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Prof. Eva Thomann is a Professor of Public Administration at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz, and Principal Investigator at the Cluster of Excellence The Politics of Inequality. She founded the Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshops (KOMEX) for global empirical research training.
- Education: Licentiate in Political Science (University of Zurich), Doctorate in Public Administration (University of Bern)
- Previous Positions: Researcher at Universities of Bern, Mannheim, Heidelberg, Exeter, and European University Institute
Her research focuses on contemporary public administration challenges at the intersection of democracy and society, including administrative inequality, public sector corruption, bureaucratic overload, and politicization. She employs international comparative approaches and qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to study policy implementation in multilevel systems.
Recent publication trends highlight her work on:
- Corruption models (Hexagon framework for procurement risks)
- EU policy customization (Fiscal Compact and environmental directives)
- Behavioral governance (heuristics, biases, and accountability in frontline work)
- Implementation under crisis (pandemic procurement, populist governance)
- Methodological innovation (QCA theory-building, empirical rigor)
She serves on advisory boards of Regulation & Governance, COMPASSS, and Netherlands Institute of Governance, and previously co-edited Regulation & Governance (2019-2024). Her research spans collaborations with international networks and method schools.
