Professor Michelle Cini
B.A.(Kent), M.Sc.(Lond.), Ph.D.(Exon.)
Expertise
My research is primarily on the politics and policy-making of the European Union, focusing on areas including the politics of the European Commission, EU state aid policy and public ethics and lobbying.
Current positions
Professor of European Politics and Head of School
School of Sociology, Politics and International StudiesHead of School
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies
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Biography
I am Head of the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS) and Professor of European Politics in SPAIS. I have worked at the University of Bristol for over 25 years. I was initially appointed to the University of Bristol in 1991 as Jean Monnet Lecturer in European Community Studies. I became a Senior Lecturer in 2000, a Reader from 2006 and Professor of European Politics in 2008. During that time I have held a number of visiting positions , including at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Grenoble, 1995; the New York Consortium for European Studies (Columbia and NYU), 1998; the Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Florence, 1999-2000; the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Lille, 2002; the College of Europe, Bruges, 2003-04; Nanjing University, China, 2007; ULB, Brussels, 2011; and York University, Toronto, 2012. Most recently, I held the Pierre Keller Visiting Professorship at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University (Jan-June 2014). Between 2010 and 2017 I was co-editor of the leading interdisciplinary journal on the European Union, Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS). Since 2017 I have been Head of SPAIS.
Research interests
My research has focused primarily on the internal politics of the European Union, and particularly on the European Commission. I have been especially interested in the politics of reform within the EU, and on issues of organisational and administrative culture. I have increasingly been drawn to research on issues of ethics and integrity. More specifically I have recently been working on a project that looks at how the EU institutions are embedding notions of good (ethical) governance within their structures and procedures during processes of reform. This is being done in order to counter some of the recent criticisms of corruption, mismanagement and fraud that have plagued the European institutions. I am now applying these insights (with Dr N. Perez-Solorzano) to the case of EU lobbying regulation. I have also conducted research on EU public policy, particularly on competition and state aid policy, and on environmental policy.
Positions
University of Bristol positions
Professor of European Politics and Head of School
School of Sociology, Politics and International StudiesHead of School
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Female Leadership in the European Union
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Sociology, Politics and International StudiesDates
01/08/2019 to 01/08/2020
Jean Monnet Chair in European Politics
Principal Investigator
Description
The Jean Monnet Chair will identify synergies and build capacity in European Studies at the University of Bristol. The primary aim of the project is for the JMC to create…Managing organisational unit
School of Sociology, Politics and International StudiesDates
01/10/2014 to 30/09/2017
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2020State aid control from a political science perspective
Research Handbook on European State Aid Law
Institutional change in the European Parliament
Journal of Legislative Studies
Brexit
European Union Politics
European Union Politics
European Union Politics
Implications of Brexit for the future of Europe
Brexit and Beyond: Rethinking the futures of Europe
Teaching
My teaching interests are primarily in the field of EU politics, the theory and practice of European integration, and comparative European politics. I have also taught research methods to undergraduates in the context of the final year undergraduate Dissertation (Politics). I have taught across all undergraduate levels, at MSc level, and have supervised 13 PhD students to completion. I am particularly interested in finding new ways of engaging students in the study of EU politics, and with Oxford University Press have published, since 1991, one of the leading and most high-profile edited text books on EU Politics.
