The European Universities Initiative (EUI) constitutes a key instrument of Europeanization in higher education, linking supranational policy objectives with institutional practices. Successive allian...

EU environmental policy processes are structured and influenced by coalitions of different shapes and sizes. Despite the structural variation, no systematic mapping or characterization of coalitions ...

Problem structuring (PS) and policy design (PD) are inherently intertwined: defining problems requires considering feasible solutions, while designing policies involves engaging with real-world probl...

Taking a perspective that combines policy studies and comparative law, this article examines how European University Alliances (EUAs), originating from the European Universities Initiative (EUI), dyn...

The European universities initiative (EUI) has been presented by some as a disruptive policy initiative within the Europe of Knowledge given its speed, scale and scope of changes. In this article, a ...

Crisis management tests the openness of decision-making. This threatens the EU's weak democratic legitimacy. Simultaneously, on the national level, Nordic EU decision-making is considered democratic.....

Public acceptance is essential for implementing effective health policies, especially in emotionally sensitive areas like companion animal care. This study investigates how policy design and implemen...

This comparative research explores the politics of emotions surrounding the wicked policy problem of climate action planning. Drawing on the empirical case of climate action plans developed by four C...

Epistemic communities are defined by their aspiration to influence policy preferences thanks to their expert competence. This study examines a sudden change in perceived expert competence during a cr....

Between 2010 and 2023, the United Kingdom's broadband state-aid regime evolved from a decentralised delivery model led by local authorities to a centralised framework under Building Digital UK (BDUK)...

Large-scale road infrastructure projects are key arenas for public policy implementation. This study examines the E6 motorway through Melhus municipality in Trøndelag, Norway, to identify three polic...

This article explains why the European Union Wildfire Risk Management instruments have evolved since the 1980s, even though the underlying patterns of wildfire events have remained largely unchanged....

Research has shown that street-level workers may shape public policies, yet less is known about the processes through which they attempt to influence institutional arrangements. This gap is particula....

While the European Green Deal (EGD) has been widely recognized as a milestone in the EU's sustainability strategy, scholars disagree on the nature of the policy change it represents. Critics highligh...

This article theorizes how projectified governance enables bottom-up policy shaping in the EU, using the European Universities Initiative (EUI) as a case study. It develops a framework that combines ...

This article examines the distributive consequences of active welfare policies in Europe by analysing tier-specific investments in individualised employment services across four European welfare stat...

Policy learning plays a central role in both the survival and development of the European Union, serving as an institutional policymaking and governance logic. Yet, while research taking policy learn...

Policy process research has excelled in explaining structural policy change within national settings, but extensions and applications to the EU level have long proven challenging for scholars. Given ...

In response to renewed interest in analytical tools that address complex policy problems and move beyond linear-rational approaches in policy appraisal, Social Multi-Criteria Evaluation (SMCE) integr...

The article examines the development of three successive policy proposals for shale gas exploration in France, highlighting the transactional trajectories of each. Using a policy transactional perspe...

Multilevel governance (MLG) without a clear hierarchical structure can create power imbalances among various actors, particularly in settings with overlapping jurisdictions and policy areas. This dyn...

Does street-level bureaucrats' (SLBs) willingness to sacrifice their own self-interests to meet the needs of their clients vary depending on their contexts? To date, it has been very challenging to e...