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Our members are experts on European integration and Europe in the world

Our members actively contribute to journals, publications, books, research networks, conferences, workshops and teaching. Visit the staff profiles listed below to read more about their individual research interests, research supervision status and contact details.

Our Director

Professor Han Dorussen

Co-Director

Department of Government, University of Essex

Han specialises in policy convergence in the European Union.

Dr Alexandra Hennessy

Co-Director

Department of Government, University of Essex

Alexandra is committed to studying some of the political and economic problems facing the European Union today.

Our members

Dr Ryan Bakker

Member

Department of Government, University of Essex

Dr. Ryan Bakker researches Western European politics, and EU elections and political parties, He is also a prinicipal investigator for the Chapel Hill Expert Survey (CHES), which measures political party positions on a variety of policy-specific issues in the European Union.

Dr Diane Bolet

Member

Department of Government, University of Essex

Diane's research looks at voting behaviour, public opinion, and far-right politics in Europe, with a focus on how political attitudes and behaviour are affected by changes in local context, public policy, and media.

Professor Royce Carroll

Member

Department of Government, University of Essex

Professor Royce Carroll's research focuses on representation, elite and mass behaviour, and democratic institutions in Europe and other regions, particularly in the areas of political parties and ideology.

Professor Lawrence Ezrow

Member

Department of Government, University of Essex

Professor Lawrence Ezrow's research interests include; elections, political representation, parties’ election strategies, and European Politics.

Professor Fabian Freyenhagen

Member

School of Philosophy and Art History, University of Essex

Fabian’s research deals with social pathology, with a particular focus on mental distress and its social conditions, reason and language in the early Frankfurt School, and ethics after Auschwitz.

Dr Nikhil Gokani

Member

Essex Law School, University of Essex

Nikhil is an EU lawyer working mainly on EU public health and consumer protection from a legal and interdisciplinary perspective.

Professor Theodore Konstadinides

Member

Essex Law School, University of Essex

Theodore’s research and teaching interests include European and comparative constitutional law, and EU external relations.

Dr Esin Küçük

Member

Essex Law School, University of Essex

Esin's main research interests lie in the areas of EU constitutional law and asylum law. She has written about EU solidarity, examining the theoretical foundations and normative parameters of European solidarity in general and asylum solidarity more specifically.