Silje Synnøve Lyder Hermansen

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen

I’m Silje

Welcome to my website! I am an assistant professor at the University of Copenhagen. I hold my PhD in political science from the University of Oslo. Previously, I have worked at PluriCourts (University of Oslo) and iCourts (University of Copenhagen), both centers of excellence dedicated to the study of international courts.

My research focuses on the selection and behavior of our representatives; be they legislators or judges. I am particularly interested in the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Parliament. I rely mostly on quantitative methods, and have extensive experience in both automated data collection and Bayesian estimation strategies. My research is featured in places like European Union Politics, Party Politics and Journal of European Public Policy.

I teach topics on comparative politics, the European Union and research methods. This includes courses both at bachelor’s and master’s/PhD level, for students as well as professionals. My book, Lær deg R (2019) is the first introduction to R in Norwegian. You can also find it in Danish (R i praksis, 2023)

Interests

Judicial behavior
Legislative behavior
Quantitative research methods

Education

PhD in Political Science, 2017

University of Oslo
Master in Political Science, 2010

University of Oslo
Bachelor in Political Science, 2005

Université Pantheon-Sorbonne
General Academic Studies Degree in Law, 2004

Université Pantheon-Sorbonne

Featured

The European Court of Justice, an able and unwilling lawmaker: evidence from 920 free movement of persons judgments

(2024) Revisiting Judicial Politics in the European Union, Edward Elgar Publishing. pp 282-304.

This chapter inquires whether the …

Silje Synnøve Lyder Hermansen, Urška Šadl

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Projects

External strategic interactions - the CJEU in relation with other actors

What are the strategic considerations guiding decision making by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)?

Judicial behavior: Decision makers in the CJEU

I open the black box of the decision-making process to consider governments’ and judges’ strategic behavior in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

Decision makers in the European Parliament (EP)

Members of the European Parliament obtain influence from their parliamentary groups, but hold their office because of choices made by voters and national parties. This project delves into the dynamic between behavior in Parliament and electoral incentives.