Florian TRAUNER is the Vice Dean for Research at the Brussels School of Governance, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Together with Ilke ADAM, he also coordinates the VUB's Interdisciplinary Centre of Expertise on Migration and Minorities (BIRMM), which gathers over 110 researchers from 10 disciplines. A graduate of the Universities of Vienna and Copenhagen, he received his PhD in 2008 (with distinction) and his habilitation in 2015.
His research concerns the European integration process with a focus on EU asylum, migration, border control, return and internal security policies. He also works on the EU’s relations with third countries in the migration field. His has widely published on these issues and implemented different projects funded by the Commission's Horizon 2020 programme as well as the Flemish and Austrian Research Funds.
Florian TRAUNER is a regular Visiting Professor at the College of Europe (Natolin Campus) and has held permanent or visiting positions at the University of Vienna, Renmin University of China (in Beijing), Sciences Po Paris and the EU Institute for Security Studies. He also acted as an external expert for different EU institutions and UN organisations.
Selected Publication
- Roos, Christof/Trauner, Florian/Adam, Ilke (2023): Bureaucratic migration politics in West Africa: Opportunities and dependencies created by EU funding. In: International Migration Review, DOI: 10.1177/01979183221142775
- Trauner, Florian (2022): The Great Covid Paper Wall: European Strategies to Deal with Chinese Visa Restrictions. In: The International Spectator, 57(4): 51-67.
- Stutz, Philipp/Florian Trauner (2022): The EU’s return rate with third countries: why EU readmission agreements do not make much difference. In: International Migration, 60 (3), 154-172.
- Tacea, Angela and Florian Trauner (2021): The European and national parliaments in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: does interparliamentary cooperation lead to joint oversight?, Journal of Legislative Studies, DOI: 10.1080/13572334.2021.2015559
- König, Franca and Florian Trauner (2021): From Trevi to Europol: Germany’s role in the integration of EU police cooperation. Journal of European Integration, 43(2), 175-190.
- Slominski, Peter/Florian Trauner (2020): Reforming me softly: how soft law has changed EU return policy since the migration crisis. In: West European Politics, 44 (1), 93-113.
- Adam, Ilke/Florian Trauner/Leonie Jegen/Christof Roos (2020): West African Interests in (EU) Migration Policy: Balancing Domestic Priorities with External Incentives. In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46 (15), 3101-3118.
- Slominski, Peter/Florian Trauner (2018): How do member states return unwanted migrants? The strategic (non-)use of ‘Europe’ in the context of the migration crisis. In: Journal of Common Market Studies, 56 (1), 101-118.
- Ripoll Servent, Ariadna and Florian Trauner (eds., 2018): The Routledge Handbook of Justice and Home Affairs Research. London: Routledge.