Brigitte Pircher

My research focuses on the following topics: European integration, EU politics, EU institutions, EU decision-making processes, EU law and its implementation, comparative politics, and EU's internal market including political entrepreneurship.

After completing my PhD studies in political science with distinction at the University of Vienna, I served as a lecturer on EU politics. During my doctoral studies, I was employed at the Institute for European Integration Research at the University of Vienna and served as editorial assistant for the European Integration online Papers (EIoP). Before working at the University of Vienna, for a period of four years my job involved social housing at wohnpartner, the Neighbourhood service for community housing in Vienna. From 2007 till 2009 I headed the office for an MEP in the European Parliament in Brussels and Strasbourg.

I completed a postgraduate specialisation programme in European Studies at the University of Vienna and obtained my master's degree from the University of Innsbruck.

Publications

Article in journal (Refereed)

Pircher, B. (2017). Member states’ opposition in the Council of the European Union and its impacts on the implementation of directives. Austrian Journal of Political Science. 46. 1-10.

Conference paper (Refereed)

Pircher, B. (2017). EU Public Procurement Policy: Crisis‑induced Harmonization as Driver for European Integration?. 11th ECPR General Conference.
Pircher, B. (2017). Debating the Economic Crisis in the European Parliament: Lessons for Entrepreneurship. .
Pircher, B. (2017). The EU Policy on Public Procurement. .
Pircher, B. (2015). 'Opposing’ in the Council of the European Union and its Effects on the Transposition of the Respective Directives. .
Pircher, B. (2015). Transposing EU Directives : The Effect of Being Outvoted in the Council of the EU. .
Pircher, B. (2015). An Opposition in the Council of the EU and its Impacts on the Transposition of Directives. .
Pircher, B. (2014). Contested voting in the Council of the EU: Who dissents?. .
Pircher, B. (2014). Das Abstimmungsverhalten der Mitgliedstaaten im Rat der Europäischen Union vor und nach dem Vertrag von Lissabon. .

Chapter in book (Refereed)

Pircher, B. (2018). Debating entrepreneurship in the European Parliament in times of crisis: Enriching the discourse. Governance and Political Entrepreneurship in Europe. Promoting Growth and Welfare in Times of Crisis. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing. 100-120.
Pircher, B. (2018). Entrepreneurship policy in the Council of the EU: Reaching Consensus among Member States?. Governance and Political Entrepreneurship in Europe. Promoting Growth and Welfare in Times of Crisis. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing. 82-99.

Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)

Pircher, B. (2015). Österreichs Opposition im Rat der Europäischen Union und ihre Auswirkungen auf die Richtlinienumsetzung. Doctoral Thesis. Vienna, University of Vienna.

Article, review/survey (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))

Pircher, B. (2014). Die Rolle des Europäischen Parlaments in der Beschäftigungs- und Sozialpolitik. Trendreport Arbeit, Bildung, Soziales. Vienna, Forschungs- und Beratungsstelle Arbeitswelt (FORBA). 9-9.
Pircher, B. (2014). Meine Forschung: Welche Folgen hat Österreichs Opposition im EU-Ministerrat?. uni:view online newspaper, University of Vienna.