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Social Policy and Reform Studies

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Donato Di Carlo
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
2
Nora Ratzmann
The Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration
3
Melis G. Laebens
Central European University
4
Marina Nord
University of Gothenburg
5
Cameron Ballard-Rosa
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
6
Sirus H. Dehdari
Stockholm University
7
Outi Alakärppä
JAMK University of Applied Sciences
8
Thomas Flaherty
Texas A&M University
9
Kristoffer Balle Hvidberg
University of Copenhagen
10
Malu A. C. Gatto
University College London

Rising Stars Papers

1
Democracy Winning and Losing at the Ballot: Democracy Report 2024
SSRN Electronic Journal|2024
80 cit.
2
25 Years of Autocratization - Democracy Trumped? Democracy Report 2025
SSRN Electronic Journal|2025
77 cit.
3
State of the world 2024: 25 years of autocratization – democracy trumped?
Democratization|2025
39 cit.
4
Growth Coalitions Within a Corporatist Setting: How Manufacturing Interests Dominated the German Response to the Energy Crisis
Politics & Society|2024
22 cit.
5
When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
Democratization|2025
22 cit.
6
Between export-led growth and administrative Keynesianism: Italy’s two-tiered growth regime
New Political Economy|2024
13 cit.
7
Implementing the Temporary Protection Directive in Germany: <i>de jure</i> liberal, <i>de facto</i> selective?
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies|2025
11 cit.
8
The Continental Social Investment Turn: Sequencing Corrective and Transformative Welfare State Change in the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy
Politics & Society|2024
10 cit.
9
When Autocratization is Reversed: Episodes of Democratic Turnarounds since 1900
SSRN Electronic Journal|2024
9 cit.
10
Fighting with blunted tools? The politics of contemporary inflation management in southern Europe
Transfer European Review of Labour and Research|2024
5 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Yves Steinebach
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2
Sandra Buchler
Goethe University Frankfurt
3
Erik Neimanns
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
4
Anna Lührmann
University of Gothenburg
5
Michael Pinggera
University of Zurich
6
Benjamin N. Judkins
Columbia University
7
Guangye He
Nanjing University
8
Jonas Nahm
Johns Hopkins University
9
Mihai Varga
Freie Universität Berlin
10
Nicola Mastrorocco
University of Bologna

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Multidimensional Gender Ideologies Across Europe: Evidence From 36 Countries
Gender & Society|2023
72 cit.
2
Strategies of Green Industrial Policy: How States Position Firms in Global Supply Chains
American Political Science Review|2024
60 cit.
3
G20’s US$14-trillion economic stimulus reneges on emissions pledges
Nature|2022
56 cit.
4
Bureaucratic Quality and the Gap between Implementation Burden and Administrative Capacities
American Political Science Review|2023
56 cit.
5
Policy growth, implementation capacities, and the effect on policy performance
Governance|2023
54 cit.
6
Bureaucratic overburdening in advanced democracies
Public Administration Review|2023
48 cit.
7
Who Watches the Watchmen? Local News and Police Behavior in the United States
American Economic Journal Economic Policy|2025
33 cit.
8
The Decarbonization Bargain: How the Decarbonizable Sector Shapes Climate Politics
Perspectives on Politics|2024
29 cit.
9
Who wants wage moderation? Trade exposure, export-led growth, and the irrelevance of bargaining structure
West European Politics|2022
26 cit.
10
The War in Ukraine and Food Security in Eastern Europe
Gastronomica The Journal of Food and Culture|2022
25 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Ann Mische
University of Notre Dame
2
John Stephens
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3
David Soskice
Duke University
4
Joakim Palme
Stockholm University
5
Jonas Pontusson
Unknown
6
George Tsebelis
University of California, Los Angeles
7
Helen Ingram
University of Arizona
8
Jan Teorell
Lund University
9
James Raymond Vreeland
Princeton Public Schools
10
R. Daniel Kelemen
Georgetown University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage
Academy of Management Review|2003
7.6k cit.
2
What Is Agency?
American Journal of Sociology|1998
5.8k cit.
3
Veto Players. How Political Institutions Work
Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas|2003
3.4k cit.
4
Social Construction of Target Populations: Implications for Politics and Policy
American Political Science Review|1993
2.6k cit.
5
Decision Making in Political Systems: Veto Players in Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, Multicameralism and Multipartyism
British Journal of Political Science|1995
2.6k cit.
6
Democracy and dictatorship revisited
Public Choice|2009
2.5k cit.
7
The Study of Critical Junctures: Theory, Narrative, and Counterfactuals in Historical Institutionalism
World Politics|2007
2.3k cit.
8
The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality: Welfare State Institutions, Inequality, and Poverty in the Western Countries
American Sociological Review|1998
2.3k cit.
9
What Is Quality of Government? A Theory of Impartial Government Institutions
Governance|2008
1.4k cit.
10
Electoral Institutions and the Politics of Coalitions: Why Some Democracies Redistribute More Than Others
American Political Science Review|2006
1.2k cit.

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