Jean-Marc Trouille,

Jean Monnet Chair - Assoc. Professor

Biography

Jean-Marc is Jean Monnet Professor and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence "The European Union and Regional Integration in the East African Community" ('Jean Monnet in Africa', Bradford, 2022-25). He was previously lead partner of the Jean Monnet Network "The EU, Africa and Chinain the Global Age" (EU-EAC, Bradford, 2016-20), as well as a participant in the Jean Monnet Network "TheEU, Africa and Mediterranean Integration in the Global Age" (AMENET, Madrid, 2018-22). He holds a Jean Monnet Chair in EuropeanEconomic Integration and European Business Management from the European Commission. He studied atthe Sorbonne University in Paris, where he specialised in the Economics ofGerman-speaking countries. His research in the field of European public policy,with emphasis on economic, industrial, competition and trade policies, iscomplemented by a comparative focus on the relationship of governments (inparticular France, Germany and the UK) with industry and markets in thebackground of different varieties of capitalism co-existing within Europe. Heis the author or co-author of 41 academic articles in international journalsincluding West European Politics, German Politics and Society, La Documentationfrançaise Problèmes économiques, Modern & Contemporary France, Dokumente,Frankreich Jahrbuch, and Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. Hehas co-edited 3 special issues of 'Studii Europene', 2 select volumes, and contributed 24 chapters to collective volumes. Inaddition, he has written policy contributions to EU Commission Jean Monnetcalls, numerous contributions to practitioner journals, blogposts, and has paid othercontributions to the press, broadcasting, and leading international fora fordebate like The Global Observatory and Strife. Recent publications and currentprojects include Franco-German economic and industrial cooperation in Europe,Franco-German cooperation in the Eurozone crisis, reciprocity in publicprocurement markets, EU industrial policy, business interest representation inthe EU, and more recently, on regional economic integration in the EU’s Southernneighbourhood. He has carried out research with a number of researchinstitutions such as the Franco-German Institute (Ludwigsburg), theFrench Institute of Foreign Relations (IFRI Paris-Brussels), the German Councilon Foreign Relations (DGAP Berlin), the BMW Center at Georgetown University(Washington DC). Jean-Marc has co-organised with his Jean Monnet Network partners 18 conferences, policy debates, workshops and training sessions in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, China and Brussels. He has given more than 100 invited talks and keynotespeeches in 27 countries. He frequently contributes to roundtable debates oncurrent European affairs at various events, in guest lectures, and in themedia. Geographic areas of interest include: the European Union, Germany, France, the Netherlans, Ukraine, Sub-Saharan Africa, and more specifically the East African Community.