Biography
Dr Frank M. Häge is a Senior Lecturer 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 Limerick, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Leiden University. His research interests lie in the areas of Legislative Politics, Historical Political Economy, Political Development, and Research Methods. Geographically, his research focuses on the European Union and Western European countries, especially Germany. 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. 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, Political Analysis, and West European Politics. He is an Associate Editor for Reseach and Politics and member of the editorial boards of the Journal of European Public Policy and the Journal of European Integration.Research Interests
European Union PoliticsLegislative Politics
International Negotiations
Historical Political Economy
Political Development
Research Methods
Professional Activities
Award
- 2012 - Vincent Wright Memorial Prize, West European Politics
- 2009 - NKWP Best PhD Thesis Award
- 2009 - UACES Best PhD Thesis Award
- 2009 - Honourable Mention, VB Award Competition for Best PhD Thesis
- 2007 - Europa Award for Junior Academics, Montesquieu Institute
Education
- 2008 Leiden University - PhD
- 2003 University of Konstanz - Diplom-Verwaltungswissenschaftler
Employment
- 2008 Leiden University - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2004 Leiden University - PhD Fellow
Other
- Editorial board of the Journal of European Integration
- Editorial board of the Journal of European Public Policy
- Associate Editor of Research and Politics