Energy Policy Making in the EU

All three editors have broad experience in executing empirical analyses in political science, with a strong emphasis on comparative research in environmental policy, energy policy, social policy and consumer protection policy. The editors have been involved in international research networks. Two possess teaching experience at universities in Germany as well as in Canada, Estonia, Italy and Turkey.

• Building the EU’s Agenda in Energy Policy Making: An Introduction.- Characteristics of Agenda Setting.- Agenda Setting in the Multi-Level System of the EU.- Renewable Energy in the EU.- Biofuels in the EU.- Energy Security in the EU: The Role of Enlargement.- Liberalization of the European Energy Market.- Gas Flaring in the EU.- Hydrological Fracturing: Scientific Uncertainty and Failed Agenda Setting.- Failed Harmonization of Nuclear Power Policy.- Feed-in Tariffs in the EU.- Building the EU’s Agenda in Energy Policy Making: Conclusions.