Conferences, Sections & Panels Organized

07/8-10/2024

Panel: “A Union of Equality” and Its Impact on von der Leyen’s Policy Priorities”
Panel: “New Approaches to the Study of Gender and Leadership: Theoretical and Methodological Cross-Fertilization”
ECPR European Conference in Politics and Gender, University of Ghent, co-chair and co-organizer


06/19-21/2024

Roundtable: “Evaluating the von der Leyen Commission: A Commission in the Midst of Polycrisis”
ECPR Conference by the Standing Group on the European Union (SGEU), University of Lisbon, co-convener and speaker


06/6-7/2023

Conference: “The governance of gender equality policy in EU institutions: Assessing developments during the von der Leyen Commission Presidency (2019-2024)”
University of Tübingen (co-convener together with Gabriele Abels, Johanna Kantola and Emanuela Lombardo)


07/14-17/2022

Early Career Roundtables: (1) “Opportunities and Challenges during Early Career Trajectories,” (2) “The Dissertation is Done, Now What?,” and (3) “Getting Started: Leveraging Your Research Through Social Media”
ISPP Annual Conference, co-organizer and co-chair (joined virtually)


 07/7-9/2022

Section Chair: “Women and Leadership in Global Perspective”
European Conference on Politics and Gender, University of Ljubljana (together with Senem Ertan)

Book Launch / Panel: “Women and Leadership in the European Union” (chair and presenter)
European Conference on Politics and Gender, University of Ljubljana


06/08-10/2022

Book Launch / Panel: “Women and Leadership in the European Union” (co-chair and presenter)
ECPR Standing Group on the European Union (SGEU) biannual conference, LUISS Rome


09/14-16/2021

Panel: “Women and Leadership in the European Union” (co-chair, presenter & discussant)
DVPW Online Convention


07/11-13/2021

Early Career Roundtables: (1) “The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Researchers’ Early Careers”; (2) “The Dissertation is Done, Now What?”; (3) “Opportunities and Challenges during Early Career Trajectories”
ISPP Annual Conference, co-organizer and co-chair


06/10-12/2021

Panel: “Women and Leadership in the European Commission” (co-chair, presenter & discussant)
ECPR Standing Group on the European Union Virtual Conference (SGEU)


01/09-11/2020

International Conference: “Pathways to Power: Women and Leadership in the European Union” (together with Ingeborg Tömmel)
University of Osnabrück, co-convener, presenter and discussant


04/10-15/2018

ECPR Joint Sessions: “The Role of Leadership in EU Politics and Policy-Making: Moving Towards Theoretical Integration and Methodological Cross-Fertilization”
ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, University of Nicosia (co-director together with Femke van Esch)


09/06-09/2017

Panel: “The Role of Leadership in EU Politics and Policy-Making”
ECPR General Conference, University of Oslo (presenter & discussant together with Femke van Esch and Marij Swinkels)


07/12-14/2017

Double Panel: “The Role of Leadership in EU Politics and Policy-Making”
24th International Conference of Europeanists (CES), University of Glasgow, Panel-Chair


05/1-2/2016

Workshop NYUAD Institute: “Political Leadership Performance and Economic Growth: A Comparative Analysis of the Gulf Region, Western Europe and Southeast Asia”
NYUAD Institute, Abu Dhabi, Organizer


07/19-08/01/2015

5th Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences – Linking Theory and Empirical Research
HU/WZB Berlin, Co-Organizer and Section Chair


07/21-08/03/2014

4th Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences – Linking Theory and Empirical Research
HU/WZB Berlin, Co-Organizer and Section Chair