Vita of Dr. Rikki J. Dean
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Social Policy, London School of Economics (2012-2016)
Thesis: Democratising Bureaucracy: The Many Meanings of Public Participation in Social Policy and How to Harness Them.
Supervisors: Tania Burchardt and Hartley Dean.
Examiners: Patrick Dunleavy (LSE) and Mark Warren (UBC).
Funded by Economic and Social Research Council, UK
Visiting Democracy Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard University (2015)
Funded by Economic and Social Research Council, UK.
MSc Social Policy Research, London School of Economics (2011-2012)
Dissertation: Ideology and Efficacy: Exploring the Evaluation of Deliberative and Participatory Policy-Making in UK Social Policy.
Grade: Distinction
MA Social and Political Thought, University of Sussex (2005-2007)
Dissertation: Freedom as Motivation in Karl Marx's Historical Materialism.
Grade: Distinction
BA (Hons) Philosophy and English Literature, University of Sussex (2001-2004)
Grade: 2:1
PRIZES
Policy & Politics’ Bleddyn Davies Prize for Best Early Career Paper (2018) for ‘Beyond Radicalism and Resignation: The Competing Logics of Public Participation in Policy Decisions’.
LSE’s Richard Titmuss Prize for Outstanding Scholarship (2017) for PhD Thesis, Democratising Bureaucracy.
LSE’s Richard Titmuss Prize for Outstanding Performance (2013) in the MSc Social Policy Research.
COMPETITIVE FUNDING AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
Johanna Quandt Young Academy Sabbatical Fellowship. 2021-2024.
Funded by Johanna Quandt Young Academy. 25,000€
Bürgerrat Demokratie Evaluation Project (with Brigitte Geissel and Stefan Jung). 2019.
Funded by Mehr Demokratie. 30,000€
‘Is This What Democracy Looks Like?’ Project Development Funding. 2019.
Funded by GRADE A|B Focus Programme, Goethe University Frankfurt. 7,924€
Visiting Democracy Fellowship at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard University. 2015.
Funded by UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). 8,000€
PhD Studentship. 2012-2015.
Funded by UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). 70,000€
RESEARCH POSITIONS
2017-Present: Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow, Democratic Innovations Research Unit,
Institute for Political Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt
2016-2017: Research Assistant to Professor Graham Smith, University of Westminster.
Project 1: Departmental Impact Audit. Project 2: Participation in Climate Change Governance.
2015-2017: Research Assistant to Dr Liz Richardson (Manchester) and Dr Catherine Durose (Birmingham).
Project 1: Who is accountable in localism? Project 2: ‘Jam and Justice’ project on decentralised governance.
2013-2016: Research Assistant to Moira Wallace OBE, Oriel College, University of Oxford).
Project: Adolescent social exclusion under New Labour
2007-2008: Research Assistant to Christopher Hood CBE, All Souls College, University of Oxford.
Project 1: The political pay-off of public service performance target regimes.
Project 2: Tracking the prevalence of QUANGOs in UK public administration.
TEACHING POSITIONS
2017-Present: Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow, Democratic Innovations Research Unit,
Institute for Political Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt
2016: Visiting Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Westminster
2013-2014: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
2010-2011: Microsoft Innovation Outreach Programme & Digital Economy Programme Coordinator, Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London
2007-2008: ESRC Public Services Programme Administrator, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
