Introduction
I am Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Public Policy at University College London’s (UCL) Department of Political Science.
I was a Max Weber postdoctoral fellow at the European University Institute (EUI) 2019/2020 and received my Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration from Bocconi University in 2019. My research and teaching interests include bureaucratic politics, public administration, public policy, and comparative institutions and politics.
I received my bachelor’s degree from Oxford University and my master’s degree from UCL, before going to work as a Policy Officer for the European Commission. This experience shaped the direction of my research, which lies at the interface between political institutions and public administration.
Expert
My research is in comparative politics, public administration and public policy. I aim to better understand how agency relations function in modern governance. The increasingly complex ways in which governments enact their policies – for example, the ever-lengthening chains of delegation from sovereign power to point of service delivery – demand the closer study of how agency relations play out in real life. The repercussions for democratic legitimacy are profound. More specifically, I focus on the structural side of modern policy-making, addressing how hybrid governance arrangements and changing agency relationships can affect fundamental features of the democratic process, such as accountability.
Please see https://eleanorfwoodhouse.com for more information about my research.
Fields of expertise: Gender equality, Infrastructure, Policy design and delivery