Resume

• 2013

  ICPSR

• 2009

  Visiting Ph.D. Candidate

  Rice University

• 2008

  Ph.D.

  Studying and conducting research for my doctoral thesis for the academic year 2008-2009 through the Graduate Institute of International Studies Geneva-Yale Exchange

  International Relations

  Visiting Assistant of Research at the Macmillan Center for International and Area Studies; Research Assistant at the Political Science Department

• 2006

  Ph.D.

  Thesis: An Informal Modus Operandi: Efficiency in the organization of regional peace operations\n\nThesis Defended: September 29

  2011\n\nAward: Ph.D.

  Magna Cum Laude

  International Studies

  Specialization in Political Science

  Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

  Geneva

• 2005

  Bellaire

  MSc

  Award: Pass with Merit \n\nThesis: ‘Shaping St. Malo: Explaining the Impetus for a Franco-British Compromise toward a European Security and Defence Policy through the Bosnia and Kosovo Wars’

  European Studies (Research)

• 2001

  BA

  Print Journalism

  BA

  Minor in Economics\n\nGraduated with Honors

  International Relations

• Career Mentor to an under-privileged senior high school student to support her in her progress toward college

  HERO Uplift Mentoring

  Mentor

  Mentor to an under-privileged 10-year-old student in the Houston area\nWeekly visits to her school in addition to periodic outings together (e.g. zoo)

  Big Brothers Big Sisters of Houston

  Spanish

  Regression Analysis

  International Relations

  Multivariate Statistics

  French

  Interviewing High-level Officials

  International Security

  French fluency

  Intercultural Communication

  Survey Design

  Spanish proficiency

  Journalism

  Strong Writing Skills (Analytical

  Policy and Professional)

  Qualitative Research

  International Organizations

  Political Science

  Policy

  Analytical Skills

  Proposal Writing

  Quantitative Analysis

  Time to React: The Efficiency of International Organizations in Crisis Response

  Publication Date: January 1 2014 (US); March 3 2014 (Europe)\n\nAbstract: The speed with which international organizations respond to crises affects prospects for sustainable peace

  but scholars have yet to understand why some organizations take longer than others to do so. Building on interview evidence from 50 ambassadors across four leading organizations

  this manuscript identifies a key explanation for variation: differences in informal institutional cultures. In particular

  unspoken rules and social networks among decision-makers at organizations’ peace and security committees dictate the pace of proceedings. This book examines the dominant role of informal relations and rules in crisis decision-making and delimits the impact of an organization’s affluence.

  Time to React: The Efficiency of International Organizations in Crisis Response

  For a full list of publications

  see my CV at this website:

  Hardt

  Heidi

  Hardt

  Yale University

  Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)

  U.S. State Department

  INSEAD

  McGill University and University of Montreal

  Los Angeles Downtown News

  University of Texas at Arlington

  Sciences Po

  UC Irvine

  Rice University

  - Drafted a paper on security sector reform for the U.N. Office of Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict\n- Presented research findings on security sector governance to senior research fellows at think tank\n- Researched security sector’s role in protecting children for the book Children in an Insecure World\n- Edited chapters for the edited volume and recommended systemic changes to strengthen the volume

  Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)

  Lecturer

  - Created and taught the course ‘Contemporary European Security’ to 26 international undergraduate students from diverse educational and cultural backgrounds\n- Topics covered in the course: NATO

  the European Union

  civilian and military operations

  counter-terrorism

  transatlantic alliance and defense cooperation\n- Syllabus Available at: http://hhardt.googlepages.com/CourseSyllabus.doc

  Sciences Po

  McGill University and University of Montreal

  Montreal

  Canada

  - Researching learning in NATO operations and writing an article\n- Producing publications from Ph.D. thesis in the form of a book Cambridge University Press has committed to reviewing my book manuscript\n- A related article is under review at Global Governance\n- See forthcoming and past publications in CV: https://sites.google.com/site/hhardt/\n- Teaching the 60-person

  self-designed course ‘Causes of War' in French to international undergraduate students of Political Science - See syllabus: https://sites.google.com/site/hhardt/\n- Writing a comprehensive budget proposal directed at the Canadian Ministry of Industry for the research center\n- Presenting research in regular seminars and colloquia\n- Participating as presenter and discussant in relevant conferences (ISA

  APSA

  CIPSS Graduate Student Conference

  etc.)\n- Mentoring two Rice University undergraduate students on their career paths

  Post-doctoral Fellow at the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS)

  - Wrote press guidances which outlined official State Department responses to international crises and which the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs presented at daily foreign press briefings \n- Negotiated with Foreign Service Officers from different offices and bureaus

  under a two-hour deadline

  to create a text for each guidance that best summarized the input of all relevant diplomats\n- Worked in a team with two Foreign Service Officers to develop public diplomacy initiatives

  including exchange programs whereby European leaders and scholars visit to lecture on their work \n- Researched and presented program ideas for expanding public diplomacy efforts in Western Europe

  U.S. State Department

  Research Assistant

  - Collected and analyzed data with leading scholar Professor Bruce Russett to create an original foreign military expenditures database for analysis in STATA\n- Conducted archival

  scholarly and government database research

  including the CIA Factbook\n- Presented research findings to faculty and project co-author on tight deadlines\n- Created Excel spreadsheets for publication and Powerpoint presentations for an academic conference

  Yale University

  Staff Writer and Intern

  - Authored 32 articles on downtown politics

  urban development

  townhall meetings and local events\n- Produced multiple concise

  well-researched and coherent articles under same-day deadlines \n- Advised reporters on their stories

  brain-stormed story ideas and edited and fact-checked articles

  Los Angeles Downtown News

  Rice University

  Houston

  Texas

  - Conducted research and writing to finish my Ph.D. thesis \n- Transcribed 50 ambassador interviews from interviews I conducted in French

  English and Spanish\n- Compiled a unique database on crisis decision-making variables\n- Conducted additional and relevant scholarly research\n- Analyzed results of survey-based interviews and creating succinct presentation of results in the body of the thesis\n- Advised undergraduate students at Will Rice residence hall through lunch meetings twice a week \n- Created extracurricular programs for students including a graduate school talk and salsa workshop\n- Mentored two female students on graduate school

  career paths and gender-specific challenges

  Visiting Ph.D. Candidate

  Arlington

  Texas

  - Conduct research and publish on issues related to the intersection of global governance and international security\n- Advisor to the UTA chapter of the national Political Science honors society (Pi Sigma Alpha)\n- Participate in academic conferences\n- Teach two courses this semester - 1) Managing Conflict

  Building Peace (undergraduate level) and 2) Government of the United States (undergraduate level)\n- Member of the Haggard Committee to bring renowned practitioners in politics to UTA to speak to students\n- Advisor to an undergraduate on her Honors Thesis\n- Creator and Co-facilitator of a career list serv that connects UTA students with career opportunities in the field of international affairs (from government to the private sector to NGOs and IOs)

  Assistant Professor

  University of Texas at Arlington

  Irvine

  CA

  - Conduct research and publish on issues related to international organizations (e.g. NATO

  UN

  EU

  AU)

  organizational change and international security\n- Participate in academic conferences\n- Teach Ph.D. courses and undergraduate courses\nExamples include: International Organizations

  Introduction to International Relations

  Causes of War

  International Conflict Management and International Security

  Assistant Professor

  UC Irvine

  - Development of a database encompassing all registered U.S. non-profit organizations and data analysis for the article

  ‘Non-Profit Organizations: Why People Donate

  and How Their Money is Spent’\n- Identified patterns

  irregularities and surprising phenomena in the data set

  INSEAD

  Spanish

  French

  Lawrence S. Finkelstein Award

  - Award for the best high quality graduate student paper presented at the 2011 Annual Convention of the International Studies Association in Montreal

  Canada. \n- Prize includes $100 cash prize plus a travel grant for up to $500 to attend the next ISA Annual Convention and invitation to submit paper to Global Governance.

  ISA International Organization Section