Prof. Tobias SCHUMACHER

Since 1 July 2012 Prof. Dr. Tobias Schumacher is the holder of the Chair in European Neighbourhood Policy at the College of Europe Natolin campus in Warsaw. He is also an Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for International Studies (CEI-IUL) at the University Institute of Lisbon.
He previously held positions at the University Institute of Lisbon, the Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission (EuroMeSCo), the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin, and the University of Mainz.

Prof. Dr. Schumacher earned his doctorate in Political Science at the University of Mainz in 2002 and was awarded several fellowships and grants, among others, by Harvard University, the University of Cambridge, the European Commission, the European University Institute, the Fondazione Monte Paschi dei Siena, and the Foundation of the German Economy. His article (co-authored with Raffaella Del Sarto) entitled ‘From Brussels with love: leverage, benchmarking, and the Action Plans with Jordan and Tunisia’, published in Democratization, Vol. 18 (4), 2011, pp. 932-955, won the scientific award for academic excellence of the University Institute of Lisbon.

He taught at the European University Institute, the Dublin European Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Munich University, Université Hassan II Casablanca, Mainz University, and Ilia State University in Tbilisi. He is the author of some 90 books, book chapters, articles and policy papers on the European Neighbourhood Policy, Euro-Mediterranean relations, Middle East and North Africa politics, and Foreign Policy Analysis. He is the profiles editor of Mediterranean Politics, a member of the editorial board of Insight Turkey, and a regular contributor to the international media.

Prof. Dr. Schumacher, together with Dr. Andreas Marchetti (ZEI, Bonn University) and Prof. Dr. Thomas Demmelhuber (University of Hildesheim) was commissioned by Routledge to edit The Routledge Handbook on the European Neighbourhood Policy. This authoritative handbook, due in 2017, is destined to gather the most respected and insightful voices to address key issues related to conceptual, methodological, theoretical and empirical aspects in the EU’s neighbourhood policy framework.
Among his most important publications are:

• ‘The EU and the neighbourhood: The politics of muddling through’, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Annual Review 2020.
• The Routledge Handbook on the European Neighbourhood Policy (edited with A. Marchetti and T. Demmelhuber), London and New York: Routledge, 2018.
• The Revised European Neighbourhood Policy: Continuity and Change in EU Foreign Policy (edited with D. Bouris), Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2017.
• ‘Uncertainty at the EU’s borders: narratives of EU external relations in the revised European Neighborhood Policy towards the southern borderlands’, European Security, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2015: 381-401.
• ‘Conceptualizing Cultural and Social Dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean Area: A European Perspective’ (edited with M. Pace), Special issue, Mediterranean Politics, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2005.
• ‘From the ENP to EMP: What’s at Stake with the European Neighbourhood Policy towards the Southern Mediterranean?’, European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2005: 17-38 (with R. Del Sarto).
• Die Europäische Union als internationaler Akteur im südlichen Mittelmeerraum. ‚Actor Capability‘ und EU-Mittelmeerpolitik, Baden-Baden: NOMOS, 2005.