Adrienne Héritier

Adrienne Héritier is a Professor at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, within the Political and Social Sciences Department. She previously held positions at the Max Planck Project Group, University of Constance, and University of Bielefeld, and was Chair of the European Association for European Union Studies (EUSA).

• Doctorate in Political Science, University of Giessen
• Post-doctoral thesis, University of Münster

Research interests focus on public policy, Institutionalism, and European governance. Her work examines institutional change, regulatory policy, and democratic accountability in the EU. She has explored new modes of governance, co-decision mechanisms, and comitology in European institutions.

Selected scientific awards include:

• Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
• Member of the Academia Europaea
• 1994 Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Prize (jointly with Helmut Willke)

Recent publications (2005–2012) analyze institutional dynamics in the EU, including codecision, comitology, and regulatory competition. Themes span democratic legitimacy, policy implementation, and transatlantic governance, with sub-fields in EU institutional reform, self-regulation, and areas of limited statehood.