Jana Gómez Díaz is a postdoctoral researcher at the Working Group on Public Administration.
Previously, Jana served as a pre-doctoral researcher at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI), contributing to the EU Horizon 2020 project ‘Trust in Governance and Regulation in Europe’ (TiGRE). Beyond academia, she has practical experience as a policy advisor at the German Parliament in Berlin.
Jana holds a PhD in Political Sciences from Pompeu Fabra University. In her doctoral dissertation, she analyzed the intricacies of trust dynamics in public policy-making, with a specific focus on the role of specialized agencies in shaping trust among actors within the regulatory regime.
She also holds a Research Master’s in Political Science from Pompeu Fabra University, a Master’s in Politics and Public Administration from the University of Konstanz and a Bachelor’s degree in European Studies from the University of Passau.
Research
Jana's research revolves around themes associated with the regulatory regime. In a broad sense, she explores the dynamics of interactions among various actors within the regulatory regime, including legislators, regulators, judiciaries, citizens, and different stakeholders, and investigates their repercussions. Her work encompasses the examination of welfare service provision towards mobile EU workers in several European countries. Additionally, Jana delves into trust dynamics in public policy-making, with a specific emphasis on the influence of specialized agencies in shaping trust among actors within the regulatory regime. She also explores the reasons behind and consequences of overburdened bureaucracies.
Areas of Interest
- Regulatory governance
- Trust in institutions
- Democratic qualities
- European integration
- Multi-level governance
Publications
Gómez Díaz, J. and Pérez-Duran, I. (2024). State of the Art in the Study of EU Agencies: The Role of Trust as a Turning Point. In Ixchel Pérez-Duran. Brandsma, G.J. (Ed.), Handbook on European Union Public Administration. Edward Elgar (Forthcoming).
Leuffen, D., Schüssler, J. and Goméz Díaz, J. (2022). Public support for differentiated integration: individual liberal values and concerns about member state discrimination, Journal of European Public Policy, 29:2, 218-237.
Gómez Díaz, J. and Gómez Díaz, A. (2020). Does European Integration Increase Sub-National Power? Evidence from a Time-Series Cross-Sectional Analysis. European Political Science 19, 622–640.