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Expert on Europe

Prof Dr Youri Devuyst

Vrije Universiteit Brussel & Brussels School of Governance
Languages
  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
Biography
EDUCATION: - 1993: Ph.D. Political Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel ; - 1988: M.A. International Relations & International Economics, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington DC ; - 1986: LL.M International and Comparative Law, Vrije Universiteit Brussel ; - 1985: Master (Licence Spéciale) International and European Law, Vrije Universiteit Brussel ; - 1984: Master (Licence) Political Science and International Relations, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: - Since 1993: Associate Professor in EU Studies (currently teaching EU Constitutional Law and EU History), Vrije Universiteit Brussel ; - 1995-2024: European Commission, full-time official (DG Trade, Cabinet Competition Commissioner, DG External Relations, DG Competition, DG Education and Culture) ; - 1992-1995: Expert-Chargé de Mission, Cabinet of the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs ; - 1988-1992: Researcher, Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research. PUBLICATIONS about the EU's institutional framework (Community method) and EU treaties, EU trade policy and EU-US relations in such journals as the Berkeley Journal of International Law, the Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, the Georgetown Journal of International Law, the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, International Legal Materials, the Journal of International Business and Law, Global Governance, the Journal of World Trade, World Competition, the Journal of Common Market Studies, the Journal of European Public Policy, the European Foreign Affairs Review, the Journal of European Integration as well as in several edited volumes such as The Oxford Handbook of the European Union, The Oxford Encyclopedia of European Union Politics, and Europe Since 1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction.