PhD defence
Ivana Skazlic defended her PhD thesis National parliaments and EU economic governance: A comparative assessment of parliamentary scrutiny and public communication activities in the European Semester 2014 - 2017 at the University of Vienna on 16 September 2022.
Current position
Researcher, Salzburg Centre for European Union Studies, University of Salzburg
PhD project
The European Semester procedure, one of the EU’s main responses to the financial crisis, is a central part of the enhanced system of economic governance in the EU. At the same time, however, it is also one of the most technical EU exercises that deals with the core national policies. Ever since the introduction of the European Semester, scholars have highlighted this procedure as a crucial area of EU politics for national parliaments.
This research project investigates to what extent national parliaments are involved in the European Semester, and which factors explain the variation in their involvement. Based on a comparative analysis of specific parliamentary European Semester-related activities, the research project aspires to explain how well national parliaments contribute to key standards of legitimacy – such as accountability, public control and representation – in following the European Semester.
- Supervisor: Katrin Auel, Institute for Advanced Studies
- Co-supervisor: Julie Smith, POLIS, University of Cambridge
Secondment
- Jacques Delors Centre, Hertie School, Berlin
Background
I hold two Master’s Degrees in the field of European and International Studies and Political Science. Additionally, I obtained the qualifications as the Policy Officer in European and International organizations and the EU Funds Project Manager. To reinforce my academic studies, I also gained three years of professional and research experience at the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), Zagreb. As a continuation of my development, PLATO gives me the opportunity to acquire theoretical and methodological knowledge within a genuinely interdisciplinary and international framework and to advance my research competencies to explore the contemporary challenge facing the European integration project. Nationality: Croatian.
- MA in Advanced European and International Studies, Centre International de Formation Européenne, Nice
- MA in Political Science, University of Zagreb
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BA in Political Science, University of Zagreb
News
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Addressing legitimacy challenges for the European Union
Ivana Skazlic and Tiffany Williams at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna look back on the experiences of the past years on the IHS Blog.
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Becoming a presenter with impact
As part of PLATO's training programme, the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po Paris hosted a three-day training in giving scientific presentations. Focusing on presentation skills through intensive rehearsal early on in a doctorate quickly proved its value.
Publications
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Routine or Rare Activity?
Ivana Skazlić has published a quantitative assessment of parliamentary scrutiny in the European Semester in a special issue of Politics and Governance.
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Democratizing the European Semester: the involvement of national parliaments
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, EU Member States managed to agree on key financial instruments to support the economic recovery of Europe. The decision to manage these instruments within the existing European Semester procedure has put this procedure into the spotlight. Ivana Skazlić argues that the pandemic can serve as an opportunity to enhance the involvement of national parliaments in the European Semester.
Post-Crisis Democracy in Europe blog, 19 July 2021
Presentations
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PLATO kick-off conference
PLATO's kick-off conference brings together the project's partners in Oslo for academic discussions and networking.
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PLATO panel at the ÖGPW Graduate Conference
A panel discussing PLATO research was organised as part of the Austrian Political Science Association's Graduate Conference in Vienna on 28-29 November 2019.
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PLATO panel at the ECPR conference
PLATO coordinator Chris Lord is chairing a panel with papers by five PLATO PhD researchers as part of the ECPR General Conference in Wroclaw.
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European Centre Seminar with Ivana Skazlic and Gil Thompson
Ivana Skazlic and Gil Thompson both present their work as part of the European Centre Seminars at the University of Cambridge on 7 March 2019.
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Synthesising research findings (RTC4)
ESRs will be presenting their contribution to the PLATO anthology and their overall research results, with an emphasis on the first.
