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Matthias vom Hau

Matthias vom Hau_foto

Associate Professor

Academic Research Coordinator

ETHNICGOODS project, ERC

Biography

A sociologist by training, Matthias has a PhD (2007) from Brown University and previously held a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Manchester. He has also been a visiting researcher at Princeton University, the Freie Universität and the Humboldt Universität in Berlin, the Universidad de San Martín (UNSAM) and Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) in Buenos Aires, the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), and the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP) in Lima.

Matthias’ research is centrally concerned with the relationship between identity politics, institutions, and development, with a comparative-historical focus on Latin America. He has published widely on how states construct a sense of national belonging, how civil society actors negotiate and contest official nationalisms, and the extent to which ordinary citizens subscribe to official and counter-state identity projects. A second line of research explores the rise and consequences of indigenous movements in Latin America and beyond, while his third line of work corrects for the fundamentally ahistorical approach that underpins the supposedly negative relationship between ethnic diversity and public goods provision.

In 2019, Matthias vom Hau obtained an European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant to carry out his research focusing on the relationship between ethnic diversity and public goods provision

With the support of:

Background and education

  • (2007) PhD, Brown University
  • (2000) BA, Humboldt Universität Berlin

Awards

Professional memberships & affiliations

  • American Political Science Association (APSA): Sections on Comparative Politics and Qualitative and Mixed Methods
  • American Sociological Association (ASA): Sections on Comparative and Historical Sociology, Political Sociology and Sociology of Development
  • Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN)
  • Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
  • Research Associate, Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre (ESID) 

Research

Research interests

  • Comparative politics
  • Political Sociology
  • Historical Sociology
  • International Development
  • Nationalism
  • Ethnic Politics
  • Social Movements
  • States and State Formation
  • Land governance
  • Qualitative Research

Selected publications

  • vom Hau, Matthias; Peres-Cajías, José Alejandro; Soifer, Hillel David

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    2023.No taxation without informational foundation: on the role of legibility in tax state development.Journal of Institutional Economics,19(3):426-443LinkLogo open access
  • vom Hau, Matthias; Helbling, Marc; Tudor, Maya; Wimmer, Andreas; Halikiopoulou, Daphne

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    2023.The consequences of nationalism: A scholarly exchange.Nations and Nationalism,LinkLogo open access
  • Tim, Kelsall; Schulz, Nicolai; Ferguson, William D.; vom Hau, Matthias; Hickey, Sam; Levy, Brian

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    2022.Political Settlements and Development: Theory, Evidence, and Policy.New York:Oxford University Press.Link
  • vom Hau, Matthias; Peres-Cajías, José; David Soifer, Hillel

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    2021.No Taxation Without Informational Foundation: On The Role Of Legibility In Tax State Development.WIDER Working Paper,117-4LinkLogo open access
  • vom Hau, MatthiasSrebotnjak, Hana

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    2021.Bridging Regionalism and Secessionism: Territorial Autonomy Movements in the Iberian World.Cambridge University Press: Nationalities Papers,1 - 20Link
  • Kelsall, Tim; vom Hau, Matthias

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    2020.Beyond Institutions: Political Settlements Analysis and Development.IBEI Working Papers,2020/56.Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals.LinkLogo open access
  • Kyriazi, Anna; vom Hau, Matthias

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    2020.Textbooks, Postcards, and the Public Consolidation of Nationalism in Latin America.Qual Sociol,43:515–542LinkLogo open access
  • Vom Hau, Matthias; Abbott, Jared; Soifer, Hillel

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    2018.Inculcating Populist Nationalism? Education and Ideological Change in Venezuela.In:

    F. López-Alves; D.E. Johnson (Eds)

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    Populist Nationalism in Europe and the Americas.London:Routledge.
  • vom Hau, Matthias

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    2018.The Political Mediation of Indigenous Land Conflicts in Argentina.In:

    Rami Zurayk, Eckart Woertz and Rachel Bahn, (eds)

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    Crisis and Conflict in Agriculture.Wallingford, UK:CAB International,pp: 261-275.Link
  • Abbott, Jared A.; Soifer, Hillel; vom Hau, Matthias

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    2017.Transforming the Nation? The Bolivarian Education Reform in Venezuela.Journal of Latin American Studies,LinkLogo open access
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