A widening authority–legitimacy gap in EU regulatory governance? An experimental study of the European Medicines Agency's legitimacy in health security regulation

D Rimkutė, H Mazepus - Journal of European public policy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Agencification in the EU stretches the confines of the European regulatory state to the
maximum by extending to policy domains that were formerly the exclusive terrain of national …

Understanding patterns of stakeholder participation in public commenting on bureaucratic policymaking: Evidence from the European Union

A Bunea, S Lipcean - Regulation & Governance, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
What explains the levels and diversity of stakeholder participation in public commenting on
bureaucratic policymaking? We examine a novel dataset on a stakeholder engagement …

Lobbying across policy stages: Different tales of interest group success

F Stevens - JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This article examines interest groups' lobbying success across the agenda‐setting and
policy formulation stages of the European Union's policy process. On the basis of its …

Does policy context matter for citizen engagement in policymaking? Evidence from the European Commission's public consultation regime

I Nørbech - European Union Politics, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The European Commission has shown efforts to strengthen citizens' participation in its policy
formulation processes through public consultation opportunities. However, we currently lack …

Reconciling participatory and evidence-based policymaking in the EU Better Regulation policy: mission (im) possible?

A Bunea, J Chrisp - Journal of European Integration, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Modern systems of governance are increasingly adopting measures aimed at fostering
public participation in policymaking, while embedding decisions in scientific evidence under …

Institutions, public opinion, and advocacy camps: how interest groups benefit from supportive alignments to gain agenda-setting influence

F Stevens, E Willems - Journal of European Public Policy, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the proliferation of studies on interest group influence, there has been limited
research on the conditions that facilitate their ability to impact policy agendas. This study …

Mapping the policy space of public consultations: evidence from the European Union

A Bunea, R Wüest, S Lipcean - Journal of European Public Policy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Public consultations strengthen the informational advantage and policy legitimacy of
bureaucracies by allowing them to collect and aggregate information on stakeholder …

Balancing reputational strategies in the European administrative space: how private actors and agencies talk about regulation

S Fink - Journal of European Public Policy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The reputational perspective on agencies has sparked fruitful research. We argue that this
perspective can also be applied to private actors in regulatory governance. As they are …

When and why high civil servants demand information from interest groups in policymaking. A Southern European perspective

G Capano, A Pritoni - South European Society and Politics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Studying how public administrations proactively search for information from interest groups
provides a new perspective for a better understanding of how bureaucratic policymaking …

Information, politicization, and reputation: assessing interest groups' agenda-setting influence in the EU

F Stevens, E Willems - European Political Science Review, 2024 - cambridge.org
This study examines interest groups' influence on the European Commission's policy
agenda. We argue that organizations can gain agenda-setting influence by strategically …