Presentations:

Kröger, S. 2011. Which representation in the EU? Paper presented at the conference “The European Union: What Institutional Model for Which Type of Democracy? Federalism, Compound Democracy, Multi-Level Governance and Directly Deliberative Polyarchy Compared’, University of Innsbruck, 22-23 September 2011.

Kröger, S. 2011. Better off without members? Analysis and implications of professionalization trends of civil society organisations involved in EU policy-making, paper presented at the 6th ECPR General Conference, University of Iceland, 24-27 August 2011, Reykjavik.

Kröger, S. 2011. The challenge of democratic representation in the EU. Paper presented at the RECON workshop “Strengthening democracy in the EU: Alternative forms of representation”, University of Bremen, 14-15 July 2011, Bremen (jointly with Richard Bellamy).

Kröger, S. 2011. The EU’s three channels of representation – realizing political equality with public control? Paper presented at the Colloquium „EU governance und Zivilgesellschaft vor dem Hintergrund der Osterweiterung“, Sonderforschungsstelle Osteuropa, University of Bremen, 1 July 2011, Bremen (jointly with Dawid Friedrich).

Friedrich, D. and S. Kröger, 2011. The “representative turn” in EU studies. Paper presented at the Eighteenth International Conference of Europeanists, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internationals, 20-22 June 2011, Barcelona.

Kröger, S., 2010, The effects of the Commission consultation regime on civil society organizations: Democracy promoter or interest defender? Paper presented at the workshop “Representation in the European Union: Coping with present challenges to democracy?” ZDEMO, University of Lüneburg, 16-18 September 2010, Lüneburg.

Kröger, S., 2010, Der Beitrag der Zivilgesellschaft zum repräsentativen Feld der EU. Vortrag im Colloquium „EU governance und Zivilgesellschaft vor dem Hintergrund der Osterweiterung“, Sonderforschungsstelle Osteuropa, Universität Bremen, 25. Juni 2010.

Kröger, S., 2010, Discussant of Christine Erhel and Jean-Luc Outin in the panel „Social governance“ of GUSTO - Meeting the challenges of economic uncertainty and sustainability through employment, industrial relations, social and environmental policies in European countries”, WP5, 3-4 June 2010, Paris.

Kröger, S., 2010, Discussant of Christian Bueger “When Translation Fails: Governance as Fashion, Security and the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission” at the First Berlin Forum “Innovation in Governance”, Technische Universität Berlin, 20-21 May 2010, Berlin.

Kröger, S., 2009, The consultation regime of the European Commission and its impact on organised civil society. Paper presented at the 5th ECPR General Conference, panel “New policy instruments: to democratise or to depoliticise?” University of Potsdam, 10-12 September 2009, Potsdam.

Kröger, S., 2009, The role of civil society in EU governance. Research colloquium of the 3rd workshop of the universities of Haifa and Bremen cooperation, 2 July 2009, Bremen.

Kröger, S., 2009, The representation of civil society across levels of governance: Conceptual issues. Paper presented at the workshop on Representative Theory, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 22 May 2009, Vienna.

Kröger, S., 2009, Mission impossible? Conceptualising the Link between Organised Civil Society and Democratic Legitimation in the EU. Paperpresented at the conference “Bringing Civil Society In: The European Union and the rise of representative democracy”, organised by the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute and the Centre d'études européennes de Science Po Paris, European University Institute, 13-14 March 2009, Florence.

Kröger, S., 2009, The Open Method of Coordination: Part of the problem or part of the solution? Paper presented at the workshop on “Nouveaux” modes de gouvernance et action publique européenne of the Section d’études européennes de l’AFSP, PACTE / IEP de Grenoble, 23 January 2009, Grenoble.

Kröger, S., 2008, The Open Method of Coordination: 9 years later and so little wiser. Paper presented at the workshop “The OMC within the Lisbon Strategy: Empirical assessments and theoretical implications”. Institute for European Integration Research, 28-29 November 2008, Vienna.

Kröger, S., 2008, The winner takes it all? Die Europäische Kommission zwischen partizipativer Demokratie und institutionellen Machtspielen. Beitrag zu der gemeinsamen Tagung der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (DVPW), der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft (ÖGPW) und der Schweizerischen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (SVPW) „Die Verfassung der Demokratien“, Univercity Osnabrück, 21-23 November 2008, Osnabrück.

Kröger, S., 2007, Blinded by the light or why the OMC literature needs variable-based research. Paper prepared for the seminar "New Modes of Governance in the New and Old Member States: Similarities and Differences", 26 October 2007, Warsaw.

Kröger, S., 2007, A prisoner to member states’ willingness. The European Commission and the antipoverty policy of the EU. Paper prepared for the fifth annual ESPAnet conference, 20-22 September 2007, Wien.

Kröger, S., 2007, Taking Stock of the Democratic Quality of European Social Policy Coordination. Paper prepared for the 2007 Annual Political Science Conference, Panel 2 “Democratic Governance in the European Union”, 1-2 February, Slubice.

Kröger, S., 2006, Inside out? The anti-poverty policies of the European Commission (1975-2006), Paper prepared for the workshop “Visionen für Europa’s Zukunft? Genese, Potential und Realisierungschancen der Visionen der Europäischen Kommission”, 1-2 December 2006, Göttingen.

Kröger, S., 2006, The democratic quality of European social policy coordination: little input, little output. Paper prepared for the workshop "Democracy, the rule of law, and soft modes of governance in the EU", 9 – 11 November 2006, Roskilde.     

Kröger, S., 2006, The OMC inclusion and national social NGOs: From enthusiasm to reality. Paper prepared for the 4th Annual ESPAnet Conference 2006, 21 – 23 September 2006, Bremen.

Kröger, S., 2006, Adapting to social policy coordination: How France and Germany are implementing the OMC inclusion. Paper prepared for the doctoral meeting of the French-German working group on comparative social policy analysis, Graduate School of Social Science, University of Bremen, 6 May 2006, Bremen.

Kröger, S., 2006, When the OMC does not (really) hit home. The chimera of learning through soft social policy coordination. Paper prepared for the workshop on “The Europeanization of Public Policies in Comparative Perspective”, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble, 9-10 March 2006, Grenoble.

Kröger, S., 2005, Coming to grips with soft governance: a conceptual framework for analysing the Open Method of Coordination in the field of poverty and social exclusion. Paper prepared for the 8th Summer School of the Postgraduate Programme “The Future of the European Social Model”, 18th to 21st July 2005, Göttingen.

Kröger, S., 2005, Learning: An Adequate Design for European Social Policy? Paper prepared for the young researchers workshop of the ESPAnet in Bath, 1-2 April 2005, Bath.

Kröger, S., 2005, The commonly agreed indicators in the context of the OMC/incl.: Challenges and limitations. Paper prepared for the French-German workshop on „Governance, Law and Technology“, 10 February 2005, Paris.

Kröger, S., 2004, Possibilities and limits of social governance of the EU besides regulative and distributive policies. A study of the OMC inclusion in France and Germany. Paper prepared for the 7th summer school of the Postgraduate Programme “The Future of the European Social Model”, 12-15 July 2004, Göttingen.

Kröger, S., 2004, “Let’s talk about it.” – Theorizing the OMC inclusion in light of its real life application. Paper prepared for the doctoral meeting 2004 of the Jean Monnet chair of the Institut d’Études Politiques, section “Public Policies in Europe”, 11 June 2004, Paris.

Kröger, S., 2001, L’importance de l’Union Européenne pour le troisième secteur – une perspective allemande. Paper prepared for the European Forum for providers of EU information and training to not-for-profit organisations, 29 – 30 November 2001, Brussels.

Invited talks

Kröger, S., 2010, Sinn und Unsinn quantifizierter Ziele. Vortrag auf der Tagung „Renten in Europa. Die Offene Methode der Koordinierung im Bereich Alterssicherung – Bilanz und Perspektiven“. Internationale Tagung der Deutschen Rentenversicherung Bund, 6.-7. Mai 2010, Berlin.

Kröger, S., 2009, Der Beitrag offener Koordinierung zu einer europäischen Armutspolitik. Vortrag auf der Fachtagung „Sozialmacht Europa?“ Fachtagung von Hochschule Bremen, Arbeitnehmerkammer Bremen und dem Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Institut (WSI) der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Haus der Wissenschaft, 6. November 2009, Bremen.

Kröger, S., 2009, Researching the added value of organised civil society for the democratic legitimation of the EU. Lecture at the colloquium “Diversity in the New Europe”, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), 7 July 2009, Bremen.

Kröger, S., 2009, Vertiefung der OMK Soziales mittels quantifizierter Ziele? Vortrag auf dem Workshop "Entwicklung der EU-Gesundheitspolitik im nicht-harmonisierten Bereich", Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, 29 April 2009, Berlin.

Kröger, S., 2008, Nothing but consultation. The place of organised civil society in EU policy-making across policies. Vortrag am Jean Monnet Centre for European Studies (CEuS), Univercity Bremen, 12 August 2008, Bremen.

Kröger, S., 2008, Die Offene Methode der Koordinierung: Ein Autonomie schonendes Instrument der EU? Vortrag am Institut für Höhere Studien Wien in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Institut für europäische Integrationsforschung, 11 March 2008, Wien.

Kröger, S., 2008, Blinded by the light or why the OMC needs variable based research. Lecture at the Hertie School of Governance, 6 February 2008, Berlin.