Adriaan Schout

Head of the Europe and the EU Research Unit of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations (‘Clingendael’) in The Hague (since 2005 part time; since 2007 full time) and Member of the official Advisory Council of the Dutch Government on International Affairs.

Core research areas include EU Governance, Better Regulation, EU agencies and EMU. Dr Schout won the 2007 Prize for ‘Best Book in Contemporary European Integration Studies’ from the University Association for Contemporary European Studies for the book: The coordination of European Governance: exploring the capacities for networked governance ( Oxford University Press). (Foreword: Helen Wallace).

He is currently working on a book with Hussein Kassim on National European Narratives. His publications appeared in all the major international European and public administration journals.

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