Research Overview
I am a comparativist with an IR and public administration/ public policy bent. The central theme
in my research is multilevel governance, that is, the incidence, sources, and implications of the
dispersion of authority downwards, upwards, and sideways of central (national) government. Most of my research involves Europe though I have a keen interest in regional authority in Latin America and beyond, and in the authority of international governmental organizations.
Interests: identity, parties & public opinion, political elites (esp. the European Commission), decentralization, European integration, international organizations. Gary Marks, my longtime husband and co-author, and I are leading an ERC-funded project on the causes and consequences of multilevel governance, which will keep us out of mischief for the next few years. If you'd like to know more, check out the project's 
website.
Liesbet Hooghe's CV (Dec 2011)
Gary Marks' CV (Dec 2011)