Ph.D. from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP). He holds degrees in philosophy and in Polish (Langues'O). Extended research fellowships at the Lodz University, Poland (1984), Humboldt Fundation Fellow, Freie University and WZB in Berlin (1988-1994). Before joining CERI in 2003, served as expert in charge of ex-ante assessment with the Ministry of Economy in Warsaw (2002-2003) and as special advisor to the OECD for the Territorial Review of Poland. 2008/2009 associate profesor at the university of Köln (Germany).
Member of the scientific boards of the Institut für Europäische Politik in Berlin, the Centre for Social Studies (PAN) in Warsaw, the Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales (CIFE) in Berlin and Nice, and of the editorial boards of Allemagne aujourd’hui and Le Courrier des pays de l’Est.
Develops comparative studies in sociology on Central and Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia as well as on the politics of energy
Teaching
- Sciences Po (Dijon and Paris campuses): "Central and Eastern Europe" (undergraduate courses); "Europeanization of West/East public policies" (Master’s courses)
- Master of Public Affairs, MPA Sciences Po, 1ère année , Regional development Policies in a Compparativ Perspective. Eastern Europe
/ South East Asia, 2ème année, Capstone, Regional Capacities in Poland and in GMS
- European Online Academy : "Theoretical, political and economic aspects of transition in Eastern Europe"
Research interests
- Central and Eastern Europe: economic and social transformations after 1990
- Cohesion Policy and Regional Policies in Europe
- Central and Eastern Europe/Mekong region: regional integration and cross-border cooperation