Alexander Katsaitis

Faglige interesser
Alexander Katsaitis' forskning tar sikte på å forbedre politikkutforming, spesielt innenfor styring, gjennomsiktighet og ansvarlighet. Han tar utgangspunkt i teorier om institusjonell legitimitet, tilgang og politisering, og undersøker interessegruppers aktivitet i EU vis-a-vis unionens demokratiske meritter. Hans nylige arbeider inkluderer en utfyllende studie av lobbyvirksomhet i Europaparlamentet (med David Coen).
Bakgrunn
Katsaitis har en PhD i statsvitenskap og en MSc i offentlig politikk fra School of Public Policy ved University College London. Før han kom til ARENA var han Max Weber-stipendiat ved Robert Schumann Centre for Advanced Studies i Firenze. Han har undervist en rekke emner i offentlig politikk, blant annet i offentlig økonomi, EUs offentlige politikk, og europeisering og nasjonalstaten.
Prosjekter
Katsaitis jobber for tiden på et postdoktorprosjekt kalt 'The European Parliament as a (de-)legitimising force of EU financial authorities?'. Prosjektet er del av ARENAs forskningsprosjekt REFLEX. Han deltar også i andre internasjonale samarbeidsprosjekter.
Publikasjoner
- Eriksen, Andreas & Katsaitis, Alexander (2021). Accountability through mutual attunement: How can parliamentary hearings connect the elected and the unelected?. Public Policy and Administration. ISSN 0952-0767.
- Katsaitis, Alexander (2020). Following the Money: Exploring Business Financial Contributions to the European Union’s Political Parties (forthcoming). Journal of Common Market Studies. ISSN 0021-9886. . doi: 10.1111/jcms.13032
- Coen, David & Katsaitis, Alexander (2019). Legislative Efficiency and Political Inclusiveness: The Effect of Procedures on Interest Group Mobilization in the European Parliament. The Journal of Legislative Studies. ISSN 1357-2334. 25(2), s 278- 294 . doi: 10.1080/13572334.2019.1603251 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv.
- Katsaitis, Alexander & Coen, David (2018). Between cheap talk and epistocracy: The logic of interest group access in the European Parliament's committee hearings. Public Administration. ISSN 0033-3298. . doi: 10.1111/padm.12406 Fulltekst i vitenarkiv. Vis sammendrag
- Eriksen, Andreas & Katsaitis, Alexander (2019). Accountability through Mutual Attunement.
- Eriksen, Andreas & Katsaitis, Alexander (2019). Accountability through Mutual Attunement: Parliamentary Hearings & Agency Oversight in the European Union.
- Katsaitis, Alexander (2019). Economic Governance & Parliamentary Hearings in the EU: Building Political Legitimacy in the Committee of Economic & Monetary Affairs.
- Katsaitis, Alexander (2019). Following the Money: Exploring Business Financial Contributions to the European Union’s Political Parties.
- Katsaitis, Alexander (2019, 31. mai). Hvordan fungerer EU-parlamentet, og hva har forandret seg etter valget. [Radio]. Radio Nova.
- Katsaitis, Alexander & Eriksen, Andreas (2019). Accountability and the Forging of Agency Ends: The European Security and Markets Authority in the European Parliament’s Committee Hearings.
- Katsaitis, Alexander (2018). Assessing Interest Groups’ Financial Donations to the European Union’s Political Parties & Foundations.
- Katsaitis, Alexander (ed.) (2018). The European Union – between Scylla and Charybdis? Conference Report.
- Katsaitis, Alexander (2017). Legitimizing the European Union’s Economic Governance Through Political Accountability? The European Parliament & Post-Crisis Deliberative Democracy.
- Katsaitis, Alexander (2017). Politicization across the European Parliament’s Policy Domains.
- Katsaitis, Alexander & Coen, David (2017). Parliamentary procedures & interest group mobilization: evidence from the European Parliament's committees. European University Institute Working Papers. 2017/16.
- Katsaitis, Alexander & Coen, David (2017). The Inner Circle? Interest Groups & Committee Hearings in the European Parliament.
- Katsaitis, Alexander; Coen, David & Lehmann, Wilhelm (2017). How the Policy Conveyor Belt Impacts Interest Group Access; Diverse Lobbying Across the European Parliament's Policy Cycle.