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…
Category: Publications
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Our new volume ‘The EU under Strain? Current Crises Shaping European Union Politics‘ has just been published with De Gruyter. It is the inaugural volume of our new book series ‘Europe under Strain‘, which I co-edit with the wonderful Daniel…
I am deeply honoured to be awarded the Wissenschaftspreis des Deutschen Bundestages (Science Award of the German Bundestag) 2023 for my book ‘Turning Talk into Power: The Parliamentary Roots of European Social Policy’ (alongside Oliver Haardt, for his volume ‘Bismarcks…
My book The Parliamentary Roots of European Social Policy: Turning Talk into Power has been published with Palgrave Macmillan. This book brings together the main findings from my research project on the institutional evolution of the European Parliament prior to…