CV

CURRICULUM VITAE

Present position
Since May 2014	Professor in Political Science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (tenured) – at VUA since July 2004.

Previous positions
Spring 2018	Visiting researcher at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University.
2006	Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), The Hague Research Fellow (part-time, seconded) Project ‘Europe in the Netherlands’
June 2004	Summer School Instructor, Department of Political Science / European Studies Program, University of Victoria (BC), Canada.
June 2002 - May 2004	Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels Marie Curie Research Fellow, sponsored under the 5^th Framework Programme of the European Community.
Nov. 2001 - May 2002	University of Twente, Enschede Post-doctoral researcher in Political Science
Jan. 1997 - Oct. 2001	Research voor Beleid, Leiden (NL)
	1999-2001 Account manager economic policy research 1997-1999 Policy researcher

Education
1993-1996	Doctorate in the Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, Florence (It.), 3 May 1997 (‘with distinction’). Ph.D.-thesis: “The Sediment of Reason; Basic Rights in Germany and Great Britain”.
	Committee: Steven Lukes (Political Science, EUI, Florence, promotor), Karl-Heinz Ladeur (Law, EUI/ Hamburg, co-promotor), Massimo LaTorre (EUI, Law) and Albrecht Wellmer (Philosophy, FU Berlin).
Spring 1995	Humboldt Universität Berlin, Visiting Research Student.
1991-1992	London School of Economics, General Course in Government.
1988-1993	University of Amsterdam. MA in Political Science. Awarded ‘cum laude’, August 1993.

Grants received
2018	Project partner in RECONNECT (EC research project under H2020) (2018-2021)
2013	Project partner in Erasmus Academic Network on Parliamentary Democracy in Europe (PADEMIA) (2013-2016).
2011	‘Research talent’ Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) PhD-project ‘Normative power and military means’.
2010	Faculty Fellowship VU Faculty of Social Science (CCSS).
2009	‘Open Competition’ Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) PhD-project ‘Senior Commission Officials’ Role Perceptions in a Changing Europe’, (co-applicant with prof. L. Hooghe).
2007	Project partner in RECON (EC Integrated Project under FP6) (2007-2011).
2008	Faculty Fellowship VU Faculty of Social Science (CCSS).
2006	Secondment at WRR Project ‘Europe in the Netherlands’.
2002	EC Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2002-2004)

Services to the profession
2010 - 2012	Jury member of the Dissertation Prize in Political Science of the Dutch Political Science Association (NKWP) / Jury chair in 2012.
2007 - 2011	Co-director of RECON Work package2 ‘The Constitutionalisation of the EU, the Europeanisation of National Constitutions, and Constitutionalism Compared’.
2007 - 2011	Editorial Board of the RECON Online Working Papers Series.
2004 - 2007	Editorial Board of Res Publica, the Belgian Journal of Pol. Science.

University administration
2019 – 2021	Director VU School of Governance
2017 - 2019	Member of the Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences, research portfolio.
2013 - 2016	Co-Director of the Amsterdam Centre for Contemporary European Studies (ACCESS EUROPE)
2013 - 2014	Department of Political Science and Public Administration Member of the Management Team Director of the MSc Political Science
2010 - 2013	Department of Political Science Member of the Management Team From September 2012 onwards: Research Manager 2010 - 2012: Teaching Manager
2007 – 2010	Political Science delegate in the Faculty Research Committee
2005 – 2010	Chair of the Political Science Teaching Committee
Since 2004	Various incidental committee memberships at departmental, faculty and university level.

Postgraduate Supervision

PhD Supervision

- Current supervisees: Stefano Merlo, Diederik Stadig, Steven Otterman and Louis Middelkoop

- Valentin Kreilinger (Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, 3^rd supervisor since 2016)

- Yoav Shemer-Kunz (co-tutelle with Université de Strasbourg – co-promotor prof. N. Kauppi), Parties’ Transnational Coordination in the EU after Lisbon. The Greens and beyond. Defended 19/5/2017.

- Bart Bes (with prof. L. Hooghe), ‘Under Pressure! The institutinal role conceptions of Commission Officials in an era of politicization’, Defended 22/3/2017, now postdoc Lund Universitity.

- Trineke Palm, ‘Normative Power and Military Means. The evolving character of the EU’s international power’. Defended 20/3/2017, now postdoc at Utrecht University.

- Jérôme Schäfer (2010-12, transferred to Yale University), co-supervisor with prof. L. Hooghe

Postdoc supervisor

- Eric Miklin (2008-2010, now Assistant Professor at the Universität Salzburg)

- Jan Pieter Beetz (since 2016)

PhD Examiner

- Jilong Wang VU Amsterdam, 2022), promotor B. van Apeldoorn

- Ivana Skazlic (UVienna, 2022), promotor J. Pollak

- Xue Mi (VU Amsterdam, 2022), promotor W. Wagner

- Lucy Kinski (UVienna, 2018), promotor J. Pollak

- Mariken van der Velden (VU Amsterdam, 2017), promotor B. Vis

- Tom Theuns (SciencePo Paris, 2017)

- Saskia Hollander (Nijmegen University, 2016)

- Falk Ostermann (VU Amsterdam, 2015)

- Marjolein Meijer (Antwerpen, 2012)

- Pieter de Wilde (Oslo, 2010)

- Kathrin Packham (Bremen, 2009)

Teaching
Since 2004	Courses ‘Introduction Political Science’ (BA-1), ‘Political Theory’ (BA-2), 'Reading course in Advanced Political Theory: Justice and Global Justice' (BA-3), ‘Meta-Theory and Research Methods in Political Science’ (MSc), 'Institutions and Governance in the European Union' (MSc), Thesis-seminar (MSc), Thesis supervision (Doctoraal, BA, MSc).
July 2006	Lectures on the constitutionalisation and democratisation of the EU and a panel appearance at the ‘Brave New Europe’ Summer School of the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), 4/5 July 2006.
June 2004	Summer School Instructor, Department of Political Science / European Studies Centre, University of Victoria (BC), Canada.
September 2003	Guest lectures on ‘the Future of the EU’ for the ULB/Solvay MBA-program.
Summer 2003	Hosting of a BA-student from Harvard University as a research assistant at CEPS.
2002	Class teaching of a 2^nd year undergraduate course at the University of Twente on ‘Democratic theory and practice’.
1999 - 2001	Responsible for a team of ± four university-educated policy researchers at Research voor Beleid.

Media experience

Commented on EU affairs for a.o. BBC, International Herald Tribune, Wall Street Journal Europe, Newsweek, Reuters, Le Monde, AFP, WDR, Deutsche Welle, Helsingin Sanomat, Morgenbladet, Jyllands-Posten, NL Radio 1 Journaal, de Volkskrant, Iranian Student News Agency/ World news service, Radio Free Europe, Greek national radio, Rzeczpospolita, Polish Press Agency, Washington Times.