About me

 

I am a Policy Analyst at the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), and Research Associate at the GASPAR Research Group of the Department of Political Science at Ghent Univeristy. In addition, I am Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences at KU Leuven, Section Editor for the Routledge Encyclopaedia for European Studies, and a member of the advisory board of the Horizon-funded RETOOL project. Before joining the EPRS, I was a Lecturer in European Politics and Society at the Politics and Society Chair Group of the University of Groningen, and Postdoctoral Fellow at Ghent University's Department of Public Governance and Management involved in the 'Citizen Participation & Democracy' research project. I have also been Visiting Professor at the CEVIPOL of the Univeristé Libre de Bruxelles.

 

I hold a PhD from Ghent University's Department of Political Sciences, a BA in History, MA in European Studies and MSc in European Politics from KU Leuven. My doctoral dissertation addressed the Europeanisation of national political parties' organisation across levels. This research has been mostly qualitative and comparative, aimed at reconstructing parties' cross-level linkage arrangements based on semi-structured interviews with political elites in Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark. As part of my study, I did a research stay at Aarhus University's Department of Political Science, which was funded by the Research Foundation Flanders.

 

My wider research interest includes a range of topics in European studies and political science, with a focus on questions of transnational democratic governance and the Europeanisation of national politics. With a broad background in political science, public governance, European politics and history, I aim to maintain an inter- and multidisciplinary perspective. I have published articles in different academic journals such as Acta Politica, the Journal of Common Market Studies, the Journal of European Integration, the Journal of Contemporary European Studies and Governance and Politics, as well as several book chapters in edited volumes published with Routledge and Acco.

 

I also have a track record teaching various topics at the universities of  Groningen, Ghent, Leuven, and Brussels. Courses I have taught range from the public administration of the Flemish government, over the transformation of European party politics, to the history of European integration and the various meanings of 'Europe'. In addition, I give guest lectures at a range of universities and other organisations across Europe.

 

I like to spend my free time playing (board) games and reading about (political) history and philosophy. I also enjoy travelling the globe, cooking sumptuous meals, hiking and lifting weights.

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

You can consult my full CV and publication list here.