How does exposure to Islamist terrorism change perceptions of the share of Muslims and immigrants? We conduct a large-scale survey that measures misperceptions towards minority groups in four European countries. Our results show that terror attacks in the past increased misperceptions of the...

Policy action is driven, shaped and regulated by the ways in which cognitive frames and interests shape and define issues and analyses - and the involvement of particular authorities, experts, problem-definitions and solutions. To understand these processes is particularly important in the realm...

This paper analyses the justifications and stages of the elaboration of impact studies at the European level, focusing on the various working methods, be it „impact matrix” or the „logic of intervention”, which may be adopted by law-makers, in order to improve the regulation mechanisms...