Latvia: welfare reform in the context of EU accession and emigration of the working-age population
- Date:2026-06-12 - Type :COUV
- Authors:Ilze Plavgo, Johannes Karremans, Olga Rajevska
Johannes Karremans is Professor in Political Science at the European School of Political and Social Sciences of the Catholic University of Lille. Since 1 January 2026, he is Jean Monnet Chair in 'Responsiveness and Responsibility in EU Governance', funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission (project number : 101238424; project acronym: RESONANCE). Prior to his current appointment, Professor Karremans held several post-doctoral positions at the European University Institute, the University of Salzburg and the University of Lisbon. Between 2019 and 2021, he was holder of the prestigious Lise Meitner grant from the Austrian Science Fund. Professor Karremans earned his doctorate in Political and Social Sciences at the EUI in 2017. He holds the Austrian venia docendi聽(habilitation),听 as well as the Italian national scientific habilitation. His research has appeared in several leading scholarly journals, including聽West European Politics,听Party Politics, the聽Journal of European Public Policy聽and the聽Journal of Common Market Studies. In 2024, his monograph was published with聽Oxford University Press:听