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Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

  • Loxbo, Karl & Brigitte Pircher (2024), ’Complexity meets flexibility: unintended differentiation in EU public procurement’, Journal of European Public Policy, 1-27, LINK: https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2024.2427196
     

  • Munta, Mario, Pircher, Brigitte & Sonja Bekker (2024), ‘Ownership of national recovery plans: next generation EU and democratic legitimacy’, Journal of European Public Policy, 31(11): 3787-3811, LINK: https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2023.2248202
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  • Pircher, Brigitte, de la Porte, Caroline & Dorota Szelewa (2024), ‘Actors, costs and values: the implementation of the Work-Life Balance Directive’, West European Politics, 47(3): 543-568, LINK: https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2023.2181504
     

  • Im, Zhen J., Larsen, Trine P., Pircher, Brigitte (2024), ‘European Social Dialogues: Shaping EU social policy through parental leave rights’, ILR review, 77(5): 685-715, LINK: https://doi.org/10.1177/00197939241231789

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  • de la Porte, Caroline, Im, Zhen Jie, Pircher, Brigitte, Szelewa Dorota & Nuria Ramos Martin (2023), ‘’An examination of ‘instrumental resources’ in earmarked parental leave: The case of the work–life balance directive’, Journal of European Social Policy, 33(5): 525-539, LINK: https://doi.org/10.1177/095892872312075
     

  • Pircher, Brigitte (2023), ‘Compliance with EU law from 1989 until 2018: The Commission’s shift from a normative to a regulative approach, Journal of Common Market Studies, 61 (3): 763-780, LINK: https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13412 
     

  • de la Porte, Caroline, Im, Zhen Jie, Pircher, Brigitte & Dorota Szelewa (2023), ‘The EU's work-life balance directive: Institutional change of father-specific leave across member states’, Social Policy & Administration, 57(4): 549-563, https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12920
     

  • Pircher, Brigitte (2022), ‘EU Public Procurement Policy During Covid-19: A Turning Point for Legitimate EU Governance?’, Politics and Governance, 10 (3): LINK: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v10i3.5295
     

  • Pircher, Brigitte & Mike Farjam (2021), ‘Oppositional voting in the Council of the EU between 2010 and 2019: Evidence for differentiated politicisation’, European Union Politics, 22 (3): 472-494, LINK: https://doi.org/10.1177/14651165211004754
     

  • Pircher, Brigitte & Karl Loxbo (2020), ‘Compliance with EU law in times of disintegration: exploring changes in transposition and enforcement in the EU member states between 1997-2016’, Journal of Common Market Studies, 58 (5): 1270-1287, LINK: https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13030
     

  • Pircher, Brigitte (2020), ‘EU Public Procurement Policy: The economic crisis as trigger for enhanced harmonisation’, Journal of European Integration, 42 (4): 509-525, LINK: https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2019.1666114
     

  • Pircher, Brigitte (2020), ‘The Council of the EU in times of economic crisis: Policy entrepreneur for the internal market’, Journal of Contemporary European Research, 16 (1): 354-377, LINK: https://doi.org/10.30950/jcer.v16i1.1086
     

  • Pircher, Brigitte (2017), ‘Member states’ opposition in the Council of the European Union and its impacts on the implementation of directives’, Austrian Journal of Political Science, 46 (4): 1-10, LINK: https://doi.org/10.15203/ozp.1896.vol46iss3

Books and book chapters

  • Editor: Karlsson, C., Silander, D., Pircher, B. (2019). Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth: Political Entrepreneurship for a prosperous Europe. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing. 272.
     

  • Pircher, B. (2019). Policy-Making in the European Council and the Council of the EU on Europe 2020: The Presidency Effect. Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth : Political Entrepreneurship for a prosperous Europe. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing. 55-74.

  • Pircher, B. (2019). Local and Regional Involvement in Europe 2020: A Success Story?. Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth : Political Entrepreneurship for a prosperous Europe. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing. 93-108.
     

  • Pircher, B. (2018). Entrepreneurship policy in the Council of the EU: Reaching Consensus among Member States?. Governance and Political Entrepreneurship in Europe: Promoting Growth and Welfare in Times of Crisis. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 82-99.
     

  • Pircher, B. (2018). Debating the economic crisis in the European Parliament: Enriching the discourse. Governance and Political Entrepreneurship in Europe: Promoting Growth and Welfare in Times of Crisis. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 100-120.

Policy Reports

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  • Pircher, B. (2024), ’EU Better Regulation: Creating a playing field for businesses at the expense of social and environmental policies, Wien: Verlag Arbeiterkammer Wien, 2024, 79 pages. LINK: https://emedien.arbeiterkammer.at/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:at:at-akw:g-6994420
     

  • Pircher, B. (2023), ‘The EU's Commission Regulatory Scrutiny Board: better regulation or biased influence on legislation?’, Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien, 56 pages. LINK: https://emedien.arbeiterkammer.at/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:at:at-akw:g-6369789
     

  • Nuria Ramos Martín, Jesús R. Mercader Uguina, Ana Belén Muñoz Ruiz, Amanda Moreno Solana, Guillermo García González, Lourdes Sánchez Galindo, Francisco Vallejo, Gabriela Grizzo, Alberto Arufe Varela, Caroline de la Porte, Zhen Im, Brigitte Pircher, & Dorota Szelewa. (2023). Health and safety at work: achievements, shortcomings, and policy options, Genève, European Commission, Zenodo. LINK: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8118960
     

  • de la Porte, C., Im, Z., Pircher, B., Szelewa, D., Ramos, N., Mercader Uguina, J. R., Gómez Abelleira, F. J., Muñoz Ruiz, A. B., & Gimeno Díaz de Atauri, P. (2022). Strengthening European social rights via the work-life balance directive?, Genève, European Commission, Zenodo. LINK: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7534047

Other

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2024

Bessere Rechtsetzung in der EU: Unternehmenswünsche im Fokus: Gesellschaftspolitische Standards in Gefahr. Infobrief EU & International, Vol. 4, s. 2-5, Link: https://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/interessenvertretung/eu/infobrief/IB24_4_Artikel01_BessereRechtsetzung.html

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„Bessere“ EU-Rechtsetzung? Vorrang für Unter­nehmen vor gesellschaft­lichen Interessen, A& W Blog, https://www.awblog.at/Europa/Bessere-EU-Rechtsetzung-Vorrang-fuer-Unternehmen

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‘Better regulation’? Capital first, society second, Social Europe, https://www.socialeurope.eu/better-regulation-capital-first-society-second

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2023

Der EU-Ausschuss für Regulierungskontrolle : Ein unscheinbares Gremium mit großem Einfluss auf die EU-Gesetzgebung. Infobrief EU & International. 2. 7-11, LINK:  https://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/interessenvertretung/eu/infobrief/IB23_2_Artikel02_EU-Ausschuss-fuer-Regulierungskontrolle.html

 

Das Regulatory Scrutiny Board: Wie groß ist der Einfluss auf die EU Gesetzgebung?. AK Österreich and ÖGB, LINK: https://www.awblog.at/Europa/das-regulatory-scrutiny-board

 

2021

How differentiated politicisation affects voting behaviour in the Council of the European Union. London School of Economics and Political Science, LINK: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2021/05/10/how-differentiated-politicisation-affects-voting-behaviour-in-the-council-of-the-european-union/

 

Compliance with EU law in times of European disintegration. UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies), Blog post on the Research blog of the Research Network on Effective Enforcement of EU Law and policy, LINK: https://www.euenforcement.com/single-post/compliance-with-eu-law-in-times-of-european-disintegration

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