Informality has attracted significant attention in migration studies, yet a fresh look is needed
given the succession of world crises over the past 15 years and the increasing use of …

Ensuring fair competition has long been a core pillar of the European Union (EU). In the
wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, however, the EU has diverted significantly from its …

This forum reimagines polycentric governance. It develops ideas of “ordered polycentrism”
that can help international relations scholarship make fuller sense of contemporary …

This article examines the conditions under which the European Parliament (EP) effectively
exercises its informal agenda setting powers to directly influence the content of the …

State and non-state actors interact in both formal and informal ways during migration
governance. Yet, we know little about such interactions, especially in the field of transit …

Considering whether theories of governance are useful for hel** policymakers to meet
and tackle contemporary challenges, this insightful book reflects on how a theory becomes …

There has been a proliferation of works on informal dimensions of international relations.
Putting the scholarship under the banner of informal international relations (IIR),[A1] the …

The aim of this article is to examine the impact of informal governance on democratic
legitimacy. It draws on the literatures on informal governance and decentred theory to …

Informal dimensions of European integration have received limited academic attention to
date, despite their historical and contemporary importance. Particularly studies in European …

Research on transparency in the EU and at the European Parliament, in particular, has
extensively examined the adoption and implementation of transparency initiatives as well as …