Western Europe 2024

Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field: Théo Aiolfi. Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, CY Cergy Paris University, France. Lino Briguglio. Professor of Economics, and Director, Islands and Small States Institute, University of Malta, Malta. Marc Bühlmann. Director, Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern, Switzerland. Günther K. Chaloupek. Former Director of Economic Policy Section, Austrian Chamber of Labour, Vienna, Austria. Flemming Juul Christiansen. Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Denmark. Erica Consterdine. Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University, United Kingdom. Andrew Cottey. Senior Lecturer and Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Integration, Department of Government and Politics, University College Cork, Ireland. Xavier Cuadras Morató. Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. Elena Danescu. Research Scientist, Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Jakob de Haan. Professor of Political Economy, University of Groningen, Netherlands. Jeroen Dewulf. Queen Beatrix Professor in Dutch Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Nicholas Dickinson. Bingham Early Career Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Balliol College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Michael J. Geary. Professor of Modern History and Jean Monnet Chair in History of European Integration, Department of Historical and Classical Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. Richard Gillespie. Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. Rögnvaldur Hannesson. Professor Emeritus, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, Norway. Kari Heimonen. Professor, School of Business and Economics, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. Anna-Lena Högenauer. Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Mads Dagnis Jensen. Associate Professor, Department of International Economics, Government and Business, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Mikko Kuisma. Program Lead and Lecturer, University of Tübingen, Germany. Mart Kuldkepp. Associate Professor of Scandinavian History and Politics, Department of Scandinavian Studies/ European Social and Political Studies, University College London, United Kingdom. David Lea. Writer and analyst on European political and economic affairs. Miguel Lebre de Freitas. Assistant Professor, Nova School of Business and Economics and University of Aveiro, Portugal. Robert E. Looney. Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA, and international consultant specializing in economic development. Kurt Richard Luther. Emeritus Professor of Comparative Politics, Keele University, United Kingdom, and Visiting Professor, Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. Muiris MacCarthaigh. Professor of Politics and Public Policy, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom, and adjunct Professor at the Geary Institute for Public Policy, University College Dublin, Ireland. Gylfi Magnússon. Professor, Finance and Economics, School of Business, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland. Lars Magnusson. Professor in Economic History, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden. Tommy Möller. Professor of Political Science, Stockholm University, Sweden. Brendan Moore. Senior Research Associate, Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. James L. Newell. Co-Editor of Contemporary Italian Politics, Routledge, United Kingdom. Stefanía Óskarsdóttir. Associate Professor, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland. William E. Paterson. Honorary Professor of German and European Politics, Aston Centre for Europe, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Godfrey A. Pirotta. Professor of Government and Policy Studies, and Chairperson, Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, University of Malta, Malta. Min Reuchamps. Professor of Political Science, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. Christian Schweiger. Visiting Professor and Chair, Comparative European Governance Systems, Institute for Political Science, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany. Paul Smith. Head of French, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. Tobias Straumann. Senior Lecturer of Economic History, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Paul Tobin. Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Francisco Torres. Visiting Professor, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Portugal.