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Dr.
Christian Toft
Msc Social Science
PhD Economics and Politics |
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Address:
University
of Kassel
FB07 Department of Economics
Nora Platiel Straße 4
D-34109 Kassel
Germany |
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Telephone:
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E-Mail: message@christian-toft.de |
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Résumé
& Publications
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Dr. Christian
Toft’s main area of research and academic
interest concerns comparative public policy
with special emphasis on policy choices in
the area of social security and labour
market policy. His academic training and
career has a classic interdisciplinary and
international outlook and orientation which
includes qualifications in several
disciplines and languages. He has a M.Sc. in
Social Science from the University of
Copenhagen with a subsidiary subject from
the Free University of Berlin and a PhD in
Economics from the Faculty of Economics and
Politics in Cambridge, UK. In addition to
Germany he has worked at universities in
Scandinavia, Great Britain, Italy, Estonia,
the United States, Canada, and China. Since
his return from the United States in summer
2003, Christian Toft has been based in the
Department of Economics, University of
Kassel, but he is also affiliated with a
further number of German and international
universities and research institutions. He
has Danish nationality. Further information
is available upon request. |
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Education
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| Master of Social
Science, University of Copenhagen
(Subsidiary subject in Political
Economy, Free University of Berlin,
1979-80) |
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1982 |
| PhD in Economics and
Politics, University of Cambridge |
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1995 |
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Employment
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Research Fellow, Aarhus Business
School,
Denmark. (From 1987, visiting
Cambridge) |
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1985-1988 |
| Fellow, Danish Social
Science Research Council. (Visiting
Cambridge) |
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1988-1989
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Lecturer (equivalent
to US Assistant/Associate
Professor), Department of Economics,
University of Hull, UK |
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1990-1992 |
| Research and Teaching
Fellow, School of Accounting,
Banking, and Economics, University
of Wales, Bangor, UK |
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1992-1994 |
Lecturer (equivalent to US
Assistant/Associate Professor),
Department of Social Sciences,
Loughborough University, UK |
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1995-1997
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| Fellow, School of Public Policy,
University of Birmingham, UK |
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1998
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Jean Monnet Fellow, Robert Schuman
Centre,
European University Institute,
Florence, Italy |
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Spring
1999 |
| Professor (Vertretung), Department
of Social Policy, University of
Kassel, Germany |
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Winter
1999-2000 |
| Research Fellow (Professor),
Max-Planck Institute for the Study
of Societies, Köln, Germany |
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2000 |
| Visiting Fellow, European
University Institute, Florence,
Italy |
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February
2001 |
| Visiting Research Fellow, Mannheim
Centre for European Social Research,
University of Mannheim, Germany |
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2001
& Spring 2002
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| Visiting Research Fellow,
Department of Social Policy,
University of Kassel, Germany |
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Autumn
2002 |
| Visiting Professor, The Nanovic
Institute for European Studies,
University of Notre Dame, USA |
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Spring
2003 |
| Visiting Professor, Department of
Political Science, University of
Victoria, Canada |
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July
& August 2003 |
| Lecturer and Fellow, Department of
Economics, University of Kassel,
Germany |
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Winter
2003 onward |
| Visiting Fellow, UNU-WIDER (“World
Institute of Development Economics
Research”), Helsinki, Finland |
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December
2006
to
April 2007
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| Visiting Professor, Department of
Government, University of Tallinn,
Estonia |
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February-April
2007 |
Research Associate & Lecturer,
Mannheim Centre for European
Economic Research & Department
of Economics, University of
Mannheim, Germany
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Winter
2012-2013
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Visiting Professor, School of
Economics & Center for Income
Inequality and Poverty Studies,
Beijing Normal University, Beijing,
China
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Spring
2013
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| Visiting Fellow, Department of
Economics, Fudan University,
Shanghai, China |
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Summer
2013 |
| Visiting Teaching and Research
Fellow, Hanover University,
Department of Economics,
Germany |
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Winter
2013-2014 |
| Lecturer, Department of Economics,
Wuppertal University, Germany.
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Summer
2015 |
| Lecturer, Department of Economics,
Hanover University, Germany |
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Winter
2014-2015
to
2017-2018
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| Lecturer, Department of Economics,
Fulda University of Applied
Sciences, Germany |
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Summer
2018 |
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Publications
- Books
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“Arbejdsmarkeder og
Segmenteringsteorier” [Labour
Markets and Segmentation Theories]
(with Thomas Boje), Aabenraa, 1989.
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“Politische Ansätze und Trends der
gegenwärtigen Reform des
Wohlfahrtsstaates“, (Editor), Verlag
Chmielorz, Wiesbaden, 2003. |
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“International Labour Market and
Social Policy Analysis. Essays on
segmentation, cross-national
variation and European Union
regulation”, Kassel University
Press, 2004. |
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“Reichtumskonzentration und
Ungleichheit. Piketty Kontrovers”,
special issue of the German journal
“Beliner Debatte” coedited with
Giacomo Corneo. Contributions by
David Autor, Robert Boyer, Gregory
Mankiw, Branko Milanovic, amongst
others. Heft 1 2015. |
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“Retirement policy reform and the
labour market for older workers -
issues and international comparative
perspectives” special issue of
“Journal for Labour Market
Research”, coedited with Lynn A.
Karoly and Lutz Bellmann.
Contributions by Richard Burkhauser,
John S. Heywood, Uwe Jirjahn, Peder
Pedersen amongst others. Completion
date: Autumn 2018. |
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“Choices and Change in European
and American Welfare State Reform”,
international, transatlantic book
project with Professor Joseph
Cordes, George Washington
University, Washington D.C., in
progress. Under contract with Oxford
University Press; manuscript
submission date: Summer 2018. |
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Publications
- Selection of Articles & Book
Chapters
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"The regulation of social
protection in the European
Community: the case of unemployment
compensation”; in A. Castro, P.
Mehaut & J. Rubery (eds):
International Integration and Labour
Market Organisation, Academic Press,
1992.
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"State action, trade unions and
voluntary unemployment insurance in
Great Britain, Germany and
Scandinavia, 1900–1934”, European
Economic Review, 1995, pp 565-574. |
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"Constitutional choice,
multi-level government and social
security systems in Great Britain,
Germany and Denmark”, Policy and
Politics, 1996, pp 247-261. |
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"The German Pension Debate.
Historical context and current
direction”, Debatte. Review of
Contemporary German Affairs, 1996,
pp 95-115. |
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"Deutsche Sozialpolitik und
Sozialpolitikanalyse am Scheideweg”,
Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, 1999,
Heft 1, pp 82-92. |
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"Jenseits der
Dreiweltendiskussion”, Zeitschrift
für Sozialreform, 2000, Heft 1, pp
68-86. |
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"The making of the Danish
employment service, 1960-1972.
Central and local policy choices,
employer demand, and trade union
resistance”; in H. Milner and E.
Wadensjö (eds): Gösta Rehn, the
Swedish Model and Labour Market
Policies, Ashgate Publishing, 2001. |
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"Die Anatomie der
Einkommensungleichheit in den OECD
Ländern“; in C. Toft (ed):
Politische Ansätze und Trends der
gegenwärtigen Reform des
Wohlfahrtsstaates, Verlag Chmielorz,
Wiesbaden, 2003. |
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"Evidence-based social science and
the Rehnist interpretation of the
development of active labour market
policy in Sweden during the golden
age. A critical examination";
Politics & Society, 2003, pp
567-608. |
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Review of Pierre Pestieau (2006):
"The Welfare State in the European
Union - Economic and Social
Perspectives"; Oxford University
Press; Journal of Economics, Dec
2006, Vol. 89 Issue 3, pp 289-291. |
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"Poverty and Equity. Measurement
and Analysis"; Note de Lecture
relating to Jean-Yves Duclos,
Abdelkrim Araar, and Carl Fortin
(2006) "Poverty and Equity.
Measurement and Analysis" &
"DAD: A software for Distributive
Analysis" (with Massimo Baldini);
Springer Publishing Company;
Economie-Publique, 2006, pp 5-12. |
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"Review of Ellen M. Immergut,
Karen M. Anderson and Isabelle
Schulze (eds) (2007): "The Handbook
of West European Pension Politics";
Oxford University Press; Journal of
Pension Economics and Finance, Nov
2008; pp 381-384. |
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Review of Nicholas Barr and Peter
Diamond (2008): "Reforming Pensions.
Principles and Policy Choices";
Oxford University Press; Journal of
Development Studies; 2009, pp
826-828. |
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"Editorial: Reichtumskonzentration
und Ungleichheit. Piketty
Kontrovers” (with Giacomo Corneo and
Jan Wielgohs), Beliner Debatte,
2015, Heft 1. |
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"Introduction: Choices and change
in European and American welfare
state reform"; in J. Cordes and C.
Toft (eds): Choices and Change in
European and American Welfare State
Reform, Oxford University Press,
forthcoming. |
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"Trade unions, gray power, and the
welfare states in the European Union
and the United States" (with Nick
Parsons); in J.Cordes and C. Toft
(eds): Choices and Change in
European and American Welfare State
Reform, Oxford University Press,
forthcoming. |
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"Pension reform, retirement ages,
and labour supply in the in the
United States and the European Union
(EU15) 1950-2060” (with Lynn
Karoly); in J. Cordes and C. Toft
(eds): Choices and Change in
European and American Welfare State
Reform, Oxford University Press,
forthcoming. |
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