Aurélien MORNON AFONSO

Academic Assistant at the European Political and Governance Studies Department of the College of Europe (Bruges) since February 2022.

Academic background: Master of Arts in European Political and Governance Studies at the College of Europe (Bruges) (2020-2021, Mário Soares  promotion), Master of Arts in European Economic Law from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Vice Major, 2018-2020) and Double Bachelor in Political Sciences & Law from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (2015-2018).

Experiences: Award winner of the 2020 “Concours du Lobbying” competition for the partner company EDENRED, Portuguese Government Scholarship for Excellence (2020-2021) and President of the Association of European Economic Law Practitioners (AJDEE – 2019-2020).

Fields of interests: European Social Policies, Justice Policies, Fundamental Rights Policies (Rule of Law, democratization, minority rights, gender equality), Internal Market Policies and Sociology of EU institutions.

Professional experiences:

  • October 2021-January 2022: Blue Book Trainee at the DG Employment, social affairs and inclusion in the E.1 unit: Labour mobility, public employment services and relations with the European Labour Authority of the European Commission.
  • June 2020-July 2021: Trainee in the European Affairs Committee of the French Parliament (Assemblée nationale).
  • August 2019-September 2019: Contractual agent at the Court of Justice of the European Union