
Having studied in Tübingen, Perugia and Florence, Magnus Schoeller obtained his PhD in political and social sciences from the European University Institute (EUI). Since 2016, he has been a researcher at the Centre for European Integration Research (EIF), University of Vienna.
Magnus Schoeller's research combines Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Economy. He has specialized in European Union governance, including economic and monetary policy, Germany's EU policy, the European Parliament, small state strategies, 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 the Central European University (CEU).