Adriana Bunea | Professor of Political Science | University of Bergen (Norway)

Professor of Political Science
University of Bergen, Norway

About me

I am Professor in the Department of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen, Norway. My research expertise is in the field of comparative politics with a focus on participatory governance, EU politics and policymaking, lobbying and interest groups research and stakeholder engagement in executive policymaking. My published research examines key aspects of citizens’ and interest groups’ participation in the design and formulation of public policies such as: the design and reform of public participation regimes, the use of stakeholder consultations as reputation building strategies and information gathering policy tools, the legitimacy and political consequences of Better Regulation reforms, the patterns of interest groups participation and levels of influence in bureaucratic policymaking and the regulation of lobbying and interest groups in the European Union.

ERC Starting Grant

In 2018 I was awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant entitled “CONSULTATIONEFFECTS – Effects of stakeholder consultation on inputs, processes and outcomes of executive policymaking.” The project investigates stakeholder consultations as institutions of political participation and representation, and systematically studies their effects on policy inputs, processes, outputs and outcomes of executive policymaking in the EU Member States and the EU polity.

Before joining Bergen, I was Lecturer in politics at the University of Southampton (UK), Marie Curie Research Fellow at University College London (2014-16), Max Weber Fellow at the EUI (2013-14) and Fulbright-Schuman Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2012-13). During the fall of 2022 I was a Fernand Braudel fellow at the EUI.

I am a graduate of Trinity College Dublin (PhD 2012), Central European University (MA 2007) and University of Bucharest (BA 2006).

I currently serve on the editorial boards of the European Journal of Political Research and Journal of European Public Policy. During 2021-2024 I served on the editorial board of the Journal of Politics.