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ADVISORY BOARD
Every semester our Executive and Governing Board meet with our Advisory Board.
They advise us on all aspects of our organisation and are a key driver of progress.
Phil Brüll
Senior lecturer in the field of Political Psychology
Senior lecturer at FPN, Maastricht University. Here he obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees (2006-2011). His expertise is in Political Psychology, applied Social Psychology & applied Social Neuroscience. He is also a member of the Maastricht Centre for Human Rights. He was involved in the Behavior-Change Intervention for EU Energy Retrofitting Program by the Maastricht University Green Office and again Behavior-Change interventions consultant for the University of Parakou.
Prof. Dr. Roberta Haar
Professor of Foreign Policy Analysis & Transatlantic Relations
Roberta N. Haar is Professor of Foreign Policy Analysis and Transatlantic Relations, Maastricht University, and the Research Director at University College Maastricht. Among the others, her most recent publications include “Foreign Policy Change from an Advocacy Coalition Framework Perspective”, published in International Studies Review. A full list of publications can be found on her official University profile page. She regularly gives presentations on American Foreign Policy and Transatlantic Relations to a wide spectrum of audiences, from the professional to the high school level, through her affiliation with Maastricht University’s Teenz program.
Prof. Michalis Moatsos
Assistant Professor of Macro, International & Labour Economics at School of Business and Economics
Michalis Moatsos is an assistant professor of Macro, International and Labour Economics at Maastricht University.A chapter of his dissertation entitled “Global Extreme Poverty: Present and Past since 1820” was published (2021) in an OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) volume on historical living standards. He has given more than 25 presentations in international seminars, workshops, and conferences, including at the 2016 Nuffield College Economic History seminar, at Oxford University, UK.
Prof. Augustín Parise
Associate Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University
Agustín Parise is an Associate Professor of Law at Maastricht University. He holds degrees from Universidad de Buenos Aires and Louisiana State University Law Center, and received his PhD from Maastricht University. He serves as Secretary-General of both the International Association of Legal Science (under the auspices of UNESCO) and the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists. He has been a visiting researcher at institutions including the University of Oxford, McGill University, and Columbia Law School, and has taught across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. He is Editor of Comparative Legal History and Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Civil Law Studies.
Kaj Thomsson
Director of Bachelor Programmes & Associate Professor of Economics at School of Business and Economics
Kaj Thomsson is the Director of Bachelor Programmes in the School of Business and Economics at Maastricht University, and an Associate Professor of Economics. He holds a BA degree in Economics from Stockholm University, an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, and a PhD in Economics from Yale University in the United States. His primary areas of research interest are political economy, broadly defined to include the history of political and economic institutions, as well as development economics and environmental economics.
Prof Dr. Thomas Conzelmann (T.)
Professor of International Relations at Maastricht University
Thomas Conzelmann is a Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University. His research centres on how leverage is exercised in international and EU politics — through soft instruments such as peer reviews among states, as well as harder tools including economic coercion measures. He also works on the geo-economic turn in global affairs and the EU's policy responses to it.
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His research has been published in Cooperation and Conflict, the Journal of Common Market Studies, the Journal of European Integration, and Regulation and Governance, among others. He has also carried out research for international organisations, most notably the United Nations. At Maastricht University, he co-coordinates LIMES, a European Commission-funded doctoral network of 13 PhD researchers examining the softening and hardening of borders.
Daan Huberts
Lecturer in European Studies at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
Daan Huberts is a Lecturer in European Studies at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences in Maastricht, where he teaches courses on European politics, EU policies, and research skills. Alongside his teaching role, he works as an independent advisor and researcher for universities and higher education institutions, with a focus on data-driven educational research, internationalisation strategy, and institutional policy development.
Meltem Burak
Lecturer in EU Policy and Politics at the Maastricht School of European Studies
Meltem Burak is a Lecturer in EU Policy and Politics at the Maastricht School of European Studies (MSES), where she designs and delivers courses on policy advice, policy analysis, and EU affairs. She holds a master's degree in Arts and Culture (Politics and Society) and completed her Teaching Qualification Assessment in an International Classroom (TQA-IC) at Utrecht University.
Since 2022, she has collaborated with the United Nations as an external expert, contributing to seven UN projects including initiatives with UN Peacekeeping and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. She also hosts Maastricht Talks Europe, a monthly podcast connecting EU developments to citizens' daily lives, and delivers guest lectures and masterclasses on EU politics and Inner Development Goals. For more information, visit her full profile.