Anne Pintsch

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science and Management

Email: anne.pintsch@uia.no
Phone: +47 38142438

Office HU020 (Universitetsveien 25, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway)

Projects

Lowering the bar? Compliance Negotiations and the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement

Research groups

European integration and transnational governance

Areas of responsibility

I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder. I am also the coordinator of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the University of Agder, the leader of HROMADA – Nordic-Baltic Knowledge-Based Input Network to the Rebuilding of Ukraine, and leader of a research project on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, funded by the Norwegian Research Council. I hold a PhD from ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Previous positions include interim professor for empirical democracy research at the University of Mannheim, project director at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) and a post-doc at Ghent University, Belgium. My research interests include external democracy promotion, international organizations, the European Union, and political transformation in Central and Eastern Europe, with a special focus on Ukraine.

Research

Selected publications

My publications with a relation to Ukraine:

Pintsch, Anne, and Marina Rabinovych. 2023. "Harnessing the Nordic-Baltic Cooperation Experience for Ukraine’s Post-war Recovery." NordForsk. Fast Track to Vision 2030: 127-131.

Rabinovych, Maryna, and Anne Pintsch. 2020. "The Amalgamated Communities’ International Cooperation: Challenges and Pathways to Improvement." VoxUkraine (30 November).

Rabinovych, Maryna, and Anne Pintsch. 2020. "Децентралізація Та Міжнародне Співробітництво Отг: Виклики Та Шляхи Покращення." VoxUkraine (30 November).

Rabinovych, Maryna, and Anne Pintsch. 2020. "Синонім Євроінтеграції: Як Децентралізація Наблизить Україну До ЄC [A Synonym of European Integration: How Decentralization Will Bring Ukraine Closer to the EU]." Європейська правда /Yevropeysʹka Pravda (25 August).

Pintsch, Anne. 2020. "Decentralization in Ukraine and ‘Bottom-up’ European Integration?" In Regional Diversity, Decentralization and Conflict in Ukraine, edited by Hanna Shelest and Maryna Rabinovych, 339-363. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.

Wetzel, Anne. 2018. "Flexible Integration und Compliance – Lehren aus der Energiegemeinschaft [Flexible Integration and Compliance – Lessons from the Energy Community]." integration 41 (3):228-240.

Wetzel, Anne. 2016. "From Halt to Hurry: External and Domestic Influences on Ukrainian Asylum Policy." Eurasian Geography and Economics 57 (1):66-88.

Freyburg, Tina, Sandra Lavenex, Frank Schimmelfennig, Tatiana Skripka, and Anne Wetzel. 2015. Democracy Promotion by Functional Cooperation: The European Union and Its Neighbourhood. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Wetzel, Anne. 2014. "Die Europäische Nachbarschaftspolitik gegenüber der Ukraine: Vom Scheitern einer Politik mit technokratischen Mitteln [The European Neighbourhood Policy Towards Ukraine. The Failure of a Technocratic Policy]." Die Friedens-Warte. Journal of International Peace and Organization 89 (1-2):105-123.

Freyburg, Tina, Sandra Lavenex, Frank Schimmelfennig, Tatiana Skripka, and Anne Wetzel. 2011. "Democracy Promotion through Functional Cooperation? The Case of the European Neighbourhood Policy." Democratization 18 (4):1026-1054.

Wetzel, Anne. 2010. "Umweltschutz und Bürgerbeteiligung. Chancen und Grenzen der Århus-Konvention in der Ukraine [Environmental Protection and Citizen Participation. The Opportunities and Limitations of the Aarhus Convention in Ukraine]." Osteuropa 60 (2-4):309-317.

Wetzel, Anne. 2009. "Kurzanalyse 'Herausforderungen für die Ukraine 2010': Abschluss des Assoziierungsabkommens mit der EU und Umsetzung der Assoziierungsagenda [Analysis 'Challenges for Ukraine 2010': Singning of the Association Agreement with the EU and Implementation of the Association Agenda]." Ukraine-Analysen 66 (08.12.2009):12-13.

Wetzel, Anne. 2009. "Die Kooperation der EU und der Ukraine im Bereich der Staatlichen Beihilfenpolitik: Grundlagen und Ergebnisse [EU-Ukraine Cooperation on State Aid Policy: Background and Results]." Ukraine-Analysen 54 (24.03.2009):18-21.

Freyburg, Tina, Sandra Lavenex, Frank Schimmelfennig, Tatiana Skripka, and Anne Wetzel. 2009. "EU Promotion of Democratic Governance in the Neighbourhood." Journal of European Public Policy 16 (6):916-934.

Wetzel, Anne. 2005. "Die Grenze Zwischen der Ukraine und der EU: Gibt es mehr als „Drinnen“ und „Draußen“? [The Border between Ukraine and EU: Is There More Than "Inside" and "Outside"?]." In Integration und Ausgrenzung Im Osten Europas. Beiträge für die 13. Tagung Junger Osteuropa-Experten. Arbeitspapiere und Materialien, No. 70 - September 2005, 17-20. Bremen: Forschungsstelle Osteuropa Bremen [Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen].

General outreach

Maryna Rabinovych and Anne Pintsch (2020): Синонім євроінтеграції: як децентралізація наблизить Україну до ЄС [A synonym of European integration: how decentralization will bring Ukraine closer to the EU], Європейська правда /Yevropeysʹka Pravda, 25 August, available online: https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/experts/2020/08/25/7113285/

Rabinovych, Maryna & Pintsch, Anne (2024). From the 2014 Annexation of Crimea to the 2022 Russian War on Ukraine: Path Dependence and Socialization in the EU–Ukraine Relations. Journal of Common Market Studies. ISSN 0021-9886. doi: 10.1111/jcms.13572.
Rabinovych, Maryna & Pintsch, Anne (2023). Compliance Negotiations in EU External Relations: The Case of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. Journal of European Integration. ISSN 0703-6337. doi: 10.1080/07036337.2023.2272732. Full text in Research Archive
Rabinovych, Maryna & Pintsch, Anne (2023). The Eastern Partnership Initiative: Challenges of Assessing Performance and New Geopolitical Realities. International Politics. ISSN 1384-5748. p. 1–17. doi: 10.1057/s41311-023-00520-1.
Rabinovych, Maryna & Pintsch, Anne (2023). Sustainable Development: A Common Denominator for the EU’s Policy Towards the Eastern Partnership? The International Spectator: Italian Journal of International Affairs. ISSN 0393-2729. 58(1), p. 38–57. doi: 10.1080/03932729.2023.2165774. Show summary
The heterogeneity of the Eastern Partnership countries’ cultures, political regimes and foreign policy aspirations has been a challenge to the EU’s formulation of a coherent umbrella policy towards the region since the 2004 enlargement. Document analysis with a focus on region-level documents and the cases of Ukraine and Azerbaijan demonstrates the EU’s tendency to shift from an emphasis on European integration and common values to the sustainable development concept in order to address this challenge. By also taking into account the context of this tendency, this analysis highlights the need to balance sustainable development, integration efforts and democratisation in the Eastern Partnership amidst increasing differentiation between target countries and geopolitical pressures.
Rabinovych, Maryna & Pintsch, Anne (2022). EU External Differentiated Integration and Compliance: Theoretical and Legal Aspects. In Leruth, Benjamin; Gänzle, Stefan & Trondal, Jarle (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Differentiation in the European Union. Routledge. ISSN 978-0367149659. p. 99–115.
Pintsch, Anne; Hammerschmidt, Dennis & Meyer, Cosima (2022). Introduction: The Decline of Democracy and Rise of Populism in Europe and their Effect on Democracy Promotion. Cambridge Review of International Affairs. ISSN 0955-7571. 35(4), p. 405–423. doi: 10.1080/09557571.2022.2082797. Show summary
International democracy promotion has been facing various challenges for awhile. Among those are the decline of democracy and the rise of populism in donorcountries. To date, however, there is little knowledge about their impact on democracypromotion. This article introduces a Special Issue that explores these challenges. After ageneral overview of the topic and consideration of the thematic focus of mostcontributions to the Special Issue, the introductory article elaborates in more detail onthe relationship between populism and democracy promotion. Based on reviews of thedebates about populism and democracy on the one hand and populism and foreignpolicy on the other hand, the article outlines three pathways through which populistsmay influence democracy promotion: (1) individual states, (2) internationalorganizations and (3) civil society. In addition, the article summarizes the mainfindings of the contributions to the Special Issue and draws some general conclusionsand perspectives for further research.
Rabinovych, Maryna & Pintsch, Anne (2021). EU Differentiated Integration as a Tangible. Internal and External Dimensions. In Hoerber, Thomas; Weber, Gabriel & Cabras, Ignazio (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of European Integrations. Routledge. ISSN 978-0-367-20307-8. p. 376–393.
Hammerschmidt, Dennis; Meyer, Cosima & Pintsch, Anne (2021). Foreign Aid in Times of Populism: The Influence of Populist Radical Right Parties on the Official Development Assistance of OECD Countries. Cambridge Review of International Affairs. ISSN 0955-7571. 35(4), p. 478–499. doi: 10.1080/09557571.2021.1980498. Show summary
Populist parties in governments are on the rise in many European countries that are also major donors of foreign aid. While the general political development of populism has attracted much scientific and media attention, there is little knowledge about how populist parties influence foreign aid spending. Since radical right-wing populism tends to over-prioritize domestic politics, populist radical right-wing governments are likely to reduce foreign aid spending. We argue that the larger the share of populist radical right parties in a government is, the less foreign aid is spent. We account for divisions of power by distinguishing between populist radical right parties in the legislative and executive branches of government. Analysing 25 OECD countries between 1990 − 2016 using generalized additive models, we find empirical support for our hypotheses. Our findings on foreign aid have implications for understanding the impact of populist radical right-wing parties on foreign policy making more broadly.
Pintsch, Anne (2020). Decentralization in Ukraine and Bottom-up European Integration. In Shelest, Hanna & Rabinovych, Maryna (Ed.), Decentralization, Regional Diversity, and Conflict: The Case of Ukraine. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-030-41764-2. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-41765-9_12. Full text in Research Archive

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Rabinovych, Maryna & Pintsch, Anne (2023). Compliance Negotiations in EU External Differentiated Integration: The Case of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.
Pintsch, Anne (2023). Et år siden invasjonen i Ukraina.
Rabinovych, Maryna & Pintsch, Anne (2023). Europa må støtte en rask seier for Ukraina. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
Pintsch, Anne & Rabinovych, Maryna (2023). Geopolitical and Technocratic: EU International Actorness and Russia's War Against Ukraine. Schuman Papers (Foundation Robert Schuman).
Pintsch, Anne & Rabinovych, Maryna (2023). Keynote speech "Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Geopolitical Europe and the New Global Order".
Pintsch, Anne & Rabinovych, Maryna (2023). Harnessing the Nordic-Baltic Cooperation Experience for Ukraine’s Post-War Recovery. In Flåøyen, Arne (Eds.), NordForsk Report Fast Track To Vision 2030. NordForsk. p. 127–131.
Pintsch, Anne & Rabinovych, Maryna (2022). EU, Ukraine and the Eastern Partnership in War and Post-War Times: Quo Vadis?
Pintsch, Anne & Rabinovych, Maryna (2022). EU External Differentiated Integration and Compliance: Theoretical and Legal Aspects.
Rabinovych, Maryna & Pintsch, Anne (2022). From the 2014 Annexation of Crimea to the 2022 Russian war on Ukraine: Path-Dependence and Socialization in the EU-Ukraine Relations between the Critical Junctures.
Pintsch, Anne & Rabinovych, Maryna (2022). Compliance Negotiations and the EU Association Relations with Third Countries. The Case of Ukraine.
Pintsch, Anne (2022). Comment on the Speech "Norsk utenrikspolitikk i en ny tid" of the Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt.
Pintsch, Anne (2022). European Refugee Policy and Practice, with a Particular Focus on the War in Ukraine.
Pintsch, Anne (2022). Power, Resistance, and Development in the context of the geopolitical dynamics between Russia, Ukraine, NATO, and the EU.
Pintsch, Anne (2022). War in Ukraine – Historical Origins and Current Developments.
Rabinovych, Maryna & Pintsch, Anne (2022). From the 2014 Annexation of Crimea to the 2022 Russia-Ukraine War: Association, Resilience and Socialization in the EU-Ukraine Relations between the Critical Junctures.
Rabinovych, Maryna & Pintsch, Anne (2022). Sustainable Development: A Common Denominator for the EU’s Policy towards the Eastern Partnership?
Pintsch, Anne & Rabinovych, Maryna (2022). Revisiting Compliance Negotiations: The EU Association Relations with Ukraine.
Pintsch, Anne; Trondal, Jarle; Andersen, Johan Erik; Avramovic, Aleksandar & Bugyi, László (2021). Demokratisk Tilbakegang Fortsetter i Europa. Fædrelandsvennen. ISSN 0805-3790. p. 23–23.
Pintsch, Anne & Rabinovych, Maryna (2020). The Amalgamated Communities’ international cooperation: challenges and pathways to improvement.
Pintsch, Anne & Rabinovych, Maryna (2020). Децентралізація та міжнародне співробітництво ОТГ: виклики та шляхи покращення.
Pintsch, Anne & Rabinovych, Maryna (2020). Синонім євроінтеграції: як децентралізація наблизить Україну до ЄС.

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