He developed a model of ‘policy alienation’ to examine the problems professionals have with new governmental policies. This research was recently published in the book ‘Policy Alienation and the Power of Professionals’ (Edward Elgar, 2013). In 2013, he received a prestigious EU FP7 Marie Curie Grant, which allows him to become a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, for the full academic year 2013-2014. Here, he will combine psychology and public administration research to analyze how civil servants cope with the stress associated with new policies.