Her primary research interests include international law and courts, comparative judicial politics and constitutionalism, international human rights, international organization, legal mobilization, and global policy and development. A current project that is funded by a National Science Foundation grant examines the role of interest and advocacy groups in international human rights governance. She is the author of the book, The European Court and Civil Society (Cambridge University Press, 2007), winner of the American Political Science Association’s 2008 Best Book Award, European Politics & Society Section. That work focuses on the interactions between the European Court of Justice, transnational activists and the expansion of EU policy in the areas of labor law and environmental protection. Professor Cichowski co-edited the book Law, Politics and Society: State of the EU (Oxford University Press, 2003) and was sole editor to a Special Issue of the journal Comparative Political Studies, entitled “Courts, Democracy and Governance” (2006). Her research is published in edited volumes and in various journals, including Law & Society Review, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, and Women & Politics.