Prof.-Dr.-Luis-Simón

Prof. Dr. Luis Simón
Director of the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy of the Brussels School of Governance (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

 

Since Jan 2021, Director of the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy of the Brussels School of Governance (Vrije Universiteit Brussel).

Since May 2016, Director of the Brussels Office and Senior Analyst (Elcano Royal Institute).

Sept 2013-Sept 2020, Professor in International Relations and Head of International Security at the Institute for European Studies (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) .

Feb 2012-Dec 2015, Advisor on Strategic Affairs, Office of the Spanish Minister of Defense

Sept 2012-Oct 2013, FWO Postdoctoral Fellow Saltzman Institute for War and Peace Studies (Columbia University), New York City

Oct 2010-Sept 2012, Postdoctoral Researcher in International Relations at the Institute for European Studies (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

Sept 2006-May 2010, Teaching Assistant, Department of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway (University of London)

Education

2010 - PhD Politics and IR (Royal Holloway, University of London)

2006 - MA in European Politics (Sciences Po PARIS)

Associates and Visiting Fellowships

Since Feb 2021

Senior Associate Fellow, Center for International and Strategic Studies, Washington, D.C.

Since Sept 2023

Visiting Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute

Feb 2020-Sepr 2020

Visiting Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

May 2016-Dec 2019

Associate Fellow, Baltic Defense College, Tartu (Estonia)

June 2016-August 2019

Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), London

Dec 2009-July 2010

Guest Researcher, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), London

April-July 2009

Visiting Fellow, EU Institute of Security Studies, Paris

Sept 2008-March 2009

Visiting Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.

June 2008

Guest Researcher, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (Paris)

Feb 2008-June 2008

Visiting Fellow, European Policy Centre (Brussels)