Staff

Chair of the Board of Directors

Administrative queries

+32 (02) 213 40 20

info@egmontinstitute.be

Administrative and Logistics Assistant

+32 (02) 213 40 25

k.aklakou@egmontinstitute.be

Accountant

+32 (0)2 213 40 27

d.hubert@egmontinstitute.be

Head of Communications & Events

+32 (0)2 213 40 29

+32 (0)472 55 44 96

jc.hoste@egmontinstitute.be

Events Manager

+32 (0)2 213 40 28

c.houyoux@egmontinstitute.be

Content & Publications Manager

+32 (0)2 213 40 20 - ext. 19

n.lennon@egmontinstitute.be

Comms & Events Assistant

commsintern@egmontinstitute.be

Comms & Events Assistant

commsintern2@egmontinstitute.be

Honorary Fellow

j.coelmont@egmontinstitute.be

European defence, crisis management operations, transatlantic relations

Honorary Fellow

r.coolsaet@egmontinstitute.be

Belgian foreign policy, terrorism, international relations

Senior Advisor

+32 (0)2 213 40 20 - ext. 10

jl.debrouwer@egmontinstitute.be

Justice and Home Affairs, Social Policies, Sustainable Development

Senior Research Fellow

+32 (0)2 213 40 20 - ext. 16

e.kennes@egmontinstitute.be

History, politics and security in Central Africa

Senior Research Fellow

a.mattelaer@egmontinstitute.be

European Union, international security, defence policy-making

Senior Research Fellow

m.vanderschommen@egmontinstitute.be

EU institutions, institutional reform, political economy, economic governance, and EU enlargement

Principal Senior Research Fellow

+32 (0)2 213 40 26

n.wilen@egmontinstitute.be

Security Sector Reform (SSR), the politics of peacekeeping operations and gender and the military

Research Fellow

+32 (0)2 213 40 21

v.dedecker@egmontinstitute.be

Geoeconomics, economic statecraft, international political economy, and economic security

Research Fellow

m.gargano@egmontinstitute.be

Migration, Development, Human Mobility

Research Fellow

f.koesterke@egmontinstitute.be

European Union grand strategy and Europe’s role in a changing international order

Research Fellow

n.peisih@egmontinstitute.be

Integration processes of European Defence and the relations between the EU and NATO

Research Assistant

d.dokoui@egmontinstitute.be

Research Assistant

n.meloni@egmontinstitute.be

Senior Associate Fellow

pieter.balcaen@mil.be

Hybrid Warfare from a defence-economic perspective

Senior Associate Fellow

jan.balliauw@gmail.com

Foreign Affairs and Defence

Senior Associate Fellow

h.beirens@gmail.com

Migration and international protection

Senior Associate Fellow

+32 472 39 67 64

p.bosch@egmontinstitute.be

Migration, Labour Markets, Demography

Senior Associate Fellow

r.brender@egmontinstitute.be

European Neighbourhood, Global Order

Senior Associate Fellow

r.brubaker@egmontinstitute.be

Conflict prevention, transitional justice, humanitarian affairs, and sanctions

Senior Associate Fellow

jim.cloos@tepsa.eu

European Union

Senior Associate Fellow

ma.coninsx@egmontinstitute.be

EU institutions, EU external relations, Arctic Region

Senior Associate Fellow

jderuyt@cov.com

EU institutions, The transatlantic relationship, Middle East and North Africa

Senior Associate Fellow

+32 (0)9 264 39 90; +32 (0)9 264 41 56

bart.dessein@ugent.be

Modern and contemporary history of China, Chinese political philosophy, and New Confucianism

Senior Associate Fellow

djinnitsaid@yahoo.com

Peace, security and governance issues relating to Africa

Senior Associate Fellow

n.dewandre@egmontinstitute.be

Foresight with an Arendtian perspective

Senior Associate Fellow

+32 (0)498 98 01 59

jfaull@brunswickgroup.com

EU law and policy, competition, justice and home affairs, financial services, Brexit

Senior Associate Fellow

michiel.foulon@egmontinstitute.be

European security, US-China relations, digital infrastructures, and theories of international relations

Senior Associate Fellow

+32 466 25 69 38

Tobias.Gehrke@ecfr.eu

Geoeconomics; economic statecraft; EU trade and investment policy

Senior Associate Fellow

tim.haesebrouck@ugent.be

European security and defence

Senior Associate Fellow

dr.michael.koehler@outlook.com

European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations; Maritime Policy for the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

Senior Associate Fellow

j.luykx@egmontinstitute.be

India, the Indian subcontinent, and the Indo-Pacific Region

Senior Associate Fellow

0475 68 27 04

merritt.giles@gmail.com

EU political and economic issues; European demographics and migration

Senior Associate Fellow

t.renard@icct.nl

(counter-)terrorism and (counter-)radicalisation in Europe

Senior Associate Fellow

y.reykers@maastrichtuniversity.nl

European security and defence, with particular attention to ad hoc coalitions and European defence cooperation.

Senior Associate Fellow

b.siman@egmontinstitute.be

Hybrid & Cyber Threats, Warfare and General Resilience

Senior Associate Fellow

tanguy.struye@uclouvain.be

Geopolitics, geoeconomics and the foreign and defence policy of the major powers

Senior Associate Fellow

m.thys@egmontinstitute.be

Defence · Military Operations · National Security · International Security

Senior Associate Fellow

kristof.titeca@uantwerpen.be

Governance and conflict in Central and Eastern Africa

Senior Associate Fellow

j.vanbladel@egmontinstitute.be

Russian military and strategic culture, security & defense, strategic forecasting

Senior Associate Fellow

stef.vandeginste [at] uantwerpen.be

Human rights, transitional justice, political transitions and consociational power-sharing, with a focus on Sub-Sahara Africa in general and Burundi in particular

Senior Associate Fellow

verbekejohan@icloud.com

European Union; Diplomacy

Senior Associate Fellow

Jeroen.Verhaeghe@mil.be

Senior Associate Fellow

f.vidjingninou@egmontinstitute.be

Research on social transformations, security and governance in West Africa

Senior Associate Fellow

edouard.xia@uclouvain.be

Belgian foreign policy, multilateralism, power and globalization, as well as China’s international relations

Associate Fellow

maxime.audinet@inalco.fr

Russia’s information influence in Sub-Saharan Africa, in the post-Soviet space, and in Europe

Associate Fellow

f.colli@egmontinstitute.be

EU environmental and climate policy, EU trade policy, the role of interest groups in policymaking

Associate Fellow

w.dendooven@egmontinstitute.be

Participatory democracy, Citizen engagement, Conference on the Future of Europe

Associate Fellow

dgoxho@gmail.com

Remote warfare and security in Europe and West Africa regions

Associate Fellow

Michelle.Haas@UGent.be

Associate Fellow

s.heine@egmontinstitute.be

Euroscepticism and its alternatives, European federalism, European sovereignty, gender inequalities and EU policies & legislations in that field

Associate Fellow

tania.latici@gmail.com

European security and defence and transatlantic relations

Associate Fellow

v.margaras@egmontinstitute.be

EU Cohesion Policy, Blue Economy, EU macro-regional strategies

Associate Fellow

e.milazzo@egmontinstitute.be

EU migration and asylum policies, social inclusion, development cooperation, and the policy nexus between migration, climate change, and human security

Associate Fellow

e.rodier@egmontinstitute.be

European Humanitarian Forum

Associate Fellow

s.sprague@egmontinstitute.be

Digital Technologies; Digital Services Act; the Digital Markets Act

Associate Fellow

k.vanloon@egmontinstitute.be

Arctic, Eastern Europe, arms control and nuclear non-proliferation

Associate Fellow

+32 (0)496 81 17 16

Wannes.Johan.Verstraete@vub.be

Deterrence and arms control

Programme Manager

h.glorieux@egmontinstitute.be

Capacity building activities related to Crisis Management for experts and diplomats

Programme Manager

e.moser@egmontinstitute.be

Courses for diplomats, Public administration

Project Manager

+32 484 70 07 99

g.tserstevens@egmontinstitute.be

Contextes socio-économiques, politiques, sécuritaires de la région des grands lacs

Project Manager

v.salamanca@egmontinstitute.be

Belgian Generic Training

Project Manager

+32 (0)456 81 19 50

g.monterrosa@egmontinstitute.be

Training Assistant

a.barcenilla@egmontinstitute.be

Training Assistant

l.falisse@egmontinstitute.be

Training Assistant

a.pallot@egmontinstitute.be

Senior Training Expert

+32 (0)2 501 44 45

yves.berteau@diplobel.fed.be

Human Resource Management, Public management, Public policies, Coaching and Evaluation of competences

Senior Training Expert

stephen.boucher@dreamocracy.eu

Creativity in public policies, Lobbying techniques

Senior Training Expert

Multilateral Diplomacy

Senior Training Expert

All aspects of bilateral diplomacy

Senior Training Expert

Civilian Crisis Management

Senior Training Expert

Negotiation, the role of memory and transitional justice

Senior Training Expert

trouveroyguy@gmail.com

Diplomatic communication