{{short description|American economist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Daniel Diermeier | image = Daniel Diermeier 2020 (cropped).jpg | caption = Diermeier in 2020 | office = 9th Chancellor of Vanderbilt University | term_start = July 1, 2020 | term_end = | predecessor = Nicholas S. Zeppos | successor = | office1 = Provost of the University of Chicago | term_start1 = July 1, 2016 | term_end1 = January 31, 2020 | predecessor1 = Eric Isaacs | successor1 = Ka Yee Lee | office2 = Dean of the Harris School of Public Policy | term_start2 = September 1, 2014 | term_end2 = July 1, 2016 | predecessor2 = Colm O'Muircheartaigh | successor2 = Kerwin Kofi Charles (acting) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|7|16}} | birth_place = West Berlin, West Germany<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eu.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2019/12/05/daniel-diermeier-new-vanderbilt-university-chancellor-what-to-know-background-accomplishments/2607823001/ | title=The Tennessean Subscription Offers, Specials, and Discounts }}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | children = 2 | education = LMU Munich (BA, MA)<br>University of Southern California (MA)<br>University of Rochester (MA, PhD) }}
'''Daniel Diermeier''' (born July 16, 1965)<ref name="cv">{{Cite web |title=Sorry, page not found. Kellogg School {{!}} Northwestern |url=https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/sitemap/404error.aspx |access-date=2025-11-16 |website=Kellogg School of Management |language=en}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> is a German political scientist, currently serving as the 9th chancellor of Vanderbilt University since July 2020. Previously, Diermeier was the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, where he also served as provost from 2016 to 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://provost.uchicago.edu/directory/daniel-diermeier|title = Daniel Diermeier | Office of the Provost}}</ref>
==Education== Diermeier holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Rochester and master's degrees from LMU Munich, the University of Southern California, and the University of Rochester.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Daniel Diermeier - Provost - The University of Chicago |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-diermeier-931b331/ |website=LinkedIn}}</ref>
==Career== Educated at German and American universities, Diermeier started his career as an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University before joining the Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. There, he was the IBM Professor of Regulation and Competitive Practice and, later, director of the Ford Motor Company Center for Global Citizenship. He won multiple teaching awards, including the Professor of the Year Award in 2010 and Alumni Professor of the Year Award in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alumni Professor of the Year|url=https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/news_articles/2013/05132013-diermeier-alumni-professor-year.aspx|publisher=Northwestern Kellogg|access-date=January 24, 2020|date=May 13, 2013}}</ref>
From 2014 to 2016, Diermeier served as Dean of the Harris School of Public Policy as well as the Emmet Dedmon Professor at the Harris School and The College at The University of Chicago. During his tenure the Harris School increased the number of students and faculty,<ref>{{cite web|title=Harris Public Policy More than Doubles Early Action Applications for Academic Year 2018-2019 |url=https://harris.uchicago.edu/news-events/news/harris-public-policy-more-doubles-early-action-applications-academic-year-2018 |publisher=Harris Public Policy |access-date=January 24, 2020 |date=December 19, 2017}}</ref> expanded key areas of scholarly research, and led fundraising efforts for the renovation of The Keller Center.<ref>{{cite news|title=$32.5 million in gifts to support Chicago Harris |url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/325-million-gifts-support-chicago-harris |publisher=UChicago News |access-date=January 23, 2020 |date=November 5, 2014}}</ref> As provost of the University of Chicago, Diermeier earned a yearly salary of $1,319,597.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 15, 2020|title=University Of Chicago|url=https://nonprofitlight.com/il/chicago/university-of-chicago|access-date=February 19, 2021|website=Non Profit Data|language=en-us|archive-date=March 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325174631/https://nonprofitlight.com/il/chicago/university-of-chicago|url-status=live}}</ref>
On December 4, 2019, Diermeier was announced as the ninth Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, beginning July 1, 2020, and was officially invested on April 9, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2019/12/04/daniel-diermeier-ninth-chancellor/ |title=Internationally renowned scholar Daniel Diermeier named Vanderbilt University chancellor |date=December 4, 2019}}</ref> In May 2024, the university extended Diermeier's contract until 2035.<ref name="Wrather">{{cite news |last1=Wrather |first1=Meg |date=May 31, 2024 |title=Vanderbilt approves 'significant' contract extension for Chancellor Daniel Diermeier |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2024/05/31/vanderbilt-university-chancellor-diermeier.html |access-date=June 3, 2024 |work=Nashville Business Journal}}</ref>
Diermeier is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amacad.org/content/news/pressReleases.aspx?pr=198|title=Press Releases – American Academy of Arts & Sciences|access-date=October 3, 2016|archive-date=January 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119060552/https://www.amacad.org/content/news/pressReleases.aspx?pr=198|url-status=live}}</ref> and a research fellow at the Canadian Institute of Advanced Research (CIFAR).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cifar.ca/profiles/daniel-diermeier/|title=Daniel Diermeier: CIFAR |website=www.cifar.ca|access-date=October 3, 2016}}</ref> In 2014, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in political science.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/daniel-diermeier/|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Daniel Diermeier|website=www.gf.org|access-date=October 3, 2016|archive-date=November 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107222327/http://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/daniel-diermeier/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2023, Diermeier was named by Carnegie Corporation of New York as an honoree of the Great Immigrants Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-28 |title=Pedro Pascal and World Bank's Ajay Banga among those named to Carnegie's 2023 Great Immigrants list |url=https://apnews.com/article/pedro-pascal-ajay-banga-carnegie-great-immigrants-f28abf588332dd3bf2fe089100efb279 |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=February 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216153731/https://apnews.com/article/pedro-pascal-ajay-banga-carnegie-great-immigrants-f28abf588332dd3bf2fe089100efb279 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Research== Diermeier has published four books and more than 100 research articles in academic journals, mostly in the fields of political science, economics and management, but also in other areas ranging from linguistics, sociology, and psychology to computer science, operations research, and applied mathematics.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160331/NEWS13/160339952/u-of-c-taps-public-policy-school-dean-as-new-provost|title=U of C taps public policy school dean as new provost|date=March 31, 2016|website=Crain's Chicago Business|access-date=October 3, 2016}}</ref>
Diermeier has contributed to the theory of legislative institutions, including the study of committees in the U.S. Congress, governing coalitions in multi-party democracies and the formation and stability of coalition governments.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0951629803015002645|title=Institutionalism as a Methodology|journal=Journal of Theoretical Politics|date=April 1, 2003|doi=10.1177/0951629803015002645|last1=Diermeier|first1=Daniel|last2=Krehbiel|first2=Keith|volume=15|issue=2|pages=123–144|s2cid=152484131|url-access=subscription|archive-date=January 28, 2020|access-date=January 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128031409/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0951629803015002645|url-status=live}}</ref> He was one of the first political scientists to use structural estimation: i.e., in the study of political careers and coalitions; text analytical methods; and behavioral models in politics.<ref name="WeingastWittman2008">{{cite book |author1=Barry R. Weingast|author2=Donald Wittman|title=The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WgHcf8Y0r9UC&pg=PA175|date=June 19, 2008|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-954847-7|pages=175–}}</ref> In addition to his work in political science Diermeier has worked on issues of corporation reputations and the interaction between firms and social activists.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/strategic_activism_and_nonmarket_strategy1|title= Strategic Activism and Nonmarket Strategy|date=September 1, 2008|website=Kellogg Insight |publisher=Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University}}</ref>
==Other interests== Diermeier has served as a board member for the University of Chicago Medical Center, Argonne National Laboratory, the Civic Consulting Alliance, CityBase, the Marine Biological Laboratory, the National Opinion Research Center, the Field Museum of Natural History, and the management board of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2016/4/1/harris-dean-diermeier-will-take-provost-post/ |title=Harris Dean Diermeier Will Take Provost Post |website=www.chicagomaroon.com |language=en |access-date=February 26, 2020 |archive-date=January 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124231617/https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2016/4/1/harris-dean-diermeier-will-take-provost-post/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also has been an advisor to governments, nonprofit organizations, and leading corporations, including Abbott, Accenture, Allianz, the City of Chicago, the Government of Canada, Ernst & Young, Exelon, the FBI, Hyatt, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Metro Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers, State Farm, UnitedHealth Group, and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee.<ref name=":1" />
==Personal life== Diermeier was born and grew up in West Berlin and was living there during the fall of the Berlin Wall. He was the first in his family to go to college.<ref name=cv/>
Diermeier was married to Ariela Lazar in 1997. As of March 23, 2023 a petition for dissolution of marriage case was filed by Ariela Lazar, against Daniel Diermeier, in the jurisdiction of Cook County, Illinois. The case is pending as of May 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Petition for Dissolution of Marriage |url=https://trellis.law/doc/208993095/petition-for-dissolution-marriage-children-petition-for-dissolution-marriage |url-status=live |website=Trellis}}</ref>
== Publications == * Abito, J.M., Besanko, D., and Diermeier, D. (2019). ''Corporate Social Responsibility, Reputation and Private Politics: The Strategic Interaction between Activists and Firms''. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. * Diermeier, D. (2011). ''Reputation Rules: Strategies for Building Your Company’s Most Valuable Asset''. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. * Bendor, J., Diermeier, D., Siegel, D. A., Ting, M. M. (2011). ''A Behavioral Theory of Elections''. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. * Diermeier, D., & Feddersen, T.J. (1998). Cohesion in legislatures and the Vote of Confidence procedure. ''American Political Science Review'', 92(3), 611-621. * Diermeier, D., & Myerson, R.B. (1999). Bicameralism and its consequences for the internal organization of legislatures. ''American Economic Review'', 89(5), 1182-1196. * Baron, D., & Diermeier, D. (2001). Elections, governments, and parliaments in proportional representation systems. ''Quarterly Journal of Economics'', 116(3), 933-967 * Diermeier, D., Eraslan, H., & Merlo, A. (2003). A structural model of government formation. ''Econometrica'', 71(1), 27-70. * Diermeier, D., Keane, M., & Merlo, A. (2005). A political economy model of congressional careers. ''American Economic Review'', 95(1), 347-373. * Baron, D., & Diermeier, D. (2007). Strategic activism and non-market strategy. ''Journal of Economics and Management Strategy'', 16(3), 599-634. * Beigman-Klebanov, B., Beigman, E., & Diermeier, D. (2008). Lexical cohesion analysis of political speech. ''Political Analysis'', 16(4): 447-463. * Diermeier, D., Egorov, G., and Sonin, K. (2017). Political Economy of Redistribution. ''Econometrica''. 85(3):851-70.
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