FEPS Scientific Council advises on the substantial orientation of FEPS’ activities, is composed of experts and academics elected by FEPS General Assembly and meets at least twice a year.

Maria João RODRIGUES

FEPS President
Since 2017, Maria João Rodrigues is the President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies […]

László ANDOR

FEPS Secretary General
László Andor is a Hungarian economist, and former EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion […]

Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ

FEPS Vice-President
Chair of FEPS Scientific Council
Lina Gálvez Muñoz is a Member of the European Parliament since July 2019. In the […]

Agnès HUBERT

Associate researcher with PRESAGE (Programme de Recherches et d'Enseignements des Savoirs sur le Genre) Science Po/OFCE Paris
Agnes Hubert is a recognised european expert on gender policy making. She was in charge […]

Ana CHUPESKA STANISHKOVSKA


Assistant Professor of Political Science, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University
Ana Chupeska, holds Master of Science in IR and PhD in Political Science. As Professor […]

András INOTAI

Researcher professor, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute of World Economics Hungarian Academy of Science
András INOTAI, born in 1943, Szombathely, Hungary. He achieved his first diploma at the Loránd […]

André GERRITS

Professor of International Studies and Global Politics at Leiden University
André W.M. Gerrits is Professor of International Studies and Global Politics at the Institute for […]

Andrea PETŐ

Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University, Vienna, Austria, and research affiliate of the CEU Democracy Institute, Budapest

Andrés RODRIGUEZ-POSE

Princesa de Asturias Chair and a professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics. He chaired the European Commission High-Level Group on the Future of Cohesion Policy
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose holds the Princesa de Asturias Chair and is a Professor of Economic Geography […]

Anna PACZESNIAK

Professor of political science at the University of Wroclaw, Visiting researcher at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Member of the Polish State Committee for Science and Titles in Science
Anna PACZEŚNIAK is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Wrocław, where she […]

Britta THOMSEN

Adjunct Professor, Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Politician and Former Member of European Parliament

Christophe SENTE

Political Scientist, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Dr Christophe Sente is a Cevipol research follow at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, a member […]

Daša SILOVIC

Global gender advocate, international leader and expert in sustainable development, multilateral diplomacy and foreign affairs
Daša Šašić Šilović is a global gender advocate, international leader and expert in sustainable development, […]

Dimitris TSAROUHAS

Jean Monnet Chair, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Blikent University, and Visiting Fellow, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
Dimitris Tsarouhas, PhD is Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Virginia Tech, […]

Eva ZEGLOVITS

Political scientist and pollster, Institute for Empirical Social Research (IFES), Vienna
Dr. Eva Zeglovits is the director at the private opinion polling company Institute for Empirical […]

Georgi PIRINSKI

Former Member of the European Parliament. Former Chairman of national Assembly of Bulgaria
Georgi Pirinski (b. 1948, in New York City, USA) graduated from the Sofia University of […]

Gerhard STAHL

College of Europe, Pekin University HSBC Business School, Former Secretary General, Committee of the Regions
Scientific and academic activities Member of the Advisory Committee (Kuratorium) of the IFO-Research Institute. IFO […]

Gustav HORN

Economist, Director of Institute for Macroeconomic Research (IMK)
Professor of Economics at University of Duisburg-Essen. Member of the Federal Board of the Socialdemocratic […]

Helena DALLI

Former European Commissioner for Equality (2019-2024) and lecturer in Economic and Political Sociology, Public Policy, and Sociology of Law at the University of Malta
European Commissioner for Equality 2019-2024

Isabella WEBER

Professor University of Massachusetts Amherst
Isabelle Weber is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, an […]

Jernej PIKALO

Former Minister for Education, Science and Sport of Slovenia, Professor at University of Ljubljana
Dr. Jernej Pikalo is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Ljubljana and […]

Julia KUBISA

Associate Professor at the University of Warsaw
Professor at the University of Warsaw, working at the Faculty of Sociology.  Dean of the […]

Karolina ZIOŁO-PUZUK

Academic teacher and researcher - Faculty of Humanities of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński - University of Warsaw
Karolina Zioło-Pużuk, PhD (University of Sheffield), is an academic teacher and researcher at the Faculty […]

Lisa PELLING

Director of Arena Idé

Ljubica JELUŠIČ

Former Slovenian Minister of Defense, Member of the Slovenian National Assembly, Lecturer in the field of defense studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana
Ljubica Jelušič is full professor at the University of Ljubljana. Her research and teaching interests […]

Mario RICCIARDI

Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Milan

Mariola URREA CORRES

Professor at the University of la Rioja

Michelle O’SULLIVAN

Senior lecturer at the Department of Personnel and Employment Relations of the University to Limerick
Dr. Michelle O’Sullivan is a Senior Lecturer in Industrial Relations at the University of Limerick, […]

Nicoletta PIROZZI

Head of Programme on European Union and Institutional Relations Manager at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
Nicoletta Pirozzi is Head of Programme on European Union and Institutional Relations Manager at the […]

Özlem ONARAN

Professor at Workforce and Economic Development Policy, Director of Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre (GPERC)
Özlem Onaran is Professor of Economics at the University of Greenwich, and the co-director of […]

Paolo GUERRIERI

Former Senator of the Italian Republic, Professor at the College of Europe and at the Sapienza University

Patrick DIAMOND

Professor of Public Policy at Queen Mary, University of London and a member of the FEPS Scientific Council

Paul MAGNETTE

President of the Socialist Party (Beligum), Mayor of Charleroi, Former Belgian Federal Minister for Climate and Energy, Former Minister- President of Wallonia, Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles

Paul NEMITZ

Special Advisor to the European Commission, Former Director, Fundamental Rights and Union Citizenship, DG for Justice and Consumers, European Commission
Paul Nemitz is Principal Adviser in the Directorate General for Justice and Consumers in the […]

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA

Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon School of Law, former Vice-President of the European Parliament and former Minister of the Presidency of Portugal.
Pedro Silva Pereira was Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024 and Member […]

Peter BOFINGER

Professor of Economics, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Professor of Economics, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

Petr PAVLIK

Director of Institute of Masters Studies and Deputy Chair of the Department of Gender Studies of the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague
Ing. Petr Pavlík, Ph.D., is a scholar teaching in the Gender Studies Program of the […]

Pia LOCATELLI

Former Member of the European Parliament and of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Honorary President of the Socialist International Women, and Vice-President of the Socialist International
Born in Bergamo, Italy, 1949, degrees in foreign languages and literatures and in economics; for […]

Roby NATHANSON

Director, MACRO – The Center for Political Economics
Dr.Roby Nathanson has a Masters Degree and PhD in Economics specializing in International Trade, from […]

Roger LIDDLE

Chair of Progressive Britain, Labour member of the House of Lords, UK Trade Envoy to Andean Region in South America. Former Special Advisor to Prime Minister Tony Blair, Adviser to the President of the European Commission and Cumbria County Councillor.

Ruth Rubio MARÍN

Universidad de Sevilla and EUI School of Governance
Ruth Rubio Marín is Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Sevilla, Director of […]

Seda GURKAN

Senior Assistant Professor of International Relations and European Studies at Leiden University, and Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges campus.
Seda Gürkan is Senior Assistant Professor of International Relations and European Studies at the Institute […]

Teresa RIERA MADURELL

Honorary Secretary of the European Parliament Former Members Association (FMA) and Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2014
Professor of Computer Science and AI, UIB. Chair of the BSC-Science Policy Advisory Board. Honorary […]

Tindara ADDABBO

Full Professor in Economic Policy - Department of Economics Marco Biagi - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy)
Full Professor in Economic Policy at the Department of Economics Marco Biagi of the University […]

Tommaso NANNICINI

Senator of the Italian Republic, Former Undersecretary to the Italian Prime Minister and full Professor at Bocconi University
Full Professor of Economics at Boccony University. He has been visiting professor at Madrid Carlos […]

Vivien SCHMIDT

Jean Monnet Chair of European Integration and Professor of International Relations, Boston University
Vivien A. Schmidt is Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration in the Pardee School at Boston […]