Staff

Senior Associate Fellow

djinnitsaid@yahoo.com

Peace, security and governance issues relating to Africa

Senior Associate Fellow

kristof.titeca@uantwerpen.be

Governance and conflict in Central and Eastern Africa

Senior Associate Fellow

hans.hoebeke@gmail.com

Central Africa, African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), Security Sector Reform (SSR)

Senior Associate Fellow

varnould@asf.be

Transitional Justice, Peacebuilding, Central Africa

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

Associate Fellow

dgoxho@gmail.com

Remote warfare and security in Europe and West Africa regions

Associate Research Fellow

volfova@post.harvard.edu

Politics of the Great Lakes region of Africa, especially Burundi

Associate Research Fellow

maxime.audinet@irsem.fr

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

Director

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

jl.debrouwer@egmontinstitute.be

Justice and Home Affairs, Social Policies, Sustainable Development

Joint Research Fellow

f.cortez@egmontinstitute.be

Artificial Intelligence, green and digital transition, EU digital policy, governance of emerging technologies, geopolitics, transatlantic relations, deep tech policy, Generative AI, sustainability, AI ethics, responsible innovation

Junior Researcher

m.gargano@egmontinstitute.be

Migration, Development, Human Mobility

Trainee Programme Assistant

j.staelens@egmontinstitute.be

Trainee Programme Assistant

h.elhajji@egmontinstitute.be

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

0475 68 27 04

merritt.giles@gmail.com

EU political and economic issues; European demographics and migration

Senior Associate Fellow

f.roux@egmontinstitute.be

European Affairs

Senior Associate Fellow

ma.coninsx@egmontinstitute.be

EU institutions, EU external relations, Arctic Region

Senior Associate Fellow

+32 472 39 67 64

p.bosch@egmontinstitute.be

Migration, Labour Markets, Demography

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

verbekejohan@icloud.com

European Union; Diplomacy

Senior Associate Fellow

jderuyt@cov.com

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

Senior Associate Fellow

jim.cloos@tepsa.eu

European Union

Associate Fellow

k.vanloon@egmontinstitute.be

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

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

Guillaume.VanderLoo@UGent.be

EU trade and investment agreements, EU trade policy, EU external competences and EU neighbourhood relations

Associate Fellow

f.colli@egmontinstitute.be

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

Associate Fellow

benjamin.bodson@uclouvain.be

EU institutional law issues; EU politics; and EU affairs

Associate Fellow

s.sprague@egmontinstitute.be

Digital Technologies; Digital Services Act; the Digital Markets Act

Associate Fellow

w.dendooven@egmontinstitute.be

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

Associate Fellow

v.margaras@egmontinstitute.be

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

Associate Fellow

e.rodier@egmontinstitute.be

European Humanitarian Forum

Associate Fellow

s.heine@egmontinstitute.be

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

Director

+32 (0)2 213 40 23

+32 (0)473 31 68 23

s.biscop@egmontinstitute.be

European strategy, European foreign and security policy, European defence

Senior Research Fellow

a.mattelaer@egmontinstitute.be

European Union, international security, defence policy-making

Research Fellow

+32 (0)2 213 40 20 - ext. 13

v.dedecker@egmontinstitute.be

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

Trainee Ph.D. Fellow

b.arrighini@egmontinstitute.be

European Union Law; European Criminal Law; EU External Action; International Law

Senior Associate Fellow

jan.balliauw@gmail.com

Foreign Affairs and Defence

Senior Associate Fellow

tanguy.struye@uclouvain.be

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

Senior Associate Fellow

j.luykx@egmontinstitute.be

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

Senior Associate Fellow

r.brender@egmontinstitute.be

EU neighbourhood, Indo-Pacific region, global order

Senior Associate Fellow

m.thys@egmontinstitute.be

Defence · Military Operations · National Security · International Security

Senior Associate Fellow

j.vanbladel@egmontinstitute.be

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

Senior Associate Fellow

+32 (0)488 61 84 44

j.coelmont@egmontinstitute.be

European defence, crisis management operations, transatlantic relations

Senior Associate Fellow

r.coolsaet@egmontinstitute.be

Belgian foreign policy, terrorism, international relations

Senior Associate Fellow

b.siman@egmontinstitute.be

Hybrid Warfare, Mediterranean Geopolitics, Strategic Foresight, Financial diplomacy and Services

Senior Associate Fellow

EU, Transatlantic relationship, Russia and the Middle East , NATO-EU relations.

Senior Associate Fellow

m.otte@egmontinstitute.be

Middle East and North Africa, European Neighbourhood Policy, Instruments of EU CFSP, Crisis Management and Mediation.

Senior Associate Fellow

+32 (0)477 72 83 15

marc@francojanssen.eu

EU diplomacy, Russia, North Africa, Middle East

Senior Associate Fellow

+32 (0) 09 264 68 70

dirk.debeaussaert@ugent.be

Politics, modernism and ideology in the Middle East

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

t.renard@icct.nl

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

Senior Associate Fellow

+32 466 25 69 38

Tobias.Gehrke@ecfr.eu

Geoeconomics; economic statecraft; EU trade and investment policy

Associate Fellow

tania.latici@gmail.com

European security and defence and transatlantic relations

Associate Fellow

+32 (0)496 81 17 16

Wannes.Johan.Verstraete@vub.be

Deterrence and arms control

Associate Fellow

Jasper.Roctus@ugent.be

Modern Politics and Philosophy of China; Political Status of Taiwan; EU and Cross-Strait Relations

Associate Fellow

Michelle.Haas@UGent.be

Senior Training Expert

Negotiation, the role of memory and transitional justice

Senior Training Expert

Multilateral Diplomacy

Senior Training Expert

trouveroyguy@gmail.com

Diplomatic communication

Senior Training Expert

stephen.boucher@dreamocracy.eu

Creativity in public policies, Lobbying techniques

Senior Training Expert

All aspects of bilateral diplomacy

Senior Training Expert

Civilian Crisis Management

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