European Region Research
Publications
Academic output by Prof. Dr. Roland Brandtjen — books, journal articles, discussion papers, talks and press.
📚 39 works on regional, national and European identity. Many are open access — follow the links to read the full text.
In preparation
Work in progress
Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten im Studium – Wie schreibt man diese am Besten (Buchprojekt)
Springer Nature · May 2026
Preprints
Preprints
Beyond Brussels: Greenland and the Limits of Europeanised Separatism — Micro-Nations, Indigenous Sovereignty and the Fourth World Alternative
Springer Nature · May 2026
Digital Citizenship as a Catalyst for European Integration: How EU Digitalization Strategy transforms Democratic Participation Cross-Border Identity Formation
In: Digital Management for a Fast-Changing World — Proceedings of the International Scientific Practical Conference (ISPC 2025)
Springer Nature · January 2026
Under review
White papers
The Political Economy of the Emerging European Health Union: Incentives, Distributional Effects, and Governance Structures
The European Journal of Health Economics · ISSN 1618-7598
Springer Nature · March 2026
Right-Wing Populism in Democratic Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Economic and Social Outcomes, 2020–2026
Socio-Economic Review · ISSN 1475-147X
Taylor & Francis · February 2026
Citizens' Democratic Perceptions Across Multilevel Governance: A Regional Comparative Analysis of Europe and the European Union
Journal of West European Politics · ISSN 1743-9655
Taylor & Francis · January 2026
Territorial Identity as Democratic Legitimacy: How Regional Belonging Structures Multi-Level Governance Assessment in Contemporary Europe
Journal of Territory, Politics, Governance · ISSN 2162-2671
Taylor & Francis · December 2025
Perceived over Measured? Regional Identities and the Felt Importance of Economic Sectors in Europe
Journal of European Urban and Regional Studies · ISSN 1461-7145
Sage Publications · January 2026
Valles llenos de singularidades, una comparativa entre El Bierzo y La Val d’Aran
Revista Estudios Bercianos · ISSN 0211-6863
IEB – Instituto de Estudios Bercianos · October 2025
Published
Publications
Imperial Ambitions and International Law: A Comparative Analysis of Trump and Putin's Foreign Policy Paradigms and Implications for European Human Rights
European Journal of Law and Political Sciences · ISSN 2796-1176
Vol. 5, No. 1 · European Open Science · February 2026
From Rents to Rights: How Resource Dependence shapes Democratic Trajectories
Resources Policy Journal · ISSN 0301-4207
Vol. 113, No. 105849 · Elsevier · January 2026
Gibraltar: The New EU Territory? – analysing the Historic 2025 Agreement
IU Discussion Papers · ISSN 2750-0683
Vol. 6, No. 12 · IU Internationale Hochschule · September 2025
Echoes of Place: Mapping Europe's Cultural Mosaic – A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Regional Characterization
IU Discussion Papers · ISSN 2750-0683
Vol. 6, No. 11 · IU Internationale Hochschule · September 2025
European Identity in Western European Regions – An analysis of European identity and its demographic influencing factors
IU Discussion Papers · ISSN 2750-0683
Vol. 6, No. 10 · IU Internationale Hochschule · September 2025
Echoes of the 1930s: A scientific comparative analysis of Pre-WWII Dynamics and Contemporary Geopolitics
IU Discussion Papers · ISSN 2750-0683
Vol. 6, No. 7 · IU Internationale Hochschule · August 2025
Canada – the new member state of the EU? – Rules and History of EU Memberships
IU Discussion Papers · ISSN 2750-0683
Vol. 6, No. 3 · IU Internationale Hochschule · July 2025
Europeanized Separatism – An European Concept of Independence Movements
IU Discussion Papers · ISSN 2750-0683
Vol. 4, No. 15 · IU Internationale Hochschule · November 2024
The tertiary education sector as a means of development using the example of European micro-nations
IU Discussion Papers · ISSN 2750-0683
Vol. 4, No. 14 · IU Internationale Hochschule · October 2024
Regional desired Degree of Autonomy
IU Discussion Papers · ISSN 2750-0683
Vol. 4, No. 12 · IU Internationale Hochschule · October 2024
Europe vs. EU – What extent does their synonymy have?
IU Discussion Papers · ISSN 2750-0683
Vol. 4, No. 8 · IU Internationale Hochschule · June 2024
(Minority-) Language as an economic factor for prosperity?
IU Discussion Papers · ISSN 2750-0683
Vol. 4, No. 5 · IU Internationale Hochschule · May 2024
Castilla y León – Spain in a smaller Size
IU Discussion Papers · ISSN 2750-0683
Vol. 4, No. 1 · IU Internationale Hochschule · February 2024
In varietate concordia – United in diversity; An Analyze of the EU environment according to its motto
IU Discussion Papers · ISSN 2750-0683
Vol. 3, No. 6 · IU Internationale Hochschule · October 2024
European Identity in the Regions of European Identities
IU Discussion Papers · ISSN 2750-0683
Vol. 3, No. 5 · IU Internationale Hochschule · July 2024
SDGs in Large-Company-Sized Communities: The Example of the Isle of Man Biosphere Reserve
In: Business in the 21st Century (Berrones-Flemmig, Contreras, Dornberger [Ed.])
Emerald Publishing, Bingley, pp. 49–61 · October 2022
The impact of Brexit on the identity of small British-European nations
Small States & Territories Journal · ISSN 2616-8006
Vol. 5, No. 1 · University of Malta, Islands and Small States Institute · 2022
The Valley and the Rock: Europeanized Separatism and Iberian Micro-Nations – Secession to gain full EU-membership? An analysis of Gibraltar and the Val d’Aran
Verlag Dr. Kovač, Hamburg · ISBN 978-3-339-12272-8 · 2021
Europeanized Separatism and Micro-Nations – Secession to gain full EU-membership? An analysis of the Isle of Man and the Faroe Islands
Verlag Dr. Kovač, Hamburg · ISBN 978-3-339-10954-5 · 2016
Does European Regionalism lead to Separatism?
Study Paper 1/11
Universität Hamburg, Institut für Europäische Integrationsforschung · 2011
Conferences
Talks & conferences
Digital Citizenship as a Catalyst for European Integration: How EU Digitalization Strategy transforms Democratic Participation Cross-Border Identity Formation
5th International Scientific Practical Conference
New York, USA / Tbilisi, Georgia · September 2025
SDGs in Large-Company-sized Communities: The IoM Biosphere Reserve
UCM Research Festival
Douglas, Isle of Man · July 2022
Micro-Nations and their "higher than average GDP" Prosperity
UCM Research Festival
Douglas, Isle of Man · July 2022
The Impact of Brexit on the Identity of Small British-European Nations
UCM Research Festival
Douglas, Isle of Man · July 2022
European Regionalism: Some Results of British Nations in Europe
31st Freudenstadt Symposium
Freudenstadt, Germany · July 2022
Media
Press & interviews
Estudiar la identitat nacional i europea d'Andorra, des d'Alemanya
Reportatge · Altaveu.com
January 2023
Interesante encuesta para la Universidad de Berlín sobre la Val d’Aran con Europa
Arannotícies.com
May 2019