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 […]

Alex SCEBERRAS TRIGONA

Former Malta Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador to the WTO and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister, Lecturer of Private International Law at the University of Malta
Dr. Alex Sceberras Trigona is currently Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Malta. He […]

Alfred GUSENBAUER

Former Austrian Chancellor, Renner Institut

Allan LARSSON

Former Swedish Minister for Finance, Former Member of the Swedish parliament, Chairman of the University of Lund
Allan Larsson is a senior citizen, who has worked as journalist, economist, Member of Swedish […]

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 PETÕ

Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University

Anna DIAMANTOPOULOU

Representative of national political foundation Diktio
Anna Diamantopoulou is President of DIKTIO, Network for Reform in Greece and Europe, a leading […]

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 […]

Bernard SOULAGE

Vice-President of the Rhônes-Alpes Regional Council, Member of the Committee of the Regions, former MEP

Britta THOMSEN

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

Christian DEUBNER

Former Director of the Research Group European Affairs of Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
Christian Deubner lives in Berlin and is an independent consultant on European Politics and Political […]

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 […]

Claudio DE VINCENTI

Former Minister for Territorial Cohesion and Mezzogiorno, Professor of Economics, University of Rome Sapienza
Born in Rome in 1948, Claudio De Vincenti, Professor of Political Economy at the University […]

Diego LOPEZ GARRIDO

Former Secretary of State for the European Union in the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
DIEGO LÓPEZ GARRIDO is an economist, and has a Chair in Constitutional Law. Elected as […]

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, […]

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 […]

Ireneusz BIL

Executive Director, Amicus Europae Foundation of Aleksander Kwaśniewski
Ireneusz Bil is the Chairman of the Amicus Europae Foundation, an NGO established by the […]

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 […]

Jo LEINEN

Former Member of the European Parliament, Honorary President of the European Movement International, Former President of the Union of European Federalists

Josep BORRELL

Former High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

Lars ANDERSEN

Managing Director, ECLM
Managing Director of Economic Council of the Labour Movement (ECLM) MSc in Economics Chairman of […]

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 […]

Marina NIKOLIĆ

Institute for Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade

Mariola URREA CORRES

Professor at the University of la Rioja

Marju LAURISTIN

Former Estonian Minister of Social Affairs, Former Member of the European Parliament and Vice-president of the S&D Group, Professor Emeritus of Social Communication, University of Tartu

Mercedes BRESSO

Member of the European Parliament, former President of the European Committee of the Regions, former President of the European Union of Federalists, FEPS Senior Fellow
Mercedes Bresso is an Italian politician, former MEP and economist. She has been a professor […]

Michele NICOLETTI

Former Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Professor of Political Philosophy, Univerity of Trento
Michele Nicoletti is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Trento (Italy) and does […]

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 […]

Panayotis IOAKIMIDIS

Professor at the International and European Studies Department at the Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration of the University of Athens
P.C. Ioakimidis, is emeritus professor of European integration, University of Athens( EKPA). . He has […]

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

Vice-President of the European Parliament
Pedro Silva Pereira is Vice-President of the European Parliament in charge of the portfolio “Participative […]

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 […]

Philippe FARGUES

Professor of sociology and demography at the Robert Schuman Centre of the EUI (Florence), Founding Director of EUI’s Migration Policy Centre
Philippe Fargues is a Fellow at the European University Institute (Florence), where he was 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 […]

Pierre MIREL

Former Director, DG Enlargement, European Commission
Dr. Pierre Mirel served at the French embassies in Cairo (1971-74) and in Saïgon (1974-76), […]

Rémi BAZILLIER

Professor of Economics, Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Sorbonne School of Economics
Rémi Bazillier is a Professor of Economics at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University and research affiliate at […]

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 […]

Rocío MARTINEZ SAMPERE

Director, Felipe Gonzalez Foundation
Graduated in Economics at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Master in Economics and Master in Government […]

Roger LIDDLE

Chair of Policy Network
Chair of Policy Network. Labour member of House of Lords. Cumbria County Councillor.

Stanislav ŠTECH

Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic and Professor in educational psychology at Charles University
Stanislav Štech is Professor in Educational Psychology at Charles University Prague. His research interests have developed […]

Stavros LAMBRINIDIS

EU Special Representative for Human Rights and appointed Head of the EU delegation to the United States,
His Excellency Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis has been the Ambassador of the European Union to the […]

Stephany GRIFFITH-JONES

Financial Markets Director, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University
Stephany Griffith-Jones is an economist specialising in international finance and development, with emphasis on reform […]

Tadeusz IWIŃSKI

Former Polish state secretary, Former member of the Polish Sejm, Member of Council of Europe’s Assembly, Member of the Polish Academy of Science, Professor at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Engineer of chemistry. Prof. dr hab. in social sciences. Fulbright scholar at Harvard Univ. IREX […]

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 […]

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 […]

Vincenzo GALASSO

Full Professor in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the Universita Bocconi

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 […]