Interview-based datasets for quantitative research on the Council of the EU: a systematic review and future developments

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• dc.contributor.author Bicchi, Nicolas
• dc.contributor.author Arregui, Javier
• dc.date.accessioned 2025-06-06T09:20:28Z
• dc.date.available 2025-06-06T09:20:28Z
• dc.date.issued 2025
• dc.date.updated 2025-06-06T09:20:28Z
• dc.description Data de publicació electrònica: 25-04-2025
• dc.description.abstract The literature on the Council of the EU has proliferated over the past twenty years thanks to the publication of voting records and an increased proportion of official documents. However, these sources continue to be affected by significant limitations, and researchers have therefore had to turn to expert interviews in order to understand decision-making within the institution. This research note aims to assess the progress enabled by this method, by identifying the main datasets produced with it and their contributions. What kind of data have been explored? Are they sufficient for deciphering the explanatory mechanisms behind EU negotiations? What are the practical advantages and disadvantages of this method? Will it continue to hold such an important place in the EU studies literature in the foreseeable future? This review explores these questions, identifying five widely-used interview-based datasets and the findings they have led to, then introducing a debate about the future of this type of research in an ever-evolving technological landscape.
• dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry Science and Research under Grant PID2020-119716GB-I00; it was also supported by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union under Grants 101085465 - BACES and 101047889 - EU-GOV (Jean Monnet Chair in European Governance).
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• dc.identifier.citation Bicchi N; Arregui J. Interview-based datasets for quantitative research on the Council of the EU: a systematic review and future developments. European Political Science Review. 2025 Apr 25. DOI: 10.1017/S1755773925000062
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1755773925000062
• dc.identifier.issn 1755-7739
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/70638
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Cambridge University Press
• dc.relation.ispartof European Political Science Review. 2025 Apr 25
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2020-119716GB-I00
• dc.rights © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of European Consortium for Political Research. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
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• dc.subject.keyword Interview-based dataset
• dc.subject.keyword Policy-making
• dc.subject.keyword Council of the EU
• dc.subject.keyword EU legislative process
• dc.subject.keyword Legislative bargaining
• dc.subject.keyword AI-driven text analysis
• dc.title Interview-based datasets for quantitative research on the Council of the EU: a systematic review and future developments
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