Publications

Below you can find my journal articles, book chapters, as well as policy contributions and blog posts. Replication data is usually stored on the journal websites. If you have trouble accessing any of the publications or data, please send me an e-mail or use the form below. 

(2014) Essays on bicameral coalition formation: dynamics of legislative cooperation in the European Union. PhD thesis, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). 

(2023) Contesting Europe: Eurosceptic Dissent and Integration Polarization in the European Parliament (with Tanja A. Börzel, Philipp Broniecki and Miriam Hartlapp). Journal of Common Market Studies, published online ahead of print.

(2020) Reaching out to the voter? Campaigning on Twitter during the 2019 European elections (with William T. Daniel). Research & Politics, 7 (2), pp. 1-8.

(2019) Party group coordinators and rapporteurs: Discretion and agency loss along the European Parliament’s chains of delegation (with Michael Kaeding and Steffen Hurka). European Union Politics, 20 (2), pp. 239-260.

(2019) Static and Dynamic Incentives for Twitter Usage in the European Parliament (with William T. Daniel and Steffen Hurka). Party Politics,  25 (6), pp. 771-781. 

(2018) Determinants of Moonlighting in the European Parliament (with Steffen Hurka and William T. Daniel). Journal of Legislative Studies, 24 (1), pp. 127-147.

(2018) When Time Is Money: Sideline Jobs, Ancillary Income and Legislative Effort (with Steffen Hurka and William T. Daniel). Journal of European Public Policy, 25 (5), pp. 651-666.

(2016) An Online Electoral Connection? How Electoral Systems Condition Representatives' Social Media Use (with William T. Daniel). European Union Politics, 17 (3), pp. 387-407.

Award: SAGE Prize for the best article published in volume 17.

(2015) Learning on the Job? EU Enlargement and the Assignment of (Shadow) Rapporteurships in the European Parliament (with Steffen Hurka and Michael Kaeding). Journal of Common Market Studies, 53 (6), pp. 1230-1247.

Press coverage: Die Presse (AT), p.5, 11 August 2015, Politico, 4 July 2016.

(2011) National Coordination of EU Policy: A Comparative Study of the Twelve “New” Member States (with Julian Hörner and Laura Gärtner). Journal of Contemporary European Research, 7 (1), pp. 77-100.

(2014) Campaigning on Twitter: How Members of the European Parliament Used New Social Media in the Run-Up to the 2014 European Elections. In M. Kaeding & N. Switek (eds), Die Europawahl 2014 [The 2014 European elections], pp. 247-256. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

(2012) The EU and Formalisation of Sectoral Social Dialogue: Lessons from the Sector of Central Public Administrations (with Michael Kaeding). In Stijn Smismans (ed.), The European Union and Industrial Relations - New Procedures, New Context (pp.40-55). 

Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press. 

(2012) Review article. Different Lenses, One Objective: Towards a Sharper Picture of European Union Policy-Making. Journal of European Integration, 34 (1), pp. 93-100.

(2020) The European Parliament. In The future of the EU: new perspectives. UK in Changing Europe Report.

(2019) Discretion and agency loss: What factors shape the selection of European Parliament rapporteurs? (with Steffen Hurka and Michael Kaeding). LSE EUROPP Blog, March 2019. 

(2015) New member states are structurally underrepresented in important rapporteur positions in the European Parliament (with Steffen Hurka and Michael Kaeding). LSE EUROPP Blog, August 2015. 

(2012) Mid-term Evaluation of the 2009-14 European Parliament: Legislative Activity and Decision-Making Dynamics (for VoteWatch Europe with Doru Frantescu, Sara Hagemann, and Simon Hix). CEPS Special Report, No. 63, July 2012.

(2012) How to Negotiate under Co-Decision in the EU: Reforming Trilogues and First-Reading Agreements (with Christine Reh). CEPS Policy Brief, No. 270, May 2012.

(2012) Pulling the Strings: Party Group Coordinators in the European Parliament (with Michael Kaeding). Eipascope 1/2012, pp. 13-18.

(2011) A Call to Members of the European Parliament: Take Transparency Seriously and Enact the ‘Legislative Footprint’. CEPS Policy Brief, No. 256, October 2011.