Magnus Schoeller is a political scientist at the Centre for European Integration Research (EIF), Department of Political Science, University of Vienna. Having studied in Tübingen, Perugia and Florence, he obtained his PhD from the European University Institute (EUI) in 2016.
Magnus Schoeller’s research combines Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Economy. He has specialized in European Union governance, particularly EU economic and monetary policy, Germany's foreign and EU policy, small states in the EU, the European Parliament, the accountability of Frontex, regional leadership theory and process-tracing methods. This research appeared in leading journals such as International Affairs, the Journal of European Public Policy, West European Politics and the European Political Science Review as well as in the form of books (Leadership in the Eurozone, European Parliament Ascendant, Governing Finance in Europe)
His various individual and collaborative research projects received third-party funding from institutions such as the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW APART-GSK), the Austrian National Bank (Anniversary Fund) and the European Parliament (see Research & Funding).
In addition to his research activities, he has taught courses on the EU and European integration, International Relations, qualitative methods, research design and thesis colloquia at the universities of Vienna, Düsseldorf, Innsbruck, and at the Central European University (CEU).