Close
Dr Eleanor Woodhouse
Biography
I am a Lecturer in Public Policy. I听joined the Department in 2020 from the European University Institute (EUI), where I听was a Max Weber postdoctoral fellow. I听received my听PhD听in Public Policy and Administration (cum laude) from Bocconi University in 2019, before joining the Department of Economics at the EUI for my听postdoctoral fellowship.
I hold听a Master鈥檚 degree in Modern European Studies from 新香港六合彩开奖结果and a Bachelor鈥檚 degree in French and Italian from Balliol College, Oxford University. I听received a Fulbright-Schuman fellowship in 2016/2017 to conduct research at Harvard University鈥檚 Department of Economics.
I spent two years working for the European Commission鈥檚 Directorate-General of Education and Culture. This experience shaped the direction of my听research, which lies at the interface between political institutions and public administration.
Research
My research spans comparative politics, public administration and public policy. I听aim听to better understand how agency relations function in modern governance.
My current projects fall into three strands. In the first, I explore听the political determinants of the adoption of public-private partnerships (PPPs). In a series of papers and a Cambridge Element manuscript (under contract), I听theorise听and analyse听the distributive patterns of PPPs, the way in which their networks are modelled, and their effect on voters.
In the second, I investigate听how national politics can affect local bureaucratic outcomes. Using data on a political scandal in Italy, I听provide听evidence that a sudden increase in electoral accountability for national deputies can increase corruption amongst local public officials.
In the third, I听use听a novel within-country research design to show that changing the national electoral rule from majoritarian to proportional increased the number of women elected, while not decreasing the overall quality of politicians.
Podcast: 新香港六合彩开奖结果Uncovering Politics
Hear Dr Woodhouse speak about her听research on the following podcast episode:
S6听Ep2听|听
Publications
- Journal articles
- Woodhouse, E. F. (2022) 鈥樷��,听Journal of Public Policy,听42(4), pp. 730鈥�754.
- Profeta, P. and Woodhouse, E. F. (2022) 鈥樷��,听Comparative Political Studies, 55(9).
- Woodhouse, E. F.,听Belardinelli, P. and Bertelli, A. M. (2022)听鈥�鈥�,听Journal of Public Administration Research and听Theory,听32(1), pp. 150鈥�165.
- Amaya, C. A., Bertelli, A. M. and Woodhouse, E. F.听(2020)听鈥�鈥�,听Governance,听33(4), pp. 771鈥�788.
- Bertelli, A. M., Mele, V. and Woodhouse, E. F. (2020)听鈥樷��,听Administration & Society, 53(3).
- Books
- Bertelli, A. M., Woodhouse, E. F., Castiglioni, M. and听Belardinelli, P. (2021)听. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Book chapters
- Bertelli, M. and Woodhouse, E. F. (2022) 鈥樷��, in G. A. Hodge and C. Greve (eds.), A Research Agenda for Public鈥揚rivate Partnerships and the Governance of Infrastructure. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 103鈥�114.
- Policy papers
- Woodhouse, E., Ortega Nieto, D. and听Alves de Albuquerque Tavares, R. (Forthcoming) 鈥楿sing Microdata for Strategic Human Resource Management and Fiscal Planning in the Public Sector鈥�, in D. Rogger听and C. Schuster听(eds.)听Government Analytics: An Empirical Guide to Measurement in Public Administration.
- Woodhouse, E., Rogger, D. and Williams, M. (Forthcoming)听鈥楪overnment Analytics Using Data on Task and Project Completion鈥�, in听D. Rogger听and C. Schuster听(eds.)听Government Analytics: An Empirical Guide to Measurement in Public Administration.
Teaching
I teach on the undergraduate Policy Making module, and on the postgraduate Theories and Actors of the Policy Process module.