Gerda Falkner

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Gerda Falkner

Gerda Falkner (born April 20, 1964 in Linz ) is an Austrian political scientist specializing in European studies , professor at the University of Vienna and head of the Institute for European Integration Research.

Life

Born and raised in Linz, Falkner studied political science at the University of Vienna , where she received her Mag. Phil. graduated (diploma thesis on Austrian foreign policy in Latin America) and in 1992 with a thesis on decision-making processes in the European Union as a Dr. phil. PhD. In 1989/90 she completed a postgraduate course in European politics at the Europa Kolleg in Bruges / Belgium, Master in Advanced European Studies in 1991. In 1998 she completed her habilitation in political science at the University of Vienna with a thesis on EU governance .

Falkner worked for the Austrian Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in 1987/88 , and in 1990/1991 she conducted research on the social and labor market aspects of Austria's impending EU accession on behalf of the Ministry of Social Affairs. From 1992 to 1998 she was university assistant at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Vienna ; In 1994/1995 she spent a year as a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick and the University of Essex (England), published a book on European constitutional development (together with Michael Nentwich ) and prepared her habilitation thesis on advocacy at EU level. Since 1998 she has been an associate professor at the University of Vienna. Between 1998 and 2003, Falkner headed a political science research group at the Max Planck Institute for Social Research in Cologne on the implementation of EU law at the national level. From 2002 to 2008 she headed the Political Science Department at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna. She has headed the Institute for European Integration Research (EIF) since 2008, initially at the Austrian Academy of Sciences , and since 2012 at the University of Vienna.

Gerda Falkner was elected a corresponding member in Germany in 2010 and a real member of the philosophical-historical class of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 2013.

Functions

As a professor of political science with a focus on European studies, Gerda Falkner has the following scientific functions:

Publications (selection)

Gerda Falkner is the author and editor of numerous books and articles in scientific journals and edited volumes. Her last three volumes were published

  • The EU's Decision Traps: Comparing Policies . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2011, ISBN 978-0-19-959622-5 .
  • with Oliver Treib and Elisabeth Holzleithner : Compliance in the Enlarged European Union: Living Rights or Dead Letters? Ashgate, Aldershot et al. 2008, ISBN 978-0-7546-7509-9 .
  • with Oliver Treib, Miriam Hartlapp and Simone Leiber: Complying with Europe. EU Harmonization and Soft Law in the Member States . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge / UK 2005, ISBN 0-521-84994-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerda Falkner's curriculum vitae on the website of the Institute for European Integration Research (EIF) , accessed on February 9, 2013.
  2. ↑ List of new members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 2010 ( Memento of May 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 45 kB), accessed February 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ List of new members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 2013 (PDF; 18 kB), accessed May 3, 2013.
  4. ↑ Editorial Team of the European Integration online Papers (EIoP) ( Memento from November 1, 2011 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed February 9, 2013.
  5. ↑ Living Reviews in European Governance (LREG) , accessed February 9, 2013.
  6. ↑ Board of Trustees of the WZB ( Memento of the original dated August 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 9, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wzb.eu
  7. ^ Research Council of the European University Institute (EUI) , accessed February 9, 2013.
  8. ^ Scientific Directorate of the Institute for European Politics (IEP), Berlin ( Memento of April 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed February 9, 2013.
  9. ↑ Honorary Professors of the DPS at the University of Copenhagen , accessed on February 9, 2013.
  10. ↑ Board of the Austrian Society for European Research - European Community Studies Association of Austria (ECSA-Austria) ( Memento of November 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed February 9, 2013.
  11. ↑ Extract from the association register for ZVR number 882802424, accessed February 9, 2013.
  12. ↑ Staff of the European Research Section of the Austrian Society for Political Science (ÖGPW) ( Memento of January 4, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), accessed February 9, 2013.
  13. ↑ List of publications by Gerda Falkner , accessed on February 9, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Falkner, Gerda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian political scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz