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I am an assistant professor at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of Political Science at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.

My main research interests include European Union politics in general and the legislative organization of the European Parliament in particular. In addition, I work in the area of comparative public policy, most importantly on morality and gun policy. I am currently involved in a research project the effects of policy accumulation on democratic political systems and I work on the causes and consequences of policy complexity in the European Union. Starting in 2019, I will lead an Emmy Noether Research group entitled "EUPLEX - Coping with policy complexity in the European Union". Please find a short summary of the project here. 

EUPLEX is hiring a doctoral student! Find the call for applications here.

EUPLEX is hiring a student research assistant! Find the call for applications here.

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Recent publications

Adam, Christian, Hurka, Steffen, Steinebach, Yves and Knill, Christoph (2019). Policy Accumulation and the Democratic Responsiveness Trap. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Obholzer, Lukas, Hurka, Steffen and Kaeding, Michael (2019). Party group coordinators and rapporteurs: Discretion and agency loss along the European Parliament's chains of delegation. European Union Politics (early view, DOI: 10.1177/1465116519827383). 

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Hurka, Steffen and Knill, Christoph (2018). Does regulation matter? A cross-national analysis of the impact of gun policies on homicide and suicide rates. Regulation & Governance (early view, DOI: 10.1111/rego.12235).

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Hurka, Steffen, Daniel, William T. and Obholzer, Lukas (2018). Determinants of moonlighting in the European Parliament. The Journal of Legislative Studies 24(1): 127-147.

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Daniel, William T., Obholzer, Lukas, and Hurka, Steffen (2017). Static and dynamic incentives for Twitter usage in the European Parliament. Party Politics (early view, DOI: 10.1177/1354068817747755).

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Hurka, Steffen, Knill, Christoph and Rivière, Léonie (2018). Four worlds of morality politics: the impact of institutional venues and party cleavages. West European Politics 41 (2): 428-447.

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Budde, Emma, Heichel, Stephan, Hurka, Steffen and Knill, Christoph (2018). Partisan effects in morality policy making. European Journal of Political Research 57 (2): 427-449.

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Hurka, Steffen (2017). Rampage shootings and gun control: Politicization and Policy Change in Western Europe. London: Routledge.

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Hurka, Steffen, Obholzer Lukas, and Daniel, William T. (2018). When time is money: sideline jobs, ancillary income and legislative effort. Journal of European Public Policy 25(5): 651-669.

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