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Josef Hien
I am interested in the connection between politico-economic institutions, religion, ideologies, and cultures. After receiving my PhD from the European University Institute in Florence in 2012 I had po
The future of Catalonia in Spain and Europe. In or out?
Seminar at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm, October 2017. Professor Jose Luis Marti, University Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona Dr Niklas Bremberg, Swedish Institute for International A
Josef Hien receives prize for his paper on culture and tax avoidance
Why are Italians so reluctant to pay taxes? This is what Josef Hien explores in his paper "Culture and tax avoidance: the Italian case" - for which he has now been awarded the2022 Herbert Gottweis Prize for Best Paper of 2021 by the Critical Policy Studies awards committee.
Josef Hien: Cultural Political Economy and Crisis of economic integration in Europe
Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, or online.Research seminar with Josef Hien, political scientist and researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies.Regis
Energy Policy and Regulatory Challenges in Natural Gas Infrastructure and Supply in the Energy Transition in Sweden
This study looks at Swedish energy policy and regulatory challenges in natural gas infrastructure and supply in the context of an energy transition. It emphasises current and historical Nordic energy
Where Does Europe End? Christian Democracy and the Expansion of Europe
Journal of Common Market Studies Abstract In this article, we argue that an analysis of the conflict around the nature and limits of European integration that arose between Catholic and Protestant Chris
A community of shared values? Dimensions and dynamics of cultural integration in the European Union
Journal of European Integration Abstract The series of recent crises (EURO, refugees, backsliding, Brexit) challenge the self-portrayal of the European Union (EU) as a community of shared values. Agains
European integration and the reconstitution of socio-economic ideologies: Protestant ordoliberalism vs social Catholicism
Journal of European Public Policy Abstract Christian Democratic socio-economic ideology underwent a paradigm shift through the Europeanization of its party networks. Christian Democratic networks starte
Culture and tax avoidance: the case of Italy
Critical Policy Studies, volume 15 Abstract Culture is increasingly used as an explanatory variable for tax evasion. So far, we know, however, little about the mechanisms that link culture and tax behav
The rise and fall of ordoliberalism
Socio-Economic Review Abstract Ordoliberalism has been accused of being the ideational blueprint for Germany’s fiscal stance during the Eurozone-crisis. While the literature that debates the influence o
