Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS)

 

The Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) specializes in comparative politics, sociology, political and social theory and international relations.

Across Department research programmes, there is a common emphasis on integrating leading theories with empirical findings and on developing policy responses to ongoing social and political developments within Europe at all levels, the national, the sub-national and the transnational.

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  • Title:A European Union ‘water diplomacy’? Frames of water in EU external action  Author(s):SCHUNZ, Simon; TOPCUOGLU, Ediz BenerEUI affiliated https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0502-8205Date:2023Citation:The Hague journal of diplomacy, 2023, Vol. 18, No. 4, OnlineFirstType:ArticleAbstract:In 2013, the European Union (EU) formulated its ambition to develop a ‘water diplomacy’. Subsequently, it attempted to put this aspiration into practice, notably through various Council Conclusions. Despite this activity, ...
  • Title:Nederland zou moeten experimenteren met publieke kinderopvang  Author(s):BOKHORST, David JonasEUI affiliated https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6192-5590; HEMERIJCK, AntonEUI affiliatedDate:2023Citation:Economisch-Statistische Berichten, 2023, Vol. 108, No. 4827S, pp. 71-75Type:ArticleAbstract:Elk land in Europa heeft zijn eigen stelsel van kinderopvang. De modellen variëren van lokale en publiek gefinancierde stelsels tot aan de meer gecentraliseerde en geprivatiseerde stelsels, zoals dat in Nederland het geval ...
  • Title:Artificial intelligence, gender and work  Author(s):PISANELLI, ElenaEUI affiliated https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7021-1784Date:2023Citation:Florence : European University Institute, 2023Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI; SPS; PhD ThesisAbstract:This thesis explores the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in hiring and their impact on gender inequality in the labor market. While AI has been adopted by firms with the expectation of unbiased decision-making ...
  • Title:When parties move to the middle : the role of uncertainty  Author(s):LINDVALL, Johannes; RUEDA, David; ZHAI, HaoyuEUI affiliatedDate:2023Citation:British journal of political science, 2023, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 1208-1229Type:ArticleAbstract:Political parties face a crucial trade-off between electoral and partisan goals: should they put electoral goals first, pursuing the policies they think will win them the most votes in the next election, or should they put ...
  • Title:Steering national social reforms through the EU’s recovery plan  Author(s):BOKHORST, David JonasEUI affiliated https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6192-5590Date:2023Citation:Bart VANHERCKE, Sebastiano SABATO and Slavina SPASOVA (eds), Social policy in the European Union : state of play 2022, Brussels : European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), 2023, pp. 25-41Type:Contribution to bookAbstract:This chapter analyses the governance and content of the RRF based on the most recent empirical literature, combined with a close reading of the RRF Regulation and the Commission’s assessment of this first set of RRPs ...

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