Research

Ann-Katrin Mandry’s research interests lie in the field of European politics, policy-making in multi-level systems and comparative government and public administrative research. In particular, she deals with the phenomenon of informality from a political and administrative science perspective, with the concept of assertiveness of member state administrations in European negotiation arenas and, from a comparative European perspective, with the development of civil service leaders.

Teaching

• Summer term 2025: “Zwischen Vielfalt und Einheit – Die föderale Struktur Deutschlands” [Between Diversity and Unity – Germany's Federal Structure] (Bachelor, seminar), University of Potsdam
• Summer term 2025: “Managing the Unexpected – Crisis Governance in the European Multi-Level System” (Master, seminar), University of Potsdam
• Summer terms 2022 und 2023, winter term 2023/24: Block course on European law for technical trainees, German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer
• Summer term 2022: Block course on governance and administration in the European multi-level system, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Villach
• Summer term 2015: Tutorial for the lecture “Introduction to French Cultural Studies”, University of Passau

Publications

Schomaker, R. M.; Mandry, A. (2025). Informalität im Politikbetrieb der EU – ethische und praktische Überlegungen [Informality in EU Politics – Ethical and Practical Considerations]. ORDO – Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, De Gruyter, 74 (1), 1-24.

Schomaker, R. M; Hack, M.; Mandry, A. (2021). Has the Covid-19 pandemic led to more informal and decentralised EU decision-making?. EUROPP – European Politics and Policy, blog entry of 21^st July 2021. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2021/07/28/has-the-covid-19-pandemic-led-to-more-informal-and-decentralised-eu-decision-making/

Schomaker, R. M; Hack, M.; Mandry, A. (2021). The EU’s Reaction in the First Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic between Centralisation and Decentralisation, Formality and Informality. Journal of European Public Policy, 28 (8), 1278-1298. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2021.1942153

Schomaker, R. M; Hack, M.; Mandry, A. (2021). National Pacemaking and Informal Arenas – The EU’s Reaction in the First Wave of Covid-19 Pandemic. FÖV Discussion Papers 90.

Conference contributions

(2025) Mandry, A.: “Zum Demokratie- und Legitimationsdefizit der EU” [The EU's Democratic and Legitimacy Deficit], 56^th Radein Research Seminar “Zukunft der Ordnungsökonomik als freiheitliche Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft” [The Future of Regulatory Economics as a Liberal Order of Economy and Society]”, South Tyrol, Italy, 2^ndto 9^th February 2025.

(2023) Schomaker, R. M.; Mandry, A.: “Assertiveness of Member State Administrations on the European Level”, Conference Track: PSG XIV: EU Administration and Multi-Level Governance, EGPA Annual Conference, Zagreb, Croatia, 5^th to 8^th September 2023.

(2023) Schomaker, R. M.; Mandry, A.: “Informalität im Politikbetrieb der EU – ethische und praktische Überlegungen” [Informality in EU Politics – Ethical and Practical Considerations], 54^th Radein Research Seminar “Aktuelle Fragen der Ordnungs- und Unternehmensethik” [Current questions of regulatory and business ethics], South Tyrol, Italy, 5^th to 12^thFebruary 2023.

(2022) Schomaker, R.M.; Mandry, A.: “Emergence and Effects of Informal Modes of Action in the European Multi-level System”, Conference Track: PSG XIV: EU Administration and Multilevel Governance, EGPA Annual Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 6^th to 9^th September 2022.

(2022) Mandry, A.: “Zur digitalen Zukunft Europas – Die Coronakrise als EU-Reformbeschleuniger?” [On Europe’s Digital Future – the Coronavirus Crisis as an Accelerator of EU Reforms?], International Symposium “Auf dem Weg zum digitalen Europäischen Verwaltungsraum” [Towards a Digital European Administrative Space], Speyer, Germany, 22^nd to 23^rd September 2022.

(2022) Mandry, A.: “Was geschieht hinter den Kulissen von Politik und Verwaltung? – Eine interdisziplinäre Betrachtung informellen Handelns im europäischen Mehrebenensystem” [What Is Happening Behind the Scenes of Politics and Administration? – An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Informal Actions in the European Multi-Level System], 17^th German-French Annual Meeting on Comparative Public Law, International and European Law, Speyer, Germany, 29^th June to 1^stJuly 2022.