Simon Lenhart, M.A.
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Email: simon.lenhart
Curriculum Vitae
Simon Immanuel Lenhart has been working as a research assistant at the Chair of Policy Research and environmental Politics at the Institute of Political Science at the FernUniversität Hagen since December 2022. In the Bachelor's program "Political Science, Public Administration, Sociology (PVS)" he supervises the modules VP2 "Policy Research" and V3 "European Administration". Previously, Mr. Lenhart worked as a research assistant at the Department for European Policy and Democracy Studies at the University for Continuing Education Krems in the research project REGIOPARL (Regional Parliaments Lab). Mr. Lenhart studied social sciences (B.Sc.) and completed his master's degree in political science (M.A.) at the University of Cologne. During his studies, he gained experience as a student and research assistant at the Cologne Center for Comparative Politics at the University of Cologne and at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG). At the MPIfG, he supported research on the political economy of the private insurance and housing industry and housing construction as part of a project on economic sociology. He is pursuing his doctorate in political science with a focus on European politics at the University of Tübingen.
Research Focus
- European politics/integration; European sociology
- Comparative politics; local and regional authorities in the multi-level system
- Policy research
Publications
Donat, E. & Lenhart, S. (2023): Elicitated Mapping als Methode zur Ermittlung von Raumbildern regionaler Abgeordneter, in: ZQF – Zeitschrift für Qualitative Forschung, 24 (2), pp. 253-273.
Reiter, R., Lenhart, S., Riese, D., Gröbe, B. & Grohs, S. (2023): Die Europaaktivitäten der deutschen Städte und Gemeinden: Ergebnisbericht der Fallstudien, in: KommZuEU Working Paper 1/2023.
Donat, E. & Lenhart, S. (2023): The Debate on the European Union’s Future From the Perspective of Regional Members of Parliament, in: Politics and Governance, 11 (3), pp. 45-58.
Donat, E. & Lenhart, S. (2023): Bürger*innennähe als Antwort auf mangelndes Vertrauen? Eine Analyse für das Mehrebenensystem der EU, in: SWS-Rundschau, 63 (2), pp. 105-124.
Lenhart, S. (2023): Der AdR als Repräsentant regionaler Parlamente in der EU? Perspektiven regionaler Abgeordneter auf den Ausschuss der Regionen. In: Meyer, S. (ed.): Europapolitik durch die subnationale Brille. Parlamente & Bürger:innen im EU-Mehrebenensystem. University of Krems Press: Krems, pp. 195-232.
Meyer, S. & Lenhart, S. (2023): Der Ausschuss der Regionen in der Konferenz zur Zukunft Europas. In: Meyer, S. (ed.): Europapolitik durch die subnationale Brille. Parlamente & Bürger:innen im EU-Mehrebenensystem. University of Krems Press: Krems, pp. 233-272.
Donat, E. & Lenhart, S. (2023): Ziele und Strategien regionaler Politik in europapolitischen Fragen aus Sicht regionaler Abgeordneter. In: Meyer, S. (ed.): Europapolitik durch die subnationale Brille. Parlamente & Bürger:innen im EU-Mehrebenensystem. University of Krems Press: Krems, pp. 302-334.
Donat, E. & Lenhart, S. (2022): Das Stadt-Region-Nation-Europa Verhältnis aus Sicht regionaler Politiker*innen in Deutschland, Spanien, Belgien und Österreich - eine provokative Auseinandersetzung mittels Fokusgruppendiskussionen. In: Ganter, L., Hardtke, T., Hodaie, N., Stock, M. (eds.): Provinz Postmigrantisch. Rurale Perspektiven auf Politik, Alltag und Literatur. Springer VS: Wiesbaden, pp. 81-104.
Donat, E. & Lenhart, S. (2022): Europeanization of citizens vis-à-vis regional politicians. The case of the German-speaking community in Belgium, in: Journal of Contemporary European Studies. (online first)
Donat, E. & Lenhart, S. (2022): Europas Regionen in der Corona-Krise – soziale Auswirkungen am Beispiel einer industriellen Region. In: Dialer, D., Hainzl, C., Kuske, H. (eds.): Gesundheitspolitik und Gesellschaft in der COVID-19 Krise. LIT Verlag: Wien, pp. 197-213.
Abels, G., Große Hüttmann, M., Meyer, S. & Lenhart, S. (2021): The Committee of the Regions and the Conference on the Future of Europe. In: Abels, G. (ed.): From Takers to Shapers? Challenges for Regions in a Dynamic EU Polity. EZFF Europäisches Zentrum für Föderalismusforschung (Occasional Paper): Tübingen, pp. 22-44.
Conference Papers and Presentations
Proximity to Citizens as an Instrument for Strengthening European Democracy? A subnational perspective (with E. Donat) RSA Winter Conference, November 9, 2023.
Bürger*innennähe als Instrument zur Stärkung der europäischen Demokratie? (with E. Donat) ECSA Suisse Dreiländertagung at the Universität Zürich, October 20, 2023.
Closeness to citizens as a way to increase political trust? An analysis in EUs multilevel system (with E. Donat) International Conference of the EnTrust Project “Trust and Distrust in Governance: Exploring the Impact of Social and Political Dynamics”, September 28, 2023.
Europeanization in the Euroregio Maas-Rhine – A Matter of Trust and Thinking Forward (with E. Donat) UACES Conference 2022, September 5, 2023.
Regional MPs’ perspectives on the Committee of the Regions
Conference of the University of Continuing Education Krems/REGIOPARL Project “Mapping regional involvement in EU affairs“, October 21, 2022.
The Committee of the Regions and the Conference on the Future of Europe: A chance for a stronger voice of the subnational level in EU Policymaking?
Guest lecture at the University Antwerpen, research group Politics & Public Governance, September 7, 2022.
(My) region first: dimensions of Euroscepticism and populism at the subnational level in times of crisis (with E. Donat, S. Kikić)
11th Biennial Conference of ECPR at the Luiss School of Government, June 10, 2022.
A long way towards European integration: EU`s future debate from the perspective of subnational politicians (with E. Donat)
Conference of the University Agder “Interdisciplinary Trans-Nordic conference on European differentiated integration”, June 2, 2022.
(My) region first? Die Grenzen der Europäischen Union aus der Sicht regionaler Abgeordneter (with E. Donat)
Section Conference European Sociology of the German Sociological Association, November 12, 2021.
Europeanization of Citizens vis-á-vis regional Politicians – The case of the German-speaking community in Belgium (with E. Donat)
UACES Conference 2021, September 6, 2021.
Vermeintliche Idylle? Die Pandemie als Beschleuniger von Umbrüchen im ländlichen Raum (with E. Donat)
Joint Conference of the German Sociological Association and the Austrian Association for Sociology „Die Post-Corona-Gesellschaft? Pandemie, Krise und ihre Folgen“, August 25, 2021.
The Committee of the Regions and the Conference on the Future of Europe (with G. Abels, M. Große Hüttmann, S. Meyer)
Conference of the University Tübingen “From Takers to Shapers? Challenges for Regions in a Dynamic EU Polity”, May 6, 2021.
Das Stadt-Land-Europa Verhältnis aus der Sicht regionaler PolitikerInnen (with E. Donat)
Conference of the University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd "Provinz: postmigrantisch", November 28, 2020.
