Sieglinde Gstöhl
Biographic Data
| ID | 3560037 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sieglinde Gstöhl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sieglinde |
| FAMILY NAME | Gstöhl |
| SIGNATURE | GSTÖHL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of Europe |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4795-7347 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 78 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The European Union’s ‘Memberness’ in Fora of Global Economic Governance: Beyond the Membership Myth in External Representation
The European Union ( EU ) has, reinforced by the Lisbon Treaty, long been pursuing an improved position in international organisations. Yet, with a few exceptions, it mainly still holds an observer status. This article critically examines the ‘membership myth’ prevalent in the policy and scholarly discourse that the EU ’s external representation would be more effective if the Union itself was a full member and/or if (also) all its Member States j…
Introduction: Future‐proofing policies – How foresight shapes European Union governance
Introducing this issue, the present article notes how the growing political importance given to foresight in EU governance has so far only sparked limited interest among scholars of EU law and policy‐making. To address this gap, the article starts by clarifying concepts and defining the key terminology at the intersection between (strategic) foresight and EU governance ‘in the law’ (involving societal actors in law‐making processes) and ‘through …
Switzerland’s intricate differentiated integration with the European Union: Bringing Governance (Back) In
Governing Global Spaces: The roles of the European Union and other major powers
This article offers a comparative assessment of the current roles of the European Union (EU) in the governance of the Global Spaces − the atmosphere, the high seas, the poles, outer space, and cyberspace. It does so from a twofold perspective: first, it compares the EU's capacity to act and roles across the Global Spaces, drawing on actorness and role theory. Second, to contextualize the EU's roles, it contrasts them with those of the United Stat…
The European Union and the governance of contested Global Spaces
Most of the areas which are beyond national jurisdiction have increasingly become contested, not least because of their growing importance and the recent ‘return’ of geopolitics. Their boundaries are blurred, and their governance has not been settled. The European Union (EU) is developing strategies to contribute to the governance of these areas: the high seas, the polar regions, the atmosphere, outer space, and cyberspace. Its roles remain, howe…
Beyond Downloading: Venues for Associated Neighbouring Countries to Influence EU Law and Policies
The European Union (EU) has over time developed close relations, typically taking the form of acquis‐based association agreements, with the countries in its Western and Eastern neighbourhood. This article examines when, where and how these non‐Member States can influence the terms of their association with the EU's law and policies via institutional venues. It expands on the literature of external Europeanization and governance, which has mainly …
Insights for Foreign Policy Analysis from European Union External Action Studies
The European Union (EU) has increasingly become a foreign policy actor in its own right, sparking the emergence of EU External Action Studies (EU EAS). Although this thriving field at the intersection of EU Studies and International Relations has gradually matured, the interaction of EU EAS with Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) has so far remained limited. This contribution discusses whether concepts and approaches from EU EAS hold valuable theoreti…
The future EU–UK partnership: A historical institutionalist perspective
This article takes a comparative perspective to identify the likely parameters of the future partnership between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU). It asks why and how the EU exports institutional norms to its neighbouring countries, and what this implies for the EU–UK relationship. Drawing on historical institutionalism, the authors argue that as a specific legal-institutional order, the EU exports not only regulatory norms and…
European Union¿s Evolving External Engagement
Between cooperation and competition: Major Powers in Shared Neighbourhoods
This introductory article to the special issue on major powers in shared neighbourhoods sets the scenery by introducing the research objectives, situating them in the relevant academic context with references to the literatures on great power dynamics, regionalism and foreign policy analysis. It presents a conceptual framework for the study of ‘major powers’, understood as regional leaders, and their different forms of interaction in shared neigh…
Back to the Future? Lessons of Differentiated Integration from the Efta Countries for the UK’s Future Relations with the EU
The decision of the United Kingdom (UK) to withdraw from the European Union (EU) raises the question of how to shape their post-Brexit relations. The EU has developed various forms of external differentiated integration with neighbouring countries, whereby the members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) enjoy the most far-reaching access to the internal market. This article discusses the conditions under which the UK could join EFTA, th…
The European Neighbourhood Policy in a Comparative Perspective: Models, Challenges, Lessons
The Neighbours of the European Union's Neighbours: Diplomatic and Geopolitical Dimensions beyond the European Neighbourhood Policy
Neighbours of the European Union's Neighbours: Diplomatic and Geopolitical Dimensions Beyond the European Neighbourhood Policy
European Neighbourhood Policy in a Comparative Perspective: Models, Challenges, Lessons
Models of external differentiation in the EU's neighbourhood: An Expanding Economic Community
The neighbouring countries of the European Union (EU) have gradually developed 'a stake' in its internal market. This contribution asks to what extent and how the EU is expanding its economic community based on an analysis of the different neighbourhood models of deep economic integration, including current discussions about their future development. It shows that the EU's neighbourhood relations range from narrow, bilateral, static models to bro…
Jesp Symposium: The European Union's global social role
This symposium considers Europe's global social policy through an exchange of ideas between scholars with different areas of expertise. The lead article provides an overview of the EU's objectives and instruments in promoting the social dimension of globalization, illustrating its focus on international labour standards and the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the shift from trade measures to a broader spectrum of soft external policy…
Scandinavia and Switzerland: Small, successful and stubborn towards the EU
Economic theory of integration expects small states and highly industrialized states to be more likely to integrate than larger or less advanced countries. Why then, did Norway, Sweden and Switzerland choose for a long time not to join the European Union? Existing political economy approaches cannot fully explain this stubbornness because they neglect the 'hidden' impact of national identities. Constructivist approaches, in turn, offer insights o…
Efta and the European Economic Area or the Politics of Frustration
The members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) have traditionally been `reluctant Europeans' that preferred to remain outside the European Community (EC) in spite of their high economic dependence. This article analyses the EC-EFTA negotiations 1989-93 on the creation of a European Economic Area (EEA). It suggests one possible explanation for the puzzling question of why most of the EFTA countries have applied for full EC membership at…
Models of external differentiation in the EU's neighbourhood: An Expanding Economic Community
The neighbouring countries of the European Union (EU) have gradually developed 'a stake' in its internal market. This contribution asks to what extent and how the EU is expanding its economic community based on an analysis of the different neighbourhood models of deep economic integration, including current discussions about their future development. It shows that the EU's neighbourhood relations range from narrow, bilateral, static models to bro…
Beyond Downloading: Venues for Associated Neighbouring Countries to Influence EU Law and Policies
The European Union (EU) has over time developed close relations, typically taking the form of acquis‐based association agreements, with the countries in its Western and Eastern neighbourhood. This article examines when, where and how these non‐Member States can influence the terms of their association with the EU's law and policies via institutional venues. It expands on the literature of external Europeanization and governance, which has mainly …
Between cooperation and competition: Major Powers in Shared Neighbourhoods
This introductory article to the special issue on major powers in shared neighbourhoods sets the scenery by introducing the research objectives, situating them in the relevant academic context with references to the literatures on great power dynamics, regionalism and foreign policy analysis. It presents a conceptual framework for the study of ‘major powers’, understood as regional leaders, and their different forms of interaction in shared neigh…
Efta and the European Economic Area or the Politics of Frustration
The members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) have traditionally been `reluctant Europeans' that preferred to remain outside the European Community (EC) in spite of their high economic dependence. This article analyses the EC-EFTA negotiations 1989-93 on the creation of a European Economic Area (EEA). It suggests one possible explanation for the puzzling question of why most of the EFTA countries have applied for full EC membership at…
Scandinavia and Switzerland: Small, successful and stubborn towards the EU
Economic theory of integration expects small states and highly industrialized states to be more likely to integrate than larger or less advanced countries. Why then, did Norway, Sweden and Switzerland choose for a long time not to join the European Union? Existing political economy approaches cannot fully explain this stubbornness because they neglect the 'hidden' impact of national identities. Constructivist approaches, in turn, offer insights o…
Switzerland’s intricate differentiated integration with the European Union: Bringing Governance (Back) In
The future EU–UK partnership: A historical institutionalist perspective
This article takes a comparative perspective to identify the likely parameters of the future partnership between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU). It asks why and how the EU exports institutional norms to its neighbouring countries, and what this implies for the EU–UK relationship. Drawing on historical institutionalism, the authors argue that as a specific legal-institutional order, the EU exports not only regulatory norms and…
Jesp Symposium: The European Union's global social role
This symposium considers Europe's global social policy through an exchange of ideas between scholars with different areas of expertise. The lead article provides an overview of the EU's objectives and instruments in promoting the social dimension of globalization, illustrating its focus on international labour standards and the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the shift from trade measures to a broader spectrum of soft external policy…
Insights for Foreign Policy Analysis from European Union External Action Studies
The European Union (EU) has increasingly become a foreign policy actor in its own right, sparking the emergence of EU External Action Studies (EU EAS). Although this thriving field at the intersection of EU Studies and International Relations has gradually matured, the interaction of EU EAS with Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) has so far remained limited. This contribution discusses whether concepts and approaches from EU EAS hold valuable theoreti…
Back to the Future? Lessons of Differentiated Integration from the Efta Countries for the UK’s Future Relations with the EU
The decision of the United Kingdom (UK) to withdraw from the European Union (EU) raises the question of how to shape their post-Brexit relations. The EU has developed various forms of external differentiated integration with neighbouring countries, whereby the members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) enjoy the most far-reaching access to the internal market. This article discusses the conditions under which the UK could join EFTA, th…
Efta and the European Economic Area or the Politics of Frustration
The members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) have traditionally been `reluctant Europeans' that preferred to remain outside the European Community (EC) in spite of their high economic dependence. This article analyses the EC-EFTA negotiations 1989-93 on the creation of a European Economic Area (EEA). It suggests one possible explanation for the puzzling question of why most of the EFTA countries have applied for full EC membership at…
Scandinavia and Switzerland: Small, successful and stubborn towards the EU
Economic theory of integration expects small states and highly industrialized states to be more likely to integrate than larger or less advanced countries. Why then, did Norway, Sweden and Switzerland choose for a long time not to join the European Union? Existing political economy approaches cannot fully explain this stubbornness because they neglect the 'hidden' impact of national identities. Constructivist approaches, in turn, offer insights o…
Jesp Symposium: The European Union's global social role
This symposium considers Europe's global social policy through an exchange of ideas between scholars with different areas of expertise. The lead article provides an overview of the EU's objectives and instruments in promoting the social dimension of globalization, illustrating its focus on international labour standards and the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the shift from trade measures to a broader spectrum of soft external policy…
Models of external differentiation in the EU's neighbourhood: An Expanding Economic Community
The neighbouring countries of the European Union (EU) have gradually developed 'a stake' in its internal market. This contribution asks to what extent and how the EU is expanding its economic community based on an analysis of the different neighbourhood models of deep economic integration, including current discussions about their future development. It shows that the EU's neighbourhood relations range from narrow, bilateral, static models to bro…
The European Neighbourhood Policy in a Comparative Perspective: Models, Challenges, Lessons
The Neighbours of the European Union's Neighbours: Diplomatic and Geopolitical Dimensions beyond the European Neighbourhood Policy
Neighbours of the European Union's Neighbours: Diplomatic and Geopolitical Dimensions Beyond the European Neighbourhood Policy
European Neighbourhood Policy in a Comparative Perspective: Models, Challenges, Lessons
Back to the Future? Lessons of Differentiated Integration from the Efta Countries for the UK’s Future Relations with the EU
The decision of the United Kingdom (UK) to withdraw from the European Union (EU) raises the question of how to shape their post-Brexit relations. The EU has developed various forms of external differentiated integration with neighbouring countries, whereby the members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) enjoy the most far-reaching access to the internal market. This article discusses the conditions under which the UK could join EFTA, th…
Between cooperation and competition: Major Powers in Shared Neighbourhoods
This introductory article to the special issue on major powers in shared neighbourhoods sets the scenery by introducing the research objectives, situating them in the relevant academic context with references to the literatures on great power dynamics, regionalism and foreign policy analysis. It presents a conceptual framework for the study of ‘major powers’, understood as regional leaders, and their different forms of interaction in shared neigh…
European Union¿s Evolving External Engagement
The future EU–UK partnership: A historical institutionalist perspective
This article takes a comparative perspective to identify the likely parameters of the future partnership between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU). It asks why and how the EU exports institutional norms to its neighbouring countries, and what this implies for the EU–UK relationship. Drawing on historical institutionalism, the authors argue that as a specific legal-institutional order, the EU exports not only regulatory norms and…
Insights for Foreign Policy Analysis from European Union External Action Studies
The European Union (EU) has increasingly become a foreign policy actor in its own right, sparking the emergence of EU External Action Studies (EU EAS). Although this thriving field at the intersection of EU Studies and International Relations has gradually matured, the interaction of EU EAS with Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) has so far remained limited. This contribution discusses whether concepts and approaches from EU EAS hold valuable theoreti…
Governing Global Spaces: The roles of the European Union and other major powers
This article offers a comparative assessment of the current roles of the European Union (EU) in the governance of the Global Spaces − the atmosphere, the high seas, the poles, outer space, and cyberspace. It does so from a twofold perspective: first, it compares the EU's capacity to act and roles across the Global Spaces, drawing on actorness and role theory. Second, to contextualize the EU's roles, it contrasts them with those of the United Stat…
The European Union and the governance of contested Global Spaces
Most of the areas which are beyond national jurisdiction have increasingly become contested, not least because of their growing importance and the recent ‘return’ of geopolitics. Their boundaries are blurred, and their governance has not been settled. The European Union (EU) is developing strategies to contribute to the governance of these areas: the high seas, the polar regions, the atmosphere, outer space, and cyberspace. Its roles remain, howe…
Beyond Downloading: Venues for Associated Neighbouring Countries to Influence EU Law and Policies
The European Union (EU) has over time developed close relations, typically taking the form of acquis‐based association agreements, with the countries in its Western and Eastern neighbourhood. This article examines when, where and how these non‐Member States can influence the terms of their association with the EU's law and policies via institutional venues. It expands on the literature of external Europeanization and governance, which has mainly …
Introduction: Future‐proofing policies – How foresight shapes European Union governance
Introducing this issue, the present article notes how the growing political importance given to foresight in EU governance has so far only sparked limited interest among scholars of EU law and policy‐making. To address this gap, the article starts by clarifying concepts and defining the key terminology at the intersection between (strategic) foresight and EU governance ‘in the law’ (involving societal actors in law‐making processes) and ‘through …
Switzerland’s intricate differentiated integration with the European Union: Bringing Governance (Back) In
The European Union’s ‘Memberness’ in Fora of Global Economic Governance: Beyond the Membership Myth in External Representation
The European Union ( EU ) has, reinforced by the Lisbon Treaty, long been pursuing an improved position in international organisations. Yet, with a few exceptions, it mainly still holds an observer status. This article critically examines the ‘membership myth’ prevalent in the policy and scholarly discourse that the EU ’s external representation would be more effective if the Union itself was a full member and/or if (also) all its Member States j…
Political science (15 works) · Economics (14 works) · European union (14 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (14 works) · International trade (13 works) · Law (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Politics (9 works) · Political economy (8 works)