Steven Blockmans

• Senior research fellow in EU and international law at the T.M.C. Asser Institute (The Hague)
• Academic coordinator of the Centre for the Law of EU External Relations

Contact Data

• T.M.C. Asser Institute
  P.O. Box 30461
  2500 GL The Hague
  The Netherlands
• Telephone +32 16 32 53 66
• Fax +32 16 37 35 47 
• E-mail: s.blockmans@asser.nl

Short Bio

At the T.M.C. Asser Institute, Steven combines his academic research with consultancy activities carried out for national and international donors. He specializes in public sector reform in post-conflict and transition countries. He has more than 10 years of expertise in both the drafting and approximation of national legislation to meet international standards and EU acquis, and in administrative and judicial capacity-building. He has gained field experience mainly in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. In addition, Steven frequently acts as a guest lecturer at universities. He has provided in-service training for the European Commission and the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU for the past five years.

Research

Steven’s research focuses on the role of the European Union in the world, primarily from an EU constitutional and external relations law perspective (CFSP, CSDP, enlargement, ENP, trade, development). He defended his PhD ‘Tough Love: the European Union’s Relations with the Western Balkans’ at Leiden University in 2007. He has published a commercial edition of the PhD and 8 edited volumes with T.M.C. Asser Press.