Frederik MESDAG

Director of the academic administration office since January 2022. 

Assistant to the Director of Studies at the Department of European Political and Governance Studies of the College of Europe (Bruges) from August until December 2021. 

Academic Assistant at the Department of European Political and Governance Studies of the College of Europe (Bruges) from January 2017 until August 2021.

Academic background: MA in European Political and Administrative Studies from the College of Europe, Bruges, 2014-2015, Falcone & Borsellino promotion; MA in European Studies from the Université catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve), 2012-2014; Bachelor in Classical Oriental Languages from the Université catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve), 2009-2012.

Experiences: Bernheim scholarship at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (EU Trade Policy Unit) and at the Permanent Representation of Belgium to the EU (COREPER II), 2015-2016; European Health Parliament (2014-2015); Network Manager of Transnational Giving Europe (King Baudouin Foundation), 2016.

Fields of interests: EU budgetary affairs (budget and own resources); democracy and citizens; EU internal market law; public policies and interest representation (case study: the European luxury industry).

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