My current research interests can be organized into four over-lapping themes: (i) institutional foundations of policy choices, (ii) regulatory harmonization, (iii) non-traditional governance, and (iv) transatlantic politics. Institutional foundations of policy choices or policy histories are important in understanding the limitations of regulatory harmonization attempts. While product standards and production processes may present formidable harmonization challenges, domestic regulatory policies pose even greater challenges because they are both the product of complex bargaining which led to their implementation, as well as reflections of deep beliefs about the proper way to address a particular issue. Understanding these foundations is crucial to identifying the policy space available for mutually agreeable harmonized policies.

My publications can be found at:http://works.bepress.com/schaper/