Welcome to the Webpages of the ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance

The study of regulation and regulatory governance is attracting an increasing attention in the filed of political science. The standing group was founded in March 2005 by David Levi-Faur, Hebrew University, and Jacint Jordana, Pompeu Fabra University. The group's founding members and those who joined it subsequently, and believe that it is important that ECPR take account of a range of issues on the polity, politics and policy of regulation.

The aim of our group is to provide a platform and infrastructure for encouraging studies in this area and the creation of an institutional arena for mutual interaction and debate. We aim to bring together a broad range of scholars working on (various aspects) of 'regulatory governance' in all parts of the world, including scholars from fields such as law, economics, sociology, criminology, (social) psychology and history for a fruitful exchange of ideas and knowledge on regulatory governance. However, as a Standing Group of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), the main focus of the group will be on the political aspects of regulation. We believe in openness and pluralism and intend to open the group not only for different disciplines but to different theoretical perspective and to variety of methodological approaches.

Please use the navigation menu to find out more about the group and its activities.

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