When Do International Organizations Engage in Agency Slack? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of United Nations Institutions
The extensive delegation of power to international organizations (IOs) has been accompanied by occasional agency slack. While prior studies suggest that IOs’ propensity for agency slack may be [...]
Europe on the Move? – Stimulating New Ideas to Promote Liberty and Prosperity in a Changing World Order
On June 15-16, 2022, Prof. da Conceição-Heldt participated in the XI. International Congress "Young Social Science and Economics Congress" of the Hanns Martin Schleyer Foundation. Under the conference [...]
Did Russia and China exploit multilateralism?
Did Russia and China exploit multilateralism? Prof. da Conceição-Heldt talks about this topic in the new Convoco C! Podcast Special on the war in Ukraine. Click [...]
Measuring Actual Discretion of the European Commission: Using the Discretion Index to Guide Empirical Research
One key question in the study of the European Union has always been the extent of Commission discretion. We take the discretion index, typically used by principal–agent scholars [...]
Eugénia da Conceicao-Heldt receives Carl von Linde Fellowship
The Carl von Linde Fellowship honors Prof. da Conceicao-Heldt's excellent, internationally recognized achievements in research. The fellowship lasts two years [...]
Persistence Against the Odds: How Entrepreneurial Agents Helped the UN Joint Inspection Unit to Prevail
Since its inception in 1966, the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) has prevailed in the face of significant [...]
The Limits of Transparency: Expert Knowledge and Meaningful Accountability in Central Banking
Recent discussions of accountability in contexts of expert knowledge raise questions about the limits of transparency. Against this background, [...]
Bringing Independence and Accountability Together: Mission Impossible for the European Central Bank?
The European Central Bank’s (ECB) role as a political actor during the euro crisis raised concerns about its independence [...]
Honorary doctorate presented to Romano Prodi
TUM honorary doctorate presented to Romano Prodi The TUM School of Management has conferred an honorary doctorate on Romano [...]
Virtual Workshop on China’s Role In Global Economic Governance
China’s decades long rapid economic growth trajectory informs its structural power in international relations. This has raised considerable debate [...]
Top international researchers and prominent public figures honor Reform Rector Prof. da Conceição-Heldt
5 Years of Success "Thank you for your great work, Professor da Conceição-Heldt! The linkage between politics and [...]
Symbolic baton change at the top of the HfP
Successful completion of the reform phase of the Hochschule für Politik München at the Technical University of Munich [...]
Andrew Moravcsik is appointed “TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professor”
Andrew Moravcsik, Professor of Politics and International Affairs and Director of European Union Program at Princeton University, is appointed [...]
Orchestrating Private Investors for Development: How the World Bank Revitalizes
Confronted with a new wave of criticism on the in effectiveness of its development programs, the World Bank embarked [...]
A new delegation design for EU governance: how preference cohesiveness of multiple principals shapes the European Commission’s discretion in trade negotiations
Abstract The Lisbon Treaty enhanced the role of the European Parliament in free trade agreements. This article offers a [...]
Populism as a ‘corrective’ to trade agreements? ‘America First’ and the readjustment of NAFTA
The past few years have seen an upsurge in populist politics around the globe. Yet, its potential impact on [...]
Munich Talks with RKI President
A Virtual Conversation with RKI-President Prof. Lothar Wieler in Pandemic Times. Professor Lothar H. Wieler is President of the [...]
Prof. da Conceição-Heldt speaks at the SZ Plan W Salon
"Europe or nation state - who will save us from the COVID-19 crisis?" The young politician and [...]
Reforming International Organizations – How Partisanship and Ministerial Control Shape State Preferences toward the World Bank
Recent scholarship has highlighted the role of domestic pressures in determining state preferences toward the reform of international organizations [...]
Prof. Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt now member of the Global Future Council on Agile Governance of the World Economic Forum
Prof. Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt was appointed as a new member of the Global Future Council on Agile Governance 2020-2022 [...]
International organizations as tragic heroes? Prof. da Conceiçao-Heldt in the ARD Campus Talks.
Today, international organizations are important actors in international politics and have contributed a great deal to conflict resolution and the [...]
Prof. da Conceição-Heldt @ Convoco! Forum 2020
This year Prof. da Conceição-Heldt will give a lecture on "International Institutions: the tragic heroes of international politics" at [...]
China in Global Economic Governance
Project: The US led international economic order has endured since the end of World War Two. China’s [...]
Learning from the “Frontrunner”? A Multidisciplinary Analysis of the Chinese Social Credit System and its Impact on Germany
Project: China’s Social Credit System (SCS) is an artificial intelligence supported system seeking to enhance moral behavior, financial [...]
Friedrich Schiedel-Prize for Politics and Technology 2019 for Prof. Henry Farrell
Economic dependence as a political weapon Prof. Henry Farrell, a political scientist at the George Washington University, has been [...]
Legacies and Innovations in Global Economic Governance Since Bretton Woods
Project: The international economic system that was established at the 1944 Bretton Woods conference became one [...]
State of Bavaria honors HfP reform rector Prof. Conceição-Heldt – European Medal for political scientist
Bavaria's Europe Minister Dr. Florian Herrmann presented the Bavarian Europe Medal to Prof. Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt and twelve other [...]
Portuguese President appoints Prof. da Conceição-Heldt to the World Portuguese Network
Prof. da Conceição-Heldt has been appointed a member of the World Portuguese Network (Portugese Disapora Council) - a network [...]
Martha Nussbaum as a speaker at Munich Talks
Sexism and Misogyny: Poisons for Democratic Politics Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at The University [...]