Finn Laursen is Honorary Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, where he was a professor of International Politics, 1999-2006. He held the Canada Research Chair in European Union (EU) Studies at the Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2006-2013. At Dalhousie University, he also directed the EU Centre of Excellence (EUCE). Since 2007, he holds a Jean Monnet Chair ad personam. In recent years, his research has focused upon European integration, especially the making and reforms of the EU’s constitutive and reform treaties as well as successive enlargements of the EU and the role played by the EU in the global system. He has also done comparative research on regional integration, including, NAFTA, MERCOSUR and ASEAN. His current research is focused on the EU’s trade policy, including the negotiations with the United States of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Currently he is also teaching at Aarhus University and working as a Senior Editor of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics (OREP), being responsible for EU Politics and Comparative Regional Integration.
Research Interests: European Integration, EU Treaties, EU in a global system, Enlargements of the EU, Comparative regional integration
| Institution: | University of Southern Denmark |
| Fields of Expertise: | EU Foreign Policy and External Relations EU Institutions EU Multi-level Governance EU Policies EU Trade and the Single Market EU-Canada Relations European Identity/ EU Citizenship International Relations and Foreign Policy Law and Legal Issues Schengen Area |
| Research groups: | RG ECSA-C Democracy,The ECSA-C members |
| Email: | fla@sam.sdu.dk |
| Media outreach: | Yes |
| Languages: | Danish, English, French |
| Publications: | Historical Dictionary of the European Union. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016 The Future of European Integration. Tamkang Chair Lecture Series 140. Tamsui, Taipei: Tamkang University Press, 2003. Guide til Nice-traktaten: Baggrund, Kommentarer og Perspektiver. Copenhagen: Den Danske Europabevægelse, 2001 “China’s ‘the Belt and Road’ Initiative and EU-China Relations,” in Dai Changzheng and Wang Hongyu (eds.), “The Belt and Road” Initiative and International Society. Beijing: UIBE, 2016, pp. 62-69 “The EU’s Transatlantic Trade Policy: Why the move towards FTAs The Track Record So Far,” in Joaquin Roy and Roberto Dominguez (eds.), The TTIP: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the European Union and the United States. Miami, FL: Miami-Florida European Union Center/Jean Monnet Chair, 2014, pp. 135-149. “The EU’s ‘external action’ according to the Lisbon Treaty: institutional choices and their explanation,” in Maciej Wilga and Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski (eds.), New Approaches to EU Foreign Policy. London and New York: Routledge, 2014, pp. 17-37. “EU-Canada Relations: Towards a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement,” in Federiga Bindi and Irina Angelescu, eds., The Foreign Policy of the European Union: Assessing Europe’s Role in the World. Second edition. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2012, pp. 247-255. (With Sarah Dunphy), “The Development of European Integration Studies in Political Science in Canada,” in Federiga Bindi and Kjell A Eliassen, eds., Analyzing European Union Politics. Bologna: Il Mulino, 2012, pp. 545-574.\ “Comparative Regional Integration – Different institutions, ambitions and achievements,” Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter, 62. Jahrgang, no. 2 (2015), pp. 209-225. “The European Integration at the Crossroads,” Revista Ekonomiaz, Número 82, 1er cuatrimestre 2013, pp. 36-61. “The Lisbon Treaty: A First Assessment,” L’Europe en formation, Vol. 52, No. 362 (Winter 2011), pp. 45-70. “The EU’s Treaty of Lisbon: What’s in it for Kosovo?” The Western Balkans Policy Review, Vol. 1, Issue 1 (Summer/Winter 2010), pp. 11-27. “The Role of National Parliamentary Committees in European Scrutiny: Reflections Based on the Danish Case,” The Journal of Legislative Studies, Vol. 11, No. 3/4 (Autumn/Winter 2005), pp. 412-427. |
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