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  Professional Experience

Fields of study

Institution and organisation theory;
Comparative Public Administration;
Organisation and role of parliamentary staffs;
Parties and coalition formation

Publications

Monographs

Bach, Tobias/Fleischer, Julia/Hustedt, Thurid (2010): Organisation und Steuerung zentralstaatlicher Behörden: Agenturen im westeuropäischen Vergleich, Berlin: edition sigma. [Table of contents]

Journal articles (* peer reviewed)

* Fleischer, Julia/Parrado, Salvador (2010): Power distribution in ambiguous times: The effects of the financial crisis on executive decision-making in Germany and Spain. In: der moderne staat, (3)2, 361-376. [PDF (Budrich Journals)]

* Fleischer, Julia (2010): A dual centre? Executive politics under the second grand coalition in Germany. In: German Politics, 19(3), 353-368.
[PDF (Informaworld)]

Hustedt, Thurid/Veit, Sylvia/Fleischer, Julia (2010): Wissen ist Macht? Wissenschaftliche Politikberatung der Bundesregierung. In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 60(19), 15-21. [PDF]

* Fleischer, Julia (2009): Power resources of parliamentary executives: Policy advice in the UK and Germany. In: West European Politics, 32(1), 196-214. [PDF (Informaworld)]

Book chapters

Bach, Tobias/Fleischer, Julia (2012): The parliamentary accountability of EU and national agencies. In: Busuioc, Madalina/Groenleer, Martijn/Trondal, Jarle (eds.): The Agency Phenomenon in the European Union: Emergence, Institutionalisation and Everyday Decision-Making, Manchester: Manchester University Press. (in press)

Fleischer, Julia (2011): Steering from the German center: More policy coordination and less policy initiatives. In: Dahlström, Carl/Peters, B. Guy/Pierre, Jon (Hrsg.): Steering from the Center: Strengthening Political Control in Western Democracies, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 54-79.
[Table of contents (publisher)]

Fleischer, Julia (2011): Das Bundeskanzleramt als Protagonist einer Institutionenpolitik? Institutionelle Strategien und exekutive Entscheidungsfindung. In: Bröchler, Stephan/von Blumenthal, Julia (Hrsg.): Regierungszentralen im politischen Prozess, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 133-151.  [PDF (SpringerLink)]

Fleischer, Julia/Jann, Werner (2011): Shifting discourses and steady learning: Trajectories of German administrative reforms in the long run. In: Eymeri-Douzans, Jean-Michel/Pierre, Jon (Hrsg.): Administrative Reforms and Democratic Governance, London: Routledge, 68-79. [Table of contents (publisher)]

Fleischer, Julia (2011): Das Primat der Richtlinienkompetenz in politischen Prozessen: Zur Bedeutung der Organisation des Bundeskanzleramtes. In: Florack, Martin/Grunden, Timo (Hrsg.): Regierungszentralen: Organisation, Steuerung und Politikformulierung zwischen Formalität und Informalität, Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 201-224. [PDF (SpringerLink)]

Fleischer, Julia (2007): Die europäischen Agenturen als Diener vieler Herren? Zur Steuerung und Rolle von EU-Agenturen. In: Jann, Werner/Döhler, Marian (Hrsg.): Agencies in Westeuropa, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 212-252.
[PDF (SpringerLink)]

Working Papers / Reports

Bach, Tobias/Fleischer, Julia/Hustedt, Thurid/Jann, Werner/Jantz, Bastian (2009): Opportunity and feasibility of establishing common support services for EU agencies, Brussels: European Parliament. [PDF]

Bach, Tobias/Fleischer, Julia/Hustedt, Thurid/Jann, Werner (2008): Best practice in governance of agencies – A comparative study in view of identifying best practice for governing agencies carrying out activities on behalf of the European Union, Brussels: European Parliament. [PDF]

Döhler, Marian/Fleischer, Julia/Hustedt, Thurid (2007): Government reform as institutional politics. Varieties and policy patterns from a comparative perspective. Research Paper No. 3 'Core Executives in Western Europe', Potsdam: Universitätsverlag. [PDF]

Fleischer, Julia/Hustedt, Thurid/Jann, Werner/Tiessen, Jan/Wegrich, Kai (2005): Bürokratieabbau in Ostdeutschland, Bonn: BBR.

Döhler, Marian/Fleischer, Julia/Hustedt, Thurid/Jann, Werner/Tiessen, Jan (2005): Regierungsorganisation als Institutionenpolitik: Ein westeuropäischer Vergleich. Research Paper No. 1 'Core Executives in Western Europe', Potsdam: Universitätsverlag. [PDF]

Fleischer, Julia/Hustedt, Thurid/Wegrich, Kai (2004): Der Aufbau Ost als Gegenstand der Forschung. Untersuchungsergebnisse seit 1990, Heft 10: Verwaltung, Bonn: BBR.

Conference papers (selection)

Fleischer, Julia/Stempfl, Christian (2011): Sound solicitors or silent servants?
The role of federal commissioners in Germany. Paper presented at the
6th ECPR General Conference, Section 63: Executive Politics and Governance in an Age of Multi-Level Governance, Panel 80: Hybrid Leaders in Government: Dynamics and Effects. 25-27 August 2011, Reykjavik.

Fleischer, Julia (2011): The structural anatomy of 'wicked issues':
Continuity and change in German federal government organisation, 1949-2009. Paper presented at the 6th ECPR General Conference,
Section 96: Comparative perspectives on the management and organization of the public sector, Panel 448: Whole of Government reforms: organization for 'wicked issues'. Climate change and other cross boarder issues.
25-27 August 2011, Reykjavik.

Fleischer, Julia (2011): The 'pork cycle' in organising risk:
On patterns of structural choices in German federal government.
Paper presented at the 27th EGOS 2011 Colloquium, Sub-theme 50: Organizing Risk in the Public Sector, 07-09 July 2011, Gothenburg.

Fleischer, Julia (2011): Administrative elites in executive politics:
Institutional and sectoral dynamics. Paper presented at the 61st PSA Annual Conference, Panel: 'Administrative Networks and Policy Dynamics',
19-21 April 2011, London.

Fleischer, Julia/Seyfried, Markus (2011): The difficult race to the top:
Determinants of ministerial selection in Germany, 1983-2009. Paper presented at the 39th ECPR Joint Sessions, Workshop 6: Ministerial turnover and ministerial career paths in contemporary democracies, 12-17 April 2011,
St. Gallen.

Fleischer, Julia/Hustedt, Thurid (2010): Organising the Unpredictable: How European Governments Cope With Climate Risks. Paper presented at the
38th ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Workshop 23: Expecting the unpredictable? The Strategic Governance of Long-term Risks. 22-27 March 2010, Münster.

Fleischer, Julia/Hustedt, Thurid (2009): Creeping changes in central government coordination: The case of Germany. Paper presented at the 5th ECPR General Conference, Section 25: Organizing Government: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives, Panel 356: The core executive in interministerial coordination, 10-12 September 2009, Potsdam.

Fleischer, Julia/Parrado, Salvador (2009): Creativity by crisis? How the financial crisis affects the coordination within German and Spanish central government. Paper presented at the 25th EGOS Colloquium, Sub-theme 18: Escaping the iron cage of bureaucratic control or bringing the bureaucracy back in: New and old forms of autonomy and coordination in the public sector, 02-04 July 2009, Barcelona.

Fleischer, Julia (2008): Agents for "better coordination" in Western Europe: How quality management and impact assessment affect government performance. Paper presented at the EGPA Annual Conference, Study Group VI: Autonomy, control and coordination of public sector organizations: Effects on organizational and systemic performance. 03-06 September 2008, Rotterdam.

Fleischer, Julia (2008): Coping with complexity in Western governments: The rise of policy advisory units in UK, US, and Germany.
Presented at the 104th APSA Annual Meeting, Division 24: Public Administration. 28-31 August 2008, Boston.

Fleischer, Julia (2007): The conquerors of coordination: How policy units affect departmental autonomy in UK and Germany. Paper presented at the
EGPA Annual Conference, Study Group VI: Governance of public sector organizations. 19-22 September 2007, Madrid.

Fleischer, Julia (2007): Spirits that I've cited: How policy units affect government policy-making in UK and Germany. Paper presented at the
35th ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Workshop 12: Political power in parliamentary executives. 07-12 May 2007, Helsinki.

Fleischer, Julia (2007): How to analyze wheels in the government machine? The evolution of policy units at the British and German core executive. Paper presented at the 57th PSA Conference, Panel: Government and bureaucracies. 11-13 April 2007, Bath.

Döhler, Marian/Fleischer, Julia/Hustedt, Thurid (2006): Government reform as institutional politics. Varieties and policy patterns from a comparative perspective. Paper presented at the 23rd Triennial DVPW Congress, Panel: Reformfähigkeit durch Organisationsgestaltung. 25-29 September 2006, Münster.

Fleischer, Julia (2005): European agencies as engines of regulation? On different architectural strategies of the regulatory state. Paper presented at the
3rd ECPR Annual Conference, Section 3: The regulatory state in the age of governance, Panel 4: The European regulatory agencies: A new model of governance? 08-11 September 2005, Budapest.

Date 2012-01-09