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Overview

Robert Thomson is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and specializes in the social sciences with a distinct focus on political science and international relations. Their research portfolio includes extensive work on electoral systems, political participation, and European Union governance.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics that include:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
  • International Development and Aid
  • Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
  • Traffic and Road Safety

Robert Thomson's published papers demonstrate a focus on European Union political processes and governance mechanisms. Recent publications include:

  • "A comparison of two views on the European Commission: engine of integration and conduit of national interests," 2021, Journal of European Public Policy
  • "The impact of national democratic representation on decision-making in the European Union," 2021, Journal of European Public Policy
  • "Intergovernmental cooperation networks, national policy positions and partisan ideologies: longitudinal evidence from the Council of the European Union," 2021, Journal of European Public Policy
  • "The Elusive Governance of Climate Change: Nationally Determined Contributions as Commitments and Negotiating Positions," 2020, Global Environmental Politics
  • "Globalization and Promissory Representation," 2023, American Journal of Political Science

Their frequent co-authors include Justin Leinaweaver, Javier Arregui, Christina J. Schneider, Pankaj Adhikari, and Sania Mariam, with whom they have collaborated on multiple publications.

The venues where Robert Thomson often publishes are:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of European Public Policy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Global Environmental Politics
  • American Journal of Political Science

The diversity in publication venues and extensive collaboration reflect a broad engagement with multiple strands of political and social science research, particularly those associated with governance, policy analysis, and ideological influences within international and regional frameworks.

Best Publications

  • The European Union Decides

    Robert Thomson;Frans N. Stokman;Christopher H. Achen;Thomas König

  • Relational mobility predicts social behaviors in 39 countries and is tied to historical farming and threat

    Robert Thomson;Masaki Yuki;Thomas Talhelm;Joanna Schug

  • Resolving Controversy in the European Union: Legislative Decision-Making before and after Enlargement

    Robert Thomson

  • The programme to policy linkage: The fulfilment of election pledges on socio–economic policy in The Netherlands, 1986–1998

    Robert Thomson

  • The fulfillment of parties' election pledges: a comparative study on the impact of power sharing

    Robert Thomson;Terry Royed;Elin Naurin;Joaquín Artés

  • Election pledges, party competition, and policymaking

    Lucy Mansergh;Robert Thomson

  • Actor Alignments In European Union Decision Making

    Robert Thomson;Jovanka Boerefijn;Frans Stokman

  • The paradox of compliance: Infringements and delays in transposing european union directives

    Robert Thomson;René Torenvlied;Javier Arregui

  • The council presidency in the European Union: responsibility with power

    Robert Thomson

  • Election Pledges and their Enactment in Coalition Governments : A Comparative analysis of Ireland

    Rory Costello;Robert Thomson

  • A new dataset on decision-making in the European Union before and after the 2004 and 2007 enlargements (DEUII)

    Robert Thomson;Javier Arregui;Dirk Leuffen;Rory Costello

  • States' bargaining success in the European Union

    Javier Arregui;Robert Thomson

  • The policy impact of leadership in committees: Rapporteurs’ influence on the European Parliament’s opinions

    Rory Costello;Robert Thomson

  • National Actors in International Organizations: The Case of the European Commission

    Robert Thomson

  • Citizens’ evaluations of the fulfillment of election pledges: evidence from Ireland

    Robert Thomson

  • The distribution of power among EU institutions: who wins under codecision and why?

    Rory Costello;Robert Thomson

  • Actor alignments in the European Union before and after enlargement

    Robert Thomson

  • Who has power in the European Union?: The Commission, Council and Parliament in legislative decision making

    Robert Thomson;Madeleine Hosli

  • Research design : measuring actors positions', saliences and capabilities

    Robert Thomson;Frans N. Stokman

  • Winners and losers in the European Union

    Frans Stokman;Robert Thomson

  • Time to Comply: National Responses to Six EU Labour Market Directives Revisited

    Robert Thomson

  • Relational mobility and close relationships: A socioecological approach to explain cross‐cultural differences

    Mie Kito;Masaki Yuki;Robert Thomson

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas König
Thomas König University of Mannheim
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita New York University
Bernard Steunenberg
Bernard Steunenberg Leiden University

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