Sara Hagemann


Sara Hagemann is a London-based Danish academic and an expert on European politics. She has published extensively on issues related to political processes and representation in the European Union, transparency in politics, and the role of national parliaments in international affairs. She serves as an Associate Professor at the London School of Economics and a member of its European Institute. Before joining the LSE, Sara Hagemann was head of the European Policy Centre's Political Europe Programme in Brussels. She has also held positions as an analyst at the Centre for European Policy Studies and worked in the Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

Early life and education

Hagemann was born in 1979 in Aarhus, Denmark, to former Secretary General of the Nordic Council Henrik Hagemann and school teacher Jytte Fisker. She undertook her postgraduate studies at the Department of Government of the London School of Economics where she was awarded her PhD in 2007 with a thesis entitled 'Decision-Making in the European Union’s Council of Ministers’ under the supervision of Simon Hix.

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