Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

Qualifications

BA (1989) University of Strathclyde

PhD (1994) University of Strathclyde

Previous Positions

Professor Maloney has held various research and teaching posts at the Universities of Aberdeen and Strathclyde. Before joining Politics at Newcastle he was Reader in Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen.

Memberships

PSA, Lorenz-von-Stein-Gesellschaft e.V.

Research Interests

Organized Interests Politics; social capital; political participation (supply- and demand-sides) and nonparticipation and the professionalization of civil society organizations.

Current Work

Interest Groups Politics in Europe. The democratic and represenational implications of the professionalization of civil society organizations.

Recent Research

CONNEX - EU NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE. Co-ordinator of Work Package-A1 (with Jan W van Deth). “The new role of active citizenship and NGOs: from national toward international and European linkages” (RESEARCH GROUP 5: Social capital as catalyst of civic engagement and quality of governance). Under the Sixth Framework Programme: PRIORITY 7 – Citizens and Governance in a Knowledge Based Society. There have been several research group meetings in 2005-2008 period Bled, Slovenia; Mannheim, Germany (2005 and 2008); Newcastle, UK; Darmstadt, Germany; and Piran, Slovenia. Papers have been presented and reviewed at both sessions. This project produced two volumes both co-edited with Jan W van Deth (Mannheim University): Civil Society and Governance in Europe: From National to International Linkages (Edward Elgar, 2008) and Civil Society and Activism in Europe: Contextualising Engagement and Political Orientation (Routledge, 2010).

Future Research

Interest Groups Politics in Europe. The democratic and represenational implications of the professionalization of civil society organizations.

Postgraduate Supervision

Interest Groups Politics in Europe. The democratic and represenational implications of the professionalization of civil society organizations.

Esteem Indicators

June 2009 to April 2012, European Consortium or Political Research, Executive Committee Member. Publications and Publicity Portfolios.

Co-Director of ECPR Joint Sessions Workshop "Professionalization and Individualized Collective Action: Analyzing New 'Participatory' Dimensions in Civil Society" with Professor Jan van Deth (University of Mannheim). Lisbon 15th-20th April 2009.

Elected "Official Fellow" of the Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES), Universität Mannheim. March 2004.

Elected "Official Fellow" of the Mannheim Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES), Universität Mannheim. 2004 Renewed 2008 to 2011 and 2011-2014.

European Science Foundation Pool of Reviewers.March 2008 and March 2012: Visiting Professor, University of Antwerp.

Guest Professor, MZES (Universität Mannheim) Summer Terms 1999-2003.

2004 to present: EU NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE (CONNEX). Co-ordinator (with van Deth) of Work Package-A1: "The new role of active citizenship and NGOs: from national toward international and European linkages" (RESEARCH GROUP 5: Social capital as catalyst of civic engagement and quality of governance). Under the Sixth Framework Programme: PRIORITY 7 – Citizens and Governance in a Knowledge Based Society.

2001 to 2003: Coordinator (with Roßteutscher) of the Organizational component of the European Science Foundation (ESF) funded Citizenship, Involvement, and Democracy (CID) Network, and UK representative on the CID Steering Group.

2002 Political Studies Association Conference Academic Convenor.

Co-Section Chair for ECPR Conference in Canterbury (September 2001) "Mobilization and Participation" (with Kriesi).

"Academic Referee": Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative European Politics, Economic and Social Research Council, Environment and Planning ‘C’, Environmental Politics, European Journal of Political Science, European Science Foundation, Harvard University (Visiting Fellowship Program, Center for European Studies), Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Politics, Journal of Public Policy, Leverhulme Trust, Local Economy, Policy and Politics, Political Studies, and Public Administration.

PhD Examiner: Aarhus, Aberdeen, Essex, Newcastle and Sheffield.

External Examiner (October 2007-September 2010): Brunel University - BSc Politics; BSc Politics and History; BSc International Politics; BSc Politics and Sociology; BSc Politics and Economics.

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC): referee for research grant applications (programme and non-programme research funding), Professorial Research Fellowship Scheme and project evaluation Rapporteur.

Funding

ESRC Research Seminar Series – "Organized Interests: Democratic and Governance Issues". (December 2005 to May 2007; £14,620)

European Commission: A European Observatory on Social Cohesion, Trust and Participation – with Claire Wallace and Grant Jordan. (263,272 Euros [£174,352])

European Commission: Efficient and Democratic Governance in Multi-level Europe, CONNEX. (2,900 Euros [£1914]).

Sponsor Applicant for British Academy Visiting Professorship/Fellowship Scheme on behalf of Professor Jan W van Deth. Visit "6 May to 6 June 2004" (£1,900).

ESRC: Democracy and Participation Programme "Beliefs and Actions: Why Predisposition Differs from Mobilization" with Grant Jordan (£104,000). (Finished 2003).

Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society "Welfare Through Organisations: A Comparative Analysis of British and German Associational Life" with Jan W van Deth and Sigrid Roßteutscher (£46,000). (Finished 2001).

Projects

• Organized Interests: Democratic and Governance Issues
  Project Leader(s): Professor William Maloney

Undergraduate Teaching

Lecturer POL1047: Power, Participation and Democracy: Comparative Perspectives.

Lecturer POL2022: Government and Politics of the USA.

Adviser POL3046: Dissertation in Politics.

Module Leader POL3065: Citizen Involvement and Democracy: Political Participation

Module Leader POL3080: Interest Group Politics.

Adviser POL8099: Dissertation.

• van Deth JW, Maloney WA. Counting at the Local Level. In: Halpin, D., Jordan, G, ed. Quantifying Interest Group Populations. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. In Press.
• van Deth JW, Maloney WA, ed. New Participatory Dimensions in Civil Society: Professionalization and Individualized Collective Action. London, UK: Routledge, 2011.
• Maloney WA, van Deth JW, ed. Civil Society and Activism in Europe: Contextualising Engagement and Political Orientation. London, UK: Routledge, 2010.
• Maloney WA. Interest Groups and the Revitalization of Democracry: Are We Expecting Too Much?. Representation 2009, 45(3), 275-285.
• Beyers J, Eising R, Maloney WA. Researching Interest Group Politics in Europe and Elsewhere: Much We Study, Little We Know?. West European Politics 2008, 31(6), 1103-1128.
• Beyers J, Eising R, Maloney W. Conclusion: Embedding Interest Group Research. West European Politics (Special Issue, The Politics of Organised Interests in Europe: Lessons from EU Studies and Comparative Politics) 2008, 31(6), 1290-1300.
• Maloney WA, Van Deth J, Roßteutscher S. Civic orientations: Does associational type matter?. Political Studies 2008, 56(2), 261-287.
• Maloney WA. Interest Groups, Social Capital and Democratic Politics. In: Castiglione D; Van Deth J; Wolle G, ed. The Handbook of Social Capital. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
• Maloney WA, Van Deth J, ed. Civil Society and Governance in Europe: From National to International Linkages. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2008.
• Jordan G, Maloney W. Democracy and Interest Groups : Enhancing Participation?. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
• Maloney W, Roßteutscher S, ed. Social Capital and Associations in European Democracies: A Comparative Analysis. London: Routledge, 2006.
• Maloney WA, Van Deth J. Conclusions: Europeanisation, Multi-Level Governance, and the Future of Civil Society. In: Maloney, W., Van Deth, J, ed. Civil Society and Governance in Europe: From National to International Linkages. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2008, pp.241-252.
• Van Deth J, Maloney WA. Introduction: From Bottom-up and Top-down towards Multi-level Governance in Europe. In: Maloney, W., Van Deth, J, ed. Civil Society and Governance in Europe: From National to International Linkages. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2008, pp.3-18.
• VanDeth J, Maloney W. Is Local Civil Society Conducive to European Participatory Engineering. Mannheim: CONNEX, 2008. CONNEX report series: Opening EU-Governance to Civil Society: Gains and Challenges 5.
• Kohler-Koch B, De Bièvre D, Maloney WA, ed. Opening EU-Governance to Civil Society: Gains and Challenges. Mannheim: Connex, 2008.
• Maloney WA. Social Capital as Catalyst of Civic Engagement and Quality of Governance. In: Kohler-Koch B, De Bièvre D, Maloney WA, ed. Opening EU-Governance to Civil Society: Gains and Challenges. Mannheim: Connex, 2008.
• Maloney WA, Van Deth J. The Associational Impact on Attitudes towards Europe: An Anglo-German Comparison. In: Maloney WA; Van Deth J, ed. Civil Society and Governance in Europe: From National to International Linkages. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2008.
• Maloney WA. The Professionalization of Representation: Biasing Participation. In: Kohler-Koch B; De Bièvre D; Maloney W, ed. Opening EU-Governance to Civil Society: Gains and Challenges. Mannheim: CONNEX, 2008, pp.381.
• Maloney W, Roßteutscher S. Associations, Participation and Democracy. In: William A Maloney and Sigrid Roßteutscher, ed. Social Capital and Associations in European Democracies: A Comparative Analysis. London: Routledge, 2007, pp.3-15.
• Jordan G, Maloney WA. "Letting George Do It": Does Olson Explain Low Levels of Participation?. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties 2006, 16(2), 115-139.
• Maloney WA, Jordan G. Explaining Low Participation Rates: Collective Action and the "Concerned Unmobilised". In: Zittel T; Fuchs D, ed. Participatory Democracy and Political Participation. London: Routledge, 2006.
• Jordan G, Maloney W. Old Political Science and New Social Movements. In: Hermann T, ed. Social Movements and Political Protest. Tel Aviv: Open University of Israel, 2006.
• Font J, Geurts P, Maloney W, Berton M. Organisations in Context: politics and culture shaping associational life. In: Maloney W; Roßteutscher S, ed. Social Capital and Associations in European Democracies: A Comparative Analysis. London: Routledge, 2006.
• Maloney WA. Political Participation: Beyond the Electoral Arena. In: Dunleavy P; Heffernan R, Cowley P; Hay C, ed. Developments in British Politics 8. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
• Maloney W, Roßteutscher S. The Associational Universe in Europe: size and participation. In: Maloney W; Roßteutscher S, ed. Social Capital and Associations in European Democracies: A Comparative Analysis. London: Routledge, 2007.
• Maloney WA, Roßteutscher S. The Prospects of Civil Society and Democratic Governance. In: Maloney W; Roßteutscher S, ed. Social Capital and Associations in European Democracies: A Comparative Analysis. London: Routledge, 2007.
• Clarence EL, Jordan G, Maloney W. Activating Participation: Generating Support for Campaign Groups. In: Roßteutscher S, ed. Democracy and the Role of Associations: Political, Organizational and Social Contexts. London: Routledge, 2005, pp.133-150.
• Maloney W, Roßteutscher S. Welfare Through Organizations. In: Roßteutscher S, ed. Democracy and the Role of Associations: Political, Organizational and Social Contexts. London: Routledge, 2005, pp.89-112.
• Smith G, Stoker G, Maloney WA. Building Social Capital in City Politics: Scope and Limitations at the Inter-Organisational Level. Political Studies 2004, 52(3), 508-530.
• Jordan G, Halpin D, Maloney WA. Defining Interests: Disambiguation and the Need for New Distinctions?. British Journal of Politics and International Relations 2004, 6, 195-212.
• Stoker G, Smith G, Maloney W, Young S. Voluntary Associations and the Generation of Social Capital in City Politics. In: Boddy M; Parkinson M, ed. City Matters: Competitiveness, Cohesion and Urban Governance. Bristol: The Policy Press, 2004, pp.389-403.
• Hayes G, Leaman J, Maloney W. Water. In: Compston H, ed. The Handbook of Public Policy. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2004, pp.241-251.
• Maloney W, Stevenson L. Social Capital. In: Axtmann R, ed. Understanding Democratic Politics. Sage, 2003, pp.187-195.
• Jordan G, Maloney W. Britain: Change and Continuity within the New Realities of British Politics. In: Thomas C, ed. Political Parties and Interest Groups: Shaping Democratic Governance. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Press, 2001, pp.27-44.
• Maloney WA. Regulation in an Episodic Policy-Making Environment: The Water Industry in England and Wales. Public Administration 2001, 79(3), 625-642.
• Maloney W, Smith G, Stoker G. Social Capital and the City. In: Edwards B; Foley M; Diani M, ed. Beyond Tocqueville: Civil Society and the Social Capital Debate in Comparative Perspective. New Hampshire: University of New England, 2001, pp.340.
• Maloney WA, van Deth JW. Conclusions: How democratic is professionalized and individualized political action?. In: van Deth, J.W., Maloney, W.A, ed. New Participatory Dimensions in Civil Society: Professionalization and Individualized Collective Action. London, UK: Routledge, 2012, pp.231-242.
• van Deth JW, Maloney WA. Introduction: Democracy, Professionalization and Participation. In: van Deth, J.W., Maloney, W.A, ed. New Participatory Dimensions in Civil Society: Professionalization and Individualized Collective Action. London, UK: Routledge, 2012, pp.1-12.
• Maloney WA. The Democratic Contribution of Professionalized Representation. In: van Deth, JW; Maloney, WA, ed. New Participatory Dimensions in Civil Society: Professionalization and Individualized Collective Action. London, UK: Routledge, 2011, pp.84-96.
• Bernhagen P, Maloney WA. Civil Society Organizations as 'Little Democracies'. In: Maloney, W.A., van Deth, J.W, ed. Civil Society and Activism in Europe: Contextualizing Engagement and Political Orientations. London, UK: Routledge, 2010, pp.100-126.
• Maloney WA, van Deth JW. Conclusions: Activists, Active People and Citizens in European Communities. In: Maloney, W.A., van Deth, J.W, ed. Civil Society and Activism in Europe: Contextualizing Engagement and Political Orientations. London, UK: Routledge, 2010, pp.231-241.
• van Deth JW, Maloney WA. Introduction: Contextualizing Civil Societies in European Communities. In: Maloney, W.A., van Deth, J.W, ed. Civil Society and Activism in Europe: Contextualizing Engagement and Political Orientations. London, UK: Routledge, 2010, pp.1-16.