bureaucratic politics

Beginning with my PhD dissertation, several of my studies examine the role played by diplomats and other national officials in shaping the process and outcome of decision-making in the Council of the European Union. Collectively, they help to improve our understanding of the internal decision-making process of the Council, which has long been seen as a ‘black box’.

The high success rate of Commission proposals seems to suggest that the European Commission is very influential in promoting European …

Research on the intra-institutional consequences of differences in the EU’s interinstitutional rule configurations is rare. This study …

This study presents reliable cross-sectoral data on the relative involvement of working parties, senior committees and ministers in …

Committees of national officials play a major role in the decision-making of the European Union’s main legislative body, the …

Little systematic empirical research exists about legislative decision-making in the Council of the European Union. This study …