scholarship, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan
(1999-2000)
Professional Activities and Services to the Profession
2013-
Book reviews editor for the journal Democratization
2009 -
Co-ordinator, Working Group “Civilian Control of the Military” of the
European Research Group on Military and Society (ERGOMAS)
2008-
Webmaster, homepage Prof. Dr. Aurel Croissant, Heidelberg University,
Institute of Political Science.
2007-
Bertelsmann Foundation, Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI),
reviewer for country reports “Taiwan” and “China”.
2006-2014
Library Committee, Heidelberg University, Institute of Political Science.
2007-2008
Coordinator for research and teaching assistants Heidelberg University,
Institute of Political Science.
2003-2006
Baden-Württemberg Center for Political Education, freelance instructor.
Education
2014
9th ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, “Event History
Modeling and Survival Analysis”, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2014
Heidelberg University Career Center, Courses on “Management of
Research Projects”, “Managing Personnel and Research Teams”,
“Research-oriented Teaching”
2013
8th ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, “Inferential
Statistics” and “Multiple Regression”, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2007-2013
Heidelberg University, Institute of Political Science. Dissertation:
Institutionalizing civilian control of the military in new democracies.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Aurel Croissant, Heidelberg University. Second
Reader: Prof. Thomas Bruneau, PhD, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey,
CA (summa cum laude).
2007-2009
Baden-Württemberg Certificate for Academic Development in Higher
Education (Baden-Württemberg Zertifikat für Hochschuldidaktik)
2008
41st Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, “Game Theory
and Social Science“, Essex, Great Britain.
2007
2nd ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, “Case Study
Methodology”, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
1998-2006
Heidelberg University, Institute of Political Science and Institute of Chinese
Studies. M.A. (summa cum laude).
1999-2001
Chinese Culture University and Chinese National Normal University,
Taipei (Taiwan), Mandarin Chinese Language Training.
Research interests

Democratization studies

Autocracy studies

Civil-military relations

Social science methods
Regional Focus

East Asia (Taiwan, South Korea, People’s Republic of China)
Skills
Languages
German (native), English (fluent), Chinese (advanced), French (basic),
Spanish (beginner)
Didactics
Baden-Württemberg Certificate for Academic Development in Higher
Education (Zertifikat Hochschuldidaktik Baden-Württemberg), 2009
Software
fsQCA, R
Grants
Mobility Grant, Visiting Fellowship at Vienna University, Austria, Heidelberg University Initiative,
2016 (€ 2,350)
Project Grant, Research Project “Agencies of Internal Security and Repression in Five East Asian
Dictatorships: a Pilot Study”, Heidelberg University FRONTIER Initiative, 2015 (€ 23,700)
Project Grant (KU 2485/4-1), Research Project “Dictator's Endgame. Theory and Empirical
Analysis of Military Behavior in Authoritarian Regime Crises, 1946-2014”, German Research
Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), 2015 (€ 289,000)
Conference Grant (20.14.0.127), Workshop on “Reforming Defense and Military Policy-Making in
New Democracies: Obstacles, Opportunities, and Outcomes”, 13-14 February 2015, Fritz von
Thyssen Foundation, 2014 (with Aurel Croissant) (€ 15,000).
Research Grant (20.14.0.058), Research Project “A Tale of Two Cultures? An empirical analysis of
common practices in quantitative and qualitative empirical research in political science”, Fritz von
Thyssen Foundation, 2014 (with Ingo Rohlfing) (€ 15,000).
Travel Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst,
DAAD), 2014 (€ 1,449).
Travel Grant, Heidelberg University Graduate Academy (Graduiertenakademie der Universität
Heidelberg), 2012 (€ 1,120).
Travel Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst,
DAAD), 2011 (€ 1,222).
Travel Grant, Heidelberg University Graduate Academy (Graduiertenakademie der Universität
Heidelberg), 2011 (€ 1,300).
Travel Grant, Heidelberg University Graduate Academy (Graduiertenakademie der Universität
Heidelberg), 2009 (€ 1,090).
Travel Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst,
DAAD), 2009 (€ 1,066).
Travel Grant, German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), 2008 (€
1,230).
Mobility Grant, Baden-Württemberg Graduate Foundation (Landesgraduiertenförderung, LGFG),
2008 (€ 1,280).
PhD Scholarship, Baden-Württemberg Graduate Foundation (Landesgraduiertenförderung BadenWürttemberg), 2008 (€ 7,380).
Travel Grant, German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), 2007 (€
560).
Mobility Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst,
DAAD), 2007 (€ 960).
Teaching Experience
Summer 2015
Heidelberg University, Institute of Political Science, “Qualitative Methods
in the Social Sciences”, undergraduate level course.
Winter 2014/15
Heidelberg University, Institute of Political Science, “Case Studies in
Political Science”, graduate level course.
Summer 2014
Heidelberg University, Institute of Political Science, “Qualitative
Comparative Analysis (QCA)”, graduate level course.
Winter 2013/14
Heidelberg University, Institute of Political Science, “Qualitative Methods
and Techniques in Political Science”, graduate level course.
Winter 2011/12
Heidelberg University, Institute of Political Science, “Case Studies and
Comparative Methods in Political Science”, graduate level course.
Summer 2011
Heidelberg University, Institute of Political Science, “Case Studies in
Political Science”, graduate level course.
Winter 2009/10
University of Oldenburg, Center for Social Science Methodology, “Case
Studies and Comparative Research”, graduate level course.
Summer 2009
4th ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, Ljubljana, Slovenia,
„Case Study Methodology“, graduate level course, teaching assistant.
Summer 2008
3rd ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, Ljubljana, Slovenia,
„Case Study Research“, graduate level course, teaching assistant.
Winter 2007/08
Heidelberg University, Institute of Political Science, “Introduction to
Political Science”, four undergraduate level courses.
Summer 2007
Heidelberg University, Institute of Political Science, “Introduction to
Comparative Politics”, undergraduate level course.
Winter 2006/07
Heidelberg University, Institute of Political Science, “Introduction to
Political Science”, undergraduate level course.
2004-2006
Heidelberg University, Institute of Political Science, “Introduction to
Political Science”, “Military and Civilian Politics”, undergraduate level
courses, teaching assistant.
2004-
Baden-Württemberg Center for Political Education, various courses on Asia,
conflict studies and international relations, freelance instructor.
Publications: Monographs
David Kuehn. 2013. Institutionalizing Civilian Control in New Democracies: A Game-Theoretic
Contribution to the Development of Civil- Military Relations Theory. Doctoral Dissertation,
Heidelberg:
Heidelberg
University.
(402
pp.).
Online
at
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1448867374?accountid=11359
Aurel Croissant, David Kuehn, Philip Lorenz and Paul W. Chambers. 2013. Democratization and
Civilian Control in Asia, Basingstoke: Palgrave McMillan. (288 pp.)
Aurel Croissant, David Kuehn and Philip Lorenz. 2012. Breaking With the Past? Civil-Military
Relations in the Emerging Democracies of East Asia, Honolulu: East West Center Policy Studies.
(82 pp.)
Aurel Croissant and David Kuehn. 2011. Militär und zivile Politik (The Military and Politics),
München: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag. (304 pp.)
Publications: Edited Volumes and Special Issues
Bernhard Kittel and David Kuehn (eds.). 2013. Symposium on “Reassessing the Methodology of
Process Tracing”. European Political Science 12(1).
Aurel Croissant and David Kuehn (eds.). 2011. Special Issue on Civil-Military Relations in Asia’s
New Democracies. Asian Journal of Political Science 19(3).
Aurel Croissant and David Kuehn (eds.). 2011. Symposium on “New Conceptual, Theoretical and
Methodological Perspectives in Civil-military Relations Research”. European Political Science
11(2).
Publications: Articles in Peer-reviewed Journals
David Kuehn, Aurel Croissant, Jil Kamerling, Hans Lueders and André Strecker. 2016. “Conditions
of civilian control in new democracies: an empirical analysis of 28 ‘third wave’ democracies”,
European Political Science Review. Accepted for publication on 29 November 2015.
David Kuehn. 2013. “Combining Game Theory Models and Process Tracing: Potential and
Problems”, European Political Science 12(1): 52-63.
Bernhard Kittel and David Kuehn. 2013. “Introduction: Reassessing the Methodology of Process
Tracing”, European Political Science 12(1): 1-9.
Aurel Croissant and David Kuehn. 2011. “Guest-Editor’s Introduction: Civil-Military Relations in
Democratizing Asia – Structure, Agency and the Struggle for Civilian Control.” Asian Journal of
Political Science 19(3): 213-221.
David Kuehn and Philip Lorenz. 2011. “Explaining Civil-military Relations in New Democracies:
Structure, Agency and Theory Development”. Asian Journal of Political Science 19(3): 231-249.
Aurel Croissant, David Kuehn, Paul W. Chambers, Philip Völkel and Siegfried O. Wolf. 2011.
“Theorizing Civilian Control in New Democracies: Agency, Structure and Institutional Change”.
Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (Comparative Governance and Politics) 5(1): 7598.
Aurel Croissant and David Kuehn. 2011. “Introduction to Symposium on New Conceptual,
Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives in Civil-military Relations Research”. European
Political Science 10(2): 131-136.
Aurel Croissant, David Kuehn, Paul W. Chambers and Siegfried O. Wolf. 2011. “Conceptualising
Civil-military Relations in Emerging Democracies”. European Political Science 10(2): 137-145.
Aurel Croissant, David Kuehn, Paul W. Chambers and Siegfried O. Wolf. 2010. “Beyond the
Fallacy of Coup-ism: Conceptualizing Civilian Control of the Military in Emerging Democracies”.
Democratization 12(5): 950-975.
Aurel Croissant and David Kuehn. 2009. “Patterns of Civilian Control of the Military in East Asia’s
New Democracies”. Journal of East Asian Studies 9(2): 187-218.
David Kuehn. 2008. “Democratization and Civil-military Relations in Taiwan”. Democratization
15(5): 870-890.
Aurel Croissant and David Kuehn. 2007. “Demokratisierung und zivil-militärische Beziehungen in
Ostasien (Democratization and Civil-Military Relations in East Asia)”. Südostasien aktuell (Journal
of Current Southeast Asian Affairs) 26(3): 5-53.
Publications: Articles and Book Chapters
David Kuehn. 2015. “Democratic Control of the Military”, in Giuseppe Caforio (ed.). Handbook of
Military Sociology, Leiden: Springer.
Aurel Croissant and David Kuehn. 2015. “The Military’s Role in Politics”, in Jennifer Gandhi and
Rubén Ruiz-Rufino (eds.). Handbook of Political Institutions. Abingdon: Routledge.
Aurel Croissant and David Kuehn. 2011. “Civilian Control, the Military and Democracy in East
Asia: A New Conceptual Approach and Its Empirical Application”, in Christoph Schuck (ed.).
Security in a Changing Global Environment: Challenging the Human Security Approach, BadenBaden: Nomos, 277-304.
Aurel Croissant and David Kuehn. 2010. “Civilian Control of the Military: Conceptual and
Theoretical Perspectives”, in Paul W. Chambers and Aurel Croissant (eds.), Democracy under
Stress. Civil-military Relations in South and Southeast Asia, Bangkok: ISIS, 18-52.
David Kuehn and Ingo Rohlfing. 2009. “Does it, really? Measurement Error and Omitted Variables
in Multi-Method Research”, Qualitative & Multi-Method Research, Newsletter of the APSA Section
on Qualitative and Multi-Method Research 7(2): 18-22.
Publications: Working Papers
David Kuehn. 2016. “Institutionalising Civilian Control of the Military in New Democracies:
Theory and Evidence from South Korea”, GIGA Working Paper, No. 282. Available at
https://www.giga-hamburg.de/de/system/files/publications/wp282_kuehn.pdf
David Kuehn and Ingo Rohlfing. 2009. “Causal Explanation and Multi-Method Research”, IPSA
Committee on Concepts and Methods Working Papers Series. Available at http://www.conceptsmethods.org/WorkingPapers/Abstract/1067
Publications: Book Reviews
Marcus Mietzner, ed., The Political Resurgence of the Military in Southeast Asia: Conflict and
Leadership”, South East Asia Research 21(4) (2013): 697-701 (with Aurel Croissant).
Sonja Grimm, “Erzwungene Demokratie. Politische Neuordnung nach militärischer Intervention
unter externer Aufsicht“, Politische Vierteljahresschrift (German Political Science Quarterly)
51(4) (2010): 774-776.
Wilfried von Bredow, “Militär und Politik in Deutschland. Eine Einführung”, Politische
Vierteljahresschrift (German Political Science Quarterly) 49(4) (2008): 771-773.
Thomas Heberer and Claudia Derichs, eds., “Einführung in die politischen Systeme Ostasiens. 2.,
aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage”, Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
(Comparative Governance and Politics) 2(2) (2008): 370-373.
Publications: Other
Hans Peter Hofmann, ed. 2006. Shang Qin: Traum oder Morgen. Bochum: Projekt Verlag
(Translations from Chinese).
Works in Progress
Ingo Rohlfing and David Kuehn. “Generalization of process-tracing inferences in multi-method
research.” Journal article, draft in progress.
David Kuehn. “Institutionalizing civilian control in new democracies: a game-theoretic contribution
to civil-military relations theory.” Journal article, draft in progress.
David Kuehn and Ingo Rohlfing. “A Tale of Two Cultures? An empirical analysis of common
practices in quantitative and qualitative empirical research in political science.” Research note, draft
in progress.
Invited Talks
“Are There Really Two Cultures? A Pilot Study on the Application of Qualitative and Quantitative
Methods”, GIGA, Hamburg, Germany, 16 June 2015.
“The Dictator's Endgame. A Theory of Military Behavior in Authoritarian Regime Crises”, GIGA,
Hamburg, Germany, 02 June 2015.
“Democratic Control of the Military in New Democracies”, Swiss Military Academy, Zurich,
Switzerland, 06 November 2012.
“Democratization and Civilian Control of the Military in East Asia”, Peace Research Institute
Frankfurt (PRIF), Frankfurt, Germany, 12 November 2010.
“Civil-military Relations in Emerging Democracies”, Institute of International Relations, National
Chengchih University, Taiwan, 14 May 2010.
Conference Participation (recent conferences only)
Panel Organizer and Presenter, “Political-Military Relations and the Survival of Autocratic Rule”,
IUS Biennial International Conference, Chicago, USA, 30 October – 01 November 2015.
“The Dictator’s Endgame. A Theory of Military Behavior in Authoritarian Regime Crises”, IUS
Biennial International Conference, Chicago, USA, 30 October – 01 November 2015 (with Aurel
Croissant).
“The Institutionalization of Civilian Control in New Democracies: Introducing a New Dataset”, IUS
Biennial International Conference, Chicago, USA, 30 October – 01 November 2015.
“Two Cultures? An Empirical Analysis of Methods Application in Political Science”, 111th
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 03-06 September
2015 (with Ingo Rohlfing).
Panel Organizer and Commentator, Panel “The Military and Democratization”, 111th American
Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 03-06 September 2015.
“Establishing Civilian Control of the Military in New Democracies”, 111th American Political
Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 03-06 September 2015 (with Aurel
Croissant).
“Establishing
civilian
control
of
the
military
in
new
democracies:
Evidence from the third wave of democratization”, ERGOMAS Biennial Conference, Ra'anana,
Israel, 08-12 June 2015.
“The Dictator’s Endgame. A Theory of Military Behavior in Authoritarian Regime Crises”, First
IDCAR Network Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 17-19 December 2014 (with Aurel Croissant).
Panel Chair and Commentator, Panel “Challenging the Standards: Natural Experiments and Causal
Mechanisms”, 110th American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, USA,
28-31 August 2014.
“Are There Really Two Cultures? An Empirical Analysis of the Application of Qualitative and
Quantitative Methods” 110th American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington,
USA, 28-31 August 2014 (with Ingo Rohlfing).
“Establishing civilian control of the military in new democracies: theory and empirical evidence”,
IPSA XXIV World Congress of Political Science, Montreal, Canada, 19-24 July 2014.
Panel Chair and Commentator, IPSA XXIV World Congress of Political Science, Montreal, Canada,
19-24 July 2014.
Media Appearances
2012
Hessischer Rundfunk: HR 2 Der Tag, Radio Interview
Reviewer
Asian Security; American Political Science Review; Armed Forces & Society; Conflict Management
and Peace Science; Contemporary Politics; Democratization; Dynamiques Internationales;
Politische Vierteljahresschrift (German Political Science Quarterly); SageOpen; Third World
Quarterly
Professional Memberships
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American Political Science Association (APSA)
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APSA Section Qualitative and Mixed Methods
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APSA Section Comparative Democratization
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Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (German Political Science Association)

European Research Group on Military and Society (ERGOMAS)

Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society (IUS)
References
Prof Dr Aurel Croissant, Institute of Political Science, Heidelberg University, Bergheimer Str. 58,
D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany, phone: +49-6221-542882, email: [email protected]
Prof Dr Christian Göbel, Institute of East Asian Studies/Sinology, University of Vienna, Spitalgasse
2, Hof 2, A-1090 Vienna, Austria, phone: +43-1-4277-43841, email: [email protected]
Prof Dr Bernhard Kittel, Institute of Economic Sociology, University of Vienna, OskarMorgenstern-Platz 1, A-1090 Vienna, Austria, phone: +43-1-4277-38310, email:
[email protected]

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