About Me

I am an Associate Professor (Docent) at Södertörn University, Stockholm. My research focuses on European Union governance and public policy, especially how EU rules are made, contested, and implemented. I am particularly interested in how this plays out under conditions of crisis and institutional change, and what it means for democratic legitimacy, differentiation, and policy outcomes across member states. Empirically, my work spans EU social policy, regulatory policy, and public procurement.

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I am a work package leader in the SUPA project (Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies), which examines how advanced democracies can reduce administrative overburdening by improving regulatory decision-making and strengthening administrative capacity in the face of ongoing rule growth. My work package examines rule-offsetting mechanisms – schemes such as "one-in, one-out" that require governments to remove regulatory burdens when adding new ones. We have mapped how these schemes are designed, and how well they work, across different jurisdictions.

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Across my work, a recurring theme is how governments' attempts to enhance flexibility, efficiency, or coordination can generate unintended consequences, including differentiated implementation, shifting power relations, and new forms of politicisation. My research connects debates on compliance and policy change with empirically grounded analyses of EU governance in action. I work with both qualitative and quantitative methods, often combined.