Apaydin, Fulya2020-05-112020-05-112018Apaydin F. Regulating islamic banks in authoritarian settings: Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates in comparative perspective. Regulation & Governance. 2018 Dec;12(4):466-85. DOI: 10.1111/rego.122011748-5991http://hdl.handle.net/10230/44477This article provides, through the lens of the theory of representative bureaucracy, a detailed and systematic assessment of diversity regarding gender, nationality, educational qualifications and professional background among the individuals serving in the management boards and scientific committees of European Union agencies (EAs). Drawing on a novel dataset of 508 members, our findings show that these decision-making bodies are generally composed of male experts, and that their inclusiveness of nationalities seems to be related to their formal institutional design. We also find that experts generally have extensive scientific training, even in those agencies that include national representation. This finding provides tentative support for the idea that representative bureaucracies can have a high degree of specialization. Our results also demonstrate that while EAs seem to be open to experts who have worked in the private sector, these bodies show a limited inclusiveness towards individuals with experience in civil society organizations.application/pdfeng© 2018 The Authors. Regulation & Governance Published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rego.12201European Union agenciesExpert knowledgeRegulatory governanceRepresentative bureaucracyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess