Publications

2025

Sophie Pornschlegel, ‘Support for Democracy in the next MFF: The role of political foundations’, Discussion Paper, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and European Network of Political Foundations, September 2025 (forthcoming)

Sophie Pornschlegel, Elena Schneider, 'The Clean Industrial Deal: A first assessment of the EU’s flagship initiative to boost the green economy’, Blogpost, Europe Jacques Delors, February 2025

Sophie Pornschlegel, Sophia Russack, ‘With a new German government incoming, the implications for Europe are substantial’, Blogpost, Europe Jacques Delors & CEPS, February 2025

2024

Sophie Pornschlegel, 'Wie setzt die EU ihre Prioritäten? Der European Green Deal und die Agenda der neuen Europäischen Kommission', Discussion Paper, Das Progressive Zentrum, December 2024

Sophie Pornschlegel, ‘From democratic resilience to democratic security: A post-2024 democracy agenda for the EU’, Study, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, October 2024

Sophie Pornschlegel (ed.), 'More diverse than united? A comparative analysis of the 2024 EU elections', Report, Das Progressive Zentrum and European Policy Centre, September 2024

Pascal Lamy, Geneviève Pons, Sophie Pornschlegel, Cláudia Azevedo, ‘Green horizons: Strengthening the EU’s green diplomatic agenda’, Discussion Paper, Europe Jacques Delors, March 2024

Sophie Pornschlegel, ‘Die Macht der Vielen’, Essay, Publik Forum, March 2024

2023

Sophie Pornschlegel, 'Am Ende der gewohnten Ordnung: Warum wir Macht neu denken müssen’, Book, Droemer Knaur, November 2023

Sophie Pornschlegel, 'Ukrainian Civil Society: A Key Actor in the Post-War Reconstruction and EU Accession Process', Contribution to the publication „Designed in Brussels, made in Ukraine: Future of EU-Ukraine relations", European Liberal Forum, 2023

2022

Fabian Zuleeg, Sophie Pornschlegel, 'European think tanks: Time for transnational cooperation', Think Piece, European Policy Centre, November 2022

Sophie Pornschlegel, Clara Sophie Cramer, 'No power without values: Why the EU needs to embrace political leadership if it wants to safeguard democracy', Think Piece, European Policy Centre, November 2022

Sophie Pornschlegel, 'Die Permakrise der EU bedarf mehr als deutsch-französischer Symbolpolitik', Discussion Paper, Das Progressive Zentrum, Oktober 2022

Ilke Toygür, Sophie Pornschlegel, 'After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Unity is good, but ambition is better', Discussion Paper, European Policy Centre, June 2022

2021

Sophie Pornschlegel, 'Neuanfang 2021? Was die neue Bundesregierung nun tun muss', Essay, Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (aPuZ), November 2021

Sophie Pornschlegel, 'The EU is more than a single market - why we need a more comprehensive approach towards democracy in the EU', Contribution for the publication „Living Democracy!“, Helmut-Schmidt-Stiftung, August 2021

Sophie Pornschlegel, ‘What Will Germany’s Elections Mean for the EU?’, European Green Journal, August 2021

Sophie Pornschlegel, 'Solidarity in the EU: More hype than substance?', Working Paper, European Policy Centre, July 2021

2020

Sophie Pornschlegel et al., ‘Daring a European Public Sphere: Paving the way towards common values’, Vision Paper, Das Progressive Zentrum, December 2020

Susanne Zels, Sophie Pornschlegel, ‘Safeguarding European values: The case for a European Agency for Citizenship Education’, Discussion Paper, European Policy Centre, December 2020

Sophie Pornschlegel, ‘Strengthening European Democracy: What Measures Should the European Union Take in the Coming Years?’, Contribution to the book ‘Vereinigte Staaten von Europa: Wunschbild, Alptraum, Utopie?’, Christiane Liermann Traniello, Matteo Scotto, Julian Stefenelli (eds.), November 2020

Sophie Pornschlegel, 'Countering shrinking spaces: Recommendations for EU civil society support', Discussion Paper, European Policy Centre, June 2020

Sophie Pornschlegel, ‘Europe Versus Coronavirus – Belgium: Successful Crisis Management Despite Political Fragility’, Analysis, Institut Montaigne, June 2020

Sophie Pornschlegel, 'Les dilemmes de la social-démocratie allemande Entre néo-conservatisme et rétro-socialisme', Essay, Le Débat, March-April 2020

Sophie Pornschlegel, Paul Jürgensen, 'Brücken bauen für die Demokratie: Zum Verhältnis von Parteien und Zivilgesellschaft', Study, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2020

2019

Sophie Pornschlegel, Paul Jürgensen, 'Trying Times: Rethinking social cohesion', Conference Study, Bertelsmann Stiftung, November 2019

Sophie Pornschlegel, 'Fünf Thesen für die Demokratie von morgen', Discussion Paper, Das Progressive Zentrum, Juni 2019

Maria Skóra, Sophie Pornschlegel, 'The European Election 2019: A Comparative Outlook on the European Election Campaigns', Discussion Paper, Das Progressive Zentrum, July 2019

Sophie Pornschlegel, ‘Zeit, dass sich was dreht’, Essay, Internationale Politik (DGAP), May 2019

2018

Sophie Pornschlegel, 'Wie gelingt der „Aufbruch für Europa"?', Policy Brief, Das Progressive Zentrum, April 2018

Sophie Pornschlegel, ‘Ein soziales Europa - Ein Europa für alle?’, Fachbericht, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Juni 2018

Sophie Pornschlegel, ‘Thinking Lab on Populism’, Policy Brief, Das Progressive Zentrum, March 2018