Dataset on global governance regimes, tools and approaches

1 data file, 1 documentation fileThe dataset provides information on global governance regimes and tools in the areas of climate change, data protection, development policy and relations with Africa, and the Sustainable Development Goals. Apart from data on institutional characteristics, also their link to the four policy areas is listed to provide insight into multilevel governance in these policy areas. An additional aim of the dataset is to present the information in a way that is useful and useable also for non-data scientists and researchers engaged in research on the global governance in the four selected areas. This explains potential variation in the representation of aggregate data as compared to other datasets in the area

Dataset on measuring governance performance as a global governance instrument

1 data files, 1 documentation fileAmong the many tools of global governance, measuring governance performance and quality has become an important instrument of development agendas (given that ‘good’ governance has become a development goal (SDG 16) in itself) and of international politics (where governance measures are seen as a means of political pressure on states’ behaviour and as a scrutiny tool for international organisations). This increased relevance of governance for the development agendas of international organisations and states however requires an assessment of how governance is exactly measured. TRIGGER takes up previous research of consortium members and continues contributing to this reflection by analysing diverse governance measures that are used as instruments of global governance. The dataset brings together comparative data on a set of relevant characteristics of governance performance measures. It aims to represent a valid overview of existing measures of both state and international organisational performance and hence includes a variety of measures that are broadly considered governance measures, even if they capture different aspects and dimensions of governance and are used by different entities.The TRIGGER project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement nº 822735.This dataset extends and updates the dataset: Hulme, David | Malito, Debora Valentina | Umbach, Gaby | Savoia, Antonio (2016): The Political Economy of Governance Measurement: a database on providers, funders and quality characteristics of governance measures, ESID/University of Manchester and GGP/Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institut

Next Generation EU under a social equity lens

The present policy brief was prepared on the occasion of the EUI’s The State of the Union 2022 Conference on “A Europe Fit for the Next Generation?”.The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and its far-reaching multi-dimensional repercussions placed an unprecedented pressure on the socio-economic fabric of the EU and its member states. With the overarching aim to assist EU member states with the recovery from the pandemic, the European Commission initiated NextGenerationEU (NGEU) within the 2021-2027 European Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). In the context of COVID-19 recovery, the Commission states that the social dimension is a priority for the EU level response to the pandemic (European Commission 2020a). To this end, scholars argue that NGEU is a symbol of solidarity in the EU (see e.g., Jones 2021). We take this emphasis on the social dimension and solidarity as an overarching starting point for our (inceptive-descriptive) analysis of NGEU under a social equity lens. Particularly, we attempt to trace dimensions of social equity in NGEU, which we understand as both a governance innovation and financial instrument. We deem the examination of NGEU under a social equity lens important as past EU level responses to crisis (e.g., the sovereign debt crisis) as well as changes in its institutional setup (e.g., introduction of the European Semester) arguably overlooked social concerns in terms of policy preferences and design in favour of their economic-fiscal counterparts

Australia and New Zealand: Economic indicators and trade with EU

Our infographic provides an insight into the economic performance of Australia and New Zealand compared to the EU, and looks at the trade dynamics between the two blocs. Australia and New Zealand are among the most developed countries in the world. Although the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted economic growth in 2020, GDP per capita quickly recovered and reached all-time highs the following year. While low unemployment rates and stable currencies contribute to economic strength, rising public debt and increasing inflation affected the recovery process in 2021. Trade relations between the two blocs have been expanding over the past 15 years, mainly driven by exports of goods and services from the EU to Australia and New Zealand, while imports have been stagnating. Being third on the list of main trade partners, the EU accounts for 9% of Australia and New Zealand's trade with the world, while the latter represents 1.2% of the EU's total trade in goods

Dataset on transnational private regulatory regimes

1 data file, 1 documentation fileThe dataset focuses on transnational private regulatory regimes, schemes and standards, is mapping their institutional diversity and contributes to their analysis and classification. Thematically it largely focuses on three policy areas, namely climate change, internet governance, sustainable development. The entries of the dataset contain 22 variables to allow for in-depth analysis of their quality, emergence over time, and relevance. To enable a comaprative analysis of the different types of transnational private regulation, the dataset includes textual descriptions, information on sector of application, types of certificates, conformity assessment type, assessment frequency and procedure as well as on the validity of the certificate. To assess political economy questions of transnational private regulation in global governance, the dataset adds information on the organisations behind the transnational private regulatory approaches. Information provided for this area of analysis are type, form, organisational structure, geographic scope and continental reach, year of establishment, seat, number and type of members, membership requirements. The data was collected and coded in two steps: First, a larger dataset on international (public-)private standards was scraped from the ITC standards map. For this initial machine-generated dataset, the variables were adopted from the ITC standards map. Second, the datasetﾒs individual coding scheme determined which information was integrated into the data collection. Given this two-step approach, the data collection started with a partly pre-defined list of variables, which was amended and manually coded

Data dossier on 'Solidarity in Europe'

State of the Union 10-12 May 2018, FlorenceThe main Data Dossier on ‘Solidarity in Europe’ offers key statistics and data visualisations on each of the six topics of the EUI’s The State of the Union 2018 conference to provide a first insight into each area, namely Economic, Monetary and Fiscal Policies; Social Investment; European Defence and Security; Migration; Climate Change and Energy; and Development. The contents and data narrative have been conceptualised and written by the GlobalStat team, with the contribution of Anton Hemerijck for text on Social Investment. Based on this, Christian Dietrich, a data scientist and graphic designer, has developed and designed the magnificent data visualisations

Developing policy evaluation in an academic setting : assets and challenges

Published: 19 April 2023Based on a seminar organized by LIEPP and CIVICA which took place at Sciences Po in June 2022, this publication brings together ten academic researchers from seven different CIVICA universities (Bocconi, CEU, EUI, Hertie School, LSE, Sciences Po, SNSPA), who are involved in various forms of policy evaluation. These contributions from Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania, and the United Kingdom, reflect on the assets and challenges of developing policy evaluation in an academic setting. The seminar was organized as part of CIVICA’s research focus on “Democracy in the 21st century”, but through the crosscutting nature of program evaluation, it is also of interest to CIVICA’s three others research streams (on societies in transition, data, and Europe revisited). The aim of this debate is thus to better understand the specificities, assets and challenges of developing evaluation from within an academic setting, in view of eventually reflecting on possible ways to collectively reinforce this practice within CIVICA, and use CIVICA as a leverage to reinforce this practice. This debate is organized around two topics, developing academic evaluative research, and the role of academic institutions in outreach and training in evaluation. Contributions are based on presentations of the experiences of each CIVICA partner

Towards a theoretical link between EU widening and deepening

Following the focus of the 2009 EUSA conference EU-CONSENT panel on ‘Theorising “EU Deepening and Widening”: A Return to Grand Theory?’ this paper presents main aspects and outcomes of the theoretical work of the Network of Excellence EU-CONSENT over the past four years. The paper presents a set of multi-disciplinary ideas and assumptions about interrelated causes and effects of EU widening and deepening. It discusses and reflects on how to merge these assumptions and the approaches of different academic disciplines into a more integrated structure to further guide and conceptualise research. It elaborates on assumptions developed as common points of reference and proposes ideas for a theoretical link between EU deepening and widening. By doing so, the paper seeks to contribute to bridging a gap in European integration theory: Despite the seeming interconnectedness of current developments in EU deepening and widening, the relevant knowledge to explain and evaluate this claim from an academic point of view still remains a desideratum. In how far such a link can be established is subject to discussion of the present paper

EMU : 25 years after Maastricht : historical challenges, economic ideas, political solutions

The signature of the 1992 Maastricht Treaty was a major step in the development of the European Union (EU). It represented not only the key moment of the introduction of the single currency, but also the result of difficult negotiations during which important initial objectives fell by the wayside, notably the idea to accompany economic and monetary union (EMU) with stronger political integration. The financial and public debt crisis that started in 2008, as well as its later political fall-out, could hence be seen as the result of a political structure inadequate to foster economic and monetary integration. Therefore, a historical evaluation of the political context which led to this outcome of the 1991 Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) seems appropriate

GLOBALSTAT : methodology and approach of a multisource open database on developments in a globalised world

GlobalStat links globalisation to sustainable and human development and analyses it as a phenomenon that goes beyond global economic integration. This broad perspective on globalisation reflects its impact on most different aspects of personal, societal, social, cultural, political, economic and environmental spheres of human lives and interactions. It also highlights the dense linkages between these different areas