Centre for European Policy Studies

The Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) is a think tank based in Brussels, Belgium that undertakes research "leading to solutions to the challenges facing Europe today". It was established in 1983.^[1]

Organisation[]

The think tank receives its funding from EU institutions, national governments, charitable foundations, private organisations, publication sales, events and membership fees.^[1] CEPS employs a mixture of permanent staff, research fellows based at other institutions such as universities, and stagiaires. The Centre's director is Daniel Gros, a German economist.^[2][3]

It was established in 1983^[4] as the first think tank dealing primarily with the issues related to the European integration. Its first director was Peter Ludlow. Currently, CEPS director is Daniel Gros and Karel Lannoo is CEPS' CEO.

CEPS board of directors

• Joaquín Almunia, Chairman of the CEPS board of directors, former Vice-President of the European Commission
• Dora Bakoyannis, Member of the Hellenic Parliament, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece
• Ferdinando Beccalli-Falco, President and CEO, Falco Enterprises AG
• John Bruton, Chairman of IFSC Ireland and former Prime Minister of Ireland
• Viscount Étienne Davignon, Vice-Chairman, Suez-Tractebel, Minister of State, Belgium
• Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, former Secretary General of NATO and University of Leiden
• Chris Gibson-Smith, Chairman, Partnership Life Assurance Co Ltd
• Elisabeth Guigou, Administrateure civile, Femme politique Europartenaires, Fondation Anna Lindh
• , Member of the European Parliament, former Chair of the Constitutional Affairs Committee
• Caio Koch-Weser, Chair, Advisory Council of the European Climate Foundation, former German Deputy Minister of Finance and former Managing Director, World Bank
• , Director general of Assonime
• Marija Pejčinović Burić, Secretary General, Council of Europe, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia
• H. Onno Ruding, former Minister of Finance of the Netherlands and retired Vice-Chairman, Citigroup
• Helle Thorning-Schmidt, former Prime Minister of Denmark
• Daniel Gros (ex officio), director of research, CEPS
• (ex officio), chief executive, CEPS

CEPS senior research staff

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• Daniel Gros, director
• , senior research fellow
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• Michael Emerson, associate senior research fellow
• , associate senior research fellow
• Paul De Grauwe, associate senior research fellow
• , associate senior research fellow

Research programmes[]

CEPS has research programmes on:^[1]

• economic and social welfare policies;
• energy, climate change and sustainable development
• European Union neighbourhood, foreign and security policy
• financial markets and institutions
• justice and home affairs
• politics and European institutions
• regulatory policy; and trade developments and agricultural policy

Research networks[]

CEPS is also involved in a number of research networks, namely:^[1]

• Changing Landscape of Security & Liberty (CHALLENGE)
• European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI)
• European Climate Platform (ECP)
• European Credit Research Institute (ECRI)
• European Network for Better Regulation (ENBR)
• European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes (ENEPRI)
• European Policy Institutes Network (EPIN)
• European Security Forum (ESF)

References[]

External links[]

• Centre for European Policy Studies homepage