Dr. Jörn Ege

Arbeit an der ZHAW

Tätigkeit

Dozent Local & Regional Governance

Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte

Politikumsetzung, Co-Production/Co-Creation, Koordination, Policy Compliance, Evidence-based Policy-Making, Internationale Verwaltungen, Europäische Kommission, Mehrebenen-Governance, Alters- und Wohnungspolitikpolitik

Lehrtätigkeit

• Research Design (MSc)
• Economics and Politics (MSc)
• Governance (BSc)
• Public Policy and Management Summer School (MSc)

Lehrtätigkeit in der Weiterbildung

CAS Steuerung im öffentlichen Sektor

Berufserfahrung

• wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter SNF Projekt «CoWiNaCo»
  Universität Bern
  10 / 2021 - 08 / 2022
• Vertretungsprofessur «Digital Governance»
  Universität Konstanz
  10 / 2021 - 03 / 2022
• Honorary Research Fellow
  Universität Exeter
  12 / 2017 - 12 / 2021
• Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer
  Leitung DFG Projekt der Forschungsgruppe «International Public Administration»
  03 / 2016 - 02 / 2021
• wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
  Forschungsinstitut für Öffentliche Verwaltung (FÖV) Speyer
  10 / 2014 - 03 / 2016
• wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und Doktorand
  Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
  10 / 2014 - 03 / 2016

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Ausbildung

• Promotion (Dr. phil.) / Politikwissenschaften
  Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
  01 / 2011 - 05 / 2016
• M.A. / Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaft
  Universität Konstanz
  10 / 2008 - 09 / 2010
• B.A. / Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaft
  Universität Konstanz
  10 / 2004 - 03 / 2008

Netzwerk

Mitglied in Netzwerken

• Forum Junge Staats-, Policy- und Verwaltungsforschung
• ECPR Standing Group for Public Policy
• Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft, Sektion Policy- und Verwaltungswissenschaft
• Konnet e.V. - Netzwerk der Konstanzer Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaftler/innen
• Google Scholar

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7286-6880

Auszeichnungen

International Review of Administrative Science (IRAS)
Christopher Pollitt Award für den besten Artikel 2021 in IRAS
09 / 2023

Empfehlungen

Neuer Blog Beitrag zu unserer Forschung zu Policy Divergence von Street-level Bureaucrats

Social Media

• ResearchGate
• LinkedIn

Projekte

• Bedeutung und Erfolg von Koproduktion auf Gemeindeebene / Projektleiter:in / laufend
• Analyse und strategische Ausrichtung der Kinder- und Jugendpolitik einer Schweizer Gemeinde / Teammitglied / abgeschlossen
• Wohnbedürfnisse alleinlebender Babyboomer-Frauen / Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen

Publikationen

Beiträge in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift, peer-reviewed

• Machljankin, J. et al. (2026) 'Exploring the role of consulting in local government digital transformation', Public Money & Management, 46(2), pp. 202–211. doi: 10.1080/09540962.2024.2414060.
• Ege, J., Kaiser, C. and Steiner, R. (2025) 'Explaining patterns of co-creation in Swiss local governance', Public Management Review, 28(6), pp. 1644–1666. doi: 10.1080/14719037.2025.2505149.
• Ege, J. et al. (2024) 'Understanding street-level managers' compliance : a comparative study of policy implementation in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Israel', Policy and Society, 43(3), pp. 317–333. doi: 10.1093/polsoc/puae024.
• Thomann, E., Maxia, J. and Ege, J. (2023) 'How street‐level dilemmas and politics shape divergence : the accountability regimes framework', Policy Studies Journal, 51(4), pp. 793–816. doi: 10.1111/psj.12504.
• Thomann, E., Ege, J. and Paustyan, E. (2022) 'Approaches to qualitative comparative analysis and good practices : a systematic review', Swiss Political Science Review, 28(3), pp. 557–580. doi: 10.1111/spsr.12503.
• Hadorn, S. et al. (2022) 'Evidence-based policymaking in times of acute crisis : comparing the use of scientific knowledge in Germany, Switzerland, and Italy', Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 63(2), pp. 359–382. doi: 10.1007/s11615-022-00382-x.
• Ege, J. et al. (2022) 'Under what conditions does bureaucracy matter in the making of global public policies?', Governance, 36(4), pp. 1313–1333. doi: 10.1111/gove.12741.
• Ege, J. et al. (2021) 'Avoiding disciplinary garbage cans : a pledge for a problem-driven approach to researching international public administration', Journal of European Public Policy, 29(7), pp. 1169–1181. doi: 10.1080/13501763.2021.1906300.
• Ege, J., Bauer, M. W. and Wagner, N. (2021) 'How do international bureaucrats affect policy outputs? : studying administrative influence strategies in international organizations', International Review of Administrative Sciences, 87(4), pp. 737–754. doi: 10.1177/00208523211000109.
• Ege, J. (2020) 'What international bureaucrats (really) want', Global Governance, 26(4), pp. 577–600. doi: 10.1163/19426720-02604003.
• Thomann, E. and Ege, J. (2020) 'Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in public administration', Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1444.
• Ege, J., Bauer, M. W. and Wagner, N. (2019) 'Improving generalizability in transnational bureaucratic influence research : a (modest) proposal', International Studies Review, 22(3), pp. 551–575. doi: 10.1093/isr/viz026.
• Ege, J. (2019) 'Learning from the commission case : the comparative study of management change in international public administrations', Public Administration, 97(2), pp. 384–398. doi: 10.1111/padm.12546.
• Bauer, M. W., Ege, J. and Schomaker, R. (2018) 'The challenge of administrative internationalization : taking stock and looking ahead', International Journal of Public Administration, 42(11), pp. 904–917. doi: 10.1080/01900692.2018.1522642.

Buchbeiträge, peer-reviewed

• Bauer, M. W. and Ege, J. (2026) 'Autonomy', in Trondal, J. (ed.) Research Handbook on International Bureaucracies. Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 235–247. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-36334.
• Bauer, M. W. and Ege, J. (2025) 'The autonomy of international bureaucracies', in Peters, B. G. (ed.) Handbook of bureaucratic autonomy : politics, resources, power. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 116–131. doi: 10.4337/9781803927046.00016.
• Ege, J., Bauer, M. W. and Wagner, N. (2025) 'How do international bureaucrats affect policy outputs? : studying administrative influence strategies in international organizations', in Capano, G., Craft, J., and Howlett, M. (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Policy Advisory Systems. New York: Routledge, pp. 160–173.
• Bauer, M. et al. (2024) 'Means of bureaucratic influence : the interplay between formal autonomy and informal styles in international bureaucracies', in Jörgens, H., Kolleck, N., and Well, M. (eds) International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance: The Role of Autonomy, Agency and the Quest for Attention. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, pp. 27–56. doi: 10.1017/9781009383486.002.
• Jankauskas, V., Eckhard, S. and Ege, J. (2023) 'Structured, focused comparison', in Badache, F., Kimber, L. R., and Maertens, L. (eds) International organizations and research methods : an introduction. University of Michigan Press, pp. 301–307. doi: 10.3998/mpub.11685289.
• Bauer, M. W., Ege, J. and Wagner, N. (2022) 'Conditions of influence : policy effects of IPA autonomy in comparative perspective', in Knill, C. and Steinebach, Y. (eds) International public administrations in global public policy : sources and effects of bureaucratic influence. London: Routledge, pp. 31–51. doi: 10.4324/9781003323297-4.
• Bauer, M. and Ege, J. (2022) 'No actorness without autonomy : researching IPAs' role in transnational policy-making', in Knill, C. and Steinebach, Y. (eds) International public administrations in global public policy : sources and effects of bureaucratic influence. London: Routledge, pp. 13–30. doi: 10.4324/9781003323297-3.
• Schomaker, R. M., Bauer, M. W. and Ege, J. (2019) 'Bureaucracy and Internationalization', in Farazmand, A. (ed.) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Cham: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3748-2.

Weitere Publikationen

• Thomann, E., Ege, J. and Diez de Bonilla, A. (2025) 'Estudiando la implementación en el nivel de la calle por medio del marco del régimen de rendición de cuentas', in Laguna, M. I. D. and Benítez, A. C. (eds) Debates emergentes sobre administración y políticas públicas. FLACSO-México, pp. 167–192. doi: 10.2307/jj.31761188.9.
• Ege, J. (2022) 'International public administration and politics', in Ladner, A. and Sager, F. (eds) Handbook on the Politics of Public Administration. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 70–81.
• Bauer, M. W. et al. (2019) Perspectives on international public administration research : a rejoinder to Johan Christensen and Kutsal Yesilkagit. Oslo: ARENA Centre for European Studies. Available at: https://www.sv.uio.no/arena/english/research/publications/arena-working-papers/2019/WP-1-19.html.

Publikationen vor Tätigkeit an der ZHAW

• Ege, Jörn, Michael W. Bauer, Stefan Becker (eds). 2018. The European Commission in Turbulent Times: Assessing Organizational Change and Policy Impact. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
• Ege, Jörn. 2016. Verwaltungsautonomie in internationalen Organisationen - Eine deskriptiv-vergleichende Analyse. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
• Ege, Jörn. 2017. ‘Comparing the Autonomy of International Public Administrations - An Ideal Type Approach.’ Public Administration 95(3):555-70.
• Ege, Jörn, Michael W. Bauer. 2017. ‘How Financial Resources Affect the Autonomy of International Public Administrations.’ Global Policy 8:75-84.
• Bauer, Michael W., Jörn Ege. 2016. ‘Bureaucratic autonomy of international organizations’ secretariats.’ Journal of European Public Policy 23(7):1019-37.
• Eckhard, Steffen, Jörn Ege. 2016. ‘International bureaucracies and their influence on policy-making: a review of empirical evidence.’ Journal of European Public Policy 23(7):960-78.
• Bauer, Michael W., Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt, Jörn Ege. 2015. ‘Autonomiekonzeptionen internationaler Organisationen im Vergleich.’ Politische Vierteljahresschrift Sonderheft 49:28-53.
• Bauer Michael W., Jörn Ege. 2012. ‘The Politicisation of the European Commission’s Bureaucracy.’ International Review of Administrative Sciences 78(3):403-24.

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