European Union Politics, Legislative Politics, International Negotiations, Historical Political Economy, Political Development, Research Methods

European Union Politics, International Cooperation and Conflict, Research Methods

Dr Frank M. Häge is an Associate Professor in Politics in the Department of Politics and Public Administration. He is a graduate of the MA in Public Policy and Management of the University of Konstanz (Germany) and received his PhD from Leiden University (The Netherlands). Before coming to Limerick, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Leiden University. His research interests lie in the areas of European Union Politics, Legislative Politics, Historical Political Economy, Political Development, and Research Methods. He has published on topics related to legislative decision-making in the European Union, the historical political development of Germany, as well as research methods and data colletion projects. His dissertation on committee decision-making in the Council of the EU received prizes for best PhD thesis from the Dutch Political Science Association and the University Association for Contemporary European Studies. A revised version has been published by Routledge. His other work appeared in a variety of peer-reviewed academic journals, including the British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of Political Research, European Union Politics, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Analysis, and West European Politics. He is an Associate Editor for Reseach and Politics and member of the editorial board of the Journal of European Integration.