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Research

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Research

Current Research Topics

  • Comparative Public Policy
  • Comparative social policy research (especially family policy and gender equality, social rights and inclusiveness, pension policy)
  • Policy processes and policy design
  • Narratives in policy research
  • Policy change and policy learning
  • Politics and gender
  • Evidence and policy
  • Qualitative research methods, including qualitative content analysis and process tracing

Research Projects

Current Research Projects

Completed research projects

Doctoral Projects

Current PhD Projects

  • Maria Paulina Arnal, Bielefeld University, Topic: ‘Who Gets to Know? Work-Family Policy Learning and Policy Inclusiveness’
  • Nicolas Barden (first supervisor: J Berten), Bielefeld University, Topic: ‘Reform Proposals and Transformation of Germany’s Social Security System in Light of the Ecological Crisis – Power and Ideas in Eco-Social Policy’ (since 2024)
  • Anna Karmann (first supervisor: M Kroh), Bielefeld University, Topic: ‘Family Policy and the Reconfiguration of State-Market-Family Relations’
  • Nora Habelitz, Bielefeld University, Working Title: ‘Narrating the Energy Transition in Germany and Italy: Emotions in Policy Narratives’ (since 2024)
  • Sören Becker, Bielefeld University, Topic: ‘Regulation of legal drugs – a comparison of German tobacco and alcohol control policies’ (since 2022; scholarship from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation)
  • Clemence Bouchat (first supervisor: M Brans), KU Leuven, Topic: ‘Policy advice and expert arguments during the Covid-19 crisis: Evidence from Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands’ (since 2022)

Completed Doctoral Projects

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