Great to see research on "shadow lobbyists" by Athanassios Gouglas Daniel Orchard and Heath Pickering from Exeter Politics and KU Leuven covered in the The Mirror mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Our new research: We looked at the post-government career moves of 521 former British #SpecialAdvisers. Q: How many ended up in corporate #lobbying jobs? A: The majority with Athanassios Gouglas & Daniel Orchard theconversation.com/most-special-a… The Conversation #Wesminster #downingstreet

Wrapping up a great panel #ecprjs23 The Adviser Elite. Power and Influence in the Backrooms of Power. European Consortium for Political Research Big thx to Patricia Silva for directing it with me, our host in Toulouse EYMERI-DOUZANS Jean-Michel and to all panelists for making this an insightful, productive and fun week 👍🙏

In this episode of the Modern British Political History podcast I discuss the history of special advisers with Harry White. We cover why special advisers came into being, the benefits and tensions they produce in the system, and more! Exeter Politics buzzsprout.com/2010121/128213…

If you are looking for a review of what we know - and what we do not know - about ministerial and political advisers in modern democracies, you can read my chapter in the recently published Handbook on Ministerial and Political Advisers Exeter Politics elgaronline.com/edcollchap/boo…

Are you interested to know how active European political scientists are in providing policy advice? Then check out our new publication in European Consortium for Political Research's European Political Science Journal which uses survey data from the ProSEPS project COST link.springer.com/article/10.105…

Thanks to all the 23 co-authors for this great collaborative effort including: Athanassios Gouglas Gabriel Katz @JustynaBandola Aubin David Sonja Blum Tullia Galanti Valerie Pattyn Andrea Pritoni Pierre_Squevin

🆕 Jens Jungblut, Athanassios Gouglas, Gabriel Katz et al explore the impact of political scientists’ professional activities outside of universities using an original #dataset 📊 to challenge ideas that #PolSci professionals sit in an 'ivory tower' 👉 bit.ly/3DXHKAY

I'm in Brussels at 2xbook launch & launch of CoREx. Athanassios Gouglas & Richard Shaw presented new research on ministerial advisors: are they still dark masters? Thurid Hustedt & @Tobias_Bach_1 have assembled amazing scholars studying the Core Executive across EU. Inspiring trip!

Happy New Year to all our students, staff, alumni, family and friends around the world! Here's to an amazing year ahead at UWS! 🎉

New government, new special advisers in town. For some context you can listen to this older one hour episode of the Modern British Political History podcast. Thanks Harry for hosting me 👇

Curtailing the power of the political offices of ministers can be a 'presidentialization' strategy driven by the PM. Critical junctures as periods of big power asymmetries facilitate success. By Arthur Meert, @ThanassisGouglas, Marleen Brans, JEPP doi.org/10.1080/135017…

Very much enjoyed the inaugural #ukapa2024 conference at the University of Birmingham!

🍃September Issue🍃 🔍#Research Jens Jungblut, Athanassios Gouglas, Gabriel Katz et al explore the impact of political scientist's professional activities outside of universities to challenge ideas that #PolSci professionals sit in an 'ivory tower' 👉 bit.ly/3DXHKAY

Our new article, "More Equal Than Different? Gender and Legislative Turnover in the European Parliament and West European Legislatures", co-authored by Athanassios Gouglas , myself, Bart Maddens, Marleen Brans, and Luca Verzichelli . Here's what we found: doi.org/10.1177/146511…

Glad to see our work on special advisers from two years ago still gain media attention Daniel Orchard Heath Pickering politico.eu/newsletter/pol… Exeter Politics UWS