Stakeholder engagement as a conduit for regulatory legitimacy?

Funding

Caelesta Braun acknowledges support from the Dutch Research Council (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)), grant no. 452-14-012 (Vidi-scheme). Madalina Busuioc acknowledges funding received for this project from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement no. 716439). We are grateful to the JEPP editors and the reviewers of the various contributions to this special issue, who by generously finding the time and energy to provide constructive comments and critical feedback during a pandemic, made this Special Issue possible. Caelesta Braun is professor of public governance & civil society at the Institute of Public Administration at Leiden University. Her research expertise includes interest representation and regulatory governance, with a focus on political behavior of organized interests, stakeholder management of regulatory authorities and public decision-making. She is the recipient of a large 5-year research grant from the Dutch research council. In that context, she leads a research group that investigates stakeholder engagement and stakeholder influence in regulatory governance. Email: [email protected].