The European Studies Unit (ESU)
The European Studies Unit is a research unit of the Faculty of Law, Political Science and Criminology of the University of Liège.
Our activities concern the European Union as a whole from a politico-legal perspective. Among the main research areas there are:
Our Team
Full Professor
Main research focus :
Strategic Trade Control
EU Governance
Ethical Policy
Senior Researcher
Main research focus :
Strategic Trade Control
European Security and Defence
Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear law
Associate Professor
Main research focus :
Critical Security Studies
Euro-Atlantic security (NATO)
Historical sociology of Western warfare
Political sociology of international organizations
Associate Professor
Main research focus :
Territorial development policy & regulation
Environmental policy & regulation
Associate Professor
Main research focus :
Oversight of intelligence services
Intelligence Governance
Lecturer
Main research focus :
EU Economic Governance
Development Cooperation
Inclusion & Disabled rights

Lecturer
& PhD Student
Main research focus :
European Union’s policies
Non-proliferation of WMD
Strategic Trade Control

Lecturer
Main research focus :
EU institutional discourse
European (Union) identity
EU crisis communication

Associate Lecturer
& PhD Student
Main research focus :
Strategic trade control
Dual-use trade control
Non-proliferation of WMD

Researcher
Main research focus :
E.U. Nature and Biodiversity policies
Environmental Management
Sustainable Wildlife Management

Bérénice Dirix
Trainee
Main research focus :
Environmental Management
EU and Walloon Biodiversity Policies

Kamshat Saginbekova
Researcher
Main research focus :
Strategic Trade Control
Dual-use Trade Control
Senior Researcher
Main research focus :
The Citizen’s Well-being in a European Democracy
European Values and their Reception
Ancient and Modern Ethical and Political Theories and Practices

Shiva Rezaeifar
PhD Student
Main research focus :
Response of international trade control systems to the health crisis

Marie Kwon
PhD Student
Main research focus :
Critical Security Studies EU-Indo-Pacific Relations

Emilya Titanyan
PhD Student
Main research focus :
Strategic Trade Control
Dual-useTrade Control

Irena Kołakowska-Fałkowska
PhD Student
Main research focus :
Foreign & Security Policies
Our external collaborators

Lia Caponetti

Camille Menu

Maxime Habran
