Personal profile
Research interests
Lucy Kinski is Assistant Professor in European Union Politics at the Salzburg Centre of European Union Studies and the Department of Political Science at the University of Salzburg, Austria. She has studied in Düsseldorf, Utrecht, Berlin, Geneva, Vienna and Florence. Her research focuses on parliamentary representation in the EU multi-level system and combines EU studies with comparative politics. She is the Principal Investigator of the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant Project INCONEX: Intangible and Invisible Interests, Concealed Constituents and Excluded Electorates: Understanding the Politics of Absence (2025-2030). She has published in journals such as Environmental Politics, European Union Politics, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of European Integration, Political Studies, Politics and Governance, and The Journal of Legislative Studies. Her monograph European Representation in EU National Parliaments (Palgrave 2021) was shortlisted for the UACES best book prize 2021.
Education/Academic qualification
Political Science, Dr. phil., Whom and how to represent? National Parliamentarians and their Patterns of Representation in EU-Affairs: A Comparative Analysis, Universität Wien
Award Date: 26 Jan 2018
Post Doc and Lecturer at the chair of Comparative Politics, Universität Düsseldorf
Oct 2016 → Apr 2021
Social & Political Science, Visiting PhD Student, European University Institute
Jan 2016 → Jun 2016
Researcher at the Department of Political Science. FWF-Research Project: “PACE – Parliamentary Communication of Europe”, Institut für Höhere Studien
Oct 2012 → Mar 2016
Public Policy, MA, Hertie School of Governance
Sept 2009 → May 2012
Political Science & History, Exchange Semester, Graduate Institute; Geneva
Sept 2011 → Dec 2011
Policy Advisor in the Division for European Relations to EU Member States, EU-Enlargement, EU-External Relations, Council of Europe., German Federal Chancellery Berlin
Sept 2010 → Aug 2011
Social Sciences, BA, Universität Düsseldorf
Oct 2006 → Aug 2009
Economics, BA Minor of Economics, Utrecht University
Sept 2008 → Jan 2009
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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INCONEX: Intangible and Invisible Interests, Concealed Constituents and Excluded Electorates: Understanding the Politics of Absence
Kinski, L. (Principal Investigator)
1/03/25 → 28/02/30
Project: Research
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Germany: Political Developments and Data in 2024 Collapse of the Governing Coalition
Kinski, L. & Brause, S., 1 Dec 2025, In: European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook. 64, 1, p. 231-253Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The EU’s recovery playbook: solidarity, conditionality, and resilience in European Parliament debates on the Recovery and Resilience Facility
Kinski, L., Gianna, E. & Ripoll Servent, A., 30 Oct 2025, In: Journal of European Integration. 2025Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Working for a more democratic and decisive EU: with or without Treaty change?
Kinski, L. & Pittoors, G., 1 Jan 2025, FEPS Progressive Yearbook 2025. FEPS - Foundation for European Progressive Studies, p. 125-128Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding/Legal commentary › Chapter in Book › Research
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Populist party responsiveness and populist party voter satisfaction with democracy in Europe
Brause, S. & Kinski, L., 5 Sept 2024, In: Politics and Governance. 12, 8420.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Parliamentary Dimension of the Conference on the Future of Europe: Synergies and Legitimacy Clashes
Kinski, L. (Co-Editor) & Borońska-Hryniewiecka, K. (Co-Editor), 5 Sept 2024, Routledge. 274 p.Research output: Book/Report/Legal commentary › Collected Edition / Volume › Research
Activities
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INCONEX Online Kick-off Workshop
Kinski, L. (Chair), Claessen, C. (Organiser), Dechow, A.-L. (Organiser) & Mendoza Hernandez, O. I. (Organiser)
12 Dec 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event
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Towards ever-greater rivalry? The European Council and its relations with the European Parliament
Kinski, L. (Speaker) & Schramm, L. (Speaker)
10 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › science to science / art to art
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Holding to account, but for whom? Transnational representation in European Parliament oversight of economic governance
Kinski, L. (Speaker) & Akbik, A. (Speaker)
9 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › science to science / art to art
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Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (External organisation)
Kinski, L. (Chair)
Apr 2025 → …Activity: Membership › Membership in a research network
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Towards ever-greater rivalry? The European Council and its relations with the European Parliament
Kinski, L. (Speaker) & Schramm, L. (Speaker)
12 Feb 2025 → 13 Feb 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › science to science / art to art
Press/Media
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Repräsentation in der Krise: Wessen Stimme zählt und wessen Stimme fehlt?
5/12/25
1 Media contribution
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Sie deckt die blinden Flecken der Politik auf - Salzburger Nachrichten, 8. März 2025
8/03/25
1 item of Media coverage
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Lucy Kinski erhält „ERC Starting Grant“ für Spitzenforschung zur Politik der Abwesenheit
5/09/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media