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HARMSEN Robert

University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Social Sciences (DSOC) > Political Science

Main Referenced Co-authors
Schild, Joachim (3)
Tupper, Allan (3)
BRABAND, Gangolf  (2)
Dakowska, Dorota (2)
Deca, Ligia (2)
Main Referenced Keywords
Higher Education Policy (9); Bologna Process (4); Global University (2); higher education policy (2); Luxembourg (2);
Main Referenced Unit & Research Centers
Education, Culture, Cognition & Society (ECCS) > Institute of Education & Society (InES) (1)
IPSE (1)
Institute of Political Science (1)
Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary History of Luxembourg (LHI) (1)
Robert Schuman Institute of European Affairs, Luxembourg (1)
Main Referenced Disciplines
Political science, public administration & international relations (35)
Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others (1)
Law, criminology & political science: Multidisciplinary, general & others (1)
Education & instruction (1)
Sociology & social sciences (1)

Publications (total 38)

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Harmsen, R., & Högenauer, A.-L. (2021). Luxembourg and the European Union. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1041 https://hdl.handle.net/10993/42700

The most cited

37 citations (Scopus®)

Harmsen, R. (September 2010). Concluding Comment: On Understanding the Relationship between Populism and Euroscepticism. Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 11 (3), 333-341. doi:10.1080/15705854.2010.503036 https://hdl.handle.net/10993/12175

Harmsen, R., Högenauer, A.-L., & Paravantis, S. (Crit. Eds.). (2025). The BENELUX, Regional Groupings and the Dynamics of European Integration: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives. Brill.

HARMSEN, R. (2023). The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 75: Reflections on an Anniversary. Forum für Politik, Gesellschaft und Kultur in Luxemburg, (434), p. 11-14.

Ganschow, I., Mein, G., & Harmsen, R. (2022). Dangerous Words and Dangerous Silences: Positioning Europe at the Edge of War [Paper presentation]. Dangerous Words and Dangerous Silences: Positioning Europe at the Edge of War, Belval, Luxembourg.

Harmsen, R., & Högenauer, A.-L. (2021). Luxembourg and the European Union. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1041
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Harmsen, R., & Braband, G. (2021). The OECD and Higher Education Policy: Agenda-Setting, Organizational Dynamics and the Construction of Convening Authority. Higher Education Policy, 34 (3), 582-602. doi:10.1057/s41307-019-00153-1
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Harmsen, R. (2020). L'université et les droits fondamentaux. In J. Gerkrath (Ed.), La défense des droits et libertés au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg: Rôle, contribution respective et concertation des organes impliqués (pp. 101-124). Brussels, Belgium: Larcier.

Deca, L., & Harmsen, R. (2020). Taking Stock of the Bologna Process at 20: The Possibilities and Limits of Soft Law Governance. In A. Curaj, L. Deca, ... R. Pricopie (Eds.), European Higher Education Area: Challenges for a New Decade (pp. 417-436). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-56316-5_26
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Harmsen, R., & Deca, L. (2019). Taking Stock of the Bologna Process at 20: The Possibilities and Limits of Soft Law Governance [Paper presentation]. Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Vancouver, Canada.

Harmsen, R. (28 March 2018). Contested Autonomies: French University Governance and its Discontents [Paper presentation]. 25th International Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, United States.

Harmsen, R., & Powell, J. J. W. (2018). Higher Education Systems and Institutions, Luxembourg. In J. C. Shin & P. Teixeira, Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions (pp. 10.1007/978-94-017-9553-1_398-1). Dordrecht, Unknown/unspecified: Springer.
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Harmsen, R., & Tupper, A. (September 2017). The Governance of Post-Secondary Education Systems in British Columbia and Ontario: Path Dependence and Provincial Policy. Canadian Public Administration, 60 (3), 349-368. doi:10.1111/capa.12220
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Harmsen, R. (18 August 2017). A "Flagship University" for Luxembourg? D'Lëtzebuerger Land, 64 (33), p. 12-13.

Harmsen, R., & Tupper, A. (2017). A Post Secondary Education Dialogue for Canada. In K. A. H. Graham & A. M. Maslove (Eds.), How Ottawa Spends 2017-18: Canada @ 150 (pp. 20-31). Ottawa, Canada: Carleton University School of Public Policy and Administration.

Braband, G., & Harmsen, R. (02 June 2016). Federalism and the knowledge economy: The shifting contours of higher education policy in Canada and Germany [Paper presentation]. 2016 Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, University of Calgary, Canada.

Harmsen, R., & Tupper, A. (02 June 2016). The Governance of Post-Secondary Education Systems in British Columbia and Ontario: Path Dependence and the Provincial Policy Process [Paper presentation]. Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, University of Calgary, Canada. doi:10.1111/capa.12220

Harmsen, R., & Braband, G. (08 July 2015). The OECD and Higher Education Policy: Bureaucratic Politics and the Dynamics of Agenda-Setting [Paper presentation]. 22nd International Conference of Europeanists, Paris, Sciences-Po, France.

Harmsen, R., & Paris, S. (2015). Europeanisation. In E. Lambert Abdelgwad & H. Michel (Eds.), Dictionary of European Actors (pp. 137-140). Brussels, Belgium: Larcier.
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Dakowska, D., & Harmsen, R. (2015). Laboratories of Reform? The Europeanization and Internationalization of Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe. European Journal of Higher Education, 5 (1), 1-17. doi:10.1080/21568235.2014.977318
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Harmsen, R. (2015). Future Scenarios for the European Higher Education Area: Exploring the Possibilities of "Experimentalist Governance". In A. Curaj, Matei, R. Pricopie, J. Salmi, ... P. Scott (Eds.), The European Higher Education Area: Between Critical Reflections and Future Policies, Part 2 (pp. 795-813). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.
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Dakowska, D., Harmsen, R., & Cirstocea, I. (Eds.). (2015). Europeanization, Internationalization and Higher Education Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe. European Journal of Higher Education, 5 (1).
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Harmsen, R., & McAuliffe, K. (2015). The European Courts. In J. Magone (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of European Politics (pp. 263-279). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
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Harmsen, R. (25 November 2014). Future Scenarios for the European Higher Education Area: Exploring the Potential of 'Experimentalist Governance' [Paper presentation]. Bologna Process Researchers' Conference, Bucharest, Romania.

Harmsen, R. (2014). The Governance of the Global University: Leadership and Policy Challenges. Leadership and Governance in Higher Education, 2014 (3), 36-52.
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Harmsen, R. (2014). The (Geo-) Politics of EU Accession to the ECHR: Democracy and Distrust in the Wider Europe. In V. Kosta, N. Skoutaris, ... V. P. Tzevelekos (Eds.), The EU Accession to the ECHR (First, pp. 199-217). Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart.
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Harmsen, R. (2014). Compte rendu de Thomas Risse, Stephen C. Ropp et Kathryn Sikkink (eds.), The Persistent Power of Human Rights: From Commitment to Compliance. Revue Française de Science Politique, 64 (4), 617-619.

Harmsen, R., & Paris, S. (2014). Européanisation. In E. Lambert Abdelgawad & H. Michel (Eds.), Dictionnaire des acteurs de l'Europe (pp. 160-163). Brussels, Belgium: Editions Larcier.
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Harmsen, R. (09 May 2013). The Bologna Process and New Modes of Governance: Logics and Limits of Arena-shaping [Paper presentation]. Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Baltimore, United States.

Harmsen, R. (2013). The Challenges of the Contemporary University. In M. Margue (Ed.), Université du Luxembourg, 2003-2013 (pp. 14-21). Luxembourg, Unknown/unspecified: Université du Luxembourg.

Harmsen, R. (2012). The Dutch Left and European Integration: Framing the Constitutional Debate. In M. Holmes & K. Roder (Eds.), The Left and the European Constitution: From Laeken to Lisbon (pp. 55-76). Manchester, United Kingdom: Manchester University Press.
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Harmsen, R. (2012). Review of Ben Crum, Learning from the Constitutional Treaty: Democratic Constitutionalization beyond the Nation-State. Journal of Common Market Studies, 1046-1047. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5965.2012.02308_3.x

Harmsen, R. (2012). Compte-rendu de Mikael Rask Madsen, La génèse de l’Europe des droits de l’homme. Enjeux juridiques et stratégies d’Etat (France, Grande-Bretagne, pays scandinaves, 1945-1970). Revue Française de Science Politique, 12 (3), 507-508.

Harmsen, R. (2011). The Reform of the Convention System: Institutional Restructuring and the (Geo-)Politics of Human Rights. In J. Christoffersen & M. Rask Madsen (Eds.), The European Court of Human Rights between Law and Politics (pp. 119-143). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199694495.003.0007
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Harmsen, R., & Schild, J. (2011). Introduction: National European Discourses and the 2009 European Parliament Elections. In R. Harmsen & J. Schild (Eds.), Debating Europe: The 2009 European Parliament Elections and Beyond (pp. 9-14). Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.
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Harmsen, R., & Schild, J. (2011). Conclusion: Diverging Experiences – Distinctive Clusters. In R. Harmsen & J. Schild (Eds.), Debating Europe: The 2009 European Parliament Elections and Beyond (pp. 251-273). Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.
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Harmsen, R., & Schild, J. (Eds.). (2011). Debating Europe: The 2009 European Parliament Elections and Beyond. Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.

Harmsen, R. (September 2010). Concluding Comment: On Understanding the Relationship between Populism and Euroscepticism. Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 11 (3), 333-341. doi:10.1080/15705854.2010.503036
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Harmsen, R. (2010). The Transformation of the ECHR Legal Order and the Post-Enlargement Challenges facing the European Court of Human Rights. In G. Martinico & O. Pollicino (Eds.), The National Judicial Treatment of the ECHR and EU Laws: A Comparative Constitutional Approach (pp. 27-54). Groningen, Netherlands: Europa Law Publishing.
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Harmsen, R. (2010). French Euroscepticism and the Construction of National Exceptionalism. In T. Chafer & E. Godin (Eds.), The End of the French Exception?: Decline and Revival of the ‘French Model (pp. 105-122). Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave.
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