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Political Systems and Governance

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Xiujuan Xie
University of Hong Kong
2
Federico Maria Ferrara
London School of Economics and Political Science
3
Christian Freudlsperger
ETH Zurich
4
Marco Improta
Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli
5
Björn Bremer
Central European University
6
Philippe M. Frowd
McMaster University
7
Tal Lento
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
8
Kate Alexander‐Shaw
Institute For European Environmental Policy
9
Manuel Becker
Berlin Heart (Germany)
10
Stine Hesstvedt
University of Oslo

Rising Stars Papers

1
When Foreign Policy Becomes Trade Policy: The EU's Anti‐Coercion Instrument
JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies|2024
37 cit.
2
‘No Participation Without Representation’: The Impact of Descriptive and Substantive Representation on the Age-Related Turnout Gap
Political Studies|2024
28 cit.
3
Government short-termism and the management of global challenges
The British Journal of Politics and International Relations|2024
12 cit.
4
Pandemic bordering: domestic politicisation, European coordination, and national border closures in the COVID-19 crisis
Journal of European Public Policy|2024
11 cit.
5
The ‘Datafication’ of Borders in Global Context: The Role of the International Organization for Migration
Geopolitics|2024
11 cit.
6
Lower taxes at all costs? Evidence from a survey experiment in four European countries
Journal of European Public Policy|2024
11 cit.
7
Europe Re: the rise of the European reinsurance polity
Journal of European Public Policy|2024
10 cit.
8
Comparing ministerial evidence cultures: a quantitative analysis
Policy and Society|2024
10 cit.
9
Governments and parliaments in a state of emergency: what can we learn from the COVID-19 pandemic?
Journal of Legislative Studies|2024
8 cit.
10
The Meloni-Casellati Institutional Reform
International Journal of Parliamentary Studies|2024
7 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Xu Liu
Southern University of Science and Technology
2
Johanna Schnabel
Freie Universität Berlin
3
Raffaella Fittipaldi
University of Naples Federico II
4
Adam Standring
University of Lisbon
5
Thomas Perrin
Travaux et Recherches Archéologiques sur les Cultures, les Espaces et les Sociétés
6
Alice el‐Wakil
University of Copenhagen
7
Jack Sheldon
University of Cambridge
8
Benjamin Martill
University of Edinburgh
9
Martín Portos
Scuola Normale Superiore
10
Kristin Anabel Eggeling
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Blended Diplomacy: The Entanglement and Contestation of Digital Technologies in Everyday Diplomatic Practice
European Journal of International Relations|2022
90 cit.
2
Insider-outsider: Methodological reflections on collaborative intercultural research
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications|2022
49 cit.
3
The Discursive Struggle for Digital Sovereignty: Security, Economy, Rights and the Cloud Project Gaia‐X
JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies|2024
46 cit.
4
(Water) bottles and (street) barricades: the politicisation of lifestyle-centred action in youth climate strike participation
Journal of Youth Studies|2022
34 cit.
5
Taking trust online: Digitalisation and the practice of information sharing in diplomatic negotiations
Review of International Studies|2022
34 cit.
6
Embracing the ‘inverted commas’, or How COVID-19 can show us new directions for ethnographic ‘fieldwork’
Qualitative Research|2022
32 cit.
7
Winds of change? Neoclassical realism, foreign policy change, and European responses to the Russia-Ukraine War
The British Journal of Politics and International Relations|2024
29 cit.
8
What is Federalism? Some Definitional Clarification
Publius The Journal of Federalism|2023
27 cit.
9
The Social Aesthetics of Digital Diplomacy
International Political Sociology|2024
26 cit.
10
Trust and calculation in international negotiations: how trust was lost after Brexit
International Affairs|2023
24 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Ronald Inglehart
University of Michigan
2
Arjan H. Schakel
University of Bergen
3
Uwe Puetter
Central European University
4
Jürgen Neyer
European University Viadrina
5
George Tsebelis
University of California, Los Angeles
6
Gerry Stoker
University of Southampton
7
Simon Niemeyer
Australian National University
8
Cas Mudde
University of Georgia
9
Gerda Falkner
University of Vienna
10
Jarle Trondal
University of Agder

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Modernization and Postmodernization: Cultural, Economic, and Political Change in 43 Societies
Foreign Affairs|1997
4.9k cit.
2
The Populist Zeitgeist
Government and Opposition|2004
4.8k cit.
3
The Silent Revolution: Changing Values and Political Styles among Western Publics
Foreign Affairs|1978
3.6k cit.
4
Veto Players. How Political Institutions Work
Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas|2003
3.4k cit.
5
Governance as theory: five propositions
International Social Science Journal|1998
2.7k cit.
6
Decision Making in Political Systems: Veto Players in Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, Multicameralism and Multipartyism
British Journal of Political Science|1995
2.6k cit.
7
The Silent Revolution in Europe: Intergenerational Change in Post-Industrial Societies
American Political Science Review|1971
1.7k cit.
8
Public Value Management
The American Review of Public Administration|2006
1.3k cit.
9
Exclusionary vs. Inclusionary Populism: Comparing Contemporary Europe and Latin America
Government and Opposition|2012
1.3k cit.
10
Expert Interpretations of Party Space and Party Locations in 42 Societies
Party Politics|1995
1.2k cit.

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