Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

2026

Women and Leadership in the Executive
In: The Elgar Encyclopedia on Gender and Politics, Zoe Lefkofridi (ed.), Edward Elgar, ch. 83, pp. 454-459.


2025

Introduction: The European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen—A Critical Actorness Approach
Co-authored with Gabriele Abels, Johanna Kantola, and Emanuela Lombardo. In: “The European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen: Gender, Leadership, Policies and Crises,” eds. Gabriele Abels, Johanna Kantola, Emanuela Lombardo, and Henriette Müller, Oxford University Press, pp. 1-19.

Chapter 4: Political Leadership, (Gender) Equality, and Crises: Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Agenda-Setting
In: “The European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen: Gender, Leadership, Policies and Crises,” eds. Gabriele Abels, Johanna Kantola, Emanuela Lombardo, and Henriette Müller, Oxford University Press, pp. 78-105.

Conclusions: Political Leadership and the Differential von der Leyen Effect
Co-authored with Michael W. Bauer. In: “The European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen: Gender, Leadership, Policies and Crises,” eds. Gabriele Abels, Johanna Kantola, Emanuela Lombardo, and Henriette Müller, Oxford University Press, pp. 377-396.


2022

A Programmatic Introduction: Women’s Leadership in the European Union
Co-authored with Ingeborg Tömmel, in Women and Leadership in the European Union (Oxford University Press, co-edited by Henriette Müller and Ingeborg Tömmel), pp. 1-16.

Chapter 1: Women and Leadership in the European Union: A Framework for Analysis
Co-authored with Ingeborg Tömmel, in Women and Leadership in the European Union (Oxford University Press, co-edited by Henriette Müller and Ingeborg Tömmel), pp. 19-36.

Chapter 7: Rhetoric and Leadership: A Comparison of Female Vice-Presidents of the European Commission (1999-2019)
Co-authored with Pamela Pansardi, in Women and Leadership in the European Union (Oxford University Press, co-edited by Henriette Müller and Ingeborg Tömmel), pp. 130-149.

Chapter 16: Strategic Leadership: Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission
Co-authored with Ingeborg Tömmel, in Women and Leadership in the European Union (Oxford University Press, co-edited by Henriette Müller and Ingeborg Tömmel), pp. 311-330.


2021

Leaders around the World: New Horizons for the Comparative Study of Political Leadership
In Handbook of International and Cross-Cultural Leadership Research Processes. Perspectives, Practice, Instruction, eds. Yulia Tolstikov-Mast et al., Abingdon, and New York: Routledge, pp. 86-97.

Gender Equality and the European Commission
Co-authored with Miriam Hartlapp and Ingeborg Tömmel, in Routledge Handbook of Gender and EU Politics, edited by Gabriele Abels, Andrea Kriszan, Heather MacRae, and Anna van der Vleuten, pp. 133-145.


2019

Between Leadership and Kinship: Women Empowerment in the GCC States
Co-authored with Rahma Abdulkadir, in Corruption and Informal Practices in the Middle East, edited by Ina Kubbe and Aiysha Varraich, pp. 188-206.


2015

Zwischen Potential und Performanz – Eine (Neu-)Bewertung der politischen Führung des EU-Kommissionspräsidenten.
In: Frankreich-Jahrbuch 2014, Deutsch-Französisches Institut (eds.), Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer VS, pp. 123-145.