Queen Mary academic appointed as new editor at European Political Science (EPS), the professional journal of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).

European Political Science (EPS) is the professional journal of the European Consortium for Political Research ECPR, devoted to publishing contributions by and for the political science community. Its interpretation of 'political science' is wide and encompasses comparative politics, political economy, international relations, public administration, political theory, European studies and related disciplines. It publishes pieces on how the discipline is, can and ought to be.

Commenting on her appointment, Dr Stella Ladi said: “I am thrilled to join the EPS editorial team and I am looking forward to reading all the new work that colleagues are submitting to the journal. EPS is the professional journal of ECPR and has a broad scope allowing us to be innovative and open about what we publish.”

Stella Ladi is Professor in Public Policy at Queen Mary University of London and Associate Professor at Panteion University. She is also a research fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and Research Associate at the Hellenic Observatory, LSE and has acted as a public policy expert at the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of the Aegean, Greece.

Her research interests include crisis and the EU policy, public policy and public administration reforms, Europeanisation, transnational administration and the role of experts in public policy. She has published in journals such as the Journal of European Integration, JCMS, Policy & Society, Regulation & Governance, Public Administration, West European Politics, New Political Economy, Comparative European Politics and Political Studies Review. She is the co-author of Capitalising on Constraint: Bailout Politics in Eurozone Countries (Manchester University Press, 2021) with Catherine Moury, Daniel Cardoso, D. and Angie Gago.