Sara Hagemann

Sara Hagemann is Associate Professor in European Politics at London School of Economics and Political Science, where she joined the European Institute in September 2009. In her work, Sara draws on a mix of academic and policy experience as she has held research and policy positions in Brussels, Copenhagen and London. Sara has published extensively on European affairs, in particular on transparency and accountability in political systems, EU policy-making processes, EU treaty matters, the role of national parliaments, and the consequences of EU enlargements.

Sara is a frequent commentator on EU affairs in both international and national media. She is the Co-Founder and General Editor of the LSE’s popular European Politics blog EUROPP.

Before joining LSE, Sara worked as a Senior Policy Analyst at the Brussels-based European Policy Centre (EPC), where she was responsible for its Political Europe programme. She has also held posts at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), and in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sara is the Co-Founder and former Director of VoteWatch Europe (www.votewatch.eu) an online initiative that monitors EU decision-makers’ voting records.

Sara has been awarded an ESRC Impact Accelerator Grant (from September 2016- April 2018) through the LSE’s School of Public Affairs. She was an ESRC Senior Fellow in the UK in a Changing Europe Programme (www.ukandeu.ac.uk) during the UK’s EU referendum year 2016, providing independent expert advice to Parliament, government, businesses and interest organisations and public media.

Education

• PhD The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2003 — 2007)
• Master of Research The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2003 — 2004)
• MSc The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2002 — 2003)
• BA Roskilde University (1999 — 2002)

Companies

• Vice Dean and Professor of Political Science Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen (2021)
• Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Extended Education), LSE School of Public Policy The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2021 — 2021)
• Associate Professor The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2009 — 2021)
• Academic Director, LSE School of Public Policy The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2019 — 2021)
• Co-Founder & Managing Director VoteWatch Europe (2009 — 2011)
• Senior Policy Analyst European Policy Centre (2007 — 2009)
• Research Fellow CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies) (2006 — 2007)
• Research And Teaching Assistant London School of Economics (2003 — 2005)
• Programme Assistant, Department of Central- and Eastern Europe Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1999 — 2002)