Biography

Michael W. Bauer is Professor at the School of Transnational Governance.

He is Jean Monnet Professor of the European Union and Chair of Comparative Public Administration and Policy Analysis at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer. He holds a Masters in European Studies in Politics and Administration of the College of Europe, Bruges and a PhD from the European University Institute, Florence.

His research focus and teaching experience lie in European Multilevel Administration, Public Administration, Comparative Policy Analysis.

He has worked extensively on multilevel public administration at the international, European and national level. He is interested in the comparative analysis of administrative structures and the consequence on public policy-making. Current projects include investigating the autonomy of international bureaucracies, studying implementation conflicts in EU annulment litigation and surveying the attitudes of subnational and supranational public servants to European integration.

Fields of expertise

Recent research output

• EGE, Jörn; BAUER, Michael W.; WAGNER, Nora; THOMANN, Eva (2022), Under what conditions does bureaucracy matter in the making of global public policies?, Article
• BAUER, Michael W.; EGE, Jörn; WAGNER, Nora (2022), Conditions of Influence : policy effects of IPA autonomy in comparative perspective, Contribution to book
• BAUER, Michael W.; EGE, Jörn (2022), No actorness without autonomy, Contribution to book
• BAUER, Michael W.; OTTO, Jana; SCHOMAKER, Rahel M. (2022), „Kriseninternes Lernen“ und „krisenübergreifendes Lernen“ in der deutschen Kommunalverwaltung, Article
• BAUER, Michael W.; KASSIM, Hussein; CONNOLLY, Sara (2021), The quiet transformation of the EU Commission cabinet system, Article
• BECKER, Stefan; BAUER, Michael W. (2021), Two of a kind? : on the influence of parliamentary and governmental administrations, Article