Master Thesis in European Public Affairs
Here are a few of the theses written by students in the Master's programme European Public Affairs in 2019-2020. Students engage in original research that relates to, and builds, on, the three 8-week courses. The broad range of topics, cover many policy areas, actors and institutions, pieces of legislation, normative questions and stages of the policy process. Students are encouraged to choose topics that link with the research interests and expertise of the thesis supervisors. There is usually 10 members of staff supervising the thesis, the proposal of which is developed in January. The thesis itself is written during the internship in the period April, May, June.
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| The carrot and the stick: The worlds of compliance and the first two years of GDPR enforcement |
| Chasing the European White Whale? The influence of soft governance in the EU - A comparative analysis of the substantive and procedural shifts in Social Protection Policies in Sweden and Spain since the creation of the OMC |
| The 2015 Refugee Crisis and Political Discourse: a Content Analysis of Parliamentary Questions in the European Union |
| Regulating under uncertainty: Unravelling cybersecurity policy A comparative study on EU and US policies |
| An alliance as strong as plastic? A study into the influence of business interests in the shaping of the Directive on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment |
| Interest Groups as Policy Entrepreneurs in Judicial Lawmaking? Analyzing the Impact of Strategic Litigation in the Coman Case |
| Accredited Parliamentary Assistants: Paper-Keepers or Gate-Keepers? |
| Self-Regulation in the Lobbying Sector: A typology and the application of self-regulatory measures in the public affairs industry in the European Union |
| The Rationale Behind Compliance: why Professional Consultancies in Brussels Register and Remain in the EU’s Transparency Register |
| Gender Mainstreaming in Implementation: Box Ticking or Transformation? A Case Study on Gender Mainstreaming in the Implementation of the Emergency Trust Fund for Africa |
| European Digital Sovereignty: The Janus like digital sovereignty legacy of the Juncker Commission |
| Are Politics ‘Instagrammable’? An Analysis of "Youth-Friendly" Parliamentary Communications on Instagram in Austria, the United Kingdom and the European Union |