Stefaan De Rynck

Visiting professor, European Political and Administrative Studies Department

Chef d'unité Communication, DG Marché intérieur et services, Commission européenne, Bruxelles..

Professor at the College of Europe since 2003. Currently Head of Unit in charge of Communication at DG Internal Market and Services. Previous assignments in the European Commission: spokesman for EU transport policy, for the Barroso transition team and for Michel Barnier on constitutional issues (2001-2004); co-author White Paper on European Governance (Secretariat-General); policy officer in DG Regional Policy. PhD in Social and Political Sciences from the European University Institute, Florence. Yale World Fellow '06. Consultant for the Higher Institute of Employment (University of Leuven). Research officer at the Public Policy and Management Centre (University of Leuven). Author of articles and books on regions, cohesion policy, local employment initiatives, education and environmental policy.