Dr. Jörn Ege

ZHAW School of Management and Law
Fachstelle Public Networks and Service Delivery
Gertrudstrasse 8
8400 Winterthur

Arbeit an der ZHAW

Tätigkeit

Dozent Local & Regional Governance

Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte

Politikumsetzung, Co-Production/Co-Creation, Koordination, Policy Compliance, Evidence-based Policy-Making, Internationale Verwaltungen, Europäische Kommission, Mehrebenen-Governance, Alters- und Wohnungspolitikpolitik

Lehrtätigkeit

Research Design (MSc)
Economics and Politics (MSc)
Governance (BSc)
Public Policy and Management Summer School (MSc)

Lehrtätigkeit in der Weiterbildung

CAS Steuerung im öffentlichen Sektor

Berufserfahrung

wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter SNF Projekt «CoWiNaCo»
Universität Bern
10 / 2021 - 08 / 2022
Vertretungsprofessur «Digital Governance»
Universität Konstanz
10 / 2021 - 03 / 2022
Honorary Research Fellow
Universität Exeter
12 / 2017 - 12 / 2021
Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer
Leitung DFG Projekt der Forschungsgruppe «International Public Administration»
03 / 2016 - 02 / 2021
wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Forschungsinstitut für Öffentliche Verwaltung (FÖV) Speyer
10 / 2014 - 03 / 2016
wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und Doktorand
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
10 / 2014 - 03 / 2016

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Ausbildung

Promotion (Dr. phil.) / Politikwissenschaften
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
01 / 2011 - 05 / 2016
M.A. / Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaft
Universität Konstanz
10 / 2008 - 09 / 2010
B.A. / Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaft
Universität Konstanz
10 / 2004 - 03 / 2008

Netzwerk

Mitglied in Netzwerken

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7286-6880

Auszeichnungen

International Review of Administrative Science (IRAS)
Christopher Pollitt Award für den besten Artikel 2021 in IRAS
09 / 2023

Empfehlungen

Neuer Blog Beitrag zu unserer Forschung zu Policy Divergence von Street-level Bureaucrats

Social Media

Projekte

Publikationen

Beiträge in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift, peer-reviewed

Machljankin, J., Neumann, O., Steiner, R., & Ege, J. (2026). Exploring the role of consulting in local government digital transformation. Public Money & Management, 46(2), 202–211. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2024.2414060
Ege, J., Kaiser, C., & Steiner, R. (2025). Explaining patterns of co-creation in Swiss local governance. Public Management Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2025.2505149
Ege, J., Gofen, A., Hadorn, S., Hakman, I., Malandrino, A., Ramseier, L., & Sager, F. (2024). Understanding street-level managers’ compliance : a comparative study of policy implementation in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Israel. Policy and Society, 43(3), 317–333. https://doi.org/10.1093/polsoc/puae024
Thomann, E., Maxia, J., & Ege, J. (2023). How street‐level dilemmas and politics shape divergence : the accountability regimes framework. Policy Studies Journal, 51(4), 793–816. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12504
Hadorn, S., Sager, F., Mavrot, C., Malandrino, A., & Ege, J. (2022). Evidence-based policymaking in times of acute crisis : comparing the use of scientific knowledge in Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 63(2), 359–382. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11615-022-00382-x
Thomann, E., Ege, J., & Paustyan, E. (2022). Approaches to qualitative comparative analysis and good practices : a systematic review. Swiss Political Science Review, 28(3), 557–580. https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12503
Ege, J., Bauer, M. W., Wagner, N., & Thomann, E. (2022). Under what conditions does bureaucracy matter in the making of global public policies? Governance, 36(4), 1313–1333. https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12741
Ege, J., Bauer, M. W., Bayerlein, L., Eckhard, S., & Knill, C. (2021). Avoiding disciplinary garbage cans : a pledge for a problem-driven approach to researching international public administration. Journal of European Public Policy, 29(7), 1169–1181. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2021.1906300
Ege, J., Bauer, M. W., & Wagner, N. (2021). How do international bureaucrats affect policy outputs? : studying administrative influence strategies in international organizations. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 87(4), 737–754. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208523211000109
Ege, J. (2020). What international bureaucrats (really) want. Global Governance, 26(4), 577–600. https://doi.org/10.1163/19426720-02604003
Thomann, E., & Ege, J. (2020). Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) in public administration. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1444
Ege, J. (2019). Learning from the commission case : the comparative study of management change in international public administrations. Public Administration, 97(2), 384–398. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12546
Ege, J., Bauer, M. W., & Wagner, N. (2019). Improving generalizability in transnational bureaucratic influence research : a (modest) proposal. International Studies Review, 22(3), 551–575. https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viz026
Bauer, M. W., Ege, J., & Schomaker, R. (2018). The challenge of administrative internationalization : taking stock and looking ahead. International Journal of Public Administration, 42(11), 904–917. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2018.1522642

Buchbeiträge, peer-reviewed

Bauer, M. W., & Ege, J. (2025). The autonomy of international bureaucracies. In B. G. Peters (Ed.), Handbook of bureaucratic autonomy : politics, resources, power (pp. 116–131). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803927046.00016
Bauer, M., Eckhard, S., Ege, J., & Knill, C. (2024). Means of bureaucratic influence : the interplay between formal autonomy and informal styles in international bureaucracies. In H. Jörgens, N. Kolleck, & M. Well (Eds.), International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance: The Role of Autonomy, Agency and the Quest for Attention (pp. 27–56). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009383486.002
Jankauskas, V., Eckhard, S., & Ege, J. (2023). Structured, focused comparison. In F. Badache, L. R. Kimber, & L. Maertens (Eds.), International organizations and research methods : an introduction (pp. 301–307). University of Michigan Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.11685289
Bauer, M., & Ege, J. (2022). No actorness without autonomy : researching IPAs’ role in transnational policy-making. In C. Knill & Y. Steinebach (Eds.), International public administrations in global public policy : sources and effects of bureaucratic influence (pp. 13–30). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003323297-3
Bauer, M. W., Ege, J., & Wagner, N. (2022). Conditions of influence : policy effects of IPA autonomy in comparative perspective. In C. Knill & Y. Steinebach (Eds.), International public administrations in global public policy : sources and effects of bureaucratic influence (pp. 31–51). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003323297-4
Schomaker, R. M., Bauer, M. W., & Ege, J. (2019). Bureaucracy and Internationalization. In A. Farazmand (Ed.), Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3748-2

Weitere Publikationen

Thomann, E., Ege, J., & Diez de Bonilla, A. (2025). Estudiando la implementación en el nivel de la calle por medio del marco del régimen de rendición de cuentas. In M. I. D. Laguna & A. C. Benítez (eds.), Debates emergentes sobre administración y políticas públicas (pp. 167–192). FLACSO-México. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.31761188.9
Ege, J. (2022). International public administration and politics. In A. Ladner & F. Sager (Eds.), Handbook on the Politics of Public Administration (pp. 70–81). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Bauer, M. W., Bayerlein, L., Ege, J., Knill, C., & Trondal, J. (2019). Perspectives on international public administration research : a rejoinder to Johan Christensen and Kutsal Yesilkagit. ARENA Centre for European Studies. https://www.sv.uio.no/arena/english/research/publications/arena-working-papers/2019/WP-1-19.html

Publikationen vor Tätigkeit an der ZHAW

Ege, Jörn, Michael W. Bauer, Stefan Becker (eds). 2018. The European Commission in Turbulent Times: Assessing Organizational Change and Policy Impact. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
Ege, Jörn. 2016. Verwaltungsautonomie in internationalen Organisationen - Eine deskriptiv-vergleichende Analyse. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Ege, Jörn. 2017. ‘Comparing the Autonomy of International Public Administrations - An Ideal Type Approach.’ Public Administration 95(3):555-70.
Ege, Jörn, Michael W. Bauer. 2017. ‘How Financial Resources Affect the Autonomy of International Public Administrations.’ Global Policy 8:75-84.
Bauer, Michael W., Jörn Ege. 2016. ‘Bureaucratic autonomy of international organizations’ secretariats.’ Journal of European Public Policy 23(7):1019-37.
Eckhard, Steffen, Jörn Ege. 2016. ‘International bureaucracies and their influence on policy-making: a review of empirical evidence.’ Journal of European Public Policy 23(7):960-78.
Bauer, Michael W., Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt, Jörn Ege. 2015. ‘Autonomiekonzeptionen internationaler Organisationen im Vergleich.’ Politische Vierteljahresschrift Sonderheft 49:28-53.
Bauer Michael W., Jörn Ege. 2012. ‘The Politicisation of the European Commission’s Bureaucracy.’ International Review of Administrative Sciences 78(3):403-24.

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