Brigitte Pircher

@reggovjournal.bsky.social

Design‐Based Politicization in Non‐Majoritarian Institutions: The Case of the European Commission's Regulatory Scrutiny Board Non-majoritarian institutions are designed to depoliticize policymaking and enhance the credibility of regulatory decisions. Yet many such bodies have become sites of contestation, exposing the limit...

My new article in Regulation & Governance introduces the concept of design-based politicization. It shows how institutional design features can turn technocratic bodies into sites of political contestation, using the EU’s Regulatory Scrutiny Board as a case.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Rules, competitiveness, and simplification on the agenda at SNS Center for Business and Policy Studies.

Great to see Brigitte Pircher @brigittepircher.bsky.social bringing SUPA-relevant insights to the debate.

🎥 Full recording: www.sns.se/evenemang/re...

European integration and transformed parliamentary opposition: Evidence from five decades of legislative politics | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core European integration and transformed parliamentary opposition: Evidence from five decades of legislative politics

How does the EU shift political battles?

@brigittepircher.bsky.social and Karl Loxbo present research Sweden shows EU membership dampens conflict on economic issues, while sharpening debates on welfare and identity 🧩

New publication out!

📢 CfP: Regulatory Growth in the EU

The 2026 SG-EU @ecprsgeu.bsky.social Biennial Conference
1–3 July | Università di Catania

Brigitte Pircher @brigittepircher.bsky.social and Nir Kosti invite papers on the drivers and consequences of EU rule growth.

📬 Submit by 8 Dec 2025 → nir.kosti@lmu.de

Södertörn Uni. @sodertornshogskola.bsky.social studies how rule-offsetting schemes work, combining theory, coding, and interviews with policymakers & civil society. Goal: effective and legitimate rule design.

Team: Brigitte Pircher @brigittepircher.bsky.social , Miranda Thulin, Swapnil Vashishtha.

🧠 💶 Karl Loxbo & @brigittepircher.bsky.social : Complexity meets flexibility: unintended differentiation in EU public procurement 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🛑 The EU’s Better Regulation agenda risks cutting rules that protect workers, consumers & the environment.
A policy brief by Brigitte Pircher @brigittepircher.bsky.social calls for stronger oversight, transparency & reclaiming regulation: library.fes.de/pdf-files/bu...

The SUPA project has a new webpage! 🌐
👉 www.supa.uio.no/english/inde...

There you’ll find:
🌍 project background & goals
👩‍🔬 team members & institutional partners
📢 news, events & publications (with more coming soon!)

Check it out — and let us know what you think!

We invite papers on:
🧩 Drivers and patterns of rule growth
⚙️ Implementation and administrative capacity
🔄 Deregulation and simplification efforts
📊 Methods for measuring complexity

📈 More laws, more policies, more regulations. But administrations aren’t growing at the same pace 🚨 This mismatch risks poor services, unequal treatment & frustration. That’s where #SUPA comes in: from 2025–2028, we’ll study how to improve rule design & strengthen modern democracies 🏛️✨

Thank you team LMU for productive and wonderful days in Munich!

Two inspiring days in Munich have come to an end. Thank you team LMU for hosting a SUPA kick-off, and to everyone participating. Look forward to seeing you soon! #supaproject #horizoneurope