A new publication by SPP faculty Evelyne Hübscher (together with Thomas Sattler and Markus Wagner) assessing voter responses to fiscal austerity has just come out in the "British Journal of Political Science" . Using data from survey experiments the paper shows that a government's re-election chances greatly decrease if it proposes austerity measures.
SPP faculty Marie-Pierre Granger co-edited with Paul James Cardwell (Strathclyde University) the Research Handbook on the Politics of EU law (Edward Elgar, July 2020). The book's contributions analyse the interplay between the law and politics of the EU and examine the role of law and legal actors in European integration.
SPP welcomes Professor Martin Kahanec as the Acting Dean of SPP for a one-year term as of August 1st, 2020. He takes over the role from Professor Diane Stone.
Diane Stone, former SPP Dean co-authors an article with Osmany Porto de Oliveira and Lesley A. Pal "Transnational policy transfer: the circulation of ideas, power and development models" inPolicy and Society, 39(1), 2020, pps. 1-18.