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 is funded by the Danish Council for Independent Research. The project is dedicated to gain understanding on how EANs work and build empirical insights into their relational structure and impact.

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About the project

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 addresses 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 recent findings see the LSE Blogpost by Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen, Reini Schrama and Ellen Mastenbroek.

Publications

Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen and Reini Schrama (2021) 'Networked Healthcare Governance in the European Union'. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.

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'. In: Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 25, No. 3, 8, 2017, p. 422-435.

Activities

Copenhagen Workshop on European Administrative Networks

5-6 November 2020

The Copenhagen Workshop on European Administrative Networks organized by Dorte Martinsen (University of Copenhagen) and Ellen Mastenbroek (Radboud University) will be held digitally on 5-6 November 2020. The workshop has invited international scholars from the field to discuss their most recent work on

Enforcement Networks (Laurens van Kreij and Michael Fauré & An Stas)

EAN Development (Martino Magetti and Francesca Vantagettiato)

Transnational Network Architectures (Woojeong Jang & Abraham Newman and Joseph Corkin)

Functioning of EANs (Sandra Eckert and Ellen Mastenbroek, Reini Schrama & Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen)

Independent Regulatory Agencies (Eva Ruffing and Kutsal Yesilkagit & Jacint Jordana)

Networked Governance (Jarle Trondal)

Find the full list of activites here.

Researchers/group members

Name	Title	Phone	E-mail
Campera de Rezende Soares, Ana C	PhD fellow	+45 353-31166	E-mail
Martinsen, Dorte Sindbjerg	Professor	+45 353-23426	E-mail

Funded by

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European Administrative Networks is funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark

Project: European Administrative Networks
Project period: 2017-2022

Contact

Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen
Mail: dm@ifs.ku.dk
Phone: +45 35 32 34 26

External group-member

Name	Title	Phone	E-mail
Ellen Mastenbroek	Professor, Radboud University Nijmegen	024-3613022	E-mail