Recent News & Articles

New article in The Conversation: What Canada can learn from the European Union about dealing with chaos and crises https://theconversation.com/what-canada-can-learn-from-the-european-union-about-dealing-with-chaos-and-crises-249462

February 17, 2025


Canada can learn from the European Union’s industrial turn since 2019, and from the more institutionalized framework for intergovernmental cooperation to cope with the Trump 2.

New article in Policy Options: The ‘Team Canada’ approach to Trump’s tariffs sounds good but exposes weakness

January 17, 2025


In this article, I argue that Canada’s notoriously weak system of intergovernmental relations needs to institutionalize the Team Canada approach.

New journal article (open access): “Why federalism matters: policy feedback, institutional variation and the politics of trade policy-making in Canada and Germany”, in New Political Economy 2024 29 (6), 944-957

October 4, 2024


This study examines the factors that cause variation in terms of how, and with consequences, sub-federal units have entrenched themselves in trade policy governance. The paper makes two contributions.

My latest in Policy Options : Forging a new industrial policy in Canada

September 16, 2024


Paradigm Lost? This article is part of the IRPP Policy Option Series “Trade in an Era of Global Insecurity”. I argue that - unlike in the past - Canada has missed the opportunity to craft a new encompassing model of economic development.

New Policy Options article: "Cities can speed up climate action by slowing down traffic"

January 8, 2024


My new research project “Decarbonizing Transportation Infrastructure in Systems of Multilevel Governance: The Mobility Transition in Canada and Germany” examines how multilevel governance affects efforts to decarbonize the transportation sector.

New journal article with Christian Freudlsperger: "Regional involvement in EU trade policy: what remains after politicization?" Journal of European Public Policy 2024 31 (1), 131-156

June 14, 2023


This article examines the role of politicization for the increasing participation of regional units international trade policy-making in the EU. We show that impact of politicization is comparatively low if regional actors dispose of institutionalised channels of voice (through intergovernmental relations) and if they have develop endogenous trade policy preferences (online first, open access).