Project description
ACCESS4ALL is a research project led by Dr. Iskander De Bruycker and funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University. Our team includes Sandra Martinez Böhme and Susanna Eiselt (PhD Researchers), and Britt Vande Walle (Assistant Professor).
ACCESS4ALL investigates the issue, delving into the question:
“How do lobbyists’ socio-demographic backgrounds impact their access to policymakers, and why?”
In the spotlight
Publications
- Vande Walle, B., De Bruycker, I., Martinez-Böhme, S., & Eiselt, S. (2026). Friends of the far right? Interest group behaviour in the European Parliament. West European Politics, 1-29. [https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2026.2741326]
- Vande Walle, B., De Bruycker, I., Martinez-Böhme, S., Eiselt, S. (2026). Interest Groups. In: Stockemer, D., Sawyer, S., Gagnon, A. (eds) IPSA Companion to Political Science. Springer, Cham. [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-06918-4_37-1]
- Martinez‐Böhme, S. (2026). Source over Quantity? The Effect of Civil Society Funding on Access to the EU Commission. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies. [https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.70120]