N I K O L E T A Y O R D A N O V A
Assistant Professor
Social Science
Otto-Selz-Institute of Applied Psychology
Germany
Biography
Doctor of Political and Social Sciences Florence, Italy European University Institute Thesis ‘Legislative Organization in the European Parliament: The Role of Committees’ under the supervision of Adrienne Héritier, Peter Mair and Simon Hix. Committee: David Farrell, Mark Franklin, Adrienne Héritier, Simon Hix  Prize for Best Dissertation on EU studies by the European Union Studies Association  François Mény Prize for Best Comparative Study of Political Institutions at the EUI 2006 – 2007 MRes Political and Social Sciences Florence, Italy European University Institute 2005 – 2006 MSc European Politics and Governance London, UK London School of Economics and Political Science 2002 – 2005 BA Integrated Social Sciences Bremen, Germany Jacobs University NIKOLETA YORDANOVA
Research Interest
EU Politics, European Parliament, Comparative Politics, Legislative Politics, Coalition Government, Electoral Pledges, Legislative Reforms, Public Opinion.
Publications
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Zhelyazkova , Asya and Nikoleta Yordanova (2015) ‘Signaling Compliance: The Link between Notified and Actual EU Directive Transposition’, European Union Politics, 16(3): 408-428
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Steinert, Christoph and Nikoleta Yordanova (2016) ‘“Alliance with the Enemy?†Why the CDU and the Greens Formed Their First Coalition in a Large German Federal State?’, German Politics, 25(1): 54-72.
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Mühlböck, Monika and Nikoleta Yordanova (2017) ‘When Legislators Choose not to Decide: Abstentions in the European Parliament’, European Union Politics, 18(2): 323-336.
