School of Social and Political Science

Dr Adam William Chalmers

Senior Lecturer (European Union Politics)

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adam.w.chalmers@ed.ac.uk
http://www.adamwilliamchalmers.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/www.linkedin.com/in/adam-chalmers-91001413a/
3.02
Chrystal Macmillan Building
15a George Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9LD

Research interests

Energy, environment and sustainability European Union Studies Finance and economic sociology Governance & Democracy Methods

My research focuses on (1) corporate lobbying, (2) corporate sustainability policy, and (3) natural language processing. 

Background

​I earned my B.A. and M.A. from York University (Canada) and my Ph.D. in Political Science at McGill University. I've held previous positions at Leiden University (Netherlands) in the Institute of Political Science and King's College London in the Department of Political Economy. More information can be found on my personal webpage (http://www.adamwilliamchalmers.com/)

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Chalmers A, Klingler-Vidra R, Aikman D, Kuralbayeva K, Foreman T. Sustainable finance: The rise of the “E” in ESG. Global Policy. 2023 Feb 9.
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Chalmers AW, Klingler-Vidra R, Puglisi A, Remke L. In and out of revolving doors in European Union financial regulatory authorities. Regulation and Governance. 2022 Oct 1;16(4):1233-1249. Epub 2021 Jun 30. doi: 10.1111/rego.12424
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Klingler-Vidra R, Hai SJ, Liu Y, Chalmers AW. Is the Jack Ma trajectory unique? Assessing the place-based hypothesis on entrepreneurial success. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. 2022;34(4):419-442. Epub 2021 Sep 20. doi: 10.1080/08276331.2021.1974236
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Chalmers AW, Malik TN. Rule omission, rule migration and the limits of financial industry power. European Journal of Political Research. 2021 Nov 1;60(4):874-891. Epub 2021 Jan 12. doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.12433
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Antoine E, Chalmers AW. Interest groups and social media. In Harris P, Bitonti A, Fleisher CS, Skorkjær Binderkrantz A, editors, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 2021 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-13895-0_229-1
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Klingler-Vidra R, Tran BL, Chalmers AW. Transnational experience and high-performing entrepreneurs in emerging economies: Evidence from Vietnam. Technology in Society. 2021 Aug 1;66:1-11. 101605. Epub 2021 May 12. doi: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101605
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van den Broek O, Chalmers AW. Hypotheses. In Morin J-F, Olsson C, Özlem Atikcan E, editors, Research Methods in the Social Sciences: An A-Z of key concepts. Oxford University Press. 2021
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Chalmers AW, Macedo FS. Does it pay to lobby? Examining the link between firm lobbying and firm profitability in the European Union. Journal of European Public Policy. 2021;28(12):1993-2010. Epub 2020 Sep 30. doi: 10.1080/13501763.2020.1824012
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Chalmers AW. Unity and conflict: Explaining financial industry lobbying success in European Union public consultations. Regulation and Governance. 2020 Jul 1;14(3):391-408. Epub 2018 Nov 26. doi: 10.1111/rego.12231
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Chalmers AW, Puglisi A, van den Broek O. Interest groups. In Harris P, Bitonti A, Fleisher CS, Skorkjær Binderkrantz A, editors, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 2020 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-13895-0_44-2
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Chalmers AW, Young KL. Network effects in the formation of the financial industry's regulatory preferences in the European Union. Business and Politics. 2020 Mar 1;22(1):52-84. Epub 2020 Jan 28. doi: 10.1017/bap.2019.33
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