European Union Migration Agencies at the Crossroads: Significant Empowerment after the Schengen crisis?

The dissertation explores the developments of the border control agency Frontex and the European Asylum Support Office EASO, arguing that the Schengen crisis of 2015-16 prompted EU institutions to significantly empower both migration agencies. This study adapts classic principal-agent interpretations while applying a process-tracing method to introduce a distinction between primary and intermediate principals on one side and multiple agents on the other. By doing so, this study investigates significant agency empowerment in the EU migration policy.     «

The dissertation explores the developments of the border control agency Frontex and the European Asylum Support Office EASO, arguing that the Schengen crisis of 2015-16 prompted EU institutions to significantly empower both migration agencies. This study adapts classic principal-agent interpretations while applying a process-tracing method to introduce a distinction between primary and intermediate principals on one side and multiple agents on the other. By doing so, this study investigates sign...     »