Dr Nicole Baerg
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Email
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Location
5.425, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Tuesdays 10am-11:45am
Profile
Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of Essex and Casework Coordinator for the UCU Essex branch. Previously, I was co-Director of the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis (2019-2021). My current research interests include topics on central banking, central bank communication, central bank trust; community wealth building especially relating to natural resources and international river treaties; and the political and economic sentiments of the unbanked and under-financed. My publications include scholarly publications in Comparative Political Studies, Economics and Politics, Political Science Research and Methods, European Journal of Political Economy and others. I also have a book, published by Oxford University Press called "Crafting Consensus".
Appointments
University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer, Government, University of Essex (1/10/2020 - present)
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UCU Essex Casework Coordinator, University of Essex (1/8/2024 - present)
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Co-Director, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex (1/8/2019 - 1/8/2021)
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Lecturer, Government, University of Essex (1/10/2016 - 1/10/2020)
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Advanced Quantitative Political Analysis (GV300)
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The Politics of Public Policy (GV924)
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Politics
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 6/1/2023
Publications
Journal articles (12)
Baerg, N. and Binder, C., (2025). Automated Detection of Emotion in Central Bank Communication: A Warning. National Institute Economic Review. 269, 82-91
Baerg, N., Duell, D. and Lowe, W., (2025). Central bank communication as public opinion?. Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy. 6 (2), 211-247
Baerg, N., (2024). Bank Politics: Structural Reform in Comparative Perspective. By David Howarth and Scott James. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. 384p. $135.00 cloth.. Perspectives on Politics. 22 (3), 920-921
Baerg, N. and Hallerberg, M., (2022). Council Checks of the Commission under the European Semester: Does Member State Power and Euroskepticism Still Matter?. Journal of Common Market Studies. 60 (1), 58-80
Baerg, N. and Cross, JP., (2022). Central banking in the 21st century - A crisis of accountability?. European Journal of Political Economy. 74, 102294-102294
Baerg, N. and Krainin, C., (2022). Divided Committees and Strategic Vagueness. European Journal of Political Economy. 74, 102240-102240
Baerg, N., Gray, J. and Willisch, J., (2021). Opportunistic, not Optimal Delegation: The Political Origins of Central Bank Independence. Comparative Political Studies. Online (6), 956-988
Baerg, N. and Lowe, W., (2020). A Textual Taylor Rule: Estimating Central Bank Preferences Combining Topic and Scaling Methods. Political Science Research and Methods. 8 (1), 106-122
Baerg, NR., Hotchkiss, JL. and Quispe-Agnoli, M., (2018). Documenting the Unauthorized: Political Responses to Unauthorized Immigration. Economics and Politics. 30 (1), 1-26
Baerg, NR. and Hallerberg, M., (2016). Explaining Instability in the Stability and Growth Pact. Comparative Political Studies. 49 (7), 968-1009
Baerg, N., Mandelman, F. and Aacosta, P., (2009). Remittances, Exchange Rate Regimes, and Financial Sector Development: A Panel Data Analysis. Economic Review. 94, 1-12
Brawley, MR. and Baerg, N., (2008). Structural Adjustment, Development, and Democracy. International Studies Review. 9 (4), 601-615
Books (1)
Baerg, N., (2020). Crafting Consensus: Why Central Bankers Change their Speech and how Speech Changes the Economy. Oxford University Press. 9780190499488
Book chapters (1)
Brawley, MR. and Baerg, N., (2008). Structural Adjustment, Development, and Democracy. In: North and South in the World Political Economy. Wiley. 104- 121. 9781405162777
Conferences (2)
Baerg, NR., Lowe, W., Paolo Ponzetto, S., Stuckenschmidt, H. and Zirn, C., (2016). Estimating Central Bank Preferences
Baerg, NR., Štajner, S., Paolo Ponzetto, S. and Stuckenschmidt, H., (2016). Automatic Detection of Speculation in Policy Statements
Other (1)
Baerg, N., (2023).What shapes public support for Covid-related economic policy interventions? An experimental test,Open Science Framework - Preregistration
Grants and funding
2022
Political Economy of Reforms
University of Mannheim
2019
Learning support mk V: Fundamentals of Quantitative Text Analysis for social scientists online course
Sage Publications Ltd
2018
Learning support mk IV: Fundamentals of Quantitative Text Analysis for social scientists online course
Sage Publications Ltd
Contact
Academic support hours:
Tuesdays 10am-11:45am