Dr. M.Z. (Maarten) Hillebrandt
Assistant Professor
Publications
2024
Scholarly publications
Hillebrandt, M. (2024). Transparency of EU public administration: harbinger of legitimacy or fig leaf for its absence? In G. J. Brandsma (Ed.), Handbook on European Union Public Administration (pp. 332-343). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802209013.00033
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/235605895/Handbook_on_European_Union_Public_Administration_ch23.pdf
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/235605895/Handbook_on_European_Union_Public_Administration_ch23.pdf
2023
Scholarly publications
Hillebrandt, M., & Hoppe, A. (2023). IOB-evaluatie Nederlandse EU-beïnvloeding: Deelstudie beleidsontwikkelingen wetgevingstransparantie in de Raad van de EU: Beleidsevaluatie van USBO Advies.
Leino-Sandberg, P., Hillebrandt, M., & Koivisto, I. (2023). European Government Transparency beyond the Slogans: Introduction. In (In)visible European Government: Critical Approaches to Transparency as an Ideal and a Practice Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003257936-1
Fink, M., & Hillebrandt, M. (2023). Access to documents and the EU agency Frontex: Growing pains or outright obstruction? In (In)visible European Government: Critical Approaches to Transparency as an Ideal and a Practice Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003257936-16
Hillebrandt, M., Leino-Sandberg, P., & Koivisto, I. (Eds.) (2023). (In)visible European Government: Critical Approaches to Transparency as an Ideal and a Practice. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003257936
Professional publications
Hillebrandt, M. (2023). Brief met verzoek om interventie Nederland in zaak aangaande publieke toegang tot wetgevingsdocumenten van de Raad van de EU, gebracht door Emilio De Capitani (zaak T-590/23): Brief van de Commissie Meijers. https://www.commissie-meijers.nl/nl/comment/brief-met-verzoek-om-interventie-nederland-in-zaak-aangaande-publieke-toegang-tot-wetgevingsdocumenten-van-de-raad-van-de-eu-gebracht-door-emilio-de-capitani-zaak-t-590-23/
Hillebrandt, M. (2023). Commentaar in het kader van de openbare consultatie op de Wet houdende regels over de informatievoorziening aan de Staten-Generaal over aangelegenheden van de Europese Unie (Wet EU-informatievoorziening Staten-Generaal): Commentaar van de Commissie Meijers. https://www.commissie-meijers.nl/nl/comment/commentaar-in-het-kader-van-de-openbare-consultatie-op-de-wet-houdende-regels-over-de-informatievoorziening-aan-de-staten-generaal-over-aangelegenheden-van-de-europese-unie-wet-eu-informatievoorzieni/
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436743/230531-Inbreng-CM-openbare-consultatie-Europawet.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436743/230531-Inbreng-CM-openbare-consultatie-Europawet.pdf?sequence=1
2021
Scholarly publications
Hillebrandt, M. (2021). The communicative model of disinformation: a literature note. University of Helsinki, Finland. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3798729
Hillebrandt, M. (2021). EU transparency as ‘documents’: Still fit for purpose? Politics and Governance, 9(1), 292-295.
Hillebrandt, M., Den Heijer, M., & Groenendijk, K. (2021). Erken het gewicht van de EU en de Grondwet. Tijdschrift voor Constitutioneel Recht, 12(2), 140-149.
Hillebrandt, M. (2021). Access to Environmental Information in the EU: A Great Policy No-One Needs? Journal of Common Market Studies, 59(5), 1051.
2020
Scholarly publications
Novak, S., & Hillebrandt, M. (2020). Analysing the trade-off between transparency and efficiency in the Council of the European Union. Journal of European Public Policy, 27(1), 141-159.
Hillebrandt, M. (2020). Keeping One’s Shiny Mercedes in the Garage: Why Higher Education Quantification Never Really Took Off in Germany. Politics and Governance, 8(2), 48-57.
Hillebrandt, M., & Leino-Sandberg, P. (2020). Administrative and judicial oversight of trilogues. Journal of European Public Policy, 28(1), 53-71.
Professional publications
Hillebrandt, M. (2020). Het Duitse voorzitterschap van de EU-Raad: Een kantelpunt voor transparantie van besluitvorming? Nederlands juristenblad, 95(26), 1875-1879.
2019
Scholarly publications
Hillebrandt, M., & Huber, M. (2019). Quantifying Higher Education: Governing Universities and Academics by Numbers. Politics and Governance, 8(2), 1-5.
Huber, M., & Hillebrandt, M. (2019). “Pay for Promise" in Higher Education: The Influence of NPM on Resource Allocation in German Universities. Historical Social Research, 44(2), 247-269.
Hillebrandt, M. (2019). Transparantie in de EU-Raad: Onvermijdelijk en onmisbaar? Onverzadelijk en onuitvoerbaar? Bestuurskunde, 28(1), 78-88.
2018
Scholarly publications
Hillebrandt, M., & Huber, M. (2018). Trading promises for money: Effects of quantification in the German higher education sector. Risk and Regulation, 34(winter), 12-15.
Hillebrandt, M. (2018). Twenty-five years of access to documents in the Council of the EU: Ever-greater transparency? Politique Europeenne, 61(3), 142-173.
2017
Scholarly publications
Curtin, D., & Hillebrandt, M. (2017). Transparency in the EU: Constitutional Overtones, Institutional Dynamics, and the Escape Hatch of Secrecy. In Research Handbook on EU Institutional Law (pp. 190-219). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Hillebrandt, M. (2017). Transparency as a Platform for Institutional Politics: The Case of the Council of the European Union. Politics and Governance, 5(3), 62-74.
Hillebrandt, M., & Leppävirta, L. (2017). On the Administration of Pollution: How Much “Space to Think” May the EU Claim? European Journal of Risk Regulation, 8(4), 791-797.
2016
Scholarly publications
Hillebrandt, M., & Novak, S. (2016). “Integration without transparency”? Reliance on the ‘space to think’ in EU intergovernmental institutions. Journal of European Integration, 38(5), 527-540. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2016.1178249
2015
Scholarly publications
Abazi, V., & Hillebrandt, M. (2015). The legal limits to confidential negotiations: Recent case law developments in Council transparency: Access Info Europe and In ‘t Veld. Common Market Law Review, 52(3), 825-845.
2014
Scholarly publications
Hillebrandt, M. (2014). Two conceptions of democracy in the Council of the EU: narrow and broad.
Hillebrandt, M. Z., Curtin, D., & Meijer, A. (2014). Transparency in the EU council of ministers: An institutional analysis. European Law Journal, 20(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/eulj.12051
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/305784/eulj12051.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/305784/eulj12051.pdf?sequence=1
2012
Scholarly publications
Meijer, A. J., Curtin, D. M., & Hillebrandt, M. (2012). Open government: connecting vision and voice. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 78(1), 10-29. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020852311429533
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/407201/0020852311429533.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/407201/0020852311429533.pdf?sequence=1
2008
Scholarly publications
Hillebrandt, M. (2008). Rejection by Referendum: a New Expression of Discontent in the EU. Reinvention: a Journal of Undergraduate Research, 1(2), 1-13.