DEFRAIGNE Jean-Christophe

Born in Brussels on January 27^th 1970                                                                     

Nationality : Belgian

Tel : +32 (0) 473 71 54 01

jdefraigne@yahoo.com     

Current positions

Professor in Economics, Institute for European Studies, UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles (full time)

Professor at the Louvain School of Management, UCLouvain (part time)

Visiting professor at the Economic School of Louvain, UCLouvain

Visiting professor at the KULeuven, Master of Arts in European Studies: Transnational and Global Perspectives (MAES)

Associate Fellow at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies (KULeuven CGGS)

2008-2012

Visiting Professor at the Centre for European Studies, Zhejiang University (浙江大学;)

2006-2008

Associate Professor in economics, Institute for European Studies, Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles

Visiting Professor at the Louvain School of Management.

Visiting professor at ICHEC business school in Brussels.

Lecturer at Brussels EPHEC business school.

2004-2006

Research fellow at “Institut des Dynamiques en Europe” (ID2), Université de Lorraine.

ATER at the UFR Droit-Economie-Administration, Université de Lorraine.

Consultancy work for the Japan External Trade Organization (日本貿易振興機構) & Notre Europe-Jacques Delors Institute.

2003-2004

Research fellow at the University of International Business and Economics of Beijing (對外經濟貿易大學).

1997- 2002

PhD in Economics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles with highest honours (“la plus grande distinction”)

Assistant lecturer in Economics at the FUNDP (University of Namur).

1996-1997

MSc in Economic History at the London School of Economics

1992-1996

University of Louvain: “Licence en Sciences Economiques” with “Grande distinction”, ranked first. Master thesis « Opportunité et nature d'une politique industrielle en matière de défense européenne », Supervisors : Professors Alexis Jacquemin (UCL) & André Sapir (ULB)

Erasmus Programme at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

1989-1991

Candidat en Droit (Law) at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

1984-1988

European School I of Brussels (high school European Baccalaureate diploma).

1983-1984

Buckingham Browne & Nichols, Cambridge, Mass, USA (9^th grade)

Current Main Research Topics

• Global Economic History
• International Political Economy
• Global Economic Governance
• Trade & Industrial Policy

• European Economic Governance and Policy
• Emerging Economies & development policies
• EU-Asia Relations
• Transatlantic Relations

Publications

• Defraigne, Jean-Christophe, Traversa, Edoardo, Wouters Jan & Zustrassen Dimitri, Which EU industrial policy in the Multipolar Economy of the 21st Century? Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, ISBN: 978180037262, 2022, pp1-44.

• Defraigne, Jean-Christophe, China’s industrial policy: The visible hand of the party-state to catch up by any means necessary, in Defraigne, Jean-Christophe, Traversa, Edoardo, Wouters Jan & Zustrassen Dimitri, Which EU industrial policy in the Multipolar Economy of the 21st Century? Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, ISBN: 978180037262, 2022, pp242-269.

• Defraigne, Jean-Christophe, US industrial policy: The not-so-visible hand of the state and securing the dominance of US prime movers, in Defraigne, Jean-Christophe, Traversa, Edoardo, Wouters Jan & Zustrassen Dimitri, Which EU industrial policy in the Multipolar Economy of the 21st Century? Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, ISBN: 978180037262, 2022, pp210-241.

• Defraigne, Jean-Christophe, Les racines économiques de la guerre du Kremlin en Ukraine in Korinman, Michel, Le Nouveau Rideau de Fer, Reinharc Éditions, Paris 2022, EAN13 : 9782493575197.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe & Nouveau Patricia, Introduction à l’Economie Européenne, 3ème édition, Ouvertures Economiques, De Boeck, Brussels, 2022, pp1-673.
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• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, The Eurasian Economic Union and the challenge of the BRI: a comparison of their respective impacts on economic development and Russia’s regional leadership, Eurasian Geography and Economics, Eurasian Geography and Economics, Volume 62, Issue 5-6, 2021

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe & Pitakdumrongkit Kaewkamol, Economic Security, in Christiansen T., Kirchner E, Tan, See S. (Eds) The European Union Security Relations with Asian Partners, Palgrave Mc Millan, Basingstoke, ISBN 978-3-030-69966-6,2021

• Jean-Christophe Defraigne, Connectivity and international production networks in the Western Balkans: To what extent can China erode the economic dominant position of the EU?, The Journal of Cross-Regional Dialogues, 2/2021 - Special issue Western Balkans, European Union and Emerging Powers, pp147-178

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe & Villalobos David, Is China responsible for pushing Latin America to the periphery of the World Economy?, in Wintgens Sophie & Kellner Thierry: China, Latin America and the Caribbean: Assessment and Outlook, ISBN 9780367770341, Routledge, London, pp56-80, 2021.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, Analyser et interpréter l’évolution économique de la Chine : Un demi-siècle de tâtonnements, in Servais, Paul Connaissons-nous la Chine? Deux dossiers, Rencontres Orient-Occident, Academia-L’Harmattan, Louvain-la-Neuve, 2020 pp 85-99.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, L’impact géoéconomique du COVID-19 sur l’économie globalisée, Revue européenne de géopolitique Outre Terre N°58, Ghazipur Publications, London, ISSN1951-624X, ISBN 978-1-9160059-3-8, 2020.

• Carrai, Adele, Defraigne Jean-Christophe & Wouters, Jan. The Belt and Road Initiative and Global Governance, ISBN: 9781789906219 Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2020.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, La suprématie de l’UE en Méditerranée face à la Chine, in Monde Chinois, Nouvelle Asie, N°58, Eska, Paris, 2019/2 N° 58 | pages 102 à 120, 2019.  

• Christiansen Thomas, Defraigne, Jean-Christophe, Hiromasa Kubo, The Economic Security Dimension in EU-Japan Relations, in Kirchner, E. and Dorussen, H. (eds) EU-Japan Security Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities, Routledge, London, 2018.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, Les contradictions de l’administration Trump et l’avenir du commerce mondial, Grésea Échos n°93, mars 2018, Bruxelles.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, L’impact des émergents sur l’Union européenne in Wintgens, Sophie & Zacharie, Arnaud, Le décentrage du monde : L’impact des émergents sur la gouvernance mondiale, Editions Le Bord de l’Eau/La Muette, Bruxelles, 2018.
• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, “Sustainable growth in China and the EU: Competition or Cooperation? An analysis stemming from the globalization of the value chain” in Telo, Mario, Chun Ding, & Zhan Xiaotong (Eds) “Deepening the EU-China partnership. Bridging institutional and ideational differences between two unprecedented global actors”, Routledge, London, 2017.
• Gustavo G. Muller, Jan Wouters, Jean-Christophe Defraigne, Sebastian Santander, Kolja Raube, The EU-Latin American Strategic Partnership: state of play and ways forward, study, Directorate-General for External Policies, policy department, European Parliament, ISBN: 978-92-846-0953-6, European Union, Brussels, 2017.
• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, Le projet mercantiliste de Trump : une tentative pour les firmes américaines de garder le contrôle de la chaîne de valeur globale face à la montée des économies émergentes et à la Chine dans une période de crise mondiale, Outre-Terre, revue européenne de géopolitique, N°50, Edition l’Esprit du Temps, Paris, 2017.
• Defraigne Jean-Christophe & Nouveau Patricia, Introduction à l’Economie Européenne, 2^ème édition, Ouvertures Economiques, De Boeck, Brussels, 2017, pp1-736.
• Defraigne Jean-Christophe Chinese Outward Direct Investment in Europe and the control of the global value chain, in the Asia Europe Journal, Springer, Asia Europe Journal, April 2017, pp1-16, Springer, 2017.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, La stratégie Singapour : la chimère des Brexiteers, Outre-Terre Revue européenne de géopolitique, Volume 49, N°4, pp47-58, Edition l’Esprit du Temps, Paris, 2017.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, L’Union Eurasienne, un projet d’intégration régionale comme contrepoids à la Chine et l’UE ?Un projet géopolitique sans dynamique économique, Outre-Terre Revue européenne de géopolitique, Volume 48, N°1, pp1-16, Edition l’Esprit du Temps, Paris, 2016.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, Is a strengthening south-south regional integration possible? The case of Mercosur and Latin America, Fédéralisme-Régionalisme, Volume 16: 2016, 21st century Latin American regionalism in the spotlight.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, La reconfiguration industrielle globale et la crise mondiale, Outre-Terre, revue européenne de géopolitique, N°46, Edition l’Esprit du Temps, Paris, 2016, pp143-192.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, Quand les Etats pensaient la mondialisation?, Outre-Terre, revue européenne de géopolitique, N°46, Edition l’Esprit du Temps, Paris, 2016, pp21-24.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, “Is European aid so different? A long-term comparison of European, Japanese and Chinese aid programmes " in Rollet, Vincent (Ed): “Approach and Implementation of European and Asian Official Development Assistance”, Academia-Bruylant, Louvain-la-Neuve, 2016, pp201-219.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, L’Union européenne : quelle cohésion économique et sociale ? in Sebastian Santander (Ed) Concurrences régionales dans un monde multipolaire émergent, Peter Lang, coll. Enjeux Internationaux, Bruxelles, 2016, pp79-97.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, Introdução À Economia Europeia, (with the collaboration of Patricia Nouveau), Instituto Piaget, Almada, 2015.

• Matthieu Burnay, Jean-Christophe Defraigne & Jan Wouters (Eds) China, the EU and the Developing World, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2015, pp1-17, pp19-60, pp239-297.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, Is China on the verge of a Weltpolitik? A comparison of the current shift in the balance of power between China and the West and the shift between Great Britain and Wilhelmine Germany in Bart Dessein (Ed): Interpreting China as a Regional and Global Power: Nationalism and Historical Consciousness in World Politics, Palgrave Mc Millan, London, 2014, pp293-323.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, China’s industrial policy, ECRAN Short Term Policy Brief 81, European Commission, Brussels, 2014, pp1-36.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, Introduction à l’Economie Européenne, Ouvertures Economiques, De Boeck, Brussels, 2013, pp1-626 (with the collaboration of Patricia Nouveau).

•  Jean-Christophe Defraigne, Jean-Luc De Meulemeester, Denis Duez & Yannick Vanderborght (Eds), Les modèles sociaux en Europe: quel avenir face à la crise?, Bruylant, Brussels, 2013, ppVII-XV & pp 1-57.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, The limits of the sustainability of China’s growth in Eric Florence Ed. Towards a New Development Paradigm in Twenty-First Century China Economy, Society and Politics, Routledge, London, 2012, pp28-49.

•  Jean-Christophe Defraigne, Pierre Defraigne, Tanguy de Wilde & Jan Wouters (Eds), China, the EU and Global governance, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2012, pp1-12 & pp13-49.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, « Les effets de l’émergence de la Chine comme puissance globale sur la politique extérieure de l’Europe et les grands équilibres mondiaux in Sebastian Santander (Eds ) Puissances émergentes : un défi pour l’Europe ?, Ellipses, Paris, 2012, pp 227-255.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, Regards croisés sur le régionalisme en Asie Orientale au travers de la concurrence entre le Japon, la Chine et l’Inde in Revue Fédéralisme Régionalisme, Volume 11/2, October 2011, pp300-342.

• Christian Franck, Jean-Christophe Defraigne and Virginie de Moriamé (Eds),  The European Union and the Rise of Regionalism: Source of Inspiration and Active Promoter/L’Union européenne et la montée du régionalisme : exemplarité et partenariats, Academia-Bruylant, Louvain-la-Neuve, 2009, pp59-90.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, Du démantèlement de l’intervention de l’Etat à la crise financière des subprime : mythe et réalité du modèle économique américain, in Dujardin, Vincent Eds : La crise économique et financière de 2008-2009 : l’entrée dans le 21^ème siècle ?, Peter Lang, Brussels, 2010, pp147-174.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, La Chine : perspectives économiques et sociales in Revue Economique et Sociale, Bulletin de la société d’études économiques et sociale, WTI Berne,  vol 67, N°1, Lausanne, Mars 2009, pp156-173.

• Jean-Luc de Meulemeester & Defraigne Jean-Christophe, Le Système National de List : La fondation du réalisme pluridisciplinaire en économie politique internationale contre le libre-échangisme anglo-saxon, in La Pensée Economique Allemande, édité par Claude Diebolt & Alain Alcouffe, Economica, Paris, 2009, 18 pages.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, Sleeping giants or global competitors? Assessing the possibilities of the largest Chinese firms to evolve from state-nurtured national champions into global competitors, working paper CEREC-FUSL, 2008, pp1-44.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, « Le blocage du système multilatéral face à la montée des accords bilatéraux et régionaux: origines et perspectives », les cahiers de la coopération internationale, N°8 05/2008, CNCD, Bruxelles

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe & de Moriamé, Virginie « Which industrial and social policy models for 21^st century Europe? Redefining public intervention within the framework of the Lisbon strategy / Quels modèles de politique industrielle et de politique sociale pour l’Europe du 21^ème siècle ? La redéfinition de l’intervention publique dans le cadre de la stratégie de Lisbonne », Academia-Bruylant, Louvain-la-neuve, 2008, pp13-27 & pp 63-97.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, La décomposition internationale du processus de production des multinationales et ses conséquences sur les salariés : les exemples de l’Europe et de l’Asie orientale » in Mondialiser le travail décent, Eds Arnaud Zacharie et d’Alexandre Seron, CNCD, Editions Luc Pire, Bruxelles, 2008 pp46-62.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, De l’abandon progressif de la stratégie des champions nationaux à la vague de fusions de 1986-2001 : L’origine du changement de stratégie des entreprises européennes vis-à-vis de la construction européenne dans les années 80 in Milieux économiques et intégration européenne au 20^ème siècle. La relance des années quatre-vingt (1979-1992), Comité pour l’histoire économique et financière de France (CHEFF), Ministère de l’Economie des Finances et de l’Industrie,  Paris, 2007, pp 277-296.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, “Commercial Integration” in “Report on East Asian Integration: Opportunities and Obstacles for Enhanced Economic Co-operation” Co-ordinated by Heribert Dieter with contributions by Jean-Christophe Defraigne, Heribert Dieter, Richard Higgott and Pascal Lamy, Notre Europe, Paris, 2006, pp 56-92.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, « La transition des années 70 en termes de politique industrielle. Vers l’abandon de la politique des champions nationaux » in « Milieux économiques et intégration européenne au 20^ème siècle. La crise des années 70 : de la conférence de La Haye à la veille de la relance des années 80 » sous la direction d’Eric Bussière, Michel Dumoulin & Sylvain Schirmann, Presses Inter-Universitaires Européennes-Peter Lang, 2006, pp 225-285.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, « L’intégration Européenne et la dynamique technologique des entreprises » in « Firms Strategies and European Integration” edited par Marine Moguen-Toursel, Presses Inter-Universitaires Européennes-Peter Lang, January 2006 pp 17-55.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, « Intégration européenne et stratégie des firmes multinationales à la lumière des processus d’intégration asiatique et américain : une approche comparative en termes d’économie politique » avec J-L De Meulemeester, Annales de la Faculté de Droit-Economie de Metz, n°6, 2006, pp 53-76.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe,« The prospects of Chinese firms in an opening economy : breaking away from the “flying geese” pattern or turning into another case of East Asian ersatz capitalism?”, Belgian Review of Geography (BELGEO), III 2005, pp 275-307.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, « Transformation des processus de production, accroissement de la taille minimale optimale et genèse des groupes supranationaux européens », Annales de la Faculté de Droit-Economie de Metz, n°5, October 2005, pp 197-236.

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, "De l'intégration nationale à l'intégration continentale: Analyse de la dynamique d’intégration supranationale européenne des origines à nos jours", Editions l’Harmattan, Paris, 2004, pp1-317

• Defraigne Jean-Christophe, « De l'intégration nationale à l'intégration continentale : analyse de la dynamique d’intégration supranationale européenne et de ses liens avec les changements technologiques des processus de production dans une perspective de long terme ». PhD dissertation in Economics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgique) (715 pages). (Analysis of the European Integration process and its link with technological changes in a long term perspective).

• Christian Vandermotten, Pierre Marissal, Anne Debreucq et Jean-Christophe Defraigne, "La production des espaces économiques, tome II", Presses Universitaires de Bruxelles, 2003.

Presentations at conferences, workshops and seminars

• "Quelle autonomie stratégique de l’Union Européenne face aux rivalités sino-américaines?, Université de Strasbourg, 9 février 2023

• The obstacles on the road to a coherent EU industrial policy at European Policy Center, Seminar Jumpstarting European industrial policy: a European Sovereignty Fund, 27 janvier 2023

• China in Africa: Partner, Competitor or Rival for German International Cooperation?, GIZ Strategy Seminar, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Bonn, December 7, 2022

• EU Industrial Policy in the Multipolar Economy & its strategic autonomy vis-à-vis China and the US, European, Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels, 15 November 2022.

• Relations économiques et commerce transatlantique :du libre-échange au protectionnisme, Université de Nantes, "Les relations transatlantiques. Entre histoire et actualité", Nantes 10 June 2022
• “EU industrial policy: Past lessons, current challenges and future scenarios” at “EU Strategic Sovereignty after Versailles” Conference organized by Egmont Institute, IEE UCLouvain Saint Louis & CCGIS KULeuven, 29 March 2022.

• « Entre Big Techs américaines et chinoises, « l’autonomie stratégique ouverte » de l’Union européenne est-elle possible ? » ? Workshop at Bordeaux School of Economics, Bordeaux, 15 February 2022.

• “EU-China Comprehensive Agreement: Negotiations and Future of investment treaty regime”, Webinar EU Plant, Queen Mary University London & City University of Hong-Kong, London, 8th March 2021.

• “Economic Security on the Korean Peninsula”, presented at “The Como Process and Beyond: Towards a New Horizon on the Korean Peninsula?”, International Conference organized by Luiss University, Rome, 12/13th November 2020.

• “From Bretton Woods to 2008 and beyond: comparing the crises of 1929, 2008 and 2020”, at the international conference “From Bretton Woods to 2008 and beyond: The Evolutions and Challenges of Global Financial and Monetary governance” organised by Solvay Business School ULB, Université Saint-Louis Louvain & Triffin International, Brussels 18^th September 2020.

• « Repenser la Finance » in « Comment rebâtir l’économie après la crise du Covid 19 », Veblen Institute for Economic Reforms, Paris, Online webinar, 5 June 2020

• “Economic security in the EU and Pacific Asia: convergences and divergences” in “EU Security Relations with Asian Powers” EAST workshop, Luiss University, Rome, 10-11 December 2019.

• « L’expansion économique de la Chine est-elle responsable du retour de l’Amérique latine dans la semi-périphérie de l’économie mondiale ? » Séminaire Chine Afrique-Amérique Latine, EHESS, Paris, 20 November 2019.
• “To what extent can BRI affect the Eurasian Economic Union and the capacity of Russia to act as a regional economic centre vis-à-vis its periphery?  The third Ghent Russia colloquium "Russia and China in the 21st century: Between Cooperation and Competition at the Regional and Global level”, Ghent University, 4 November 2019

• “The EU-Japan Strategic Partnership in the context of the international development of China”, The 10th Kobe University Brussels European Centre Symposium, 22 October 2019.

• “China’s industrial policy and the globalization of Chinese firms” at International Conference “Which EU Industrial Policy in the multipolar economy of the 21^st century? The European Union’s technological and environmental dilemmas in the light of the experiences of the US, China, Japan and the emerging economies”, European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels, 9-10 September 2019.

• “Is the BRI a Game-changer? Connectivity, the Global Value Chain and the Rise of China as a New Centre of the World Economy?” at International Conference “China’s Future: Domestic and International Contradictions and Challenges” organized by the VUB Confucius Institute, the College of Europe, the UCLouvain Saint-Louis, the European Institute for Asian Studies, Brussel, 20-21 June 2019.

•  Connectivity in the Balkans. China and the European Union: competition or complementarity? presented at the international conference “The Western Balkans at the crossroads of European integration and emerging powers”, Centre for International Relations Studies (CEFIR), University of Liège, 28 March 2019.

• The Chinese commercial penetration in Europe and the global value chain presented at EU-China Relationship in the Field of Taxation: BEPS and Digital Economy, Workshop of the Jean Monnet Network, European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels, 26 March 2019.

• “Points of convergence in Economic Security for Europe and Asia?” Conference of the Jean Monnet Network on EU-Asia Trade and Security, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin 17-18 January 2019.

• “Is China’s economic expansion responsible for pushing Latin America back in the periphery of the World Economy?” with David Villalobos (UCLOUVAIN) presented at the International Symposium “China, Latin America and the Caribbean: Balance sheet and Outlook” organized by ULB EAST-Cevipol AmericaS, Belgian China Studies Network, 30 November 2018, Brussels

•  “Are the Chinese and EU visions compatible on the issue of Europe-Asia interconnectivity?”International Workshop “Domestic and External Impacts of China’s Opening and Reform after 40 Years”, organized by VUB, College of Europe, Confucius Institute, Belgian China Studies Network & Université Saint-Louis, 16 November 2018, Brussels

• « Analyser et interpréter l’évolution économique de la Chine : un demi-siècle de tâtonnements » in « Connaissons-nous la Chine ? Un demi-siècle de découvertes », Colloque, UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, 26 Octobre 2018.

• “EU-China Economic Cooperation”, panel in EU-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership 15 Year, organized by VUB, Egmont, EU-Asia Centre, Confucius Institute, Egmont Palace, Brussels, 2 October 2018. 

• “The Single Market: Marshallian districts and divergence within the EU”, presented at “Post Growth 2018 Conference” organized by ULB IGEAT, ETUI, ETUC, FGTB, CSC, Veblen Institute, EEB at European Parliament, 18 September 2018
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• “BRI, the economic integration of the Eurasian continent and the global trading system”, presented at the international conference: “The Belt and Road Initiative and Global Governance”, organized by the CGGS KULeuven and the American Society of International Law, Royal Academy, Brussels, 31 August 2018.

• “Does the Chinese economic penetration in Africa affect the post-colonial international division of labour between Africa and Europe?” presented at the international conference “China-Africa in a global perspective”, organized by Maison des Sciences Humaines, Nottingham University, Michigan State University, Jinan University and East-Université Libre de Bruxelles, at ULB Brussels, 27-29 June 2018.

• “A Fiscal Union through peaceful economic negotiations? A new experiment” presented at “Towards a European Fiscal Union: historical roots, economic foundations and constitutional challenges” International Workshop organized by Université de Genève, Centre for Global Studies, IEE Université Catholique de Louvain & IEE Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles, EESC, Brussels, 7 June 2018.

• « Les arguments de l’économie politique en faveur du libre-échange et du protectionnisme », Séminaire Scientifique  « Du libre-échange et du protectionnisme, quelles perspectives pour les échanges mondiaux au 21ème siècle? », Fondation d’Aremberg, Sénat de Belgique, 21 March 2018

• “Economic Security” at “EU-Japan Security Relations” conference organized by the University of Essex, Egmont Palace, 7 March 2018

• “Perspectives et limites du développement économique en Afrique en relation avec les flux migratoires » at « Rencontre Migration et développement 2030 », Documentaire en Débats, Académie Royale de Belgique, Palais des Académies, Brussels, 13 December 2017.

• “The economic rationale for investment protection” at “Investment protection under international treaties - legal framework, scope and rationale”, European Parliament Legal Service, Brussels, 8 December 2017
• “The Development of Autonomous Innovation Capacities by Chinese firms and China’s technology policy” at “The 19th National Congress of CPC and China’s Development”, International Conference VUB-College of Europe, EU-Asia Centre, EIAS, ULB, USL-B, at VUB, Brussels, 29-30 November 2017.

• “International Law and Global governance in turbulent times: the perspective of China and the EU”, Global governance summer school, CGGS KULeuven & Dean Rusk Centre of the University of Georgia, Leuven, 29 June 2017.

• “China's rise in the world economy in a comparative perspective: economic and geopolitical consequences”, “Cultuur in Perspectief: Zuid-en-Oost-Azië, Oosterse Talen en Culturen”, Ghent Universiteit, Ghent, 15 February 2017.

• “EU-Japan economic security” with Hirosmasa Kubo & Thomas Christiansen at the workshop on “EU-Japan Security Cooperation: Threat Perceptions and Responses in the EU and Japan”, University of Essex & Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum, Berlin 9-10 February 2017

• “Chinese ODI in Europe: transforming the international division of labour by moving up the value chain and the consequences for the European Union” Fudan-Paris IAS workshop on China-EU economic relations, Institut d’Etudes Avancées, Paris, 4 November 2016

• “Japan and the EU in the future global governance” at “EU-Japan Forum 2016: The European Union and Japan a New Chapter in Civilian Power Cooperation?”, Palais Egmont, 24 October 2016, Brussels

• “ Inégalités : focus sur l’aide publique au développement et la CPD : cohérence des politiques”, Séminaire  Vers la justice migratoire ?, CNCD, 11 October 2016, Brussels

• “Prospects for Belgium-China Relationship- the next 45 years?”, China-Belgium Relations at 45 years, VUB & Egmont, 4 October 2016, Brussels.

• “Comparing sustainable growth policies in China and the EU: Issues stemming from a global value chain analysis” at EU-China Study Day, workshop organized by the IEE ULB, Wuhan University, East China Normal University, Confucius Institute, 29-30 September 2016, IEE ULB, Brussels.

•  “The Sino-European competition on the control of the global value chain and the consequences of the international division of labour reshaping for China and the EU member states” at International Workshop on “China’s rise and Europe’s response”, European University Institute, Florence, 14-15 April 2016.

• “La Chine, l'Union Européenne : reconfigurations méditerranéennes », Séminaire Présences chinoises en Méditerranée, EHESS, Paris, 2 Décembre 2015.

• Is a strengthening south-south regional integration possible? The case of Mercosur and Latin America, Workshop on Regional integration in Latin America, Université de Liège, 24 November 2015.

• « L’Union européenne : quelle cohésion économique et sociale ? » Conférence internationale du CEFIR « Concurrences régionales dans un monde multipolaire émergent », Université de Liège, vendredi 13 octobre 2015.

•  “Assessing the long term economic impact of the colonial links between Europe and Africa on the triangular relationship Africa-China-Europe”, Conference UGhent, ULg, KULeuven & USL “Africa-China-Europe: Challenges and Opportunities generated by China’s rise in Africa and its effects on African-European Relations”, Brussels, 11 May 2015.

• “Cooperation and competition in knowledge and technology between the EU and the Emerging Economies: analyzing the complementarities” Conference “The EU & The Emerging Powers 2015”, European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels, 27-28 April 2015.

• "Is European aid so different? A long term analysis of European ODA flows from Lomé to Cotonou” Approaches and implementation of Asian and EU Official Aid to Development, International Conference -Espace Asie Louvain, 6^th of February 2015.

• “The link between trade and development - The case of China in Africa” at The Trade-Development Nexus: European and Asian Perspectives on the Post-2015 Agenda” International Conference organized by the CGSS of the KULeuven, Seoul National University & Hitotsubashi University Tokyo, at the Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels. 29 August, 2014.

•  “Is the EU integration mechanisms relevant for the ASEAN? A comparative analysis of the regional integration processes in Europe and ASEAN+3” at “The State of play of ASEAN-EU relations”, University Saint-Louis Brussels and Singapore Management University, Brussels, 12 May 2014.

• “The Origin and the Evolution of the Lisbon Strategy: a critical assessment” at “Lisbon Strategy: Budget implementation and results”, hearing, European Parliament, Brussels, 7 May 2014.

•  « L’émergence chinoise, la politique extérieure de l’Europe et les grands équilibres mondiaux » at Colloque international du Département de Science Politique « L’Europe et les puissances émergentes dans un monde en mutation », Université de Liège, 29 November 2013.

• Panelist at “ Ten Years on: rebooting the EU-China strategic partnership” EU-China Forum Policy and Practice Partnership Roundtable, EU-China Forum, Friends of Europe, 25 November 2013.

• Panelist at “The Future of European Studies – European and Global Perspectives” International Workshop KU Leuven 13 November 2013.

• Panelist at ‘Can Economic and Monetary Union Continue to function in its Present Form?”, International Workshop, Chatham House, London, 7 November 2013.

• Panelist in the roundtable “Implications for the Global Trade System of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Negotiations” at the “Evolutions in the Transatlantic Relationship within a Multipolar World ”, Agora Forum organized by the IEE ULB and DG Research & Innovation of the European Commission, ULB, Brussels, 22 October 2013,

• Panelist at the roundtable of EU-ASEAN economic relations at “The EU and ASEAN: Prospects for Future Cooperation” organized by the EU-Asia Centre & the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chateau Val Duchesse, Brussels, 15 October 2013.

• “Europe 2020 Strategy and the Chinese 12th Five-Year Plan Compared: Implementation Patterns and Possible Future Synergies”, presentation at the Committee of the Regions, Brussels, September 24, 2013.

• “The EU and the Emerging Powers: introductory remarks” at « The EU & The Emerging Powers” organized by The Institute for European Studies of the Université Catholique de Louvain, the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies of the University of Leuven,  the College of Europe, the Department of Political Sciences of Ghent University, the Department of Political Science of the University of Liège, the Institute  for European Studies of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the Institute for European Studies of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, the Institute for  European studies of the Facultés Universitaires Saint Louis at the  European Parliament,  Brussels, April 29-30, 2013.

• “Is China on the verge of a Weltpolitik? Comparing the change of balance of power between China and the West in the 21st century with change between Great-Britain and Germany before WWI” at “China’s Rise: Geopolitical Developments and Their Consequences for Global Stability”, International Workshop, Ghent University, March 28, 2013.

• Discussant at “The European Union External Action in times of crisis and change: the impact of shifts in the global order”, AGORA forum, GR:EEN, Fondation Universitaire, Brussels, February 28, 2013.

• « La crise de 2008 : une nouvelle Gründerkrise ? Analyse comparée de l’impact des grandes crises capitalistes sur la genèse des conflits mondiaux (1873-1929-2008) » at « Penser l’émancipation
  Théories, pratiques et conflits autour de l’émancipation humaine », Université de Lausanne
  25-27 octobre 2012.

• “The evolution of Brazil’s trade policy and its impact on EU-Brazil relations” in “Strategic Challenges in the EU-Brazil Relationship”, international conference organized by the KUL Center for Global Governance at the Palais des Académies, Brussels, 7-8 May 2012.

• Discussant for the panel “EU and Strategic Partnerships” and Chair for the panel “EU in the Asian Century” at « The EU in International Affairs » organised by the Institute for European Studies of the VUB, Palais d’Egmont, Brussels, May 3-4, 2012.

• Discussant at “Acteurs émergents et gouvernance mondiale: défis et opportunités”, Département de Science Politique, University of Liège, 25 April 2012.

• « L’accroissement de la mobilité internationale des capitaux et ses implications sur les modèles sociaux aux Etats-Unis et en Europe » at « La crise, l’avenir des modèles sociaux et les réponses européennes », Saint-Louis University Brussels-DULBEA ULB, Bruxelles, May 12-13 2011.

• Institut Européen des Relations Internationale-Academia Diplomatica Europaea: « Les Nations Unies, la reforme des institutions de Bretton Woods et l'équation de gouvernance mondiale » with Nicola Harrington, Deputy director PNUD and Rodolphe Blavy, Chief Economist IMF-Europe, Bruxelles, March  7 2011.

• “Ties between business and aid programs in Africa: a comparative analysis between the European and Chinese Cases”, Belligoli Serena & Defraigne, Jean-Christophe, EBHA annual conference 2010, University of Glasgow, August 26-28 2010.

• “China, the European Union and the Restructuring of Global Governance”, organized by the InBev-Baillet Latour Chairs EU-China, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies KUL, Institutes for European Studies at the Facultés Universitaires Saint Louis and UCLouvain, Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation, in cooperation with the InBev Baillet Latour Chair at the College of Europe and in partnership with the European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels,  May 6-7 2010

• “An assessment of China’s technological capabilities and its implication in the development of a green economy” in “China and the World economy-China, State of the Art conference” AWECS, Institut Confucius-Université de Liège, Palais des Académies, Bruxelles December 3-4 2009.

• “Japanese-Chinese competition for regional leadership in light of the European integration experience” at the 12th EU JAPAN Conference "Japan Europe Partnership: Facing Common Global and Regional Challenges", Fondation Universitaire, Brussels, November 23-24 2009.

• « Building a knowledge-based economy in a period of crisis », Consultation of TEPSA by the Reflection Group on the future of Europe in 2020-2030 (« Gonzales group »), Brussels, Fondation Universitaire, October 21 2009.

• « De l’éclatement du système de Bretton-Woods à la crise financière des subprime : analyse des effets de la dérégulation financière internationale et des limites du modèle américain de croissance capitaliste patrimoniale », « La Crise Economique et financière de 2008-2009 : L’entrée dans le 21e siècle ? », Colloque organisé par l’IEE UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, May 7 2009.

•  « Les origines de la crise globale et européenne », « La gouvernance européenne face aux crises. Economie, énergie-climat, migrations », Colloque organisé IEE-Saint-Louis University Brussels, Bruxelles, April 28 2009

• Eighty years after the crash of 1929: what lessons for today?”, MEP roundtable Group Seminar organized by European Ideas Network-FAES, European Parliament, Brussels, January 27 2009.

•  “EU expansion and the strategies of multinational companies: a comparative analysis with East Asian and North American regional integration processes” with Jean-Luc de Meulemeester (ULB) at the ECPR conference, University of Latvia, Riga, September 25-26 2008.

• “The prospects of the East Asian integration process and of its supranational institutions in light of the experience of the European regional integration” presented at the 2008 GARNET international conference, Science-Po Bordeaux, September 17-18 2008

• « La décomposition internationale du processus de production des multinationales et ses conséquences sur les salariés : les exemples de l’Europe et de l’Asie orientale » contribution au Séminaire international du CNCD-11.11.11, 26 June 2008, Bruxelles.

• « La montée des régionalismes concurrents et l’avenir du multilatéralisme », contribution au Séminaire international du CNCD-11.11.11 « Les accords bilatéraux et régionaux : moteur de l’intégration régionale ou nouveau cheval de Troie du libre-échange ? », November 5-6 2007, Bruxelles.

• “Sleeping giants or global competitors? Assessing the possibilities of the largest Chinese firms to evolve from state-nurtured national champions into global competitors”, 6^th International Conference on China’s economy : « Is China’s economic development sustainable ? », CERDI-IDREC, Université d'Auvergne, France, Clermont-Ferrand, October 18-19  2007

• Discussant at the 11^th EBHA Conference “International Business, International Organizations, and the Wealth of Nations”, University of Genève, September 2007.

• “Report on East Asian Integration: Opportunities and Obstacles for Enhanced Economic Co-operation/ A comparative analysis of commercial integration in Europe and East Asia” at La Maison de l’Europe by Notre Europe and JETRO, March 24 2006, Paris.

• « Les facteurs à la base du changement de stratégie des grandes firmes européennes vis-à-vis de la construction européenne dans les années 80 » : communication at the international conference « Milieux économiques et intégration européenne au 20^ème siècle. La relance des années 80 (1979-1992) organised by the Comité pour l’histoire économique et financière de France (CHEFF) with the International Foundation Robert Triffin, the European Commission, IRICE, Institute for European Studies of the University of Louvain, University Strasbourg III, Ministère de l’Economie des Finances et de l’Industrie,  Bercy December 1-2 2005.

• « Intégration européenne et stratégie des firmes multinationales à la lumière des processus d’intégration asiatique et américain : une approche comparative en termes d’économie politique » : communication at the 6th International Conference Jean Monnet : « Enterprises and Institutional Dynamics on the European Market », University of Metz, November 29-30 2005

• « Economies d’échelle, politique industrielle des champions nationaux et émergence de champions européens : le cas de l’industrie automobile », communication at the13th GERPISA international colloquium, « Productive organisation, employment relationships, financialisation: Specificities of the Automotive Industry», Ministère de la Recherche, Paris June 16-17 2005.

• « Transformation des processus de production, accroissement de la taille minimale optimale et genèse des groupes supranationaux européens » : communication at the 5th International Conference Jean Monnet : « Les développements récents de la coopération transfrontalière en Europe », University of Metz,  November 23-24 2004.

• « La transition des années 1970 en termes de politique industrielle : vers l’abandon de la stratégie des champions nationaux » : communication at the international conference : « Milieux économiques et intégration européenne au 20^ème siècle. La crise des années 1970 : de la conférence de la Haye à la veille de la relance des années 80 » organised by the Comité pour l’histoire économique et financière de France (CHEFF), the International Fondation Robert Triffin, the European Commission, IRICE, Institute for European Studies of the University of Louvain, in Louvain-la-Neuve May 27-29 2004.

• "EU-China economic relations: a research methodology to evaluate assessment and prospects" international conference organised by the Centre on China-EU Economic Cooperation, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing September 2003.

Teaching experience

UCLouvain, Institute for European Studies, Louvain School of Management & Economics School of Louvain.

• The EU in the Global Economy (Advanced Masters in European Business & Economic Policy) 2020-2022
• Economic integration and social cohesion in Europe, Master 120 in European Studies Saint-Louis 2008-2022
• The Relations of the European Union and the developing world, Master 120 in European Studies 2008-2022
• The EU & International Economics (Master 120 in European Studies) 2021-2022
• European Public Affairs, Master Louvain School of Management 2014-2022
• Histoire du développement économique et social, Master in Economics, Economic School of Louvain 2015-2022
• Politiques Economiques Européennes, Master 120 in European Studies in 2008-2009
• Fondements Economiques de l’intégration européenne, in Advanced Master in European Studies 2008-2020
• Comparative analysis of regional integration processes, Master 120 in European Studies 2008-2020
• European Economic Policy, Master Louvain School of Management 2008-2014
• European Business II, Master Louvain School of Management 2013-2014.
• European economics, 3rd year BA in Economics, Saint-Louis University 2007-2017

Executive MBA BMI Louvain School of Management EMBA 2021-2022

• The Stability of the Eurozone
• The European Integration Process & Business from its origins to present times
• The EU and the Challenge of the China-US Rivalry

Executive MBA ESCP Europe 2012-2015

The Eurozone crisis: origins & stakes

Euro-Asia Summer School organized by Hitotsubashi University, Seoul National University, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies KU Leuven, EU Studies Institute 2012-2019

Comparative Analysis of Regional Integration Processes: is the EU Experience Relevant to East Asia?

Singapore Management University’s EU study trip 2016

• Comparative Analysis of Regional Integration Processes: Europe and East Asia
• EU Trade Policy
• EMU and the euro crisis

Zhejiang University 2009-2011

Comparative analysis of the European and East Asian regional integration processes

MBA Corvinus University (International Week Brussels) 2010-2013

European trade policy

ICHEC business school 2007-2008

Business cycle and corporate management, course for the MSc in International Business, ICHEC

UFR Droit-Economie-Administration of the University of Metz 2004-2005

· International Trade Theory, course for 3rd year students in Economics

· Exercises in International Trade Theory

• Economic and Social European Issues, course for 3rd year AES students
• European Economic Policies for MA students in European Studies

· Exercises for « Industrial Organisation Theory and Game Theory» 3rd year students in Economics

University of International Business and Economics (Beijing) MBA 2003-2004

• The Dynamic of European Integration and enlargement towards Eastern Europe
• The Dynamic of Asian Integration and its impact on the Chinese economy
• The Globalization of financial flows and its impact on emerging economies1870-2003

Seminars and exercises at the University of Namur (FUNDP) 1997-2002

• Seminar in advanced International Trade
• Seminar in current economic affairs
• Microeconomics exercises
• Mathematics exercises

Consultancy, training and expert evaluation

• Academic coordinator of the EMBA field seminar “Doing Business in Europe”, BMI Louvain School of Management EMBA 2020-2022
• Expert for the Europa+ training programmes of the IES-Saint-Louis University Brussels, MBA ESCP-Europe France, MBA Corvinus University Hungary, Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale France, IFA Belgium, College of Europe, MIRVOG France, University of Cincinnati USA, University of Kansas USA)
• Expert for the Directorate General for External Policies of the European Parliament on EU-Latin America economic relations (co-author of the report “The EU-Latin American Strategic Partnership: state of play and ways forward” 2017)
• Expert for the Europe-China Research and Advice Network (ECRAN) funded by the European Union (author of the report China’s industrial policy, 2014)
• Expert evaluator for the 7th Framework Programme in Socio-Economic sciences (FP7-SSH-2007-1) appointed by Research Directorate-General of the European Commission, Brussels, December 2007- January 2008.
• Consultancy work for the JETRO & Notre Europe: “Report on East Asian Integration: Opportunities and Obstacles for Enhanced Economic Co-operation/A comparative analysis of commercial integration in Europe and East Asia” July 2005-March 2006, Paris.
• Consultancy work for the government of the Zhejiang Province on WTO regulations and EU-China trade relations, Beijing and Hangzhou, November 2003- April 2004.

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