Political scientist interested in European integration and EU politics. Postdoc at LMU, Ph.D. from EUI, M.A. from College of Europehttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3mt2dpldmfs2cVery happy to see our review article on the realization of Next Generation EU now published online and open access in #JEPP, the Journal of European Public Policy 👇 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2026.2716085 Co-authored with @tizianozgaga.bsky.social14 Aug 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2dpldmfs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3mhzj5k5s6s2bOur new book on the #EuropeanCouncil has a cover 😍 With 16 new or revised chapters, it introduces the emergence, foundations, activities, and shortcomings of this pivotal institution The book will become available in October, you can already pre-order it here 👇 https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/european-council-9781350462717/27 Mar 2026 06:40 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhzj5k5s6s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3mhwy23slvc2pThe #EuropeanCouncil earlier this month ended with Orbán blocking the EU‘s €90bn package for Ukraine. So good, so normal (unfortunately). But something is different with this latest #EUCO blockage, I argue in this new piece for Verfassungsblog https://verfassungsblog.de/a-deal-is-a-deal/ Three takeaways:26 Mar 2026 06:29 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhwy23slvc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3mhsvyvdbo22eEver wondered how the #EuropeanUnion would look like without the #EuropeanCouncil? In this piece for @foederalist.eu, I do some counterfactual analysis: how EU policymaking and interinstitutional relations might work without #EUCO https://www.foederalist.eu/2026/03/chefsache-no-more-european-council.html?m=124 Mar 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsvyvdbo22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3mfbh5kcyac2d🚨 New publication out in #BJPIR (British Journal of Politics and International Relations) How do bilateral and other minilateral relations between a small group of countries, on the one hand, and multilateral politics in a regional or global organization, on the other, relate to each other? (1/3) https://lnkd.in/dNXanwp520 Feb 2026 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfbh5kcyac2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3menzv766gc2fThe European Council #EUCO today comes together for an informal summit on EU competitiveness. Ever wondered how this institution has evolved since its creation in 1975 and how informed observers have assessed its role? (1/4)12 Feb 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3menzv766gc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3mde67csjvk2j🚨 new publication alert The European Union increasingly faces external pressures. Whilst external pressures always mattered for European integration and EU studies, this article holds that they are more consequential today than in the past.26 Jan 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mde67csjvk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3mcshnyk3uk27How can and should we study an important yet largely inaccessible institution like the #EuropeanCouncil? In a new article, published in #EuropeanPoliticalSciene, I present key data, paradoxes and research avenues 50 years after its creation. The article is available open access 👇 h7.cl/1n6zx https://h7.cl/1n6zx19 Jan 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcshnyk3uk27https://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3mb4n7jinls2uThis article marks the completion of our #JEPP special issue on the geopolitics of European integration 👇 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2025.2608177?src=#abstract The article introduces our distinct outside-in perspective, theorising how external geopolitical pressures affect EU internal policymaking dynamics 🇪🇺29 Dec 2025 10:34 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb4n7jinls2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3m5g4utvffs2z🚨 Call for papers 👉 With Christian Lequesne (Sciences Po Paris), I am co-editing a special issue on EU Enlargement and Neighborhood Policies. We invite contributions looking at negotiation processes between EU institutions, Member State perspectives, and interactions with candidate countries.12 Nov 2025 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5g4utvffs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3m5caqyd2jc25New publication alert! Excited to share that my paper, co-authored with Mareike Kleine (LSE European Institute), is now online with JEPP https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2025.2576162#abstract10 Nov 2025 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5caqyd2jc25https://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3m32fr2h2o22hToday marks the start of our new winter term at #LMU I will again be teaching one of my favourite seminars: “Franco-German relations in the European Union“ has an updated syllabus. This time we will be looking more closely into crisis politics and the domestic challenges in both countries.13 Oct 2025 04:44 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m32fr2h2o22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3m2ldwapdu22rExcited to have started the new academic year at the #College of Europe in Bruges - my Alma Mater - for the first time as visiting professor. I am co-teaching a course on the #EuropeanCouncil, using as a basis our forthcoming book. Happy to meet old and news friends!07 Oct 2025 05:02 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ldwapdu22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3lzuucas6rc2xVery excited about this moment! I am about to submit our #bookmanuscript on the #EuropeanCouncil to the publisher. Off now to the competent hands of @bloomsburypol.bsky.social28 Sep 2025 06:23 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzuucas6rc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3lqr62wya4s2vNew article out in German Politics and Society! https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/gps/43/1/gps430102.xml I develop a theoretical argument and mechanism about Germany‘s approach towards EU fiscal politics, based on two countervailing forces: 1/n04 Jun 2025 06:21 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqr62wya4s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3lokvvwv6xs2tVery happy to see this article with #AlexSchilin out open access in #WestEuropeanPolitics https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01402382.2025.2492466 1/207 May 2025 07:49 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lokvvwv6xs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3lofs746o2s2iExcited to attend the conference of the European Union Studies Association (#EUSA) later this week From Thursday to Saturday, I will be involved in four panels: - Presenting a paper on how the China shock affects EU policymaking (Thursday 8.30am local time) 1/305 May 2025 06:59 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lofs746o2s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3lmoit2mu5s2lPünktlich zum 50-jährigen Jubiläum des Europäischen Rats ist unser aktualisierter Überblick über das Wirken dieser Schlüsselinstitution der Europäischen Union erschienen. Wie immer frei verfügbar im „Taschenbuch Europa von A bis Z“ auf Springer Online: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-658-24456-9_53-3.pdf?pdf=inline%20link13 Apr 2025 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmoit2mu5s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucasschramm91.bsky.social/post/3llvgjtyc5c24Happy to spend some time at #Princeton University in spring! I will work on two papers: one on the 50th anniversary of the European Council, another on EU trade policy (couldn’t be more timely these days). Let me know if you are around and also staying a bit longer in the U.S. after #EUSA.03 Apr 2025 07:57 +0000at://did:plc:ict5volt3oqdcbd3rbwq2uv6/app.bsky.feed.post/3llvgjtyc5c24