European Administrative Networks
The European Commission has limited competences and resources for steering the implementation of European Union (EU) policies. In order to overcome these deficiencies, the Commission and member states have established European Administrative Networks (EANs): networks of national administrative representatives.
The Role of Administrative Networks in European Union Implementation was launched in autumn 2017 and was funded by the Danish Council for Independent Research. The project was dedicated to gain understanding on how EANs work and build empirical insights into their relational structure and impact.
THE PROJECT IS CLOSED
Project period: 2017-2022
Principal Investigator (PI): Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen
Most of the literature relies on a positive narrative of EANs’ problem-solving abilities, finding they fulfill an important role in facilitating the implementation and enforcement of EU policies. However, their actual and independent role in EU implementation is not yet well understood nor explained.
This project addressed a three-fold research gap in the literature, by asking: How do the functions, interaction modes, and impact of European Administrative Networks differ across policy areas? The role of EANs in EU implementation will be examined and compared for five policy areas: 1) health and 2) social welfare, 3) environment, 4) immigration and asylum and 5) internal market.
For more information on the project and a discussion of its findings see the LSE Blogpost by Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen, Reini Schrama and Ellen Mastenbroek.
Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen and Reini Schrama (2021) 'Networked Healthcare Governance in the European Union'. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
Reini Schrama, Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen and Ellen Mastenbroek (2020) 'Going Nordic in European Administrative Networks?'. Politics and Governance.
Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen, Reini Schrama and Ellen Mastenbroek (2020) 'How European Administrative Networks aid the implementation and enforcement of EU policies'. LSE EUROPP Blog.
Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen, Reini Schrama and Ellen Mastenbroek (2020) 'Differences between national institutions condition who interacts with whom on European Administrative Networks'. Future of Europe Blog.
Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen, Reini Schrama and Ellen Mastenbroek (2020) 'Experimenting European healthcare forward. Do institutional differences condition networked governance?'. Journal of European Public Policy.
Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen, Reini Schrama and Ellen Mastenbroek (2020) 'Who Interacts with Whom? Drivers of Networked Welfare Governance in Europe'. British Journal of Political Science.
Ellen Mastenbroek and Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen (2017) 'Filling the gap in the European administrative space: the role of administrative networks in EU implementation and enforcement'. Journal of European Public Policy.
Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen, Professor at University of Copenhagen.
Ellen Mastenbroek, Professor at Radboud University Nijmegen.
Reini Schrama, Assistant Professor at Radboud University Nijmegen.
Ana Carolina Campera de Rezende Soares, PhD fellow at University of Copenhagen.
Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen
Mail: dm@ifs.ku.dk
Phone: +45 35 32 34 26
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European Administrative Networks was funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark
Project: European Administrative Networks
Project period: 2017-2022
