COREX annual conference 2026 in Zagreb

Dr. Gerken participated in this year's COREX conference in Zagreb, bringing together researchers from more than 30 countries. Funded by the COST Association, COREX is a network of researchers working comparatively on executive triangles, consisting of executive politicans, top advisers, and senior bureaucrats. As part of the network, Dr. Gerken and Prof. Heidbreder contribute research on the structure of executive triangles in the European Commission (Working Group 1) and on the career paths of choiceholders in the triangle (Working Group 2). Both also chair a new subgroup on multi-level careers in the European Union, established during the Zagreb meeting. The subgroub aims to study executive-triangle career paths across different levels of governance in the EU, situated within the broader debate about an emerging European Administrative Space.

 

Further information about the project can be found here.