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Research Structure

 

The common research focus of CONNEX is "efficient and democratic governance in a multi-level Europe". In order not to be overwhelmed by complexity, a thematic repartition has been agreed covering 4 dimensions:



Research Groups (RGs):

 

Research Group 1

Institutional dynamics and the transformation of European politics

(Morten Egeberg/University of Oslo)

 

 

Research Group 2

Democratic governance and multilevel accountability

(Deirdre Curtin/University of Utrecht)

 

 

Research Group 3

The citizens' perception of accountability

(Michael Marsh/Trinity College Dublin)

 

 

Research Group 4

Civil society and interest representation in EU-Governance

(Beate Kohler-Koch/University of Mannheim)

 

 

Research Group 5

Social capital as catalyst of civic engagement and quality of governance

(Frane Adam/University of Ljubljana)

 

 

Research Group 6

The transformation of the European policy space

(Renaud Dehousse/Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris)

 

 

 

Diagram of the workpackages (WP) carried out by the respective RG in working period 1:

(move the mouse over the diagram to read more details)

 

Task 2: Research Groups and their work packages Research Group 1: "Institutional dynamics and the transformation of European politics" WP-B2: "The impact of institutional change at the national level" WP-B1: "The adaptaton of national executives to European integration" WP-A1: "The role of EU executive bodies in relation to other institutions" WP-A2: "The prozesses of executive change" Research Group 2: "Democratic Governance and a Multi - level Accountability" WP-A1: "Indentifying Diversity and Commonalities in the Meaning of Democracy and Accountability" WP-A2: "One Democracy or Several? National Traditions od democratic Thought"l WP-B1: "Accountability in System of Multi-Level Governance" WP-B2: "Democracy and Legitinacy Beyond the State: Experiences of International Organizations" Research Group 3: "Citizens perceptions of accountability I: the voters" WP-A: "Citizens perceptions of accountability: citizenship, representation and performance" WP-B1: "Assembling and Analysing Empirical Evidence on EU Political Parties and the EU Party System" WP-B2: " The structure and Content of Political News in the Media of the EU Member Countries" Research Group 4: "Civil Society and Interest Representation in EU Governance" WP-A1: "Interest Representation in European Policy Making: the state of the art" WP-A2: "The Reshaping of State-society Relation trought International and European Governance" WP-A3: "Managing Intrest Representation in the EU" WP-B1: " Contending Policy Frames Governing Civil Society Involvement in Comparative Perspective" WP-B2: "EU - Society relations and the Formation of a Multi-level Intermediary Political Space" WP-B3: "External Democratisation by the EU" Research Group 5: "Social Capital as Catalyst of Civic Engagement and Quality of Governance WP-2: "Social capital and governance: old and new EU members in comparison" WP-1: "From National toward International Linkages? Civil Society and Multi - level Governance" Research Group 6: "The Transformation of the European Policy Space" WP-1: "Interactive methodology for analysing Democratic Network Governance" WP-2: "Soft Modes of Governance and the Private Sector" WP-3: "The open method of coordination in the enlarged EU: dulitor of integration or guarant for subsidiarity" WP-4: "Evolution of a polycentric administrative space" WP-5: "Accountability and Creditability"

 
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