since 2011 Lecturer at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin

since 2011 Scientific Advisor, Centre d'Analyse Stratégique du Premier Minister, Paris

since 2010 Lecturer with the Post-Graduate Master Programme "European Studies", Berlin

2010/11 Member of the external advisory team of the Polish EU-Presidency

2007/2008 Member of the working group "Europe" of the Whitebook Commission on French Foreign and European Policy and Visiting Researcher at ifri, Paris

2006 Launch of Eurozone Watch

since 2003 Co-Founder and co-editor of the European Political Economy Review

1999-2004 Leader writer and France correspondent of the Financial Times Deutschland, Hamburg, Berlin, Paris

since 2001 guest lectureships at various Universities (Freie Universität Berlin, College of Europe Bruges, European University Viadrina, European Institute Macau)

2001 Visiting Researcher at the European University Institute, Florence

1996-1999 Head of the Information Department, Association for the Monetary Union of Europe, Paris

Areas of Expertise:

Economic Governance in the EU, Crisis management in the Eurozone, Franco-German relations, Perspectives for integration in the EU-27

Current focus:

Reform of economic governance in the Eurozone, External representation of the Eurozone, Handling of sovereign defaults, French Foreign and European Policy, Functioning of the Eurogroup