Doctoral dissertation
The political constraints on constitutional review
Thesis submitted in June 2019 at the Department of Political Science, University College London. Viva passed in July 2019.
Supervisors: Christine Reh, Lucas Leemann and Timothy Hicks
Publications
Putting Courts Under Pressure: When Lawmakers Push Constitutional Boundaries
forthcoming, Oxford University Press
Concepts and Measurement in Empirical Legal Studies in EU Law
forthcoming, in Naurin, D., Sadl, U. and Zglinski, J. (Eds.): "Empirical Legal Studies in EU Law", Cambridge University Press, with Eun Hye Kim.
Has Political Science Discovered EU Law
forthcoming, in Naurin, D., Sadl, U. and Zglinski, J. (Eds.): "Empirical Legal Studies in EU Law", Cambridge University Press, with Daniel Naurin and Johan Lindholm.
Where law meets data: a practical guide to expert coding in legal research
forthcoming, European Law Open, with Michal Ovádek and Jan Zglinski.
Negative References to Amicus Briefs in Judicial Reasoning
2025, Journal of Law and Courts, with Daniel Naurin and Johan Lindholm.
Seizing opportunities: The determinants of the CJEU’s deference to national courts
2023, Journal of European Public Policy.
From One to Many: Identifying Issues in CJEU Jurisprudence
2023, Journal of Law and Courts, with Johan Lindholm.
Pushing boundaries: How lawmakers shape judicial decision-making
2022, Comparative Political Studies.
The Legitimacy of Regional Institutions
2016 in Tanja Börzel & Thomas Risse, The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Regionalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 579-599; with Berthold Rittberger.
Selected conference submissions
Backlash and discretion: Explaining judicial rule-making in constitutional review cases
Presented at the 2019 European Consortium for Political Research General Conference.
The political dynamics of constitutional review
Presented at the 2018 American Political Science Association Annual Conference.
The determinants of judicial review: Judicial concessions and legitimacy concerns
Presented at the 2017 Midwestern Political Science Association Annual Conference.