My name is Stein Arne Brekke, and I'm a political scientist. After having completed a PhD at the European University Institute I am currently situated in Denmark, where I am doing a three-year postdoc at the department of political science of the University of Copenhagen.

My research interests revolve around European integration, and in particular interest in European legal integration. My research agenda is situated in the intersection between law and political science, and I wrote my PhD thesis about the Court of Justice of the European Union in association with both the departments of law and political science at the European University Institute

I am a proponent of open access, open data, and open source, and most of the data I have used for my PhD thesis is published through the IUROPA project. I am happy to share other data, such as information about the orders of the Court of Justice, upon request. All my publications to date are available open access, and the direct link to their PDFs can be found in my list of publications.

Before doing my doctoral work in Florence I was based in Oslo, earning a master's degree in political science and working two years as a research assistant at PluriCourts. Before moving to Oslo I was based deep in the woods of the Norwegian country side — pictured here doing arts and crafts some time in the previous century.

If you're looking for a CV, ORCID keeps track of my career to a satisfiable level of detail. Some technical information about this website is available here.