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Dr. Eva Krick is a senior researcher at the Political Science Department of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Her work bridges political science, political sociology, and knowledge studies, focusing on citizen participation, democratic legitimacy, and governance. She leads projects like Cultures of participation in Europe (2025–2028) and Experience-based knowledge in governance (INFLUEX). Her research emphasizes expertise-policy interfaces, epistemic injustices, and institutional analysis in health, environmental, and urban policy contexts.
Education & Positions:
- PhD in Political Science (2011), Technische Universität Darmstadt
- Associated Researcher, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (since 2022)
- Associated Member, University of Edinburgh’s SKAPE (since 2019)
- Past roles: Visiting Scholar at Aarhus University, Humboldt University Berlin, and National University of Singapore
Research Interests: Citizen expertise, democratic legitimacy, policy-making processes, inequality in participation, and institutional design. Recent work explores how social inequality shapes democratic engagement and how governance systems can better integrate diverse knowledge forms.
Funding & Awards: German Research Foundation (DFG) and Norwegian Research Council grants for participatory governance projects. No explicit awards listed, but her work garners international peer acclaim (e.g., praise from Peter Weingart and Cathrine Holst).
Teaching & Grants: Teaches Democracy and Discrimination (MA level). Grants include leadership roles in multi-year projects analyzing citizen participation cultures and expertise governance.
Labs/Teams: Part of Mainz’s Political Theory and Public Policy group. Collaborates with Oslo’s ARENA Centre for European Studies and Edinburgh’s SKAPE on transnational governance research.
