Renaud Dehousse

Visiting professor, European Political and Administrative Studies Department

Renaud Dehousse is Professor at Sciences Po and holder of the Jean Monnet chair in Community law and European political studies. Prior to joining Sciences Po in 1999, he was Professor at the University of Pisa and at the European University Institute in Florence, where he headed the Academy of European Law. He has been guest professor at the universities of Florence (Cesare Alfieri) and Lausanne as well as at Michigan University Law School. At Sciences Po, he co-directs the Master in European Affairs and the Euro/Transatlantic Master’s programme in partnership with the universities of Bath, Madrid (Carlos III), Berlin (Freie Universität and Humboldt), Prague (Charles), Siena, Washington (Seattle) and North Carolina (Chapel Hill). Renaud Dehousse is scientific advisor at Notre Europe, a research centre founded by Jacques Delors. He has participated in a number of high-level working groups set up by the European Commission or the French government, on the reform of European institutions.

Education:
After studying law at Liège University (Belgium), he obtained a doctorate at the European University Institute in Florence (thesis published under the title Fédéralisme et relations internationales, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 1991).

Research theme:
Institutions and political system of the European Union.

Recent publications:
Significant publications include La Cour de Justice des Communautés européennes, Paris, Montchrestien, 1994 (2nd ed. revised, 1997) and La fin de l’Europe, Paris, Flammarion, 2005. Among the works he has overseen: Politiques européennes, Paris, Presses de Sciences Po, 2009; Que fait l’Europe ? – What is Europe up to? (co-edited with Florence Deloche-Gaudez and Sophie Jacquot), Paris, Presses de Sciences Po, 2009; Elargissement - Comment l’Europe s’adapte (co-edited with Florence Deloche-Gaudez and Olivier Duhamel), Paris, Presses de Sciences Po, 2006; L’Europe sans Bruxelles ? Une analyse de la méthode ouverte de coordination, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2004; Une Constitution pour l’Europe ? , Paris, Presses de Sciences Po, 2002; Good Governance in an Integrated Market, (co-edited with Christian Joerges), Oxford University Press, 2002. His research has been published in a number of international scientific journals, including: Revue du droit public et de la science politique, Journal of Common Market Studies, American Journal of Comparative Law, West European Politics, European Journal of Public Policy, European Journal of International Law, Rivista italiana di diritto pubblico comunitario, Common Market Law Review and European Union Politics.