Constantin Kaplaner

Constantin, Roman, and Steffen at the Aarhus University Political Science Department.

@kaplaner.bsky.social and @steffenhurka.bsky.social had the privilege to present and discuss the DEMOLAW project at the University of Aarhus. DEMOLAW thanks @rsenninger.bsky.social and the entire department of political science for the kind invitation, the hospitality, and the great feedback!

Administrative overload and policy triage: causal evidence from the introduction of the Acid Rain Program in the United States Abstract. Recent research suggests that additional public policies can sometimes decrease overall policy effectiveness rather than improve the problem-solv

📢 New article 🌟
👥 Constantin Kaplaner @kaplaner.bsky.social , Cristoph Knill & Yves Steinbach (ISV)
🔎 Administrative Overload and Policy Triage: Causal evidence from the Introduction of the Acid Rain Program in the United States
📖 Open access in JPART
doi.org/10.1093/jopa...

The EPA’s Acid Rain Program shows how more policy can often mean less enforcement | USAPP This form of policy triage is a result of limited administrative capacity which sees some implementation tasks prioritized over others

The EPA’s Acid Rain Program shows how more policy can often mean less enforcement write ‪@kaplaner.bsky.social‬ and @cknill.bsky.social of Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and Yves Steinebach of the University of Oslo

blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

Title and abstract

On Thursday at 17:00 (-1.A.05) @kaplaner.bsky.social presents "Balancing Versatility and Precision:
A Framework for Capturing Legislative Design Choices in Democratic Systems", the first empirical paper of the @demolaw.bsky.social project. #EPSA2025

DEMOLAW conceptual paper: tinyurl.com/5auvzcbs

This week, we're in Madrid for #EPSA2025 where @kaplaner.bsky.social will present our first empirical research paper "Balancing Versatility and Precision: A Framework for Caputring Legislative Design Choice in Democratic Systems" on Thursday at 17:00 (-1.A.05).

Want to know what I've been up to in 2025?

This is the new ERC project working with @steffenhurka.bsky.social @kaplaner.bsky.social & @steffiru.bsky.social

Meet the DEMOLAW-Team! Constantin Kaplaner (@kaplaner.bsky.social), Stefanie Rueß (@steffiru.bsky.social), myself, Amelie Sieber and Mike Cowburn (@mikecowburn.bsky.social). So much looking forward to the years ahead!

Follow us at @demolaw.bsky.social!

Turns out, using simple language in politics helps people understand issues better and even shapes how they see politicians - but it doesn't directly sway votes.

Excited to share that our study (w/ @danbischof.bsky.social) is conditionally accepted at JOP!

Link: doi.org/10.31219/osf...

Researcher position in political science (three years) (271092) | University of Oslo Job title: Researcher position in political science (three years) (271092), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, December 16, 2024

Come and join us! We are recruiting a researcher (with PhD) for a three-year position as part of the EU-funded Horizon Europe Consortium "Sustainable Public Administration in Modern Democracies" (SUPA) - PI Yves Steinebach. The application deadline is 16 December 2024.

Inspired by @dtoshkov.bsky.social and the upcoming conference abstract season, types of EPSA papers

Promising news for the EU electoral connection! 🗳️🇪🇺

Our study on the 2024 EP election shows that voters are engaging with information relevant to the European Parliament's actual powers.

Hello BlueSky, we're here!

And we get started with a pluralistic starter pack with researchers doing methods in social sciences! Self-nominations are more than welcome

go.bsky.app/Ht7XKWk

I created a starter pack of academics working on EU 🇪🇺 politics and European integration 👇. Let me know if you want to be added.

go.bsky.app/Bg7sPSp

Thrilled to share that our article (with C. Knill & Y. Steinebach) is now published open access at @jeppjournal.bsky.social !

doi.org/10.1080/1350...

If you're into policy integration, take a look. We map intersectoral patterns in ~90k legal documents covering 3 decades of EU policy making.

Important EUPLEX update!

The EUPLEX dataset now contains data on Commission proposals AND final texts.

30 year time period: 1993 - 2023
Download the dataset at euplex.org/data

Read the data intro article here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@kaplaner.bsky.social

The European Research Council awarded me a Consolidator Grant worth almost 2 million € for the DEMOLAW project. What a huge honor and privilege. I'm grateful to so many people who provided me with feedback and support along the way - you know who you are.