European umbrella groups are expected to collect and aggregate their members' preferences and communicate these viewpoints to policymakers. Adrià Albareda Sanz and Bert Fraussen examine whether and how group leaders involve their members in the formulation of policy positions. They highlight how membership inequalities and the policy issue at stake complicate this process
Assistant Professor, Policy, Politics and Society team, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Adrià studies the role of interest groups in democratic systems by focusing on the representative and legitimacy consequences of interest groups' involvement in public policy processes.
His work has been published in journals including Policy Sciences, the Journal of Common Market Studies, European Political Science Review, and Voluntas.
