Hurka, Steffen, Stefanie Rueß, Mike Cowburn, and Constantin Kaplaner. 2025. "Laws as Blades: A Conceptual Framework of Legislative Design". Policy Sciences (Online first).
Rueß, Stefanie, Gerald Schneider, and Jan P. Vogler. 2025. "Illiberal Norms, Media Reporting, and Bureaucratic Discrimination: Evidence from State-Citizen Interactions in Germany". Comparative Political Studies (Online first).
Schneider, Gerald, Maren Lüdecke, and Stefanie Rueß. 2024. "Zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort? Administrative Ungleichbehandlung in der deutschen Justiz und Verwaltung". Policy paper. Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” and “Das Progressive Zentrum”.
Cowburn, Mike, Steffen Hurka, Constantin Kaplaner, and Stefanie Rueß. “Divided We Legislate: How Elite Polarization Shapes Legislative Design”. (Working paper).
Kaplaner, Constantin, Mike Cowburn, Steffen Hurka, and Stefanie Rueß. “Balancing Versatility and Precision: A Framework for Capturing Legislative Design Choices in Democratic Systems”. (Working paper).
Leue, Miriam, Stefanie Rueß, and Gerald Schneider. "Administrative Welfare Chauvinism? Regional Inequities in Sanction Decisions against Different Welfare Recipients". (Working paper).
Rueß, Stefanie, Steffen Hurka, Mike Cowburn, Constantin Kaplaner. "Seeds of Inequality: How Legal Design, Administrative Guidance, and Judicial Interpretation Shape Public Service Delivery". (Working paper).
Rueß, Stefanie. "Regional News, Regional Bias: Unequal Sanction Decisions in Welfare Offices". (Revise & Resubmit).
Rueß, Stefanie. "The Pursuit of Fairness: Can Media Literacy Interventions Mitigate Discrimination in Welfare Offices?" (Under review).
Geith, Johannes, Alexander Passer-Jähnel, Stefanie Rueß, and Lukas Rudolph. "Inequality and Immigration Do Not Necessarily Increase Welfare Chauvinism – A Replication of Two Influential Studies". [Link to Manuscript] (Under review).