TransCrisis
The European Union (EU) is facing the daunting prospect of transboundary crises: threats that escalate across national borders and policy domains. EU member states must collaborate to address these crises. EU governance can play a pivotal role in facilitating a joint response. But does the EU have the institutional leadership capacities to deal with transboundary crises?
The response to the financial crisis – a textbook example of a transboundary crisis – revealed deep problems with crisis leadership, including conflicting diagnoses, regulatory gaps, unclear political jurisdictions and responsibilities, a lack of problem solving capacity, and blame-shifting. Growing euroscepticism has been directly related to the EU’s role during this transboundary crisis. This project outlines the institutional requirements for effective and legitimate crisis leadership in the face of transboundary crisis. We define crisis leadership as a set of strategic management functions, including the detection of impending threats, the collection and sharing of information, the coordination of partners, and the communication to the public about the crisis and the response. The project analyses the capacities of political leaders in EU institutions and member states to fulfill these leadership functions. It will pinpoint the existing and required capacities to support these functions. It investigates the crisis management capacities of individual political leaders, and EU institutions. It explores the effects of political leadership on the member state level and studies how crisis management capacity is exercised in various policy sectors. The project will result in recommendations for effective and legitimate crisis leadership. It establishes a ‘crisis management capital index’ that allows for an evidence-based assessment. It proposes strategies to build support for transboundary crisis management in a multilevel system, reconnecting citizens with an idea of what the EU can do for them.
More information at: http://www.transcrisis.eu/
The response to the financial crisis – a textbook example of a transboundary crisis – revealed deep problems with crisis leadership, including conflicting diagnoses, regulatory gaps, unclear political jurisdictions and responsibilities, a lack of problem solving capacity, and blame-shifting. Growing euroscepticism has been directly related to the EU’s role during this transboundary crisis. This project outlines the institutional requirements for effective and legitimate crisis leadership in the face of transboundary crisis. We define crisis leadership as a set of strategic management functions, including the detection of impending threats, the collection and sharing of information, the coordination of partners, and the communication to the public about the crisis and the response. The project analyses the capacities of political leaders in EU institutions and member states to fulfill these leadership functions. It will pinpoint the existing and required capacities to support these functions. It investigates the crisis management capacities of individual political leaders, and EU institutions. It explores the effects of political leadership on the member state level and studies how crisis management capacity is exercised in various policy sectors. The project will result in recommendations for effective and legitimate crisis leadership. It establishes a ‘crisis management capital index’ that allows for an evidence-based assessment. It proposes strategies to build support for transboundary crisis management in a multilevel system, reconnecting citizens with an idea of what the EU can do for them.
More information at: http://www.transcrisis.eu/
Researchers
External Contributors
- Daniela Irrera
- Ixchel Pérez-Durán
Main outcomes
Journal articles
Pérez Durán, Ixchel. 2017. Interest group representation in the formal design of European Union agencies. Regulation & Governance. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12150
Pérez-Durán, Ixchel. 2017. Political and stakeholder’s ties in European Union agencies. Journal of European Public Policy, 1-22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2017.1375545
Working papers
Jordana, Jacint; Pérez-Durán, Ixchel and Triviño-Salazar, Juan Carlos. 2018. “EU agencies’ management boards: A transformative role for the management of European transboundary crises”. IBEI Working Papers, 2018/55
Jordana, Jacint and Triviño-Salazar, Juan Carlos. 2017. “European Union Agencies: A transnational logic?” Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals, IBEI Working Papers, 2017/54
Conference papers
Jordana, Jacint and Triviño-Salazar, Juan Carlos. 2018. “The coordination capacity of EU agencies in transboundary crises: leading or following the crowd?”. 2018 Joint Sessions, European Council for Political Research (ECPR), University of Nicosia. April 10-14 (Nicosia, Cyprus).
Jordana, Jacint; Pérez-Durán, Ixchel and Triviño-Salazar, Juan Carlos. 2018. “The merits that count in EU agencies.” ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance 2018 Conference. Université de Lausanne, July 4-6 (Lausanne, Switzerland).
Jordana, Jacint; Pérez-Durán, Ixchel and Triviño-Salazar, Juan Carlos. 2017. “Coordination Capacity of European Union Agencies: coordination within EU Agencies, Coordination with National Agencies.” 11th Pan–European Conference on International Relations, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI). September 13-16 (Barcelona, Spain).
Jordana, Jacint and Triviño-Salazar, Juan Carlos. 2016. “The role of EU agencies in transboundary crisis management” ECPR General Conference, Charles University, September 8-10 (Prague, Czech Republic).
Pérez Durán, Ixchel. 2017. Interest group representation in the formal design of European Union agencies. Regulation & Governance. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12150
Pérez-Durán, Ixchel. 2017. Political and stakeholder’s ties in European Union agencies. Journal of European Public Policy, 1-22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2017.1375545
Working papers
Jordana, Jacint; Pérez-Durán, Ixchel and Triviño-Salazar, Juan Carlos. 2018. “EU agencies’ management boards: A transformative role for the management of European transboundary crises”. IBEI Working Papers, 2018/55
Jordana, Jacint and Triviño-Salazar, Juan Carlos. 2017. “European Union Agencies: A transnational logic?” Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals, IBEI Working Papers, 2017/54
Conference papers
Jordana, Jacint and Triviño-Salazar, Juan Carlos. 2018. “The coordination capacity of EU agencies in transboundary crises: leading or following the crowd?”. 2018 Joint Sessions, European Council for Political Research (ECPR), University of Nicosia. April 10-14 (Nicosia, Cyprus).
Jordana, Jacint; Pérez-Durán, Ixchel and Triviño-Salazar, Juan Carlos. 2018. “The merits that count in EU agencies.” ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance 2018 Conference. Université de Lausanne, July 4-6 (Lausanne, Switzerland).
Jordana, Jacint; Pérez-Durán, Ixchel and Triviño-Salazar, Juan Carlos. 2017. “Coordination Capacity of European Union Agencies: coordination within EU Agencies, Coordination with National Agencies.” 11th Pan–European Conference on International Relations, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI). September 13-16 (Barcelona, Spain).
Jordana, Jacint and Triviño-Salazar, Juan Carlos. 2016. “The role of EU agencies in transboundary crisis management” ECPR General Conference, Charles University, September 8-10 (Prague, Czech Republic).