Team
 | Professor Ludo Cuyvers Chair |
 | Dick Gupwell Vice-Chairman |
 | Axel Goethals CEO |
 | Eric Tourrès Treasurer |
 | Glyn Ford Board Member He was a Member of the European Parliament for over 25 years, until the June 2009 elections. At the European Parliament he served on both the International Trade and Foreign Affairs Committees, particularly on dossiers related to Asia, giving him unrivalled knowledge and networks in Brussels and Strasbourg. (More...) |
 | Gérard Saunier Board Member |
| The Advisory Board consists of all members of the administrative board, in addition to a number of senior experts, bearing expertise on different fields of EU-Asia Relations. The main role of the Advisory Board is to assist the Insitute in setting out the guidelines for the EIAS activities and its general policies. |
 | David Camroux |
| Bo Jonsson |
 | Sylvain Plasschaert Sylvain Plasschaert worked at the World Bank, as a fiscal economist and acted frequently as their consultant. He also worked at a Belgian commercial bank, previous to a full-time career at the University of Antwerp and part-time at the Catholic University of Leuven. Amongst other courses, he taught "economic developments in China" for over a quarter of a century. Now an emeritus professor, he remains actively involved in analysing the Chinese scene. Also a major interest in EU tax policies and international finance. |
 | Panicker Kamalam |
 | Eddy Laurijssen |
 | Theresa Fallon Senior Associate theresa.fallon@eias.org Theresa Fallon was educated at Loyola University, The University of Chicago and the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her area of specialization is energy. In the 1990s she contributed to the Centre for Global Energy Studies in London, and to Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Paris. She wrote on energy and current affairs for the Saudi Arabian Al Eqtisadiah and the International Arab Business Daily. From 1998 to 2003 she was in Moscow where she represented PlanEcon, a research and consulting firm. She lectured at the American Institute of Business and Economics in Moscow. From 2003 to 2007 she worked in Beijing as a researcher and consultant. Inter alia, she delivered presentations at the Chinese Academy of Social Science on the East China Sea dispute between China and Japan and she participated in scenario simulations at the Central Party School. She gave several interviews to the international media including BBC and CNN. |
 | David Fouquet Senior Associate david.fouquet@eias.org David Fouquet had a long career as a journalist covering foreign, security and economic relations for leading publications, such as The Washington Post, Newsweek and Janes Defence Weekly in Washington, London and Brussels. He then became a consultant for major international companies, lecturer and writer concentrating on European-Asian relations since the mid-1990s. He has been involved in EU-sponsored international projects, lectured and participated in conferences throughout Asia and Europe. (More...) |
 | Junhua Zhang Senior Associate j.h.zhang@gmx.net |
 | Mladen Grgic Junior Associate mladeng@libero.it |
| Coraline Goron Junior Associate |
 | Lin Goethals Programme Director eias@eias.org Ms. Lin Goethals holds an MA in International Relations and Political Sciences. Her main focus is on political and diplomatic relations between the EU and Asia, as well as on Youth Policy and Education in Asia and its role in EU-Asia Relations. She is the Project Coordinator of the EU-China Youth Policy Dialogue, a Youth in Action Programme of the European Commission and participated in several activities of the EU-China Year of Youth. As the Programme Director at EIAS, she is in charge of the general coordination of the Institute and its activities, the follow up of projects and other programmes, as well as the conferences and seminars. |
 | Sharron Xu Programme Coordinator x.sharron@eias.org Ms. Sharron Xu is a second generation Chinese in the Netherlands and is doing an MA in International Relations at the University of Groningen, in the Netherlands. |
 | Stijn Lambrecht Junior Researcher stijn.lambrecht@eias.org Mr. Stijn Lambrecht studied at the University of Leuven where he majored in Japanese studies, which included a prolonged stay in Japan. He also obtained a Master in European Politics from the same university. His main focus is on Japan's international relations, aid policy and energy policy. |
 | Alicia Belda Junior Researcher alicia.belda@eias.org Ms. Alicia Belda holds a five years degree in Political Sciences and Public Administration from the University of Valencia. She also studied one year in Science Po Lyon focusing in international relations. Her main research interests are the political and diplomatic relations between the EU and Asia under four headings: cooperation with developing countries, community-based initiatives for self-reliance, humanitarian relief and rehabilitation in support of human rights and electoral processes. |
 | Deirdre Westgeest Junior Researcher deirdre.westgeest@eias.org Ms. Deirdre Westgeest is currently finishing her studies at the University of Maastricht, where she majors in International Relations. As a part of her studies, she spent 6 months at Korea University, Seoul. Her research interests at EIAS lie in the field of East-Asian international relations, Chinese foreign policy as well as China-India dynamics. |
 | Romain Warnault Junior Researcher r.warnault@eias.org Mr. Romain Warnault is currently completing the final year of the Sciences Po Toulouse degree in the realm of "International Relations and Crisis Management Studies". He lived for a year in Chongqing (China) where he completed a degree in Chinese. His main focus is on security issues related to China and ASEAN as well as the political dynamics behind them. |
 | Gretel Martin Junior Researcher gretel.martin@eias.org Ms. Gretel Martin holds a degree in Business from the University Jaume I of Castellon, and she is currently completing the final year of the double degree in Sociology, and Political Sciences and Public Administration at the University of Valencia and the University of Granada. She has also studied one year at Roskilde University, focusing on Global and EU studies, researching about China policy in Africa. Her main research focus is on socio-political and diplomatic relations between EU and Asian countries. Especially on geopolitics; development of political processes; cooperation with emerging countries; community-based initiatives for self-reliance and; participation and empowerment of the civil society. |
 | Alessandra Lepore Junior Researcher a.lepore@eias.org Ms. Alessandra Lepore holds a BA in Political Science at the University of Milan and a MA in International Relations and Diplomacy at the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve. She majors in European Studies and Asian Affairs. As a part of her studies she spent a semester at Sciences-Po Paris where she specialized in Chinese and Korean affairs. She spent few months at the European Union Delegation to New Zealand where she covered issues concerning Oceania and South-East Asia in relation to the EU. |
 | Seongwook (Jake) Lee Junior Researcher sw.lee@eias.org Mr. Seongwook Lee is a Canadian-Korean studying at Brigham Young University (Utah, USA), finishing up a major in Political Science. His research interests are economic relations between the EU and Asia along with the effects of liberalisation. |
 | Anna Juhos Junior Researcher anna.juhos@eias.org Ms. Anna Juhos is a second-year MA student at the Pazmany Peter Catholic University of Hungary. She has specialized in Civilization and Regional Studies, Cultural Diplomacy and EU Studies at the International Studies Department. Her research interest covers India, with a special focus on social, economic and cultural aspects. |
