Researcher, consultant and trainer with expertise in EU external relations (development, trade) and the role of scientific, cultural and higher education cooperation therein. I also have academic and professional experience in regional policies and regional and local representation in Brussels. I act as the coordinator of a Work Package of the H2020 project 'EL-CSID' https://www.el-csid.eu/ My experience includes: Monitoring and defining project deliverables, reporting, coordinating other researchers, peer-reviewing and supervising interns. Liaising with EU institutions. Organising dissemination events and trainings. Presenting project results at policy and academic events in Belgium, Malta, Morocco, Spain, UK and US. Monitoring funding opportunities (tenders, grants) and writing project applications. Selected conferences, workshops and trainings: - Speaker in the EU-sponsored panel ‘Beyond or Despite Political Borders: Science Diplomacy and the Construction of Europe’, American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, 16 February 2019, Washington, D.C. - Speaker at the conference ‘S4D4C Global Dialogue Meeting: European science diplomacy beyond 2020’, 12-14 December 2018, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Madrid. - Institutional Training: ‘EU Science Diplomacy : Theory and Practice’. Commissioned by DG RTD of the European Commission and delivered at the European External Action Service, 22 November 2018, EEAS, Brussels. - Presentation: ‘EU cultural cooperation with the MENA’, event ‘Cultural Relations at Work (CreW): supporting culture as an engine for sustainable social and economic development in EU Neighbourhood SOUTH’, 21-22 February, 2018, Instituto Cervantes Rabat, Rabat. - Presentation: ‘EU Cultural Diplomacy in the MENA: fostering regional and inter-regional cooperation’, conference ‘Mapping Cultural Policy in the Arab Region’, 21 April 2017, University of Westminster, London. Selected publications (with Pavón-Guinea, A.) (2019) Culture in EU External Relations: Strategic Reflections and Future Scenarios, EL-CSID PP 2019/06, VUB, Brussels. (2019) European Regions and their Interests, in Dialer, D. and Richter, M. (eds) Lobbying in the European Union: Strategies, Dynamics and Trends, Springer. (with Hatenboer, C.) (2018) The Future of EU Science Diplomacy: Conceptual and Strategic Reflections, EL-CSID PP 2018/14, VUB, Brussels. (with Schunz, S.) (2018) The European Union’s Multi-Level Cultural Diplomacy vis-à-vis the United States of America, WPS 2018/7, UNU-CRIS, Bruges. (2018) Culture in the ENP South: Broad Ambitions, Little Strategy, Insufficient Means, EL-CSID PB 2018/8, VUB, Brussels. (2017) Strengthening the Relationship between Science and Trade Policy in the European Union, Science & Diplomacy, 6(4): 11. (2017) EU Cultural Diplomacy in the MENA Region: A Qualitative Mapping of Initiatives Promoting Regional Cooperation, EL-CSID WP 2017/2, VUB, Brussels. (2016) European Regions in Brussels: towards Functional Interest Representation?, BPRP 53/2016, College of Europe, Bruges.