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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Yves Steinebach (University of Oslo) on Policy Accumulation, Bureaucratic Overload, and Regulatory Effectiveness is now out! Delivered at SPSAS/ISP RG2026 at FGV, the lecture is now available on the Regulation & Governance @reggovjournal.bsky.social YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcqh...

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Policy Accumulation, Bureaucratic Overload, and Regulatory Effectiveness, Yves Steinebach

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Yves Steinebach took SUPA's questions on policy growth and bureaucratic overburdening to São Paulo last week — the SPSAS/ISP RG2026 school at Fundação Getulio Vargas. Ten days, thirty years of Brazilian regulation on the table, and confirmation that administrative overload doesn't need a passport.

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

A few SUPA folks at IWPP5 in Ottawa last week — marking 20 years of Regulation & Governance, with scholars from five continents. Tuva Lima Molde on how policy growth reshapes administrative structures, and Nir Kosti on measuring regulation itself. All beautifully organised by Yves.

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Two SUPA panels on EU regulatory growth at #SGEU2026 in Catania 📸 Nir Kosti on complexity vs. discretion, Brigitte Pircher @brigittepircher.bsky.social on how "Better Regulation" quietly changed what it means. Sun, Sicily, and rule stocks — not a bad combo.

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The SUPA team at #EPSS2026! Yesterday: Regulatory Growth: Implementation and Outcomes, chaired by B. Pircher. Five papers, plenty of fruitful exchange. Round two on Saturday: Regulatory Growth: Drivers and Design, chaired by X. Fernández-i-Marín. Come join us! epssnet.org/belfast-2026/

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

A clean framework for comparing what countries actually do on climate — beyond headline pledges. New in the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis @jcpaicpa.bsky.social by SUPA's X. Fernández-i-Marín, C. Knill & Y. Steinebach (with M. Hinterleitner & D. Nachtigall). doi.org/10.1080/1387...

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

New in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: @dionyszink.bsky.social introduces *organizational corrosion* — the slow, self-reinforcing decay of public agencies under sustained overload. Illustrated with England's Environment Agency (deep into it) vs Ireland's EPA (largely spared). 📖 doi.org/10.1080/1350...

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Two presentations, one big question: why do good political intentions get lost somewhere between ambition and reality? Today at the PBO seminar (UiO), Y. Steinebach and M. Nemčok @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social presented their recent research. Thanks to the PBO group at @uio.no for great feedback.

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Missed Yves Steinebach's appearance at the OECD Green Talks LIVE? Yves spoke on assessing policy effectiveness in an era of relentless policy growth. 🎦 The recording is out: oecd.org/en/events/2026/05/do-climate-policies-deliver-evidence-on-emissions-and-carbon-leakage.html

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Do climate policies deliver? Evidence on emissions and carbon leakage

This Green Talks Live webinar discusses OECD climate policy data and its unique insights to support policy evaluation.

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Two intense days in Oslo with the full SUPA consortium in one place 📸 Four panels of work-in-progress on the core questions driving the project — partners from Oslo, LMU Munich, Universitat de Barcelona, Södertörn, Zeppelin & Aarhus. More to come 👇

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

A few snapshots from Yves Steinebach's talk at Nordisk Administrativt Forbund 📸 A great deep dive into policy overload — why modern democracies keep stacking rules they can't actually implement, and what targeted simplification could look like.

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

ERC @erc.europa.eu spotlights Christoph Knill @cknill.bsky.social (LMU Munich @lmu.de) on policy accumulation — the very question SUPA was set up to tackle. Governments keep adding rules; capacity to implement them doesn't keep pace. Worth a read: erc.europa.eu/projects-sta...

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

📅 7 May: Yves Steinebach (University of Oslo @uio.no) gives a talk at Nordisk Administrativt Forbund on policy overload: why modern democracies keep producing more rules than they can implement. In Norwegian — kudos, Yves! www.nafnet.no/event-detail...

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Moderne demokratier lager flere regler enn vi kan gape over: Kan vi forenkle målrettet? | Det nordiske adminis

Velkommen til neste møte i Det nordiske administrative forbund!

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🔥🔥🔥 Lenz @alexalenz.bsky.social, Knill @cknill.bsky.social & Steinebach in @wepsocial.bsky.social: policymakers are cognitively wired to add rules, not remove them. A survey experiment with 1,454 Norwegian politicians shows the bias is persistent and hard to debias. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0140...

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

A political scientist and a legal scholar walk into a conversation about #bureaucracy. No, really – it's an insightful read on why rules keep growing and how to prune them back without breaking what they protect. 👇 Knill @cknill.bsky.social & Burgi for @caslmu.bsky.social @lmu.de

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Bureaucracy: Navigating rules and risk

Political scientist Christoph Knill and lawyer Martin Burgi on the meaning and downsides of bureaucracy

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

"One-in-one-out" sounds simple: new rule in, old rule out. But does it work? New in Public Administration Review: Fernández-i-Marín, Hinterleitner, Knill & Steinebach test Germany's scheme across 500+ laws. No reduction in restrictions. Even in Germany 🚨 doi.org/10.1111/puar.70107

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

“EU Better Regulation… doesn’t depoliticise. It reshapes politics.” From a presentation at SNES at Linköping University, Brigitte Pircher @brigittepircher.bsky.social (with Miranda Thulin & Swapnil Vashishtha) shows how “good regulation” is being redefined—without changing the rules.

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Miroslav Nemčok @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social presenting at Queen Mary University of London. New paper, with Prachee Arora and Yves Steinebach, develops a measure of social policy complexity—capturing how legislation becomes harder to implement for administrations and navigate for citizens.

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Why do “independent” institutions become politicized? In Regulation & Governance @reggovjournal.bsky.social, Brigitte Pircher @brigittepircher.bsky.social shows how institutional design itself can generate contestation. doi.org/10.1111/rego... Congrats, Brigitte! 👏

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Important policy discussion at the German Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and State Modernization. Great to see Christoph Knill @cknill.bsky.social contributing to the debate on improving how regulatory burden is measured.

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Nice to see researchers who don’t just publish papers but also translate their findings for a wider audience. In The Conversation @theconversation.com, SUPA's folks explain which climate policies actually reduce emissions. Worth a read: theconversation.com/which-climat...

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Which climate policies actually make a difference? Our new analysis has the answer

Policy research often looks at measures in isolation, ignoring the complex bigger picture.

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Rules, competitiveness, and simplification on the agenda at SNS Center for Business and Policy Studies. Great to see Brigitte Pircher @brigittepircher.bsky.social bringing SUPA-relevant insights to the debate. 🎥 Full recording: www.sns.se/evenemang/re...

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Policy ambition ⬆️ Administrative capacity ↔️ We’ve finished data collection in Norway—and the pattern is clear: far more policy tasks over time, but not a proportional increase in actors responsible for implementation. More rules. More work. Same system.

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

EU climate policy is getting more ambitious—and more complex. That undermines implementation. S. Hurka @steffenhurka.bsky.social and Y. Steinebach show in @climate-policy.bsky.social that legal complexity is linked to implementation deficits across the EU: doi.org/10.1080/1469... 👇⬇️ Explained ⬇️👇

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

“In addition, the work builds on decentralization theory and research on ‘policy overload’,” says Signy Irene Vabo (University of Oslo), presenting the Norwegian Municipal Commission’s report to Jens Stoltenberg and Bjørnar Skjæran. www.sv.uio.no/isv/om/aktue...

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Signy Irene Vabo overrakte Kommunekommisjonens rapport - Institutt for statsvitenskap (ISV)

Kommunekommisjonen la nylig fram sin første rapport om statlig styring av kommunesektoren. På vegne av kommisjonen overrakte Signy Irene Vabo rapporten til finansminister Jens Stoltenberg og kommunal-...

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

We set ourselves a mammoth challenge: mapping policy changes down to the level of individual tasks and their allocation across actors. Such granular don’t exist. We take it VERY seriously. Therefore, our research assistants met to calibrate coding practices to ensure our data are reliable.

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

‼️Join Brigitte Pircher @brigittepircher.bsky.social in an important debate on administrative burden reduction. Brigitte will present fresh insights from the SUPA project on regulation, administrative capacity, and implementation challenges. Details: www.sns.se/evenemang/re...

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

🎉 Big congratulations! SUPA's WP co-PI Alexa Lenz @alexalenz.bsky.social has won the Gördeler Prize 2026 for her PhD on municipal crisis management — highlighting how local governments can stay effective and legitimate in times of crisis. 👏 Well deserved! 🔗 publicgovernance.de/html/de/Carl...

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

‼️Research impact in action ‼️ Our climate policy paper is now in the top 5% on @altmetric.com and covered by 28 news outlets - including @eurekalert.bsky.social, @scienmag.bsky.social, @idw-online.de, plus many national and regional outlets across Europe.

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

🚨 Fresh out of the oven 🚨 New #SUPA paper on which climate policies work “in all seasons,” even as policy mixes keep growing. Evidence from 40 countries. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Which climate policies are the real “all-season players”? New SUPA research in @climate-policy.bsky.social identifies individual measures that reliably cut emissions across policy mixes. Read: doi.org/10.1080/1469... @cknill.bsky.social

Climate Policy Journal @climate-policy.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Reposted by SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies

🔓️ Using a new methodological toolkit which evaluates individual climate policies within expanding policy mixes, Fernández-i-Marín et al. identify a list of essential #climatepolicy measures that are effective across all contexts - read below⬇️

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Effective climate policies for ‘all seasons’: novel evidence from 40 countries

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

“Modern democracies tend to produce more policies than they can effectively implement… leading to selective implementation and ‘policy triage’.” — Yves Steinebach, IPSA Companion to Political Science doi.org/10.1007/978-...

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Should laws expire by default? FDP @freiedemokraten.bsky.social leader Christian Dürr @christianduerr.bsky.social suggests letting all German laws passed since 2000 lapse unless reintroduced. A striking response to regulatory overload. Source at @zeit.de: www.zeit.de/politik/deut...

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

At DFØ, Yves and Tuva @tuvamolde.bsky.social discussed how “smart regulation” and policy portfolios can help identify deregulation potential—by spotting instruments that add burden without improving effectiveness.

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

🌟 Join us as our WP co-lead, Dr. Alexa Lenz @alexalenz.bsky.social, presents on "Administrative Burden and Unequal Policy Implementation" at CAS, LMU München @caslmu.bsky.social 📅 January 14, 2026 | 🕧 12:15 PM 🔗 www.cas.lmu.de/en/events/ev...

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Lunch Talk: Administrative Burden and Unequal Policy Implementation

Dr. Alexa Lenz (CAS Researcher in Residence, LMU) | Respondent: Prof. Dr. Fabian Pfeffer (LMU)

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Great session at the XIII Workshop on Empirical Political Science at @ub.edu! Prachee Arora showed how hidden compliance costs - below reporting thresholds- still shape policy outcomes. Thanks to discussants Jaime Bordel @jaimebgl.bsky.social and Pau Vall-Prat for the insightful feedback!

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Legislative complexity on the rise: a new study in @jeppjournal.bsky.social shows EU acts are fewer, but denser with regulatory obligations. Valuable work that complements what we’re exploring in SUPA. doi.org/10.1080/1350...

SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Exploring the link between social policies and political attitudes: M. Nemčok (@miroslavnemcok.bsky.social, @uio.no) shared fresh insights with his colleagues at @statsvitenskap.bsky.social on SUPA’s ambition to examine how social policy complexity shapes citizens’ evaluation of political system.

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Yves and Tuva met with the Norwegian Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance. Yves presented how AI-driven policy portfolios can help identify smart deregulation opportunities. Exciting conversation and promising next steps.

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

🚨 CfP 🚨 At ECPR @ecpr.bsky.social GC 2026 (Kraków, 8.-11. 9. 2026) Y. Steinebach and A. Lenz @alexalenz.bsky.social are convening a panel on "Overburdened Bureaucracies" - how public administrations cope with rising demands and limited capacity. 🚨 Submit your abstract by 17 Dec! Details below ⬇️

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

German speakers: don't miss Christoph Knill @cknill.bsky.social joining Monika Schnitzer, Martin Burgi, Florian Englmaier, and Jens-Christian Rabe to discuss who needs bureaucracy and whether it can be eliminated for a better future. 📅 Dec11, 18:30, Munich 🔔 Register: www.cas.lmu.de/en/events/ev...

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Bürokratie: Brauchen wir das oder kann das weg?

Panel Discussion with Prof. Dr. Martin Burgi (LMU), Prof. Dr. Florian Englmaier (LMU), Prof. Dr. Christoph Knill (LMU), Prof. Dr. Monika Schnitzer (LMU), Jens-Christian Rabe (SZ)

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

A rare sight 🚨: the entire SUPA consortium gathered on one screen for a coordination meeting. Big ideas, good vibes — and just a hint of technical drama 💻.