Dr G.J. Brandsma (Gijs Jan)

Associate professor - Public Administration

Contact

gijsjan.brandsma@ru.nl
06-25771588

Visiting address

Heyendaalseweg 141
6525 AJ NIJMEGEN

Postal address

Postbus 9108
6500 HK NIJMEGEN

Working days Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Gijs Jan Brandsma researches European Union politics and governance, as well as parliamentary administration and political staff in national parliaments. He is particularly interested in issues relating to transparency, democratic accountability, decision-making and the relationship between EU institutions and the member states.

Tags: European Union, transparency, democracy, accountability, politics and governance, parliaments

Publications

Key publications

Brandsma, G.J. (Ed.). (2024). Handbook on European Union Public Administration. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
Brandsma, G.J., Pollex, J. & Tobin, P. (2023). Overlooked Yet Ongoing: Policy Termination in the European Union. Journal of Common Market Studies, 61, 1360-1376. doi: 10.1111/jcms.13468 Full text
Brandsma, G.J. & Hoppe, A. (2021). He who controls the process controls the outcome? A reappraisal of the relais actor thesis. Journal of European Integration, 43 (3), 347-363. doi: 10.1080/07036337.2020.1753041 Full text
Brandsma, G.J. & Blom-Hansen, J. (2017). Controlling the EU executive? The politics of delegation in the European Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Brandsma, G.J. (2015). Co-decision after Lisbon: the politics of informal trilogues in European Union lawmaking. European Union Politics, 16 (2), 300-319.
Brandsma, G.J. (2013). Controlling comitology: Accountability in a multi-level system. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan
Brandsma, G.J. & Schillemans, T. (2013). The accountability cube: measuring accountability. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 23 (4), 953-975.

Dr G.J. Brandsma (Gijs Jan)

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