Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Mandate

  1. Aviation climate policies are assessed for their likely effectiveness
    Economic analysis examining policy mechanisms for aviation emission reduction, comparing domestic regulations and international agreements.
  2. Academic expert involvement varies across policymaking arenas
    Study reveals how academic experts gain access to policy-making across parliament, government, and media in Belgium, with persistent overrepresentation of senior male scholars from social sciences.
  3. Confucianism presents tianming as both philosophical and religious
    Analysis of tianming (mandate of Heaven) in Confucianism reveals how it functioned as both philosophical concept and religious doctrine, reconciling intellectual and popular spirituality.
  4. Institutional design can itself politicize EU regulatory oversight
    Design-based politicization in non-majoritarian institutions: institutional design features generate regulatory contestation in the European Commission's Regulatory Scrutiny Board.