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Policy Learning and Policy Analysis Within European Union Institutions: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda 欧盟机构内的政策学习与政策分析：系统回顾与研究议程

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European Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2026-09-13 Epub Date: 2026-01-09 DOI: 10.1002/epa2.70036

Bishoy L. Zaki

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Appraising Policies Through Social Multi-Criteria Evaluation: Lessons From a Systematic Review of Applications 通过社会多标准评价评价政策：来自应用系统审查的经验教训

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European Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2026-09-13 Epub Date: 2025-12-28 DOI: 10.1002/epa2.70032

Egle Basyte Ferrari

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Digital Rights Activism in Multilevel Governance 多层次治理中的数字权利行动

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European Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2026-09-13 Epub Date: 2025-12-03 DOI: 10.1002/epa2.70031

Alison Harcourt

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The Distributive Consequences of Active Welfare Policies in Europe 欧洲积极福利政策的分配后果

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European Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2026-09-13 Epub Date: 2026-01-09 DOI: 10.1002/epa2.70034

Deborah Jackwerth-Rice, Katharina Zimmermann

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Policy Networks and Policy Entrepreneurship in the EU: Explaining Structural Policy Change in Pharmaceutical Innovation Incentives and Health Technology Assessment 欧盟的政策网络和政策企业家精神：解释制药创新激励和卫生技术评估中的结构性政策变化

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European Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2026-09-13 Epub Date: 2025-12-23 DOI: 10.1002/epa2.70030

Vassilis Karokis-Mavrikos

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Building the Plane While Flying It: How Projects Serve to Implement, Pilot and Co-Create EU Policy 在飞行中建造飞机：项目如何服务于实施、试点和共同创造欧盟政策

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European Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2026-09-13 Epub Date: 2026-01-09 DOI: 10.1002/epa2.70033

Alina Felder-Stindt

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The European Universities Initiative and National Higher Education Governance in Interaction: The Case of the Arqus European University Alliance 互动中的欧洲大学倡议与国家高等教育治理：以Arqus欧洲大学联盟为例

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European Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2026-08-01 DOI: 10.1002/epa2.70051

Hedwig Unger

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Investigating the Dynamics of European University Alliances as Multi-Level Governance Spaces 欧洲大学联盟作为多层次治理空间的动态研究

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European Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2026-07-19 DOI: 10.1002/epa2.70050

Jens Jungblut, Peter Maassen, Bjørn Stensaker

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Democratic Control and Legitimacy of Finnish European Union Policy Process in Crisis Test: Trust, Openness, and the NextGenerationEU 危机测试中芬兰欧盟政策进程的民主控制与合法性：信任、开放与下一代欧盟

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European Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2026-07-19 DOI: 10.1002/epa2.70052

Laura Nordström, Tero Erkkilä, Henrik Peiponen

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What's New Pussycat?—Explaining Public Acceptance of Disease Prevention and Control Measures for Pets 小猫有什么新鲜事吗？-解释公众对宠物疾病防控措施的接受程度

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European Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2026-06-18 DOI: 10.1002/epa2.70044

Michelle Kim Emily Wyler

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