Aurélien MORNON-AFONSO
- Coordinating Assistant, European Political and Governance Studies Department (Bruges campus)
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