- Climate Change Politics

- Climate and Energy Transformation

- Policy Acceptance and Support

- Regulation and Governance

- European Union politics

- Territorial Politics

- Public Policy (initiation, shaping, decision-taking, contestation, implementation)

Bergen University (Department of Comparative Politics):

- "European Union Institutions, Politics, and Policies"
BA course (26 hours), together with Georg Picot, EUR 105

- "Regions, Federalism, and EU integration"
BA course (22 hours), SAMPOL 205

- "Democratic Transformations in Europe: Trends and Implications"
BA course (22 hours), SAMPOL 223

- Director of the BA programme in European Studies
https://www.uib.no/studieprogram/BASV-EUR

 

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Politics and Public Administration chair):

- “Introduction to public policy analysis in comparative and European contexts”
 BA course (30 hours), SS 2011, SS 2012

- “European and International Dimensions of Policy-Making”
 BA course (32 hours), WS 2010, WS 2011-2

- “Theories of EU integration: from method to practice”
 MA course (30 hours), SS 2011, SS 2012

- “Regions, federalism and EU integration”
 MA course (32 hours), WS 2011-2

Monash University (Prato Centre):

- “Researching the European Union: Theories and Methodologies”
 MA Course (32 hours), 2009.
 

Academic article

• Tatham, Michael Robert; Lemaire, Pauline Marguerite (2024). Mapping domestic climate authority: insights from the UK’s multi-scale institutional architecture. (external link)
• Jikiun, Sunniva Petersen; Tatham, Michael Robert; Oltedal, Velaug Myrseth (2023). Saved by hydrogen? The public acceptance of onshore wind in Norway. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert; Peters, Yvette (2022). Fueling opposition? Yellow vests, urban elites, and fuel taxation. (external link)
• Boasson, Elin Lerum; Tatham, Michael Robert (2022). Climate policy: from complexity to consensus?. (external link)
• Harbers, Imke; Tatham, Michael Robert; Tillin, Louise et al. (2021). Thirty years of Regional and Federal Studies. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert; Hooghe, Liesbet; Marks, Gary (2021). The territorial architecture of government. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert; Bauer, Michael W. (2021). Hungry for power? Regional elites and the architecture of government . (external link)
• Myksvoll, Thomas; Tatham, Michaël; Fimreite, Anne Lise (2021). Understanding bureaucratic support for coerced institutional change. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2020). Regions and immigration in advanced democracies. (external link)
• Huwyler, Oliver; Tatham, Michael Robert; Blatter, Joachim (2018). Party Politics, Institutions, and Identity: The Dynamics of Regional Venue-Shopping in the EU. (external link)
• López, Facundo A Santiago; Tatham, Michael Robert (2018). Regionalization with Europeanization? The rescaling of interest groups in multi-level systems. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2018). The rise of regional influence in the EU – From soft policy lobbying to hard vetoing. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert; Mbaye, Heather A.D. (2018). Regionalization and the Transformation of Policies, Politics, and Polities in Europe. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2017). Networkers, fund hunters, intermediaries, or policy players? The activities of regions in Brussels. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2017). Disentangling actors from their environment? Pitfalls and added-value of the strategic-choice approach. (external link)
• Jensen, Mads Dagnis; Tatham, Michael Robert (2017). Policy Analysis, International Relations, and European Governance – Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert; Bauer, Michael W. (2016). The State, the Economy, and the Regions: Theories of Preference Formation in Times of Crisis. (external link)
• Bauer, Michael W.; Tatham, Michael Robert (2015). German regional administrative elites, New Public Management and the role of the state in the economy. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2015). Regional Voices in the European Union: Sub-national influence in multi-level politics. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert; Thau, Mads (2014). The more the merrier: accounting for sub-state paradiplomats in Brussels. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert; Bauer, Michael W. (2014). Competence ring-fencing from below? The drivers of regional demands for control over upwards dispersion. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert; Bauer, Michael W. (2014). Support from below? Supranational institutions, regional élites and governance preferences. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2014). Limited institutional change in an international organisation: accounting for the EU’s shift away from "federal blindness. (external link)
• Callanan, Mark; Tatham, Michael Robert (2014). Territorial interest representation in the European Union: actors, objectives and strategies. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert; Jensen, Mads Dagnis; Koop, Christel (2014). Coping with power dispersion? Autonomy, coordination, and control in multi-level systems. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2014). Same game but more players? Sub-national lobbying in an enlarged Union. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2013). Paradiplomats against the state: Explaining conflict in state and sub-state interest representation in Brussels. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2012). You do what you have to do? Salience and territorial interest representation in EU environmental affairs. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2011). Devolution and EU policy-shaping: Bridging the gap between Multi-Level Governance and Liberal Intergovernmentalism. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2010). The evolution of the UK political system in the first decade of the new millennium: comparative and temporal perspectives. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2010). With or Without You? Revisiting territorial state-bypassing in EU interest representation. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2008). La dernière nation sans Etat du Royaume? L'épineuse question de la dévolution au pays de la Rose. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2008). Going Solo: Direct Regional Representation in the European Union. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2007). Fédéralisme déguisé ou ajustement marginal ? L’impacte de la dévolution sur le système politique britannique. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Tatham, Michael Robert (2023). Farewell note: a decade as RFS Editor. (external link)

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

• Tatham, Michael Robert (2022). Multilevel governance and the transformation of the state. (external link)
• Callanan, Mark; Tatham, Michael Robert (2021). Regional and local government and the European Union. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2021). Regions and Cities in Multilevel Governance. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2019). Regions as lobbyists. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2018). Regions Beyond the State: External Relations and Paradiplomacy . (external link)
• Peters, Yvette; Tatham, Michael Robert (2016). The Transformation of Democracy. (external link)
• Peters, Yvette; Tatham, Michael Robert (2016). The Contemporary State of Democracy in a Transformed Europe. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2016). Multi-Jurisdictional Politics: State Adaptation and Mixed Visions of Democracy. (external link)
• Keating, M; Hooghe, L; Tatham, Michael Robert (2015). Bypassing the nation state? Regions and the EU policy process. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2012). L’interaction Etat-région sur la scène européenne: relations différenciées et facteurs commu. (external link)

Academic lecture

• Myksvoll, Thomas M.; Fimreite, Anne Lise; Tatham, Michael Robert (2018). Understand Bureaucratic Support for Coerced Institutional Change. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert; Callanan, Mark (2012). Unravelling sub-national mobilisation. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert; Bauer, Michael W. (2012). Playing with the grown-ups: the determinants of regional influence on EU decision-taking. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert; Thau, Mads (2012). The more the merrier: accounting for sub-state paradiplomats in Brussels. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert; Bauer, Michael W. (2012). Playing with the grown-ups: the determinants of regional influence on EU decision-taking. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert; Bauer, Michael W. (2012). Competence ring-fencing from below? The drivers of regional demands for control over upwards dispersion. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert (2012). Same game but more players? Sub-national lobbying in an enlarged Union. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert; Bauer, Michael W. (2012). Support from below? Regional élites, governance preferences and supranational insti-tutions. (external link)
• Tatham, Michael Robert; Bauer, Michael W. (2012). Preliminary results from a survey of regional administrative and political élites: Regional Preferences for Competence Allocation in the EU Multilevel System. (external link)

Academic monograph

• Tatham, Michael Robert (2016). With, Without, or Against the State? How European Regions Play the Brussels Game. (external link)

Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

• Peters, Yvette; Tatham, Michael Robert (2016). Democratic Transformations in Europe 31: Challenges and Prospects. (external link)
• Peters, Yvette; Tatham, Michael Robert (2016). Democratic Transformations in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities. (external link)

Book review

• Tatham, Michael Robert (2012). review of: Bolleyer N (2009) Intergovernmental Cooperation. Rational Choices in Federal Systems and Beyond. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

2020-2025

UiB. The Structure Acceptance Nexus in Climate Politics (SANE-Clim). Principal Investigator. AkademiaAvtalen, 5 million NOK (approx. 450,000 EUR).

 

2020-2025

UiB. Designing a Refined Legal Framework for Offshore Wind in the North Sea Basin (DeWindSea). Leader of work-package (WP) 2. AkademiaAvtalen, 808,000 NOK for WP2 (approx. 72,600 EUR) (5 mil. NOK overall, approx. 450,000 EUR).

 

2020-2023

UiB. Causes and Consequences of the Legal Architecture of Climate Politics (LEG-ARCH). Co-Investigator. UiB, 3.5 million NOK (approx. 310,000 EUR).

 

2018-2020

UiB. Jean Monnet Module Action – European Union Institutions, Politics, and Policies (JMMA-EUIPP). Principal Investigator. European Commission, 30,000 EUR.

 

2008-2012

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. European Regional Elite Survey (ERES). Collaborator.  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), 150,000 EUR.

Centre memberships

- Affiliate member of the Center for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET -- UiB)

- Affiliate member of the Bergen Energy Lab (BEL-- UiB)

- Affiliate member of the Centre for Sustainable Area Management (CeSAM -- UiB)

- Affiliate member of the Bergen Offshore Wind cente (BOW-- UiB)

 

 

Main degrees

- PhD (EUI, Florence)

- M.Res (EUI, Florence)

- M.Phil (Oxon)

- Diplôme (IEP, Grenoble)

- Maîtrise, Licence et DEUG (Université Stendhal, Grenoble III)