Wiebke Marie Junk
@wmjunk.bsky.social
Associate Professor @uni_copenhagen | Lobbying | Interest Groups | Public Policy | Responsiveness | Comparative Politics & EU
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Wiebke Marie Junk
@wmjunk.bsky.social
· Jun 18
How Lobbying Matters | Annual Reviews
For decades, political scientists have struggled to provide empirical evidence that lobbying influences policymaking. A considerable gap arose between widespread public suspicions of lobbying and the ...
www.annualreviews.org
Thrilled that our article is published open access @annualreviews.bsky.social!
We review recent strides in the study of lobbying & flesh out 1) transaction, 2) persuasion and 3) mobilisation mechanisms with @garlicksauce.bsky.social & @heathbrown.bsky.social
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
We review recent strides in the study of lobbying & flesh out 1) transaction, 2) persuasion and 3) mobilisation mechanisms with @garlicksauce.bsky.social & @heathbrown.bsky.social
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Reposted by Wiebke Marie Junk
Why do interest organizations network with their opponents? @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social, Andrea Pritoni, @wmjunk.bsky.social & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social examine the logic of brokerage. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/2moFPgZ
@sagepub.com @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsci
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December 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Why do interest organizations network with their opponents? @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social, Andrea Pritoni, @wmjunk.bsky.social & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social examine the logic of brokerage. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/2moFPgZ
@sagepub.com @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsci
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📢 New Article Out!
Coalition formation as a popularity contest?
In a new study, @wmjunk.bsky.social and I examine which groups are preferred partners in agenda setting. We find NGOs are favoured, and trusted allies trump capable newcomers—shaping how networks form and why NGOs hold an edge.
Coalition formation as a popularity contest?
In a new study, @wmjunk.bsky.social and I examine which groups are preferred partners in agenda setting. We find NGOs are favoured, and trusted allies trump capable newcomers—shaping how networks form and why NGOs hold an edge.
Strange Bedfellows, No Thanks! A Survey Experiment on the Choice of Lobbying Coalition Partners in Policy Agenda Setting
The literature on lobbying coalitions has explored the choice of interest organizations to cooperate with others in a series of correlational studies. Yet, considerable diversity in cooperation activ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
📢 New Article Out!
Coalition formation as a popularity contest?
In a new study, @wmjunk.bsky.social and I examine which groups are preferred partners in agenda setting. We find NGOs are favoured, and trusted allies trump capable newcomers—shaping how networks form and why NGOs hold an edge.
Coalition formation as a popularity contest?
In a new study, @wmjunk.bsky.social and I examine which groups are preferred partners in agenda setting. We find NGOs are favoured, and trusted allies trump capable newcomers—shaping how networks form and why NGOs hold an edge.
Reposted by Wiebke Marie Junk
Does lobbying access actually mean lobbying influence?
In our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social paper we try to answer this key question in interest group politics and lobbying by exploring models of access = influence translation.
Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... is #OA
In our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social paper we try to answer this key question in interest group politics and lobbying by exploring models of access = influence translation.
Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... is #OA
October 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Does lobbying access actually mean lobbying influence?
In our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social paper we try to answer this key question in interest group politics and lobbying by exploring models of access = influence translation.
Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... is #OA
In our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social paper we try to answer this key question in interest group politics and lobbying by exploring models of access = influence translation.
Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... is #OA
First report in the ReCiv project is out! 👇
Civil Society in the UK has demonstrated a high level of resilience in the face of diverse crises. But a small share of organisations is struggling to implement crisis response strategies.
Insights from other countries (including DK) will follow soon…
Civil Society in the UK has demonstrated a high level of resilience in the face of diverse crises. But a small share of organisations is struggling to implement crisis response strategies.
Insights from other countries (including DK) will follow soon…
🚨 New report out now:
(to what extent) is the UK NGO sector under pressure?
pure.qub.ac.uk/files/655682...
We are excited to share the first findings of the Resilient Civil Society project!
@wmjunk.bsky.social @thegoodlobby.bsky.social @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social
(to what extent) is the UK NGO sector under pressure?
pure.qub.ac.uk/files/655682...
We are excited to share the first findings of the Resilient Civil Society project!
@wmjunk.bsky.social @thegoodlobby.bsky.social @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM
First report in the ReCiv project is out! 👇
Civil Society in the UK has demonstrated a high level of resilience in the face of diverse crises. But a small share of organisations is struggling to implement crisis response strategies.
Insights from other countries (including DK) will follow soon…
Civil Society in the UK has demonstrated a high level of resilience in the face of diverse crises. But a small share of organisations is struggling to implement crisis response strategies.
Insights from other countries (including DK) will follow soon…
Reposted by Wiebke Marie Junk
🚨 New report out now:
(to what extent) is the UK NGO sector under pressure?
pure.qub.ac.uk/files/655682...
We are excited to share the first findings of the Resilient Civil Society project!
@wmjunk.bsky.social @thegoodlobby.bsky.social @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social
(to what extent) is the UK NGO sector under pressure?
pure.qub.ac.uk/files/655682...
We are excited to share the first findings of the Resilient Civil Society project!
@wmjunk.bsky.social @thegoodlobby.bsky.social @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🚨 New report out now:
(to what extent) is the UK NGO sector under pressure?
pure.qub.ac.uk/files/655682...
We are excited to share the first findings of the Resilient Civil Society project!
@wmjunk.bsky.social @thegoodlobby.bsky.social @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social
(to what extent) is the UK NGO sector under pressure?
pure.qub.ac.uk/files/655682...
We are excited to share the first findings of the Resilient Civil Society project!
@wmjunk.bsky.social @thegoodlobby.bsky.social @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social
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I missed #ecprgc25 this year but my colleague and co-author Rasa Bortkeviciute presented our work with @wmjunk.bsky.social on interest groups' responses to crisis and turbulence.
September 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I missed #ecprgc25 this year but my colleague and co-author Rasa Bortkeviciute presented our work with @wmjunk.bsky.social on interest groups' responses to crisis and turbulence.
Reposted by Wiebke Marie Junk
Why do interest organizations network with their opponents? @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social, Andrea Pritoni, @wmjunk.bsky.social & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social examine the logic of brokerage. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/97MXRrC
@sagepub.com @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsci
@sagepub.com @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsci
July 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Why do interest organizations network with their opponents? @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social, Andrea Pritoni, @wmjunk.bsky.social & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social examine the logic of brokerage. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/97MXRrC
@sagepub.com @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsci
@sagepub.com @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsci
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Thrilled to share my new publication @epsrjournal.bsky.social!
When we think of lobbying, we often picture big businesses or NGOs. But regional governments lobby, too!
But what makes govts-as-lobbyists successful?
I study intergovt lobbying success based on a multi-year data collection effort
When we think of lobbying, we often picture big businesses or NGOs. But regional governments lobby, too!
But what makes govts-as-lobbyists successful?
I study intergovt lobbying success based on a multi-year data collection effort
June 19, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Thrilled to share my new publication @epsrjournal.bsky.social!
When we think of lobbying, we often picture big businesses or NGOs. But regional governments lobby, too!
But what makes govts-as-lobbyists successful?
I study intergovt lobbying success based on a multi-year data collection effort
When we think of lobbying, we often picture big businesses or NGOs. But regional governments lobby, too!
But what makes govts-as-lobbyists successful?
I study intergovt lobbying success based on a multi-year data collection effort
Thank you, Chris! ☺️
June 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Thank you, Chris! ☺️
Thrilled that our article is published open access @annualreviews.bsky.social!
We review recent strides in the study of lobbying & flesh out 1) transaction, 2) persuasion and 3) mobilisation mechanisms with @garlicksauce.bsky.social & @heathbrown.bsky.social
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
We review recent strides in the study of lobbying & flesh out 1) transaction, 2) persuasion and 3) mobilisation mechanisms with @garlicksauce.bsky.social & @heathbrown.bsky.social
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
How Lobbying Matters | Annual Reviews
For decades, political scientists have struggled to provide empirical evidence that lobbying influences policymaking. A considerable gap arose between widespread public suspicions of lobbying and the ...
www.annualreviews.org
June 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Thrilled that our article is published open access @annualreviews.bsky.social!
We review recent strides in the study of lobbying & flesh out 1) transaction, 2) persuasion and 3) mobilisation mechanisms with @garlicksauce.bsky.social & @heathbrown.bsky.social
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
We review recent strides in the study of lobbying & flesh out 1) transaction, 2) persuasion and 3) mobilisation mechanisms with @garlicksauce.bsky.social & @heathbrown.bsky.social
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Reposted by Wiebke Marie Junk
Why do interest organizations network with their opponents? @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social, Andrea Pritoni, @wmjunk.bsky.social & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social examine the logic of brokerage. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/qWmDNXp
@sagepub.com @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsci
@sagepub.com @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsci
May 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Why do interest organizations network with their opponents? @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social, Andrea Pritoni, @wmjunk.bsky.social & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social examine the logic of brokerage. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/qWmDNXp
@sagepub.com @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsci
@sagepub.com @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsci
The deadline is approaching (5 June)! So, I am just reposting this once more... Perhaps it can reach a few more junior scholars interested in lobbying?
🥁The LOBBYMETRY project is hiring:
1 PostDoc & 1 fully-funded PhD 🥳
Come to beautiful Copenhagen to research lobbying, informational quality and public policy formulation!
PostDoc: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Please spread the word & and do not hesitate to reach out with questions!
1 PostDoc & 1 fully-funded PhD 🥳
Come to beautiful Copenhagen to research lobbying, informational quality and public policy formulation!
PostDoc: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Please spread the word & and do not hesitate to reach out with questions!
Postdoctoral Researcher Position (3 years) in Political Science as part of the ERC-funded Lobbying (A)symmetry Project
jobportal.ku.dk
May 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The deadline is approaching (5 June)! So, I am just reposting this once more... Perhaps it can reach a few more junior scholars interested in lobbying?
Reposted by Wiebke Marie Junk
🥁The LOBBYMETRY project is hiring:
1 PostDoc & 1 fully-funded PhD 🥳
Come to beautiful Copenhagen to research lobbying, informational quality and public policy formulation!
PostDoc: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Please spread the word & and do not hesitate to reach out with questions!
1 PostDoc & 1 fully-funded PhD 🥳
Come to beautiful Copenhagen to research lobbying, informational quality and public policy formulation!
PostDoc: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Please spread the word & and do not hesitate to reach out with questions!
Postdoctoral Researcher Position (3 years) in Political Science as part of the ERC-funded Lobbying (A)symmetry Project
jobportal.ku.dk
March 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🥁The LOBBYMETRY project is hiring:
1 PostDoc & 1 fully-funded PhD 🥳
Come to beautiful Copenhagen to research lobbying, informational quality and public policy formulation!
PostDoc: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Please spread the word & and do not hesitate to reach out with questions!
1 PostDoc & 1 fully-funded PhD 🥳
Come to beautiful Copenhagen to research lobbying, informational quality and public policy formulation!
PostDoc: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Please spread the word & and do not hesitate to reach out with questions!
I've had the privilege of reviewing Maraam Dwidar's excellent new book
@uchicagopress.bsky.social
It provides answers to several long-standing questions on lobbying. And, most importantly, it can provide HOPE in times where many might need it the most ...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@uchicagopress.bsky.social
It provides answers to several long-standing questions on lobbying. And, most importantly, it can provide HOPE in times where many might need it the most ...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I've had the privilege of reviewing Maraam Dwidar's excellent new book
@uchicagopress.bsky.social
It provides answers to several long-standing questions on lobbying. And, most importantly, it can provide HOPE in times where many might need it the most ...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@uchicagopress.bsky.social
It provides answers to several long-standing questions on lobbying. And, most importantly, it can provide HOPE in times where many might need it the most ...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Wiebke Marie Junk
Excited to have presented our first #ReCiv output at the
@psaireland.bsky.social public policy workshop 2025! ReCiv discovers the impact of crisis and turbulence on interest groups/CSOs. Delighted to be working with amazing colleagues @wmjunk.bsky.social and Rasa Bortkeviciute. Very exciting!
@psaireland.bsky.social public policy workshop 2025! ReCiv discovers the impact of crisis and turbulence on interest groups/CSOs. Delighted to be working with amazing colleagues @wmjunk.bsky.social and Rasa Bortkeviciute. Very exciting!
May 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Excited to have presented our first #ReCiv output at the
@psaireland.bsky.social public policy workshop 2025! ReCiv discovers the impact of crisis and turbulence on interest groups/CSOs. Delighted to be working with amazing colleagues @wmjunk.bsky.social and Rasa Bortkeviciute. Very exciting!
@psaireland.bsky.social public policy workshop 2025! ReCiv discovers the impact of crisis and turbulence on interest groups/CSOs. Delighted to be working with amazing colleagues @wmjunk.bsky.social and Rasa Bortkeviciute. Very exciting!
Reposted by Wiebke Marie Junk
Why do interest organizations network with their opponents? @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social, Andrea Pritoni, @wmjunk.bsky.social & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social examine the logic of brokerage. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/qWmDNXp
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsci
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsci
May 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Why do interest organizations network with their opponents? @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social, Andrea Pritoni, @wmjunk.bsky.social & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social examine the logic of brokerage. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/qWmDNXp
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsci
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsci
I can also highly recommend this analysis of conflicts in the European Parliament around funding for green NGOs.
These are extremely important & worrying debates, and it is great to see them covered so thoroughly in the press.
www.altinget.dk/civilsamfund...
These are extremely important & worrying debates, and it is great to see them covered so thoroughly in the press.
www.altinget.dk/civilsamfund...
Derfor risikerer EU's revisionsret at blive spændt for en højreradikal politisk vogn med ny, kritisk rapport - Altinget
EU-finansiering til ngo’er lider stadig under manglende gennemsigtighed, konkluderer rapporten. Men selvom revisionen af natur er apolitisk, kan dens konklusioner meget vel blive taget som gidsel i en...
www.altinget.dk
April 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I can also highly recommend this analysis of conflicts in the European Parliament around funding for green NGOs.
These are extremely important & worrying debates, and it is great to see them covered so thoroughly in the press.
www.altinget.dk/civilsamfund...
These are extremely important & worrying debates, and it is great to see them covered so thoroughly in the press.
www.altinget.dk/civilsamfund...
I've talked to Altinget about threats to civil society in Europe. We discussed the European Court of Auditors' new recommendations about more transparency, but also conditionality connected to EU's values.
Read in this interview why this can be a problem (in Danish)
www.altinget.dk/civilsamfund...
Read in this interview why this can be a problem (in Danish)
www.altinget.dk/civilsamfund...
Lobbyismeforsker er bekymret over anbefaling om værdier som betingelse for EU-støtte til ngo’er - Altinget
EU’s revisionsret anbefaler at styrke kontrollen med, om ngo’er, der modtager EU-støtte, overholder unionens værdier. Men det er en farlig vej at gå, som i sidste ende kan risikere at svække civilsamf...
www.altinget.dk
April 29, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I've talked to Altinget about threats to civil society in Europe. We discussed the European Court of Auditors' new recommendations about more transparency, but also conditionality connected to EU's values.
Read in this interview why this can be a problem (in Danish)
www.altinget.dk/civilsamfund...
Read in this interview why this can be a problem (in Danish)
www.altinget.dk/civilsamfund...
Working with "the enemy" is a wide-spread lobbying strategy!
In our new article, we study the logic of brokerage & how brokers between opposing policy positions can secure advantages in lobbying.
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
with @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social Andrea Pritoni & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social
In our new article, we study the logic of brokerage & how brokers between opposing policy positions can secure advantages in lobbying.
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
with @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social Andrea Pritoni & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Working with "the enemy" is a wide-spread lobbying strategy!
In our new article, we study the logic of brokerage & how brokers between opposing policy positions can secure advantages in lobbying.
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
with @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social Andrea Pritoni & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social
In our new article, we study the logic of brokerage & how brokers between opposing policy positions can secure advantages in lobbying.
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
with @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social Andrea Pritoni & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social
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We're organizing another round of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🎉
summerschoolwpm.org
Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social
📆01/05
summerschoolwpm.org
Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social
📆01/05
April 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
We're organizing another round of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🎉
summerschoolwpm.org
Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social
📆01/05
summerschoolwpm.org
Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social
📆01/05
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Are lobbyists influential? The public sure thinks so, but applied political science since lobbying registration data emerged (late 90s) struggled to produce evidence that it does. In new review @wmjunk.bsky.social @heathbrown.bsky.social and I chart a wave of research showing that lobbying matters.
How Lobbying Matters | Annual Reviews
For decades, political scientists have struggled to provide empirical evidence that lobbying influences policymaking. A considerable gap arose between widespread public suspicions of lobbying and the ...
www.annualreviews.org
April 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Are lobbyists influential? The public sure thinks so, but applied political science since lobbying registration data emerged (late 90s) struggled to produce evidence that it does. In new review @wmjunk.bsky.social @heathbrown.bsky.social and I chart a wave of research showing that lobbying matters.
If you are looking for an up-to-date review of what we know about the effects of lobbying, look no further!
Thrilled to see this out in ARPS!
Hope it reaches a broad set of audiences to share the strides this subfield has made in the past 15 years… ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Thrilled to see this out in ARPS!
Hope it reaches a broad set of audiences to share the strides this subfield has made in the past 15 years… ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Are lobbyists influential? The public sure thinks so, but applied political science since lobbying registration data emerged (late 90s) struggled to produce evidence that it does. In new review @wmjunk.bsky.social @heathbrown.bsky.social and I chart a wave of research showing that lobbying matters.
How Lobbying Matters | Annual Reviews
For decades, political scientists have struggled to provide empirical evidence that lobbying influences policymaking. A considerable gap arose between widespread public suspicions of lobbying and the ...
www.annualreviews.org
April 15, 2025 at 6:27 AM
If you are looking for an up-to-date review of what we know about the effects of lobbying, look no further!
Thrilled to see this out in ARPS!
Hope it reaches a broad set of audiences to share the strides this subfield has made in the past 15 years… ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Thrilled to see this out in ARPS!
Hope it reaches a broad set of audiences to share the strides this subfield has made in the past 15 years… ⬇️⬇️⬇️
And this is the link to the PhD position: employment.ku.dk/phd?show=163...
Applicants from all social science disciplines are welcome!
Applicants from all social science disciplines are welcome!
PhD scholarship at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) as part of the ERC-funded Lobbying (A)symmetry Project
employment.ku.dk
March 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
And this is the link to the PhD position: employment.ku.dk/phd?show=163...
Applicants from all social science disciplines are welcome!
Applicants from all social science disciplines are welcome!