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aschout@clingendael.nlAdriaan Schout
Head CESP
Dr Schout has combined research and consultancy on European governance questions for national and European institutions for many years. He has (co-)authored numerous books and international articles. He won the UACES price for ‘Best Book in European Studies 2007’ for The coordination of the European Union: Exploring the capacities of networked governance (Oxford University Press).
His projects were supported among others by the European Commission, national administrations and national and European agencies.
Dr Schout has been acting as independent expert in the field of EU governance for the Economic and Social Committee (2006) and for the Directorate-General for Research of the European Commission supporting the multilevel coordination questions in the process of writing the White Paper European Research Area (European Commission, 2007).
Expertise
- European integration
- European Governance and better regulation
- The EU Presidency. Dr Schout has worked for many years with Member States preparing for their Presidency of the Council
- EU agencies
- Europeanization of national administrations
(Current) Projects
- EU agencies: fashion or necessity?
- EU governance: self-organizing or centrally steered?
- The EU Presidency and EU leadership
- Numerous consultancy projects
Positions
- Research Professor, Institut Universitari d’Estudis Europeus, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Honorary fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE (5 star research institute)) of the University of East Anglia (UK)
- Served as independent expert to the European Commission and the Economic and Social Committee
Education
- PhD - Political Sciences; University of Leiden (NL)
- Ma - Economics; University of Groningen (NL)
Languages
English, Dutch (mother tongue)
Latest publications by Adriaan Schout: (more »)
- Anti-Europese retoriek is slechts een pose, Adriaan Schout
- Griekse crisis: EU langzaam, maar razendsnel, Adriaan Schout, Wilbur Perlot en Simone Wolters
- EU-president is geen grijze muis maar een kater, Adriaan Schout en Simone Wolters
- Een nieuw jaar voor Europa, Adriaan Schout
- Tweekamp in Brussel: Commissie en Parlement beide winnaar, Adriaan Schout
- Straks zitten we met Kroes als feestcommissaris, Adriaan Schout
- De presidentialisering van de EU en de politieke gevolgen voor Nederland, Adriaan Schout en Mirte van den Berge