Biography
Dr Frank M. Häge is a Senior Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Limerick. Before he came to Limerick, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Leiden University, from where he also received his PhD. He had previously graduated from the University of Konstanz with an MA in Public Policy and Management (Dipl.-Verw.Wiss). His research interests are in the areas of Legislative Politics, Political Development, and Research Methods. Geographically, his research focuses on the European Union and Western European countries. He has published on legislative decision-making in the Council of the European Union, inter-institutional negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council, the application of fuzzy set methods in comparative case study research, the measurement of foreign policy similarity in quantitative studies of international relations, and conflict structures in legislative politics of 19th century Germany. 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, and has recently been published by Routledge. His other work appeared in a variety of peer-reviewed academic journals, including British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of Political Research, European Union Politics, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, Political Analysis, and West European Politics.
Research Interests
European Union Politics
Legislative Politics
Political Development
Quantitative and Comparative Research Methods
Teaching Interests
Publications
Book
Book Chapter
Politischer Konflikt und Entscheidungsfindung im Ministerrat der Europäischen Union
Häge, FM
Die Politische Ökonomie des EU-Entscheidungsprozesses: Modelle und Anwendungen
Hauptachsen staatlicher Redimensionierung. Die Rolle von Europäisierung und Globalisierung
Häge, FM; Schneider, V
Der Staat auf dem Rückzug: Die Privatisierung öffentlicher Infrastrukturen
Politische und gesellschaftliche Vetospieler in institutionellen Reformen: Die Transformation der Telekommunikation in OECD-Ländern
Häge, FM; Bauer, JM; Schneider, V
Der Staat auf dem Rückzug: Die Privatisierung öffentlicher Infrastrukturen
Other Publication
The Irish Presidency: Government Strategy in Light of Diverging Expectations
Häge, FM
Government Gazette
Anticipating Resistance: The Effect of Member State Preferences on the European Commission's Agenda-Setting Activity
Häge, FM and Toshkov, D
Limerick Papers in Politics and Public Administration 11/1
Book Review of `The Powers of the Union: Delegation in the EU' by Fabio Franchino, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007
Häge, FM
WEST EUROPEAN POLITICS
Peer Reviewed Journal
Political conflict in Bismarck's Germany: An analysis of parliamentary voting, 1867-1890
Häge, FM
Party Politics
DOI: 10.1177/1354068817702058
Rapporteur‐shadow rapporteur networks in the European Parliament: The strength of small numbers
Häge, FM; Ringe, Nils
European Journal Of Political Research
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12277
The Scheduling Power of the EU Council Presidency
Häge FM
Journal Of European Public Policy
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2016.1158203
Consensus Decisions and Similarity Measures in International Organizations
Häge, FM, Hug, S
International Interactions
DOI: 10.1080/03050629.2016.1138107
Political attention in the Council of the European Union: A new dataset of working party meetings, 19952014
Häge, FM
European Union Politics
DOI: 10.1177/1465116516649062
The effect of codecision on Council decision-making: informalization, politicization and power
Häge, FM,Naurin, D
Journal Of European Public Policy
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2013.795372
Coalition Building and Consensus in the Council of the European Union
Häge, FM
British Journal Of Political Science
DOI: 10.1017/S0007123412000439
Choice or Circumstance? Adjusting Measures of Foreign Policy Similarity for Chance Agreement
Häge, FM
Political Analysis
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpr023
The European Union Policy-Making dataset
Häge, FM
European Union Politics
DOI: 10.1177/1465116511398739
Politicising Council Decision-making: The Effect of European Parliament Empowerment
Häge, FM
West European Politics
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2011.523542
Europeanization and the Retreat of the State
Häge, FM; Schneider, V
Journal Of European Public Policy
Who Decides in the Council of the European Union?
Häge, FM
Journal Of Common Market Studies
Committee Decision-Making in the Council of the European Union
Häge, FM
European Union Politics
The Evolution of European Legal Integration
Häge, FM; Selck, T; Rhinard, M
European Journal Of Law And Economics
Constructivism, Fuzzy Sets, and (Very) Small- N: Revisiting the Conditions for Communicative Action
Häge, FM
Journal Of Business Research
The Division of Labour in Legislative Decision-Making of the Council of the European Union
Häge, FM
Journal Of Leglislative Studies
Reconsidering the European Parliament's Legislative Influence: Formal vs. Informal Procedures
Häge, FM; Kaeding, M
Journal Of European Integration