Professeur visiteur, Département d'études politiques et administratives européennes
Porte-parole, Réforme institutionnelle, DG 'Presse et Communication', Commission européenne, Bruxelles.
Professor at the College of Europe since 2003. European Commission spokesman for EU transport policy. Previous assignments in the European Commission: spokesman for the Barroso transition team; spokesman on constitutional issues (2001-2004); co-author White Paper on European Governance (Secretariat-General); four years in DG Regional Policy. PhD in Social and Political Sciences, European University Institute, Florence. Former lecturer on EU Public Policy at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Consultant for the Higher Institute of Employment (evaluation studies Structural Funds). Research officer at the Public Policy and Management Centre, KU Leuven. Author of articles and books on regions, cohesion policy, local employment initiatives, policy change in education and environmental policy.