1 P age. Curriculum Vitae PERSONAL INFORMATION

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1 Curriculum Vitae PERSONAL INFORMATION 1. First name: Ardi 2. Last name: Priks 3. Title: Mr. 4. Date and place of birth (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/12/1986, Tallinn, Estonia 5. Citizenship: Estonian 6. Contact: EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) candidate in the Political Science Doctoral programme, 2013-present Ranked 1 st by preliminary GPA in a class of 10 Track: Political Economy Studies abroad: 1. Yale University (New Haven, CT, USA) Auditing courses, spring 2018 Political Science 2. Catholic University of Leuven (Leuven, Belgium) Visiting PhD student, academic year Economics Political Economy Student in the International Relations and European Studies Master s programme, Master of Arts in International Relations and European Studies; Class of 2013 Ranked 2 nd in a graduating class of 50 Major: Political Economy University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) Student in the European Union in a Global Order Master s programme, Master of Science in Political Sciences; Class of 2012 Ranked top 10 per cent Major: International Political Economy Minor: International Relations Tallinn University of Technology (Tallinn, Estonia) Part-time student in the two-year Public Economics Master s programme, (Left for Amsterdam in 2011 without graduating) Major: Public Economics University of Tartu (Tartu, Estonia) Student in the Government and Politics Bachelor s programme, Bachelors of Arts in Social Sciences; Class of 2010 Ranked 3 rd in a graduating class of 40 1 P age

2 Major: Political Science Minor: Contemporary History Academically credited studies abroad while enrolled in the University of Tartu: 1. University of Agder (Kristiansand, Norway) European Integration Summer School, 2010 European Studies 2. Bard College Berlin (Berlin, Germany) International Summer University, 2009 Philosophy Literature 3. Maastricht University (Maastricht, the Netherlands) Erasmus Exchange Programme, academic year International Economics Finance European Studies 4. Georgetown University (Prague, Czechia) The American Institute on Political and Economic Systems, 2008 Political Economy 5. University of Oslo (Oslo, Norway) International Summer School, 2007 Contemporary Norwegian Politics International Relations ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS Central European University s Outstanding MA Thesis Award of Thesis title: The Political Economy of The Common Agricultural Policy Reform in the Twenty First Century: The Logic of Multi Level Games CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING I.S.E.O Istituto di studi economici e per l'occupazione (Iseo, Italy) I.S.E.O Summer School, 2016 Economics (taught by Nobel Laurate, prof. Joseph Stiglitz) Macroeconomics (taught by Nobel Laurate, prof. Michael Spence) Statistical economics (taught by Nobel Laurate, prof. Sir. Angus Deaton) RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, USA) Juris Padegs Visiting Research Fellow at the European Studies Council at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, January 2018 present Researching European Union s Common Agricultural Policy reform Permanent Representation of Estonia to the European Union (Brussels, Belgium) Intern in the Department of Agriculture, July 2016-May 2017 Research Assistant in the Department of Agriculture, June 2017 December 2017 Policy analysis and policy advice 2 P age

3 Preparing reports and minutes of meetings General administration and coordination Collecting material for dissertation Teaching Assistant, fall 2014 Giving lectures Guiding seminars Grading papers and giving feedback University of Tallinn (Tallinn, Estonia) Survey data collector in the Lifelong Learning 2010 project, spring 2007 Conducting higher education attainment survey interviews Finding interviewees based on the sample criteria University of Tartu (Tartu, Estonia) Survey data collector in the Department of Political Science, winter 2006/2007 Conducting electoral behaviour and political alignment survey interviews Finding interviewees based on the sample criteria SELECTED LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT NPO Estonian Students Society Active Member 2007 present Olderman of the Brussels chapter, Educating junior members Organizing events Member of the Internal Audit Board, Auditing the bookkeeping of the Society s officials Deputy Treasurer, Managing collection of fees and managing internal transactions Procuring goods and managing their re-sale and distribution NPO CEU Alumni Scholarship Recipients (Budapest, Hungary) Alumni, 2013 present Active Member, Event management Graphic design NPO Erasmus Student Network Tartu (Tartu, Estonia) Alumni Member, 2010 present Active Member, Board Member, Organizing various social events for foreign exchange students coming to study at the University of Tartu Web administration NPO Circle of International Relations (Tartu, Estonia) Alumni Member, 2010 present Active Member, P age

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5 SCHOLARSHIPS 1. Central European University full fellowship to attend Political Science PhD programme, I.S.E.O (Istituto di studi economici e per l'occupazione) scholarship to cover tuition costs of attending I.S.E.O Summer School, Central European University scholarship to cover extra living costs while visiting Katholieke Universiteit Leuven during the academic year of 2015/ Central European University partial fellowship to attend IRES master programme, Central European University s Alumni Scholarship, Udo Mällo Scholarship of the Estonian Students Society, The University of Agder scholarship to cover the tuition costs of attending University of Agder summer school in European College of Liberal Arts, Berlin s (now called Bard College Berlin) full scholarship to attend its summer school in University of Tartu s scholarship to cover living costs while studying as an exchange student at the Maastricht University during the academic year of 2008/ Former US ambassador to Estonia, Ms. Aldona Wos s grant to cover the travel and living costs while attending University of Georgetown s American Institute of Political and Economic Systems programme in Prague, in The Fund of American Studies full scholarship to attend Georgetown University s American Institute of Political and Economic Systems programme in Prague, in The Government of the Kingdom of Norway s full scholarship for studying at the University of Oslo s summer school in University of Tartu s merit based monthly stipend (Renewed every semester) DECLINED OFFERS, POSITIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS Scholarship Foundation of the Republic of Austria s (OeAD) two-year living costs scholarship to pursue Master of Advanced International Relations at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. Spring OTHER NOTABLE SKILLS OR ABILITIES Command of languages: Estonian: native English: very good Spanish: lower intermediate Dutch: beginner (passive) Chinese: beginner (passive) Excellent computer skills: Completed the following European Computer Driving Licence modules: o Using the Computer and Managing Files o Word Processing o Spreadsheets o Presentation Good command of statistics tool SPSS Experience with statistics tool Gretl Extensive experience with graphic design tool Adobe Photoshop Webpage and server management 5 P age