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Wolfgang Wessels

Wolfgang Wessels

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Political Science

D-Index
31
Citations
4045
World Ranking
1097
National Ranking
57

Overview

Wolfgang Wessels is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Social Sciences, with notable contributions in Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these broad fields, their work extensively covers subfields such as Political Science and International Relations, Law, Finance, Strategy and Management, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics addressed in Wessels' research include:

  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Law and Political Science
  • European and International Law Studies
  • European Monetary and Fiscal Policies
  • Public Administration and Political Analysis
  • Turkey's Politics and Society
  • EU Law and Policy Analysis

Among recent publications, Wessels has coauthored several papers; notable works include:

  • "The European Council as a crisis manager and fusion driver: assessing the EU's fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic" (2022), published in the Journal of European Integration
  • "Das europapolitische Erbe Angela Merkels: Krisen, Führung, Vorbild" (2022), published in IG
  • "German Claims for Leadership: From a Federalist to a Geopolitical Leadership Master Narrative" (2024), published in German Politics
  • "Die Türkei auf der Agenda des Europäischen Rates: Beitrittsperspektiven, Interessen und Konflikte" (2022), published in IG
  • "Der Brexit-Prozess und die Austrittsdoktrin: Die Führungsrolle des Europäischen Rats" (2021), published in Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik

Wessels' frequent coauthors include Lucas Schramm, Tobias Kunstein, Darius Ribbe, Christian Raphael, and Werner Weidenfeld. Their collaborative work underlines a consistent engagement with issues related to European integration and policy analysis.

Their scholarly works are often published in venues such as IG, German Politics, Journal of European Integration, Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, and JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies.

Wolfgang Wessels has authored books published by Nomos, including "The European Council as a Crisis Manager" (2022) and "Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2022" (2022), both contributing to scholarship in European integration and political governance.

Best Publications

  • An Ever Closer Fusion? A Dynamic Macropolitical View on Integration Processes†

    Wolfgang Wessels

  • Comitology: fusion in action. Politico-administrative trends in the EU system

    Wolfgang Wessels

  • National Parliaments on their Ways to Europe. Losers or Latecomers

    Andreas E. H. Maurer;Wolfgang Wessels

  • Fifteen into one? : the European Union and its member states

    Wolfgang Wessels;Andreas Maurer;Jürgen Mittag

  • Europeanization of CEE executives: EU membership negotiations as a shaping power

    Barbara Lippert;Gaby Umbach;Wolfgang Wessels

  • The European Council

    Wolfgang Wessels

  • The European Union and Member States: Towards Institutional Fusion

    Dietrich Rometsch;Wolfgang Wessels

  • Staat und (westeuropäische) Integration. Die Fusionsthese

    Wolfgang Wessels

  • Das politische System der Europäischen Union

    Wolfgang Wessels

  • Der Vertrag von Lissabon - eine tragfähige und abschließende Antwort auf konstitutionelle Grundfragen?

    Andreas Hofmann;Wolfgang Wessels

  • Jahrbuch der europäischen Integration

    Werner Weidenfeld;Wolfgang Wessels

  • Nice Results: The Millennium IGC in the EU's Evolution

    Wolfgang Wessels

  • Die Öffnung des Staates

    Wolfgang Wessels

  • The European Council: Decision-Making in European Politics

    Simon Bulmer;W Wessels

  • Die Öffnung des Staates : Modelle und Wirklichkeit grenzüberschreitender Verwaltungspraxis 1960-1995

    Wolfgang Wessels

  • Europe from A to Z: Guide to European integration

    Werner Weidenfeld;Wolfgang Wessels

  • Foreign policy of the European Union : from EPC to CFSP and beyond

    Elfriede Regelsberger;Philippe de Schoutheete;Wolfgang Wessels

  • The European Council as a crisis manager and fusion driver: assessing the EU’s fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • European Political Cooperation: Towards a Foreign Policy for Western Europe

    David M. Allen;Reinhardt Rummel;Wolfgang Wessels

  • EMU's Impact on National Institutions: Fusion Towards a ‘Gouvernance Économique’ or Fragmentation ?

    Wolfgang Wessels;Ingo Linsenmann

  • Europa von A bis Z : Taschenbuch der europäischen Integration

    Werner Weidenfeld;Wolfgang Wessels

  • The European Union after the Treaty of Amsterdam

    Jörg Monar;Wolfgang Wessels

  • The Democratic Legitimacy of the EU's Economic Governance and National Parliaments

    Claudia Hefftler;Wolfgang Wessels

  • European Political Cooperation in the 1980s :: a common foreign policy for Western Europe?

    Alfred Pijpers;Elfriede Regelsberger;Geoffrey Edwards;Wolfgang Wessels

  • Economic government of the EU : a balance sheet of new modes of policy coordination

    Ingo Linsenmann;Christoph O. Meyer;Wolfgang Wessels

  • Five Years of the Directly Elected European Parliament: Performance and Prospects*

    R. Bourguignon‐Wittke;E. Grabitz;O. Schmuck;S. Steppat

  • The CFSP Institutions and Procedures: A Third Way for the Second Pillar

    Elfriede Regelsberger;Wolfgang Wessels

  • The Institutional Architecture of CFSP after the Lisbon Treaty: Constitutional breakthrough or challenges ahead? CEPS Challenge Paper No. 10, 23 June 2008

    Wolfgang. Wessels;Franziska. Bopp

  • The Dynamics of Change in EU Governance

    Udo Diedrichs;Wulf Reiners;Wolfgang Wessels

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Moravcsik
Andrew Moravcsik Princeton University
Adrienne Héritier
Adrienne Héritier European University Institute
Simon Bulmer
Simon Bulmer University of Sheffield
Kalypso Nicolaïdis
Kalypso Nicolaïdis European University Institute
Thomas J. Biersteker
Thomas J. Biersteker Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

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