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Dr. Erik JONES
Director of European and Eurasian Studies and Professor of European Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, Bologna
| Erik Jones is Professor of European Studies and International Political Economy, and Director of European and Eurasian Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He is also a Senior Research Associate at the Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI) in Milan. Professor Jones is author of "The Politics of Economic and Monetary Union" (2002), "Economic Adjustment and Political Transformation in Small States" (2008), "Weary Policeman: American Power in an Age of Austerity" (2012, with Dana H. Allin), and "The Year the European Crisis Ended" (2014). He is editor or co-editor of a number of books and special issues of journals on topics related to European politics and political economy including "The Oxford Handbook of the European Union" (2012) and "The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics" (2015). Professor Jones is co-editor of "Government & Opposition" and a contributing editor of "Survival". His commentary has appeared in numerous outlets including the Financial Times, the New York Times, and other major newspapers and magazines across Europe and North America. As US citizen, Professor Jones has lived in Europe since the late 1980s. |
Ph.D. Reuben WONG
Associate Professor, Political Science Department and Director of Studies, CAPT - College of Alice and Peter Tan, NUS - National University of Singapore
| 1993-1994 | Country Officer i/c ASEAN-US dialogue, ASEAN Free-Trade Area, Vietnam and Philippines, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore |
| 1995-1998 | First Secretary and Deputy Chief of Mission (covering France, Switzerland, Spain, Israel), Embassy of the Republic of Singapore, Paris, France |
| 1999 | Senior Tutor, European Studies Programme (Political Science from July 2001) |
| Awarded NUS Overseas Graduate Scholarship to pursue Masters and PhD in European Politics/International Relations (on study leave Sep 1999-Dec 2003, Oxford & London) | |
| 2001 | Political Science Department, NUS - National University of Singapore |
| 2004 | Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, NUS - National University of Singapore |
| 2006-2010 | Deputy Convenor, International Studies Programme, NUS - National University of Singapore |
| 2008-2009 | Assistant Head, Political Science Department, NUS - National University of Singapore |
| 2012 | Associate Professor, Political Science Department, NUS - National University of Singapore; Director of Studies NUS - National University of Singapore & CAPT - College of Alice and Peter Tan |
Jan ZIELONKA
Ralf Dahrendorf Fellow and Professor of European Politics, St Antony's College, University of Oxford
| Jan Zielonka is Professor of European Politics at the University of Oxford and Ralf Dahrendorf Professorial Fellow at St Antony’s College. His previous appointments included posts at the University of Warsaw, Leiden and the European University Institute in Florence. His work oscillates between the field of international relations, comparative politics and political theory. Zielonka has produced seventeen books including "Is the EU doomed?" (2014), and "Europe as Empire". "The Nature of the Enlarged European Union", (2006). His last book - "Counter-revolution. Liberal Europe in Retreat" has been published by Oxford University Press in 2018. Zielonka frequently contributes articles for various European newspapers and online journals. |
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Franz FISCHLER
President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
| 1973-1979 | Research Assistant, Institute for Agricultural Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna |
| 1978 | Doctorate, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna |
| 1979-1984 | Executive Assistant, Provincial Chamber of Agriculture of Tyrol, Innsbruck |
| 1985-1989 | Director, Provincial Chamber of Agriculture of Tyrol, Innsbruck |
| 1989-1994 | Austrian Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Vienna |
| 1995-2004 | European Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Brussels |
| 2005-2011 | Chairman, Ecosocial Forum Europe, Vienna |
| 2005-2015 | Chairman, RISE-Foundation, Brussels |
| 2014-2015 | Chairman of the Steering Committee of the EU scientific programme for Expo Milano 2015 |
| since 2012 | President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna |
| since 2016 | President, Board of Trustees to the Austrian Institute of Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna |
