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Daniel Naurin

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Daniel Naurin is Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo. He is affiliated with ARENA Centre for European Studies at the University of Oslo and the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg.

Naurin has held positions and visiting fellowships at the Department of Public and International Law (Oslo), European University Institute (Florence), Emory University (Atlanta), Monash European Centre (Melbourne), Sussex European Institute (Brighton), and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (Stockholm). He was Centre Director of ARENA Centre for European Studies from 2020 to 2024.

He is presently elected member of the Steering Committee of the ECPR Standing Group on the European Union (SGEU) and member of the Scientific Council of SNS Center for Business and Policy Studies. 

Academic interests

Daniel Naurin has worked on a broad range of research themes during his academic career, including judicial politics, lobbying, international negotiations and transparency of political institutions. Much of his empirical work has focused on the law and politics of the European Union.

His ongoing and most recent projects focus on computational legal research, challenges to the rule of law in the EU and decision-making at the Court of Justice of the EU and the Swedish Supreme Court. 

Naurin is PI of IUROPA, ENROL  and PRECISE, which are funded by the Swedish Research Council, the Norwegian Research Council and the The Bank of Sweden Tercentanary Foundation respectively.

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Publications

  • Naurin, Daniel; Lindholm, Johan & Schroeder, Philipp (2026). Has Political Science Discovered EU Law? In Naurin, Daniel; Šadl, Urška & Zglinski, Jan (Ed.), Empirical Legal Studies in EU Law. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 9781009672580. p. 55–55. doi: 10.1017/9781009672580.004. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Daniel; Lindholm, Johan; Šadl, Urška & Ghavanini, Anna Wallerman (2026). Building Multi-user Databases for Empirical Legal Studies of European Union Law. In Naurin, Daniel; Šadl, Urška & Zglinski, Jan (Ed.), Empirical Legal Studies in EU Law. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 9781009672580. p. 190–190. doi: 10.1017/9781009672580.011. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hermansen, Silje Synnøve Lyder & Naurin, Daniel (2026). Shaping the Bench: The Effect of Ideology and Influence on Judicial Reappointments. Journal of Politics. ISSN 0022-3816. doi: 10.1086/740169. Full text in Research Archive
  • Lindholm, Johan; Derlén, Mattias & Naurin, Daniel (2025). A Source-Based Theory of Variation in Judicial Reasoning: Evidence from Sweden. Journal of Law & Empirical Analysis. 2(1), p. 141–141. doi: 10.1177/2755323x251335396. Full text in Research Archive
  • Stiansen, Øyvind; Naurin, Daniel; Michailidou, Asimina & Purzycka, Adriana (2024). Enforcing the rule of law in the EU: effects on public opinion. Journal of European Public Policy. ISSN 1350-1763. 32(2), p. 522–549. doi: 10.1080/13501763.2024.2351989. Full text in Research Archive
  • Blauberger, Michael; Naurin, Daniel; Sedelmeier, Ulrich & Wunsch, Natasha (2024). The multi-level politics of countering democratic backsliding: state of the art and new research directions. Journal of European Public Policy. ISSN 1350-1763. doi: 10.1080/13501763.2024.2418957. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brekke, Stein Arne; Fjelstul, Joshua C.; Naurin, Daniel & Hermansen, Silje Synnøve Lyder (2023). The CJEU Database Platform: Decisions and Decision-Makers. Journal of Law and Courts. ISSN 2164-6570. 11(2), p. 389–410. doi: 10.1017/jlc.2022.3. Full text in Research Archive
  • Boräng, Frida; Naurin, Daniel & Polk, Jonathan (2023). Making space: citizens, parties and interest groups in two ideological dimensions. Journal of European Public Policy. ISSN 1350-1763. doi: 10.1080/13501763.2023.2182819. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brekke, Stein Arne; Naurin, Daniel; Šadl, Urška & López-Zurita, Lucía (2022). That's an Order! How the Quest for Efficiency Is Transforming Judicial Cooperation in Europe. Journal of Common Market Studies. ISSN 0021-9886. p. 58–75. doi: 10.1111/jcms.13346. Full text in Research Archive
  • Licht, Jenny de Fine & Naurin, Daniel (2022). Transparency. In Ansell, Christopher & Torfing, Jacob (Ed.), Handbook on Theories of Governance. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9781800371965. p. 226–233. Full text in Research Archive
  • Lindholm, Johan; Derlén, Mattias & Naurin, Daniel (2022). The Ideal Justice: Who Are Selected to Serve and What Does It Say about Swedish High Courts? Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap. ISSN 0040-7143. 135(4), p. 397–431. doi: 10.18261/tfr.135.4.1. Full text in Research Archive
  • Šadl, Urška; López-Zurita, Lucía; Brekke, Stein Arne & Naurin, Daniel (2022). Law and orders: the orders of the European Court of Justice as a window in the judicial process and institutional transformations. European Law Open. 1(3), p. 549–575. doi: 10.1017/elo.2022.32. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel & Boräng, Frida (2021). Political Equality and Substantive Representation by Interest Groups. British Journal of Political Science. ISSN 0007-1234. doi: 10.1017/S0007123421000041. Full text in Research Archive
  • Huhe, Narisong; Thomson, Robert; Arregui, Javier & Naurin, Daniel (2021). Intergovernmental cooperation networks, national policy positions and partisan ideologies: longitudinal evidence from the Council of the European Union. Journal of European Public Policy. ISSN 1350-1763. 29(1), p. 78–96. doi: 10.1080/13501763.2021.1991980. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hofmann, Andreas & Naurin, Nils Daniel (2020). Explaining interest group litigation in Europe: Evidence from the comparative interest group survey. Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions. ISSN 0952-1895. doi: 10.1111/gove.12556. Full text in Research Archive
  • Stiansen, Øyvind; Naurin, Nils Daniel & Bøyum, Live Standal (2020). Law and Politics in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. A New Database on Judicial Behavior and Compliance in the IACtHR. Journal of Law and Courts. ISSN 2164-6570. 8(2), p. 359–379. doi: 10.1086/709914. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel & He, Qingqian (2020). 英国脱欧与欧盟理事会权力的再分配 [Brexit and Redistribution of EU Power – A Social Network Analysis Based on Survey Data]. Chinese Journal of European Studies. ISSN 1004-9789. 38(2). Full text in Research Archive
  • Huhe, Narisong; Naurin, Nils Daniel & Thomson, Robert (2019). Don’t cry for me Britannia: The resilience of the European Union to Brexit. European Union Politics. ISSN 1465-1165. doi: 10.1177/1465116519882096. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel; Naurin, Elin & Alexander, Amy (2019). Gender stereotyping and chivalry in international negotiations. A survey experiment in the Council of the European Union. International Organization. ISSN 0020-8183. doi: 10.1017/s0020818319000043. Full text in Research Archive
  • Olof, Larsson & Naurin, Nils Daniel (2019). Split Vision. Multidimensionality in the European Union’s Legal Policy Space. International Studies Quarterly. ISSN 0020-8833. Full text in Research Archive
  • Derlén, Mattias; Lindholm, Johan & Naurin, Nils Daniel (2019). You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone! The Impact of Brexit on Member States’ Contribution to the Case Law of the CJEU. Europarättslig tidskrift. ISSN 1403-8722. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3427960. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel & Stiansen, Øyvind (2019). The Dilemma of Dissent: Split Judicial Decisions and Compliance With Judgments From the International Human Rights Judiciary. Comparative Political Studies. ISSN 0010-4140. 53(6), p. 959–991. doi: 10.1177/0010414019879944. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel & Reh, Christine (2018). Deliberative Negotiation. In Bächtiger, André; Dryzek, John S.; Mansbridge, Jane & Warren, Mark E. (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780198747369. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198747369.013.52. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel (2018). Liberal Intergovernmentalism in the Councils of the EU: A Baseline Theory? Journal of Common Market Studies. ISSN 0021-9886. 56(7), p. 1526–1543. doi: 10.1111/jcms.12786. Full text in Research Archive
  • Huhe, Narisong; Naurin, Nils Daniel & Thomson, Robert (2017). The Evolution of Political Networks: Evidence from the Council of the European Union. European Union Politics. ISSN 1465-1165. 19(1), p. 25–51. doi: 10.1177/1465116517740228. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel & Julian, Dederke (2017). Friends of the Court? Why EU governments file observations before the Court of Justice. European Journal of Political Research. ISSN 0304-4130. doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.12255. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel; Huhe, Narisong & Thomson, Robert (2017). With or without you? Policy impact and networks in the Council of the EU after Brexit. European Policy Analysis. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel (2017). The Puzzle of Transparency Reforms in the Council of the EU. Politics and Governance. 5(3), p. 87–90. doi: 10.17645/pag.v5i3.941. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsson, Olof; Naurin, Daniel; Derlén, Mattias & Lindholm, Johan (2017). Speaking Law to Power: The Strategic Use of Precedent of the Court of Justice of the European Union. Comparative Political Studies. ISSN 0010-4140. 50(7), p. 879–907. doi: 10.1177/0010414016639709. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel & Naurin, Elin (2017). Descriptive Representation and Negotiation: Gender Balance in the Committees of the Council of the European Union. In Aggestam, Karin & Towns, Ann (Ed.), Gendering diplomacy and international negotiation. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9783319586816. p. 213–237. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-58682-3. Full text in Research Archive
  • Larsson, Olof & Naurin, Daniel (2016). Judicial Independence and Political Uncertainty: How the Risk of Override Affects the Court of Justice of the EU. International Organization. ISSN 0020-8183. 70(2), p. 377–408. doi: 10.1017/S0020818316000047. Full text in Research Archive
  • Licht, Jenny de Fine & Naurin, Daniel (2016). Transparency. In Ansell, Christopher & Torfing, Jacob (Ed.), Handbook on Theories of Governance. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9781782548492. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Naurin, Daniel; Šadl, Urška & Zglinski, Jan (2026). Empirical Legal Studies in EU Law. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781009672580. doi: 10.1017/9781009672580. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Makszimov, Vlagyiszlav; Naurin, Daniel & Stiansen, Øyvind (2025). The Impact of EU Enforcement Actions on Domestic Media Debates on Judicial Independence in Hungary. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Daniel (2025). Identifying the Precedential Value of Case Law of the Court of Justice of the EU – A Machine Learning Approach. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Daniel (2025). Institutional perspectives on rule of law enforcement in the EU. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Daniel (2025). Identifying the Precedential Value of Case Law of the Court of Justice of the EU – A Machine Learning Approach. Full text in Research Archive
  • Lindholm, Johan; Naurin, Daniel & Schroeder, Philipp (2025). Negative References to Amicus Briefs in Judicial Reasoning. Journal of Law and Courts. ISSN 2164-6570. 14, p. 616–641. doi: 10.1017/jlc.2025.4. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Daniel (2024). The IUROPA CJEU Database. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Daniel (2024). The EU’s Efforts to Remedy Democratic Backsliding. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Daniel (2023). Has Political Science Discovered EU Law? Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Daniel (2023). Rally around the Rule of Law? How does European Union (in)action affect public opinion in backsliding member states? Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Daniel (2023). Rally around the Rule of Law? How does European Union (in)action affect public opinion in backsliding member states? Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel (2020). The CJEU Database Project. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel & Holmgren, Mikael (2020). Mirroring Politics In International Courts. Full text in Research Archive
  • Siv, Cheruvu; Naurin, Nils Daniel & Hermansen, Silje Synnøve Lyder (2019). Does Merit Selection Matter for Judicial Performance? Evidence from the Court of Justice of the European Union. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel & Holmgren, Mikael (2019). Justice Delayed: How Ideological Conflict Affects the Court of Justice of the EU? Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel & Larsson, Olof (2018). Appointments of Judges and Judicial Behavior in the Court of Justice of the European Union. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel & Hermansen, Silje Synnøve Lyder (2018). Will Do? Selecting Judges on the Basis of Policy Preferences or Performance Indicators. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel; Polk, Jonathan & Boräng, Frida (2018). Making Space. A Cross-country Comparison of Parties and Interest Groups Positioning in Multiple Policy Dimensions. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel; Huhe, Narisong & Thomson, Robert (2017). Decision-Making and Networks in the Council of the European Union after Brexit. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel & Hofmann, Andreas (2017). When do Interest Groups go to Court? Evidence from a Cross-National Survey. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel & Larsson, Olof (2017). The Effect of Political Preferences among CJEU Judges and their Appointing Governments. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel (2017). Global and Regional Governance workshop. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel (2017). Gender on the Bench. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel (2017). Hur mår EU? Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel & Stiansen, Øyvind (2017). Judicial Dissent and Compliance with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel; Langford, Malcolm & Vibe, Vegard Furustøl (2017). A Different Voice In International Courts? Gender and Judicial Behavior In Sexual And Reproductive Rights. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel; Huhe, Narisong & Thomson, Robert (2017). Decision-Making and Networks in the Council of the European Union after Brexit. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel & Stiansen, Øyvind (2017). Judicial Dissent and Compliance with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel; Boräng, Frida & Polk, Jonathan (2017). Making Space. A Cross-country Comparison of Parties and Interest Groups Positioning in Multiple Policy Dimensions. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel & Stiansen, Øyvind (2017). Judicial Dissent and Compliance with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Nils Daniel & Larsson, Olof (2017). Split Vision. Multi-Dimensionality in the International Legal Policy Space. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Daniel & Dederke, Julian (2016). Friends of the Court? Why EU governments file observations before the Court of Justice. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Daniel; Naurin, Elin & Alexander, Amy (2016). Gender stereotyping and chivalry in international negotiations. A survey experiment in the Council of the European Union. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Daniel & Larsson, Olof (2016). Split Vision. Multi-Dimensionality in the International Legal Policy Space. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Daniel & Boräng, Frida (2016). Lobbying for the people? Measuring substantive representation by interest groups. Full text in Research Archive
  • Naurin, Daniel & Stiansen, Øyvind (2016). Judicial Dissent and Compliance with Inter-American Court of Human Rights Judgments. Full text in Research Archive
  • Johansson, Markus; Larsson, Olof; Lindahl, Rutger & Naurin, Daniel (2023). Cooperation in the Council of the EU: Explaining network relations among member states. SIEPS. Full text in Research Archive
  • Johansson, Markus; Naurin, Nils Daniel & Lindahl, Rutger (2019). Samarbete och inflytande i EU:s ministerråd. SIEPS. Full text in Research Archive
  • Cramér, Per; Larsson, Olof; Moberg, Andreas & Naurin, Daniel (2016). See You in Luxembourg? EU Governments´ Observations Under the Preliminary Reference Procedure. The Swedish Institute for European Policy. ISSN 9789186107628. Full text in Research Archive

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