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.

Publications

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

Martinsen, D. S., Schrama, R., & Mastenbroek, E. (Forthcoming). 'Who interacts with whom? Drivers of networked welfare governance in Europe'. In: British Journal of Political Science.

Martinsen, D.S. & Schrama, R. (Forthcoming). 'Networked Healthcare Governance in the European Union'. In: Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.

Activities

Invited talk on the enforcement of EU legislation:

“Håndhævelse af EU’s lovgivning: Udfordringer og nyere tiltag”

25 May 2020 - Copenhagen, Denmark

Dorte Martinsen gave a talk on the enforcement of EU legislation to a working group for stakeholders at the Danish Business Authority (Erhvervsstyrelsen) in Copenhagen.

Find the full list of activites here.

Researchers/group members

Name	Title	Phone	E-mail
Martinsen, Dorte Sindbjerg	Professor	+45 353-23426	E-mail
Schrama, Reini Margriet	Postdoc	+45 353-27932	E-mail

Funded by

the Danish Council for Independent Research

European Administrative Networks is funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark

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