Having worked across disciplinary borders for over a decade, I am very happy to announce a new publication that was a lot of fun to develop and write, and that is indeed very close to my heart: my conceptual guide…
One year after the latest European elections, there has been little smooth sailing for the Von der Leyen II Commission, nor indeed for the European Parliament (EP), which is facing continued struggles internally and with other EU institutions about majorities,…
I have recently been invited to comment on two significant public discussions: analysing Friedrich Merz’s election as German Chancellor on the public broadcast BR24 radio, and participating in a panel discussion on European solidarity at the documentary film festival DOK.fest…
On Monday, 24 February 2025, I had the opportunity to discuss the recent German general elections on a live radio show, streamed on YouTube and broadcasted across several channels of the German ARD group. Alongside a representative from the IGM…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…