Dr. Kaare Strom

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Biography

Kaare Strom is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. His research interests focus on political parties, coalition theory, European politics, and institutions in parliamentary democracies. He is the author of 'Minority Government Majority Rule' and co-editor of several significant works, including 'Challenges Political Parties, Policy, Office Votes?' and 'Coalition Governments in Western Europe.' Strom has published numerous articles in prestigious scholarly journals such as the American Political Science Review and the European Journal of Political Research. He has received multiple awards for his academic contributions, including the Franklin Burdette Pi Sigma Alpha Award and the Gabriel Almond Award for his dissertation on Comparative Politics. His career includes notable positions on the National Science Foundation's political science panel and serving on editorial boards for leading academic journals in Europe. Strom's preeminent contributions to Comparative Politics have earned him fellowships at esteemed institutions like the Hoover Institution and the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences at Stanford. He obtained his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1984, focusing on Comparative Politics, with a particular emphasis on Western Europe and Democratic Institutions.

Research Interests

Experience

Distinguished Professor

1988-01-01 — Present

University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA

Distinguished Professor in the Department of Political Science, engaging in extensive research and publication.

Awards

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Franklin Burdette Pi Sigma Alpha Award

1983-01-01
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Gabriel Almond Award

1984-01-01
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UNESCO's Sixth Stein Rokkan Prize

1994-01-01

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
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Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).