Renaud Dehousse - Biography#

Renaud Dehousse has been President of the European University Institute since September 1st, 2016.

Before coming to the EUI, he was Professor and hold a Jean Monnet chair in EU law and European Policy Studies at Sciences Po Paris, where he founded and directed the Centre d’études européennes from 2005 to 2016. He chaired Sciences Po Paris’ executive board from 2013 to 2016.

After studying law at Liège’s University (Belgium), he obtained a PhD at the European University Institute in Florence. He has taught at the European University Institute, where he directed the European Law Academy, and at the University of Pisa. He was also a visiting professor at the Universities of Florence (Cesare Alfieri), Cologne, Rome (LUISS), Lausanne and at the Law School of the University of Michigan.

Renaud Dehousse was a scientific advisor at Notre Europe, a study and research centre founded by Jacques Delors. He was member of working parties on the reform of European institutions established by European institutions or the French government.