Open Government in the EU

This list shows all academic publications of the “Open Government in the EU” research project (Utrecht-Amsterdam, 2010-2017) and the project “Transparency in the EU – From Reaction to Manifesto?” (Helsinki, 2017-2021) that are directly related  to the topic (and subtopics) of open government in the EU. A number of key conference papers are also displayed in cases where these have not (yet) resulted in formal publications.

2020

• Maarten Hillebrandt, ‘Access to Environmental Information in the EU: A Great Policy No‐One Needs?’, Journal of Common Market Studies (early view, 2020)
• Maarten Hillebrandt, ‘Het Duitse voorzitterschap van de EU-Raad: een kantelpunt voor transparantie van besluitvorming?’, Nederlands Juristenblad (2020)
• Maarten Hillebrandt and Päivi Leino-Sandberg, ‘Administrative and judicial oversight of trilogues’, Journal of European Public Policy (early view, 2020)
• Ida Koivisto, ‘Thinking Inside the Box: The Promise and Boundaries of Transparency in Automated Decision-Making 2020’, Academy of European Law, 1 EUI Working Papers (2020), 1-22.
• Ida Koivisto, ’Globaalia läpinäkyvyyttä?’ Lakimies (forthcoming, 2020)
• Daniel Wyatt, ‘The Anaemic Existence of the Overriding Public Interest in Disclosure in the EU’s Access to Documents Regime’, 21 German Law Journal 4 (2020), 686-701.

2019

• Maija Dahlberg, ‘Increasing Openness of Court Proceedings – Comparative Study on Public Access to Court Documents of the European Courts’, 132 Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap 3-4 (2019), 307–341.
• Maija Dahlberg and Daniel Wyatt, ‘Is there a public interest in knowing what is going on in society? A comparative study of the European Courts’, 26 Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 5 (2019), 691–712.
• Maija Dahlberg, ‘Right of Access to Information and Positive Obligations in the European Convention on Human Rights: Yes or No?’, 4 European Human Rights Law Review (2019), 389–402.
• Maarten Hillebrandt (2019), ‘Transparantie in de EU-Raad. Overmijdelijk en onmisbaar? Onverzadelijk en onuitvoerbaar?’, 28 Bestuurskunde 1 (2019), 78-88.
• Stéphanie Novak and Maarten Hillebrandt, ‘Analysing the trade-off between transparency and efficiency in the Council of the European Union’, Journal of European Public Policy (early view, 2019), 1-19.
• Ida Koivisto, ‘Transparency, Society and Subjectivity: Critical Perspectives’ Book review, 25 Res Publica 3 (2019), 439-443.
• Päivi Leino-Sandberg, ‘Disruptive Democracy: Keeping EU Citizens in a Box’, in Inge Govare and Sasha Garben (eds.), The Future of Constitutional Democracy in Europe – A Legal Assessment (Hart publishing, accepted/in press, 2019), 295-316.
• Daniel Wyatt, ‘Is the Commission a ‘Lawmaker’? On the Right of Initiative, Institutional Transparency and Public Participation in Decision-making: ClientEarth’, 56 Common Market Law Review 825 (2019), 825-841.
• Daniel Wyatt, ‘Book Review of Vigjilenca Abazi, Official Secrets and Oversight in the European Union: Law and Practices of Classified Information’, 44 European Law Review 873 (2019), 873-876.
• Sam Wrigley and Daniel Wyatt, ‘When Data Protection met Access to Documents’, 44 European Law Review 789 (2019), 789-808.

2018

• G.J. Brandsma (2018),”Transparency of EU informal trilogues through public feedback in the European Parliament: promise unfulfilled”, Journal of European Public Policy, early view
• D. Curtin (2018), “Second order secrecy and Europe’s legality mosaics”, West European Politics 41(4), 846-848
  
• M.Z. Hillebrandt (2018), “Twenty-five years of access to documents in the Council of the EU: Ever-greater transparency?”, Politique européenne 61(3), pp. 142-173
• M.Z. Hillebrandt (2018), “Public Access to Documents in the EU, by L. Rossi and P. Vinagre e Silva”, book review, Journal of Common Market Studies 56(1), p. 205
• Päivi Leino-Sandberg, ‘The Principle of Transparency in EU External Relations Law: Does Diplomatic Secrecy Stand a Chance of Surviving the Age of Twitter?’, in Marise Cremona (ed.), Structural Principles in EU External Relations Law (Hart Publishing, 2018), 201-223.
• Liisä Leppävirta, ‘Book review of Anna-Sara Lind, Jane Reichel and Inger Österdahl (eds.): Transparency in the future – Swedish Openness 250 Years (Ragulka förlag 2017)’, Förvaltningsrättslig tidskrift, 2/2018.

2017

• D. Curtin (2017), “‘Accountable Independence’ of the European Central Bank: Seeing the Logics of Transparency”, European Law Journal 23(1-2), 28-44
• D. Curtin, and P. Leino (2017), “In search of transparency for EU law-making: Trilogues on the cusp of dawn” Common Market Law Review 54 (6), pp. 1673–1712
• M.Z. Hillebrandt and L. Leppävirta (2017), “On the Administration of Pollution: How Much “Space to Think” May the EU Claim?”, European Journal of Risk Regulation 8(4), pp. 791-797
• M.Z. Hillebrandt (2017), “Transparency as a Platform for Institutional Politics: The Case of the Council of the European Union”, Politics and Governance 5(3), pp. 62-74
• M.Z. Hillebrandt (2017), Living Transparency. The development of access to documents in the Council of the EU and its democratic implications, doctoral dissertation, University of Amsterdam
• L. Leppävirta, and H. Darbishire (2017), “The right to ask…the right to know – The successes and failures in access to documents rules and practices from an NGO perspective”, in P. Leino-Sandberg, C. Harlow, and G. della Cananea (eds), Research Handbook on EU Administrative Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 399-422
• E. Korkea-Aho, and P. Leino (2017), “Who owns the information held by EU agencies? Weed killers, commercially sensitive information and transparent and participatory governance”, Common Market Law Review 54(4), 1059-1092
• P. Leino (2017), “Secrecy, Efficiency, Transparency in EU Negotiations: Conflicting Paradigms?”, Politics and Governance 5(3), pp. 6-15

2016

• M.Z. Hillebrandt and S. Novak (2016), “Integration without transparency’? Reliance on the space to think in the European Council and Council”, Journal of European Integration 38(5), pp. 527-540
• D. Curtin (2016), “Open Government in the European Union: A Moving Targe”, in S. Blockmans and A. Lazowski (eds) Research Handbook on EU Institutional Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
• Curtin and M.Z. Hillebrandt (2016), “Transparency in the EU: Constitutional Overtones, Institutional Dynamics, and the Escape Hatch of Secrecy”, in S. Blockmans and A. Lazowski (eds) Research Handbook on EU Institutional Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
• S. Douglas and A.J. Meijer (2016), “Transparency and Public Value—Analyzing the Transparency Practices and Value Creation of Public Utilities”, International Journal of Public Administration 39(12), pp. 940-951
• E. Ruijer and A.J. Meijer (2016), “National transparency regimes: Rules or principles? A comparative analysis of the United States and the Netherlands”, International Journal of Public Administration 39(11), pp. 895-908

2015

• V. Abazi and and M.Z. Hillebrandt (2015), “The legal limits to confidential negotiations: Recent case law developments in Council transparency: Access Info Europe and In ‘t Veld”, Common Market Law Review 52(4), pp. 825-846
• A.J. Meijer, P. ’t Hart and B. Worthy (2015), “Assessing government transparency: an interpretive framework”, Administration and Society
• A.J. Meijer (2015), “Government transparency in historical perspective: from the ancient regime to open data in the Netherlands“, International Journal of Public Administration 38(3), pp. 189-199

2014

• M.Z. Hillebrandt, D. Curtin, and A. Meijer (2014), “Transparency in the EU Council of Ministers: An Institutional Analysis”, European Law Journal 20(1), pp. 1-20
• A. Meijer, S. Grimmelikhuijsen, L. Nell, and L. Lentz (2014), “Organizational arrangements for targeted transparency“, Information Polity 19(1-2), pp. 115-127
• A. Meijer (2014), “Local Meanings of Targeted Transparency“, Administration Theory & Praxis, 35(3), pp. 398-423
• D.M. Curtin (2014), “Overseeing Secrets in the EU. A Democratic Perspective”, Journal of Common Market Studies, 52(3), pp. 684-700
• D. Curtin (2014), “The Challenge of Executive Democracy in Europe“, The Modern Law Review, 77(1), pp. 1-32
• D.M. Curtin & J.M. Mendes (2014), Article 42 – Right of access to documents. In S. Peers, T. Hervey, J Kenner & A. Ward (Eds.), The Charter of Fundamental Rights – A Commentary (pp. 1099-1119). Oxford: Hart Publishing
• D. Curtin & M.Z. Hillebrandt (2014), “Transparency in the EU: Constitutional Overtones, Institutional Dynamics, and the Escape Hatch of Secrecy”, in S. Blockmans & A. Lazowski (eds.), Research Handbook on EU Institutional Law Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (forthcoming)
• M.Z. Hillebrandt (2014), “Two conceptions of democracy in the Council of the EU: narrow and broad“, ACELG working paper series 2014-01

Earlier work

• D.M. Curtin, H. Hofman and J.M. Mendes, “Constitutionalising EU Executive Rule-Making Procedures: A Research Agenda“, European Law Journal 19(1), pp. 1-21
• D. Curtin (2013). Official secrets and the negotiation of international agreements: is the EU executive unbound? Common Market Law Review, 50(2), 423-457
• A.J. Meijer (2013), “Understanding the Complex Dynamics of Transparency“, Public Administration Review (early online access)
• G.J. Brandsma (2012), “The effect of information on oversight: the European Parliament’s response to increasing information on comitology decision-making”, International Review of the Administrative Sciences, Vol. 78: 1, pp. 74-92.
• D.M. Curtin (2012). “Judging EU Secrecy”, Cahiers de Droit Européen, 2012(2), pp. 459-490.
• D.M. Curtin (2012), “The Role of Judge-Made Law. A Bumpy Road from Secrecy to Translucence?” In M. Dougan, N. Nic Shuibhne and E. Spaventa (eds), Empowerement and Disempowerement of the EU Citizen (pp. 101-128). Oxford: Hart Publishing.
• M. Hillebrandt (2012) “A European Transparency Tangle? Mapping Supranational Advocacy Coalitions and Their Impact on Council Transparency”, paper presented at the Transatlantic Conference on Transparency Research, 6-9 June 2012, Utrecht
• B. Leufgen and G.J. Brandsma (2012), “Transparency Dynamics in the EU: Between Law and Practice. Who knows What, When, How“, paper presented at the Transatlantic Conference on Transparency Research, 6-9 June 2012, Utrecht
• A.J. Meijer (2012), “Introduction to the special issue on government transparency”, International Review of Administrative Sciences. 78(1) pp. 3–9
• A.J. Meijer, D. Curtin and M. Hillebrandt (2012), “Open government: connecting vision and voice”, International Review of Administrative Sciences. 78(1) pp. 10–29
• D. Curtin and J. Mendes (2011). Transparence et participation: des principes démocratiques pour l’administration de l’Union Européenne. Revue Française d’Administration Publique, 137-138, pp. 101-121.
• D.M. Curtin (2011). Top secret Europe, Inaugural lecture delivered upon appointment to the chair of professor of European law (20 October 2011). Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam
• M.Z. Hillebrandt (2011), “Opening up: The Council’s changing discourse on transparency of the European Union” (master’s thesis, Utrecht University)
• G.J. Brandsma, D. Curtin, B. Leufgen, A. Meijer (2010), “Studying Open Government in the European Union: From Normative Debates to Empirical Fact-Finding”, Paper prepared for the ECPR/SGEU conference, Oporto, 23-26 June 2010. NB: Work in progress.
• A. Meijer (2009), “Understanding modern transparency”, IRAS (75)2, pp. 255-269.
• G.J. Brandsma, D. Curtin and A. Meijer (2008), “How Transparent are EU ‘Comitology’ Committees in Practice?” in European Law Review (14)6, pp. 819-838.
• A. Meijer(2007), “Does Transparency lead to more Compliance? Critical Remarks on the Relation between Transparency and Compliance”, EFFL (5), pp. 264-269.
• A. Meijer (2007), “Publishing public performance results on the Internet: Do stakeholders use the Internet to hold Dutch public service organizations to account?”, Government Information Quarterly (24), pp. 165-185.
• D. Curtin and A. Meijer (2006), “Does Transparency Strengthen Legitimacy?”, in Information Polity
• A. Meijer (2005), “Transparent Government Inspections: Using the Internet to Strengthen Civic Competence?”, conference paper.
• D. Curtin and A. Meijer (2005), “Five Myths of European Union Transparency: Deliberation through the Looking Glass?, Paper presented at the Special workshop on Deliberative Democracy and Its Discontents
• Meijer, A. (2003), “Transparent Government: Parliamentary and Legal Accountability in an Information Age”, Information Polity (8)1/2, pp. 67-78.
• Curtin, “Transparency, Audiences and the Evolving Role of the EU Council of Ministers” (book chapter)