Research

The study of reforms that travel across countries. Related research areas include policy transfer, diffusion of innovation, and policy borrowing, particularly system-theoretical studies on externalization, reception, and translation.

How do international organizations govern in the absence of coercive measures and, vice versa, how do governments react to global norm setting? Current research areas: knowledge brokerage as a global governance tool, soft governance by means of  international comparison, transnational accreditation of public schools.

Multiple case study methodology, mixed methods design, indicator research, interpretation of social network analysis and bibliometric analyses.