Stefan Thierse is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Bremen, Germany. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Bonn, Germany, in 2015. His work has been published in internationally acclaimed journals such as the Journal of European Public Policy, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies and European Union Politics.
Sanja Badanjak is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA, in 2016. Her dissertation, ‘Coping with Europe: The Impact of the European Union on Party Systems in European Democracies’ was awarded the European Union Studies Association’s Best Dissertation in EU Studies award.