European policymaker and academic with extensive leadership experiences across European Institutions and academia. Experience in multilateral governance, international negotiations and policy making. Long experience in teaching, academic programme development in European politics, geopolitics, trade, multilateralism as well as supervising and coaching students.
LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE EXPERIENCE
European Commissioner for trade (2014-2019).
European Commissioner for Home Affairs (2010-2014)
Minister for EU Affairs, Government of Sweden (2006-2010)
Member of the European Parliament (1999-2006)
ACADEMIC AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Visiting professor at the School of Economics, Business and Law at Göteborg University (2020-2021, 2025-ongoing)
Regular guest lecturer at: Universities and institutions at UAB; Barcelona, IE Madrid, Science Po Paris, ISPI Milan, most Swedish Universities
Senior fellow (non-resident) at Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), Washington DC (since 2021-ongoing)
Lecturer and researcher at Department of Political Science, Göteborg University (1992-1999)
EDUCATION
PhD in political science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 1998
Bachelor’s degree, (Political science, international relations and development studies), University of Gothenburg, Sweden 1991
Studies in French literature, Sorbonne University, Paris, France,1987
BOARDS AND PUBLIC SERVICE (Selection of engagements)
Member of the high-level advisory board of NB8 (Nordic Baltic) to the government of Ukraine since 2025
Member, European Council for Foreign Relations
Board member, Friends of Europe
Member, Trilateral Commission
Founding Member, Trade Experettes, an international organisation of women trade experts
Funding member International Youth Think Tank, an organisation that seeks to strengthen democracy through youth
Migration Policy Institute, vice chair of the board
Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, member of the board
Centre for European Policy Studies, CEPS, member of the board
AWARDS
European of the Year, awarded by Swedish European Movement (2020)
Transatlantic Business Award, awarded by the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (2019)
International Swede of the Year, awarded by Swedes Worldwide (2019)
Woman of the Year, awarded by the Association of Women in International Trade, Washington D.C. (2017)
List of Publications (selection)
Geopolitics and Trade (2025) in EU Trade governance, assessing Prometheus. By Luca Rubini (ed), European University Institute file:///C:/Users/cissi/Downloads/eu%20trade%20governance-QM0125045ENN.pdf
Setting the Stage: Transatlantic relations after a super electoral year (2024) In Beyond electoral uncertainty: rethinking the transatlantic alliance. IE University, Madrid https://www.ie.edu/gpc/publications/beyond-electoral-uncertainty-rethinking-transatlantic-alliance-times-change/
A chance to preserve the world they made with Chad Bown in Foreign Affairs October 7, 2021 https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-10-07/chance-preserve-world-they-made
Forward, A common European Law on Investment Screening (2021) in YESEC Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions 2020 by Stefen Hindelang and Andreas Moberg (eds) Springer, Switzerland
Global trade: problems and Prospects. Report 5-2020. Swedish Institute of Foreign Affairs, Stockholm https://www.ui.se/globalassets/ui.se-eng/publications/ui-publications/2020/ui-report-no.-5-2020.pdf
I have published around 15 blogs For Peterson Institute for International Economics (for full overview see www.piie.com). Three examples:
The EU is forging a new strategic alliance with Latin America, November, 2025 https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2025/european-union-forging-new-strategic-alliance-latin-america
EU is laying low but must prepare for a conflict with Trump, February 2025
https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2025/europe-laying-low-must-prepare-conflict-trump
Will the Scramble for rare earth produce a transatlantic trade accord? April 6, 2023 https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/will-scramble-rare-earths-produce-transatlantic-trade-accord
Several books, book chapters and articles in Swedish, full list available on demand.