Book chapter (in German) on the Finnish political system
Raunio, Tapio (2025): Finnland. In Bernd Henningsen & Sven Jochem (eds) Die politischen Systeme Nordeuropas. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 104-140. Information about the volume is available at Die politischen Systeme Nordeuropas – 978-3-7560-1680-8 | Nomos
Article with Stefano Greco on the social media communication of the mainstream Europarties
Greco, Stefano & Raunio, Tapio (2025): Forming European Political Awareness and Facilitating Civic Engagement? Mainstream Europarties in Social Media. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.70056.
Article with Mikko Mattila on opinion congruence between parties and their voters on the EU dimension
Mattila, Mikko & Raunio, Tapio (2025): Still Out of Touch? Parties and Their Voters on the EU Dimension. Politics and Governance, 14, Article 10897. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.10897
An edited volume (in Finnish) on the 2024 presidential elections in Finland (edited with Maarika Kujanen)
Kujanen, Maarika & Raunio, Tapio eds. (2025): Presidentinvaalit 2024: Ehdokasvalinta, media ja kansansuosio. Tampere: Tampere University Press. https://doi.org/10.61201/tup.1045
Book chapter on the manifestos of the Europarties in the 2024 European Parliament elections (co-authored with Karl Magnus Johansson)
Johansson, Karl Magnus & Raunio, Tapio (2025): Europarties: Continuous Advocacy for Further Integration, Thin Agendas for Constitutional Reform. In Michael Kaeding, Manuel Müller & Aleksander Hoppe (eds) The 2024 European Parliament Elections: A Turn to the Right in the Shadow of War. Cham: Springer, 113-120.
Article on parliamentary accountability of intelligence agencies in Finland
Raunio, Tapio (2025): Is the mere existence of an intelligence committee enough? Learning from the case study of the Finnish parliament. Intelligence and National Security, https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2025.2485805
Special Issue on presidential activism
Co-edited with Thomas Sedelius, the new issue of Political Studies Review contains our Special Issue on presidential activism: Political Studies Review – Volume 23, Number 1, Feb 01, 2025. The collection includes articles on various types of presidential activism and covers countries in Europe and Africa.
Introductory article of a Special Issue on presidential activism
Raunio, Tapio & Sedelius, Thomas (2024): Presidential Activism: Causes, Patterns and Consequences. Political Studies Review, https://doi.org/10.1177/14789299241304605
Textbook chapter on democracy and the EU
Raunio, Tapio (2024): Democracy and the EU. In Rory Costello & Neil Robinson (eds) Comparative European Politics: Distinctive Democracies, Common Challenges. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 326-342.
Information on the volume is at Comparative European Politics – Rory Costello, Neil Robinson – Oxford University Press.
Article on parliamentary resilience during COVID in France and Finland (co-authored with Julien Navarro)
Navarro, Julien & Raunio, Tapio (2024): Not so weak after all: institutional and partisan sources of parliamentary resilience in France and Finland during COVID. French Politics, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41253-024-00262-3
A new book on Europarties, co-authored with Karl Magnus Johansson
Johansson, Karl Magnus & Raunio, Tapio (2024): Transnational Parties and Advocacy in European Integration. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, available as OA at Transnational Parties and Advocacy in European Integration | SpringerLink
Article on semi-presidentialism during war conditions and executive leadership models in Ukraine during Zelenskyi’s presidency (co-authored with Thomas Sedelius and Olga Mashtaler)
Sedelius, Thomas, Mashtaler, Olga, & Raunio, Tapio (2024): Semi-presidentialism and war: executive leadership models in Ukraine during Zelenskyi’s presidency. East European Politics, https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2024.2369978
UI report on the manifestos of the Europarties in the 2024 European Parliament elections (co-authored with Karl Magnus Johansson)
Raunio, Tapio & Johansson, Karl Magnus (2024): Advocating for further integration: Europarties in the 2024 European Parliament elections. UI Paper No 1, May 2024, Advocating for further integration: Europarties in the 2024 European Parliament elections | Utrikespolitiska institutet (ui.se)
Article on presidential speeches in six semi-presidential countries (co-authored with Maarika Kujanen and Vesa Koskimaa)
Kujanen, Maarika, Koskimaa, Vesa & Raunio, Tapio (2024): Taking intra-executive politics into public arenas? Analysis of presidential speeches in six semi-presidential European countries. International Political Science Review, https://doi.org/10.1177/01925121241237527
Article on how formal and informal institutions facilitate decision-making in a crisis situation
Koskimaa, Vesa & Raunio, Tapio (2024): Effective and democratic policymaking during a major crisis: an in-depth analysis of Finland’s decision to apply for NATO membership after Russia attacked Ukraine. Journal of European Public Policy, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2024.2324013
Article on presidential speeches in Finland and how constitutional reform impacts presidential public activism (co-authored with Maarika Kujanen and Vesa Koskimaa)
Kujanen, Maarika, Koskimaa, Vesa & Raunio, Tapio (2024): President’s constitutional powers and public activism: a focused analysis of presidential speeches under Finland’s two presidencies. Comparative European Politics, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41295-023-00375-z
Handbook chapter on legislatures and political parties in foreign policy analysis (co-authored with Wolfgang Wagner)
Raunio, Tapio & Wagner, Wolfgang (2024): Legislatures, Political Parties, and Foreign Policy. In Juliet Kaarbo & Cameron Thies (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 305-322. Information on the volume is at The Oxford Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis – Juliet Kaarbo, Cameron Thies – Oxford University Press (oup.com).
Article on the impact of legislature-based foresight institutions (co-authored with Vesa Koskimaa)
Koskimaa, Vesa & Raunio, Tapio (2023): Political Institutions and Long-Term Policymaking: How Parliamentary Future Committees Can Make a Difference. European Journal of Risk Regulation 14:4, 686-696. doi:10.1017/err.2023.85
A comparative article on parliamentary future committees and their co-existence with standard patterns of legislative work (co-authored with Vesa Koskimaa)
Koskimaa, Vesa & Raunio, Tapio (2023): Curtailing political short-termism in legislatures: a trade-off between influence and institutionalization? European Journal of Futures Research 11:8, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40309-023-00220-2
Article on the role of parliaments in European economic and fiscal governance (co-authored with Päivi Leino-Sandberg)
Leino-Sandberg, Päivi & Raunio, Tapio (2023): From Bad to Worse: The Continuous Dilemma Facing Parliaments in European Economic and Fiscal Governance. Government and Opposition, 1-18. doi:10.1017/gov.2023.29
Article on presidential speeches and informal messages in France and Finland (co-authored with Maarika Kujanen and Vesa Koskimaa)
Kujanen, Maarika, Koskimaa, Vesa & Raunio, Tapio (2023): Confrontational or ‘Statespersonlike’ Style? Examining Finnish and French Presidents’ Public Speeches and Messages, 2000–2020. Political Studies Review, https://doi.org/10.1177/14789299231188605
A new article with Corentin Poyet and Risto Niemikari on COVID governance in Finland, viewed through the concept of democratic resilience.
Poyet, Corentin, Niemikari, Risto & Raunio, Tapio (2023): What makes democratic institutions resilient to crises? Applying a novel analytical framework to the case of Finland. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, DOI: 10.1080/14782804.2023.2230456. Full article: What makes democratic institutions resilient to crises? Applying a novel analytical framework to the case of Finland (tandfonline.com)
Handbook chapter on parliamentary administration in Finland
Raunio, Tapio (2023): Finland’s Parliamentary Administration. In Thomas Christiansen, Elena Griglio & Nicola Lupo (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Parliamentary Administrations. Routledge, London, 233-242. The book is available at The Routledge Handbook of Parliamentary Administrations | Thomas Chris (taylorfrancis.com)
Co-authored chapter with Vesa Koskimaa on the future committee of the Finnish Eduskunta (in Finnish)
Koskimaa, Vesa & Raunio, Tapio (2023): Tulevaisuusvaliokunta: valtiollisen tulevaisuustyön kivijalka. In Markku Oksanen & Henri Vogt (eds) Huomisen huomaava demokratia: Pitkäjänteisen politiikan mahdollisuudet. Tampere: Vastapaino, 207-233. The book is available at Huomisen huomaava demokratia | Vastapaino
Co-authored article with Ville Aula on committees in the Finnish Eduskunta
Aula, Ville & Raunio, Tapio (2022): The conditions of committee importance – drawing lessons from a qualitative case study of Finland, The Journal of Legislative Studies, DOI: 10.1080/13572334.2022.2153995 (available as open access). Ville was the lead author in our paper and also carried out all of the interviews.
Co-authored chapter with Risto Niemikari on COVID policies and governance in Finland
Niemikari, Risto & Raunio, Tapio (2023): Balancing Centralized Leadership and Regional Interests. In Kennet Lynggaard, Mads Dagnis Jensen & Michael Kluth (eds) Governments’ Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe: Navigating the Perfect Storm. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 283-293. The book is available at https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-14145-4.
Co-authored article with Vesa Koskimaa on the global diffusion of parliamentary future committees
Koskimaa, Vesa & Raunio, Tapio (2022): Expanding anticipatory governance to legislatures: The emergence and global diffusion of legislature-based future institutions. International Political Science Review, https://doi.org/10.1177/01925121221134995 (available as open access)
Book chapter on Europarties and their grassroots members
Raunio, Tapio (2022): Bring in the Europarty activists: three alternative models for engaging with grassroots members. In Transforming the Political Union: Reinforcing europarties ahead of the European elections. FEPS – Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Brussels, 131-147. The book is available at https://feps-europe.eu/publication/transforming-the-political-union/
A comparative paper on the governance of COVID in the Nordic countries
Christensen, T., Jensen, M.D., Kluth, M., Kristinsson, G.H., Lynggaard, K., Lægreid, P., Niemikari, R., Pierre, J., Raunio, T. and Adolf Skúlason, G. (2022): The Nordic governments’ responses to the Covid-19 pandemic: A comparative study of variation in governance arrangements and regulatory instruments. Regulation & Governance. https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12497
A reflective paper on COVID governance in Finland
Raunio, Tapio (2022): What COVID governance tells us about the Finnish political system? Finnish-German Yearbook of Political Economy, vol. 4, 9-26.
Co-authored book chapter with Karl Magnus Johansson on Europarties, their EP groups, and the Conference on the Future of Europe
Johansson, Karl Magnus & Raunio, Tapio (2022): Shaping the EU’s Future? Europarties, European Parliament’s Political Groups and the Conference on the Future of Europe. In Petra Ahrens, Anna Elomäki & Johanna Kantola (eds) European Parliament’s Political Groups in Turbulent Times. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 173-197. The whole book is available as open access: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-94012-6.
Co-authored article with Risto Niemikari on governance of COVID in Finland
Niemikari, Risto & Raunio, Tapio (2022): Centralized leadership, ministerial dominance, and improvised instruments: The governance of COVID in Finland. Nordisk Administrativt Tidskrift 99:2, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.7577/nat.4888.
SIEPS report on the partisan dimension of the Conference on the Future of Europe (& Karl Magnus Johansson)
Johansson, Karl Magnus & Raunio, Tapio (2022): The partisan dimension of the Conference on the Future of Europe: Agenda-setting, objectives and influence. Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS) Report No. 2, 2022. The report is available at The partisan dimension of the Conference on the Future of Europe: Agenda-setting, objectives and influence (sieps.se).
Co-authored chapter with Corentin Poyet on parliamentary speeches in Finland
Poyet, Corentin & Raunio, Tapio (2021): Finland: Legislative Speechmaking in a Changing Parliament. In Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus & Jorge M. Fernandes (eds) The Politics of Legislative Debates. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 329-350. More information about the volume: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-politics-of-legislative-debates-9780198849063?cc=fi&lang=en&
Chapter on Europarties and the EP party groups
Raunio, Tapio (2022): European parties: A powerful caucus in the European Parliament and beyond. In Dermot Hodson, Uwe Puetter, Sabine Saurugger & John Peterson (eds) The Institutions of the European Union. 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 348-368. More information about the volume: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-institutions-of-the-european-union-9780198862222?lang=en&cc=gb
Chapter about coalition governance in Finland
Raunio, Tapio (2021): Finland: Forming and Managing Ideologically Heterogeneous Oversized Coalitions. In Torbjörn Bergman, Hanna Bäck & Johan Hellström (eds) Coalition Governance in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 165-205. More information about the volume: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/coalition-governance-in-western-europe-9780198868484?cc=fi&lang=en&
Edited volume (in Finnish) on the challenges facing the EU
Juho Saari and I co-edited a volume that analyzes the current challenges facing the EU and the balance between diversity and unity in the Union. The book, Moninaisuudessaan yhtenäinen? Euroopan unionin suunta, can be ordered from https://julkaisut.um.fi/collections/eurooppatiedotus/products/moninaisuudessaan-yhtenainen-euroopan-unionin-suunta.
Book chapter on Finnish foreign policy
Raunio, Tapio (2021): Finnish Foreign Policy: Pragmatic Adjustment to a Changing World Order. In Jeroen K. Joly & Tim Haesebrouck (eds) Foreign Policy Change in Europe Since 1991. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 99-125.
More information about the book: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030682170
Book chapter on parliamentary committees in the Finnish Eduskunta
Raunio, Tapio (2022): Committees in the Finnish Eduskunta: cross-party cooperation and legislative scrutiny behind closed doors. In Sven T. Siefken & Hilmar Rommetvedt (eds) Parliamentary Committees in the Policy Process. London: Routledge, 79-97.
More information about the book: https://www.routledge.com/Parliamentary-Committees-in-the-Policy-Process/Siefken-Rommetvedt/p/book/9780367617882
Article with Wolfgang Wagner, Luis Pelaez and Maartje van de Koppel on transatlantic relations in the European Parliament (part of a special issue ‘Contestation and Politicization of European Foreign and Security Cooperation: New realities or same old routine?’, edited by Katja Biedenkopf, Oriol Costa & Magdalena Góra)
Wagner, Wolfgang, Pelaez, Luis, Raunio, Tapio & van de Koppel, Maartje (2021): The party politics of the EU’s relations with the USA: evidence from the European Parliament. European Security 30:3, 418-438 DOI: 10.1080/09662839.2021.1947803.
Publication in Finnish on the impact of EU on the Finnish political system
Raunio, Tapio (2021): Kansallista vai eurooppalaista politiikkaa? EU ja Suomen poliittisen järjestelmän muutos. In Kimmo Elo (ed.) Suomi 25 vuotta Euroopan unionissa. Turku: Sigillum, 77-102. The book is available at https://www.sigillum.fi/tuote/suomi-25-vuotta-euroopan-unionissa/ .
Article with Corentin Poyet on the impact of populists on legislative-executive relations in Finland (part of a forthcoming special issue, ‘Representative Democracy in Danger? The Impact of Populist Parties in Government on the Powers and Practices of National Parliaments’, edited by Aleksandra Maatsch and Eric Miklin)
Poyet, Corentin & Raunio, Tapio. Confrontational but Respecting the Rules: The Minor Impact of the Finns Party on Legislative–Executive Relations. Parliamentary Affairs (https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsab010).
Book chapter on democracy and the EU
Raunio, Tapio (2021): Democracy and the EU. In Rory Costello & Neil Robinson (eds) Comparative European Politics: Distinctive Democracies, Common Challenges. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 101-117.
More information about the book: https://global.oup.com/ukhe/product/comparative-european-politics-9780198811404?cc=fi&lang=en&
Article with Wolfgang Wagner on development policy in the European Parliament (part of a forthcoming special issue on the politicization of European development policies co-edited by Julian Bergmann, Christine Hackenesch and Jan Orbie)
Raunio, Tapio & Wagner, Wolfgang. Contestation over Development Policy in the European Parliament. Journal of Common Market Studies (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13138)
SPECIAL ISSUE ON PARTIES AND FOREIGN POLICY
Raunio, Tapio & Wagner, Wolfgang eds. (2020). Political Parties and Foreign Policy. Foreign Policy Analysis 16:4. https://academic.oup.com/fpa/issue/16/4?browseBy=volume.
The issue contains two articles co-authored with Wolfgang Wagner, an introductory article of the Special Issue and a second one analysing external relations votes in the European Parliament:
The Party Politics of Foreign and Security Policy (https://academic.oup.com/fpa/article/16/4/515/5911933)
Party Politics or (Supra-)National Interest? External Relations Votes in the European Parliament (https://academic.oup.com/fpa/article/16/4/547/5823728)
Tapio Raunio 