A new special issue in the Journal of Legislative Studies brings together a collection of articles on events and dynamics defining the European Parliament’s ninth term (2019-2024). With Francis Jacobs (School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin), I contributed an article on the European Parliament and the COVID-19…
Continue ReadingPresentations at the FIS Forum and Social Policy Biennale 2024 in Berlin
From 6 to 8 November 2024, scholars and various stakeholders from politics, welfare administration, civil society and beyond met in Berlin at this year’s FIS Forum and Social Policy Biennale. Under the overarching theme ‘Lost in Social Policy? Research for an Integrated Welfare State’, they discussed cutting-edge research and current…
Continue ReadingNew Article Out with JHPPL: The EU as Active and Passive Political Determinant of Forced Migrants’ Health
The most recent special issue of the Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law assembles a range of articles on the theme of political determinants of health and the European Union. I contributed an article (open access) on The EU as Active and Passive Political Determinant of Forced Migrants’ Health:…
Continue ReadingPresentations at the UACES Conference 2024 in Trento
The 54th Conference of UACES took place from 1 to 4 September 2024 in the beautiful Italian city of Trento. Apart from joining a range of excellent and thought-provoking panels, and enjoying surreally beautiful receptions, coffee and lunch breaks and the grand conference dinner, I was glad to contribute three…
Continue ReadingMedia interviews on the 2024 European elections
The 2024 European elections were covered by a wide range of media across the globe. Both in the wake and aftermath of the elections, I was contacted by various media to comment on actors and factors shaping the elections, unprecedented institutional and electoral dynamics, new parties competing for votes, and…
Continue ReadingNew volume out: ‘Europäische Einigung zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit’ (Metropol)
Just in time for the European election, Mathias Häußler‘s and my new volume on ‘Europäische Einigung zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit‘ (European integration between aspirations and reality) has been published by Metropol. In this volume, a group of renowned scholars engage with key debates and themes in current EU politics through…
Continue ReadingFaculty Teaching Award 2023/24
On 17 April 2024, the University of Augsburg’s Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences awarded its annual Faculty Teaching Awards for the academic year 2023/24. I was honoured to receive one of the three teaching awards for my lecture ‘Introduction to Comparative Politics’. The winners of this award are selected…
Continue ReadingNew study and policy brief for the European Parliament: “The European Parliament and the origins of social policy”
Over the last months, I have worked on a large-scale study and concise policy brief for the European Parliamentary History Service. Drawing on a wide array of archival sources, interviews with contemporary witnesses and literature, the study and brief examine the role of the European Parliament in the establishment of…
Continue ReadingTalk at the Conference ‘(De)Constructing Europe. Tensions of Europeanization’ (DHI, Rome)
From 20 to 22 March 2024, an international group of historians, sociologists and political scientists met at the German Historical Institute in Rome to discuss a wide variety of approaches to ‘(De)Constructing Europe’ and the tensions arising thereof, with a focus at different actors from politics, administration, economy and civil…
Continue Reading‘Cover to Cover’ Book Talk at the EUI on ‘The Parliamentary Roots of European Social Policy’
I’m thrilled to return to the EUI on Friday, 23 February 2024, 15h00-16h00, to discuss my book ‘The Parliamentary Roots of European Social Policy: Turning Talk into Power’ (Palgrave) with Prof. Lorenzo Mechi (Università degli Studi di Padova) in this week’s Alcide De Gasperi ‘Cover to Cover’ book talk. In…
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