62467
2023
2023
eng
351
366
16
bookpart
Edward Elgar Publishing
1
2023-07-14
2023-07-14
--
Green recovery
This chapter reviews how the European Union has fared in enabling a green recovery in the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis, drawing comparisons to developments after the financial crisis. The chapter focuses on the European Commission and its evolving role in promoting decarbonisation efforts in its Member States, paying particular attention to its role in financing investments in low-carbon assets. It considers both the direct effects of green stimulus policies on decarbonisation in the EU and how these actions have shaped the capacities of the Commission as an actor in the field of climate and energy policy. The analysis reveals a significant expansion of the Commission’s role compared to the period following the financial crisis. EU-level measures have provided incentives for Member States to direct large volumes of financing towards investments in climate-friendly assets. Nevertheless, the ultimate impact will largely be shaped by implementation at the national level.
Handbook on European Union Climate Change Policy and Politics
catalyst for an enhanced EU role in climate and energy policy?
978-1-78990-698-1
10.4337/9781789906981.00039
978-1-78990-697-4
@incollectionQuitzow.2023, author = Quitzow, Rainer and Bersalli, Germán and Lilliestam, Johan and Prontera, Andrea, title = Green recovery: catalyst for an enhanced EU role in climate and energy policy?, keywords = climate finance;Covid-19 crisis;European Green Deal;European Union;green recovery;just transition, pages = 351–366, publisher = Edward Elgar Publishing, isbn = 9781789906981, editor = Rayner, Tim and Szulecki, Kacper and Jordan, Andrew J. and Oberthür, Sebastian, booktitle = Handbook on European Union Climate Change Policy and Politics, year = 2023, doi = 10.4337/9781789906981.00039
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65bcc0d1178610.51894376
false
true
CC-BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell, keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International
Rainer Quitzow
Germán Bersalli
Johan Lilliestam
Andrea Prontera
eng
uncontrolled
European Union
eng
uncontrolled
green recovery
eng
uncontrolled
climate finance
eng
uncontrolled
European Green Deal
eng
uncontrolled
just transition
Politikwissenschaft
Nicht ermittelbar
Fachgruppe Politik- & Verwaltungswissenschaft
62465
2022
2022
eng
161
184
24
1
55
article
Springer Science+Business Media LLC
New York
1
2022-02-05
2022-02-05
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The European 2030 climate and energy package
The European Union’s 2030 climate and energy package introduced fundamental changes compared to its 2020 predecessor. These changes included a stronger focus on the internal market and an increased emphasis on technology-neutral decarbonization while simultaneously de-emphasizing the renewables target. This article investigates whether changes in domestic policy strategies of leading member states in European climate policy preceded the observed changes in EU policy. Disaggregating strategic change into changes in different elements (goals, objectives, instrumental logic), allows us to go beyond analyzing the relative prioritization of different goals, and to analyze how policy requirements for reaching those goals were dynamically redefined over time. To this end, we introduce a new method, which based on insights from social network analysis, enables us to systematically trace those strategic chances. We find that shifts in national strategies of the investigated member states preceded the shift in EU policy. In particular, countries reframed their understanding of supply security, and pushed for the internal electricity market also as a security measure to balance fluctuating renewables. Hence, the increasing focus on markets and market integration in the European 2030 package echoed the increasingly central role of the internal market for electricity supply security in national strategies. These findings also highlight that countries dynamically redefined their goals relative to the different phases of the energy transition.
Policy sciences
do domestic strategy adaptations precede EU policy change?
0032-2687
10.1007/s11077-022-09447-5
1573-0891
PMC8930959
@articleOllier.2022, abstract = The European Union’s 2030 climate and energy package introduced fundamental changes compared to its 2020 predecessor. These changes included a stronger focus on the internal market and an increased emphasis on technology-neutral decarbonization while simultaneously de-emphasizing the renewables target. This article investigates whether changes in domestic policy strategies of leading member states in European climate policy preceded the observed changes in EU policy. Disaggregating strategic change into changes in different elements (goals, objectives, instrumental logic), allows us to go beyond analyzing the relative prioritization of different goals, and to analyze how policy requirements for reaching those goals were dynamically redefined over time. To this end, we introduce a new method, which based on insights from social network analysis, enables us to systematically trace those strategic chances. We find that shifts in national strategies of the investigated member states preceded the shift in EU policy. In particular, countries reframed their understanding of supply security, and pushed for the internal electricity market also as a security measure to balance fluctuating renewables. Hence, the increasing focus on markets and market integration in the European 2030 package echoed the increasingly central role of the internal market for electricity supply security in national strategies. These findings also highlight that countries dynamically redefined their goals relative to the different phases of the energy transition., author = Ollier, Lana and Metz, Florence and Nuñez-Jimenez, Alejandro and Späth, Leonhard and Lilliestam, Johan, year = 2022, title = The European 2030 climate and energy package: do domestic strategy adaptations precede EU policy change?, keywords = climate and energy policy, policy strategy, European Union, decarbonization, renewable energy, pages = 161–184, volume = 55, number = 1, issn = 0032-2687, journal = Policy sciences, doi = 10.1007/s11077-022-09447-5
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2024-02-02T10:06:35+00:00
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bibtex
65bcbeab3b1164.78403834
Ollier, Lana
2018631-9
3928-7
false
true
CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International
Lana Ollier
Florence Metz
Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez
Leonhard Späth
Johan Lilliestam
eng
uncontrolled
climate and energy policy
eng
uncontrolled
policy strategy
eng
uncontrolled
European Union
eng
uncontrolled
decarbonization
eng
uncontrolled
renewable energy
Politikwissenschaft
Referiert
Fachgruppe Politik- & Verwaltungswissenschaft
Hybrid Open-Access
61285
2021
2021
eng
672
690
19
3
87
article
Sage
Los Angeles, Calif. [u.a.]
1
2021-01-20
2021-01-20
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The politics of crisis management by regional and international organizations in fighting against a global pandemic
Despite new challenges like climate change and digitalization, global and regional organizations recently went through turbulent times due to a lack of support from several of their member states. Next to this crisis of multilateralism, the COVID-19 pandemic now seems to question the added value of international organizations for addressing global governance issues more specifically. This article analyses this double challenge that several organizations are facing and compares their ways of managing the crisis by looking at their institutional and political context, their governance structure, and their behaviour during the pandemic until June 2020. More specifically, it will explain the different and fragmented responses of the World Health Organization, the European Union and the International Monetary Fund/World Bank. With the aim of understanding the old and new problems that these international organizations are trying to solve, this article argues that the level of autonomy vis-a-vis the member states is crucial for understanding the politics of crisis management. <br /> Points for practitioners <br /> As intergovernmental bodies, international organizations require authorization by their member states. Since they also need funding for their operations, different degrees of autonomy also matter for reacting to emerging challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The potential for international organizations is limited, though through proactive and bold initiatives, they can seize the opportunity of the crisis and partly overcome institutional and political constraints.
International review of administrative sciences : an international journal of comparative public administration
the member states at a crossroads
10.1177/0020852320984516
0020-8523
1461-7226
outputup:dataSource:WoS:2021
0020852320984516
WOS:000624216300001
Van Hecke, S (corresponding author), Katholieke Univ Leuven, Publ Governance Inst, Parkstr 45,Box 3609, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium., steven.vanhecke@kuleuven.be
Hecke, Steven van
2023-11-09T08:03:21+00:00
sword
importub
filename=package.tar
b116dc289fc0d86d14f90517d88dd695
2023655-4
205248-9
false
true
Steven van Hecke
Harald Fuhr
Wouter Wolfs
eng
uncontrolled
autonomy
eng
uncontrolled
COVID-19
eng
uncontrolled
crisis management
eng
uncontrolled
European Union
eng
uncontrolled
International
eng
uncontrolled
Monetary Fund
eng
uncontrolled
international organizations
eng
uncontrolled
multilateralism
eng
uncontrolled
World Bank
eng
uncontrolled
World Health Organization
Recht
Sozialwissenschaften
Referiert
Import
Hybrid Open-Access
59680
2021
2021
eng
589
603
15
4
4
article
MDPI
Basel
1
2021-10-08
2021-10-08
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The European Commission’s proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act
On 21 April 2021, the European Commission presented its long-awaited proposal for a Regulation “laying down harmonized rules on Artificial Intelligence”, the so-called “Artificial Intelligence Act” (AIA). This article takes a critical look at the proposed regulation. After an introduction (1), the paper analyzes the unclear preemptive effect of the AIA and EU competences (2), the scope of application (3), the prohibited uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI) (4), the provisions on high-risk AI systems (5), the obligations of providers and users (6), the requirements for AI systems with limited risks (7), the enforcement system (8), the relationship of the AIA with the existing legal framework (9), and the regulatory gaps (10). The last section draws some final conclusions (11).
J : multidisciplinary scientific journal
A critical assessment by members of the Robotics and AI Law Society (RAILS)
10.3390/j4040043
2571-8800
@articleEbers.2021, author = Ebers, Martin and Hoch, Veronica R. S. and Rosenkranz, Frank and Ruschemeier, Hannah and Steinrötter, Björn, year = 2021, title = The European Commission’s Proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act—A Critical Assessment by Members of the Robotics and AI Law Society (RAILS), pages = 589–603, volume = 4, number = 4, journal = J : multidisciplinary scientific journal, doi = 10.3390/j4040043
md5:fd1b75c7c805ff751cf84365a2715a49
2023-06-21T07:25:33+00:00
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bibtex
6492a5ed1c0729.16849781
2962863-5
Ebers, Martin
<a href="https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-59682">Zweitveröffentlichung in der Schriftenreihe Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Juristische Reihe ; 08</a>
CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International
Martin Ebers
Veronica R. S. Hoch
Frank Rosenkranz
Hannah Ruschemeier
Björn Steinrötter
eng
uncontrolled
artificial intelligence
eng
uncontrolled
machine learning
eng
uncontrolled
European Union
eng
uncontrolled
regulation
eng
uncontrolled
harmonization
eng
uncontrolled
Artificial Intelligence Act
Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke
Öffentliches Recht
Referiert
Gold Open-Access
DOAJ gelistet
57723
2020
2020
eng
S791
S804
14
Sup. 1
23
article
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Abingdon
1
2020-11-04
2020-11-04
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Attitudes towards European financial solidarity during the Covid-19 pandemic
Whilst the Covid-19 pandemic affects all European countries, the ways in which these countries are prepared for the health and subsequent economic crisis varies considerably. Financial solidarity within the European Union (EU) could mitigate some of these inequalities but depends upon the support of the citizens of individual member states for such policies. This paper studies attitudes of the Austrian population - a net-contributor to the European budget - towards financial solidarity using two waves of the Austrian Corona Panel Project collected in May and June 2020. We find that individuals (i) who are less likely to consider the Covid-19 pandemic as a national economic threat, (ii) who believe that Austria benefits from supporting other countries, and (iii) who prefer the crisis to be organized more centrally at EU-level show higher support for European financial solidarity. Using fixed effects models, we further show that perceiving economic threats and preferring central crisis management also explain attitude dynamics within individuals over time. We conclude that cost-benefit perceptions are important determinants for individual support of European financial solidarity during the Covid-19 pandemic.
European societies
evidence from a net-contributor country
10.1080/14616696.2020.1836669
1461-6696
1469-8307
outputup:dataSource:WoS:2021
WOS:000585399500001
Kalleitner, F (corresponding author), Univ Vienna, Dept Econ Sociol, Kolingasse 14-16, A-1010 Vienna, Austria., fabian.kalleitner@univie.ac.at
Kalleitner, Fabian
2023-01-30T07:50:19+00:00
sword
importub
filename=package.tar
aab1f0c32a91f77a31c2ffdc0da7713d
2013397-2
CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International
Licia Bobzien
Fabian Kalleitner
eng
uncontrolled
Covid-19
eng
uncontrolled
financial solidarity
eng
uncontrolled
European Union
eng
uncontrolled
Austria
Sozialwissenschaften
Sozialwissenschaften
Referiert
Import
Hybrid Open-Access
56606
2022
eng
783
800
18
3
60
article
Wiley-Blackwell
Oxford
1
2021-12-08
2022-12-08
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Revisiting policy preferences and capacities in the EU
Research on multi-level implementation of EU legislation has almost exclusively focused on the national level, while little is known about the role of subnational authorities. Nevertheless, it is a prerequisite for the functioning of the European Union that all member states and their subnational authorities apply and enforce EU legislation in due time. I address this research gap and take a closer look at the legal transposition process in the German regional states. Using a novel data set comprising detailed information on about 700 subnational measures, I show that state-level variables, such as political preferences and ministerial resources, account for variation in the timing of legal transposition and repeatedly lead to subnational delay. To conclude, the paper addresses the role of subnational authorities in the EU multi-level system and points to their interest in shaping legal transposition in order to counterbalance their loss of competences to the national level.
Journal of common market studies : JCMS
Multi-level policy implementation in the subnational authorities
10.1111/jcms.13286
0021-9886
1468-5965
outputup:dataSource:WoS:2022
WOS:000728676100001
Paasch, J (corresponding author), Univ Potsdam, August Bebel Str 89, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany., jana.paasch@uni-potsdam.de
Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftGerman Research Foundation (DFG) [STE 2353/1-1]
Paasch, Jana
2022-11-07T08:25:30+00:00
sword
importub
filename=package.tar
7c1273bba258c24719b6f9d3557049fa
1492234-4
3008-9
false
true
CC-BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell, keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International
Jana Paasch
eng
uncontrolled
European Union
eng
uncontrolled
transposition
eng
uncontrolled
EU directives
eng
uncontrolled
implementation measures
eng
uncontrolled
subnational authorities
Wirtschaft
Sozialwissenschaften
Referiert
Import
Hybrid Open-Access
54320
2018
2018
eng
147
188
42
3
43
article
GESIS, Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Cologne
1
--
--
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Struggling over crisis
Umkämpfte Krise
If you put two economists in a room, you get two opinions, unless one of them is Lord Keynes, in which case you get three opinions.” Following the premise of this quotation attributed to Winston Churchill, varying perceptions of the European crisis by academic economists and their structural homology to economists’ positions in the field of economics are examined. The dataset analysed using specific multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) and hierarchical agglomerative clustering (HAC) comprises information on the careers of 480 German-speaking economists and on statements they made concerning crisis-related issues. It can be shown that the main structural differences in the composition and amount of scientific and academic capital held by economists as well as their age and degree of transnationalisation are linked to how they see the crisis: as a national sovereign debt crisis, as a European banking crisis, or as a crisis of European integration and institutions.
Historical Social Research
Discoursive Positionings and Academic Positions in the Field of German-Speaking Economists
Diskursive Positionierungen und akademische Positionen im Feld deutschsprachiger Volkswirt*innen
10.12759/hsr.43.2018.3.147-188
0172-6404
wos:2018
WOS:000450022500006
Schmidt-Wellenburg, C (reprint author), Potsdam Univ, Fac Econ & Social Sci, August Bebel Str 89, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany., cschmidtw@uni-potsdam.de
2022-03-15T07:27:03+00:00
sword
importub
filename=package.tar
f906b8307bb5c2c3dfc536b8ea023782
false
true
CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International
Christian Schmidt-Wellenburg
eng
uncontrolled
Economics
eng
uncontrolled
multiple correspondence analysis
eng
uncontrolled
Bourdieu
eng
uncontrolled
field
eng
uncontrolled
discourse
eng
uncontrolled
mixed methods
eng
uncontrolled
European Union
eng
uncontrolled
crisis
Sozialwissenschaften
Sozialwissenschaften
Import
53430
2017
2017
eng
35
46
12
97
article
Elsevier
Oxford
1
2017-06-29
2017-06-29
--
The price of success, the benefit of setbacks
This article explores the various futures of relations between the European Union (EU) and Ukraine. After distilling two major drivers we construct a future compass in order to conceive of four futures of relations between the EU and Ukraine. Our scenarios aim to challenge deep-rooted assumptions on the EU’s neighbourhood with Ukraine: How will the politico-economic challenges in the European countries influence the EU’s approach towards the East? Will more EU engagement in Ukraine contribute to enduring peace? Does peace always come with stability? Which prospects does the idea of Intermarium have? Are the pivotal transformation players in Ukraine indeed oligarchs or rather small- and medium-sized entrepreneurs? After presenting our scenarios, we propose indicators to know in the years to come, along which path future relations do develop. By unearthing surprising developments we hope to provoke innovative thoughts on Eastern Europe in times of post truth societies, confrontation between states and hybrid warfare.
Futures : the journal of policy, planning and futures studies
alternative futures of EU-Ukraine relations
10.1016/j.futures.2017.06.004
0016-3287
1873-6378
wos:2018
WOS:000428485900005
Mehlhausen, T (reprint author), Univ Potsdam, Neuen Palais 10, D-14469 Potsdam, Germany., davydchyk@dgap.org; mehlhaus@uni-potsdam.de; wpt@eab-berlin.eu
2022-01-14T09:24:48+00:00
sword
importub
filename=package.tar
965cfb49001d365ae90bc21f988c4e7d
Mehlhausen, Thomas
Maria Davydchyk
Thomas Mehlhausen
Weronika Priesmeyer-Tkocz
eng
uncontrolled
European Union
eng
uncontrolled
Ukraine
eng
uncontrolled
Russia
eng
uncontrolled
European Neighbourhood Policy
eng
uncontrolled
Eastern Europe
eng
uncontrolled
Eurasian Economic Union
Politikwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften
Referiert
Import
38768
2015
2015
eng
682
699
18
6
17
article
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Abingdon
1
--
--
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Prevalence and correlates of young people's sexual aggression perpetration and victimisation in 10 European countries: a multi-level analysis
Data are presented on young people's sexual victimisation and perpetration from 10 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain) using a shared measurement tool (N = 3480 participants, aged between 18 and 27 years). Between 19.7 and 52.2% of female and between 10.1 and 55.8% of male respondents reported having experienced at least one incident of sexual victimisation since the age of consent. In two countries, victimisation rates were significantly higher for men than for women. Between 5.5 and 48.7% of male and 2.6 and 14.8% of female participants reported having engaged in a least one act of sexual aggression perpetration, with higher rates for men than for women in all countries. Victimisation rates correlated negatively with sexual assertiveness and positively with alcohol use in sexual encounters. Perpetration rates correlated positively with attitudes condoning physical dating violence and with alcohol use in men, and negatively with sexual assertiveness in women. At the country level, lower gender equality in economic power and in the work domain was related to higher male perpetration rates. Lower gender equality in political power and higher sexual assertiveness in women relative to men were linked to higher male victimisation rates.
Culture, health & sexuality : a journal for research, intervention and care
10.1080/13691058.2014.989265
25567318
1369-1058
1464-5351
wos:2015
WOS:000352285800002
Krahe, B (reprint author), Univ Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany., krahe@uni-potsdam.de
European Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC) [A/101082]; Slovak
Academy of Sciences
Barbara Krahé
Anja Berger
Ine Vanwesenbeeck
Gabriel Bianchi
Joannes Chliaoutakis
Andres A. Fernandez-Fuertes
Antonio Fuertes
Margarida Gaspar de Matos
Eleni Hadjigeorgiou
Birgitt Haller
Sabine Hellemans
Zbigniew Izdebski
Christiana Kouta
Dwayne Meijnckens
Liubove Murauskiene
Maria Papadakaki
Lucia Ramiro
Marta Reis
Katrien Symons
Paulina Tomaszewska
Isabel Vicario-Molina
Andrzej Zygadlo
eng
uncontrolled
young people
eng
uncontrolled
sexual aggression
eng
uncontrolled
multi-level correlates
eng
uncontrolled
European Union
eng
uncontrolled
sexual victimisation
Referiert
Department Psychologie
Institut für Psychologie
38536
2015
2015
eng
950
968
19
5
33
article
Sage Publ.
London
1
--
--
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Compliance with EU biofuel targets in South-Eastern and Eastern Europe: Do interest groups matter?
The European Union requires its member states to establish national targets for the biofuel content of all diesel and petrol supplies for transport placed on the market. This study explores the adoption of this European Union policy across South-Eastern and Eastern Europe between 2003 and 2012. In theoretical terms, we are specifically interested in examining the role of interest groups for policy adoption. We argue that the oil industry in general and the producers of biofuels in particular will support the establishment of national biofuel targets because they expect economic gains. By contrast, we expect environmental groups with international and regional ties to oppose such targets because biofuels have come under attack for their potential environmental impact including deforestation, a loss in biodiversity, and food insecurity. Empirically, we concentrate on policy adoptions in 21 South-Eastern and Eastern European states with varied relations to the European Union and the Energy Community. Our analysis supports our main arguments in suggesting that a stronger presence of environmental groups decreases the chances of adopting national biofuel targets across our country sample while producer interests tend to increase adoptions. This finding holds true also when controlling for a country's European Union membership and accession perspective, membership in the Energy Community, and additional domestic-level factors. These results add more generally to our understanding about compliance with European Union policies and environmental governance.
Environment & planning : international journal of urban and regional research ; C, Government & policy
10.1177/0263774X15605923
0263-774X
1472-3425
wos:2015
WOS:000364537900005
Tosun, J (reprint author), Heidelberg Univ, Inst Polit Sci, Bergheimer Str 58, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany., jale.tosun@ipw.uni-heidelberg.de
Jale Tosun
Kai Schulze
eng
uncontrolled
Biofuels
eng
uncontrolled
Eastern Europe
eng
uncontrolled
Energy Community
eng
uncontrolled
European Union
eng
uncontrolled
lobbying
eng
uncontrolled
South-Eastern Europe
Öffentliches Recht
Referiert