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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Tanja A. Börzel is affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany, with a research focus primarily in Social Sciences, particularly in Political Science and International Relations.

The scholar's main topics of work include:

  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Peacebuilding and International Security
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Political Systems and Governance

Recent publications by Börzel cover a variety of themes within political science and international relations. These include:

  • "Contestations of the Liberal International Order: From Liberal Multilateralism to Postnational Liberalism", 2021, International Organization
  • "European Integration and the War in Ukraine: Just Another Crisis?", 2023, JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies
  • "Multilevel governance or multilevel government?", 2020, The British Journal of Politics and International Relations
  • "Contesting Europe: Eurosceptic Dissent and Integration Polarization in the European Parliament", 2023, JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies

A notable publication includes a coauthored paper in Democratization: "Theorizing resilience-building in the EU's neighbourhood: introduction to the special issue", 2021.

Börzel's frequent coauthors are:

  • Thomas Risse
  • Michael Zürn
  • David Levi-Faur
  • Eva Thomann
  • Tim Bartley

The scholar has published multiple articles in several prominent venues:

  • Regulation & Governance
  • JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies
  • International Organization
  • Democratization
  • The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

In addition to journal articles, Börzel has a book titled Why Noncompliance published by Cornell University Press eBooks in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Organizing Babylon - On the Different Conceptions of Policy Networks

    Tanja A. Börzel

  • When Europe Hits Home: Europeanization and Domestic Change

    Tanja A. Börzel;Thomas Risse

  • Conceptualizing the Domestic Impact of Europe

    Tanja A. Börzel;Thomas Risse

  • Member State Responses to Europeanization

    Tanja A. Börzel

  • Governance without a state: Can it work?

    Tanja A. Börzel;Thomas Risse

  • From Europeanisation to Diffusion: Introduction

    Tanja A. Börzel;Thomas Risse

  • States and Regions in the European Union: Institutional Adaptation in Germany and Spain

    Tanja A. Börzel

  • 9. Public-Private Partnerships: Effective and Legitimate Tools of Transnational Governance?

    Tanja A. Börzel;Thomas Risse

  • What's So Special About Policy Networks?: An Exploration of the Concept and Its Usefulness in Studying European Governance

    Tanja A. Börzel

  • Mind the gap! European integration between level and scope

    Tanja A. Börzel

  • Why there is no 'southern problem'. On environmental leaders and laggards in the European Union

    Tanja A. Borzel

  • How the European Union Interacts with its Member States

    Tanja A. Börzel

  • Pace-Setting, Foot-Dragging, and Fence-Sitting. Member State Responses to Europeanization

    Tanja A. Börzel

  • The Oxford handbook of comparative regionalism

    Tanja A. Börzel;Thomas Risse-Kappen

  • From the euro to the Schengen crises: European integration theories, politicization, and identity politics

    Tanja A. Börzel;Thomas Risse

  • Non-compliance in the European Union: pathology or statistical artefact?

    Tanja A. Börzel

  • Europeanization: The Domestic Impact of European Union Politics

    Tanja A. Börzel;Thomas Risse

  • Obstinate and Inefficient: Why Member States Do Not Comply With European Law

    Tanja A. Börzel;Tobias Hofmann;Diana Panke;Carina Sprungk

  • European Governance: Negotiation and Competition in the Shadow of Hierarchy

    Tanja A. Borzel

  • Brussels between Bern and Berlin: comparative federalism meets the European Union

    Tanja A. Börzel;Madeleine O. Hosli

  • Contestations of the Liberal International Order: From Liberal Multilateralism to Postnational Liberalism

    Tanja A. Börzel;Michael Zürn

  • Environmental Leaders and Laggards in Europe : Why There is (Not) a 'Southern Problem'

    Tanja A. Börzel

  • When Europeanisation Meets Diffusion: Exploring New Territory

    Tanja A. Börzel;Thomas Risse

  • The Transformative Power of Europe The European Union and the Diffusion of Ideas

    Tanja A. Börzel;Thomas Risse

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Risse
Thomas Risse Freie Universität Berlin
Diana Panke
Diana Panke Freie Universität Berlin
Adrienne Héritier
Adrienne Héritier European University Institute
Nicole Bolleyer
Nicole Bolleyer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Ulrich Sedelmeier
Ulrich Sedelmeier London School of Economics and Political Science
Michael Zürn
Michael Zürn Social Science Research Center Berlin

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