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Orbie
Jan
Centre for EU Studies, Dept of Political Science
Ghent University
Universiteitstraat 8 – B-9000 Gent
+32 9 264 9158
Jan.Orbie@UGent.be
ceus.ugent.be/researchers/jan-orbie
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I am a professor at Department of Political Science and Director of the Centre for EU Studies (CEUS) at Ghent
University. The CEUS has developed a distinctive expertise in the study of the European Union’s external
relations, in particular the EU’s external trade and development relations. It is also an active member of the
Ghent Centre for Global Studies. As a research group, CEUS also aims to highlight the broader societal
relevance of its academic research and to be actively involved in the public debate about the EU. Fruitful
interactions between research and teaching have been established through the Master in EU Studies at Ghent
University. I was (co-)supervisor of 18 successfully defended PhDs in the area of EU external relations and I am
currently supervising several research projects on this topic.
Education
2005
1999-2001
1997-1998
PhD in Political Science, Ghent University
Master in Political Science (Major International Relations),summa cum laude (Gent)
Bachelor in Political Science, summa cum laude (Gent)
Language proficiency
Understanding
Speaking
Writing
Dutch
C2
C2
C2
English
C1
C1
C1
French
C1
B2
B2
Current position
2012-ongoing Professor in the rank of senior lecturer, Dept of Political Science, Ghent University
Expertise and selected publications
My primary research focus is on the European Union’s foreign policy and specifically the soft’ (trade,
development, social, democracy promotion) dimensions of EU external relations. In particular, I follow
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closely the interaction between the trade and development policies from an EU perspective. I (co)edited books on EU trade and development politics (2007 and 2009), European external policies
(2008), Europe’s global social policies (2008), and EU democracy promotion (2015), and special issues
of the European Foreign Affairs Review (2009 and 2011), Res Publica (2008), Journal of Contemporary
European Research (2013), Contemporary Politics (2014) and Cambridge Review of International
Affairs (forthcoming 2015). I teach on similar subjects within Ghent University’s Master EU Studies
programme. I am a guest professor at Sichuan University (China) and the University of Canterbury
(New Zealand). I am (co)supervising about 15 PhD projects.
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Orbie, J., Van Elsuwege, P., Bossuyt, F. (2014). Humanitarian Aid as an Integral Part of the
European Union’s External Action JOURNAL OF CONTINGENCIES AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT
(accepted) - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-5973.12054/pdf
Delputte, S., & Orbie, J. (2014). Exploring the role of the EU in donor coordination on the ground:
perspectives from Tanzania and Zambia’ EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
(accepted). http://www.palgravejournals.com/ejdr/journal/vaop/ncurrent/pdf/ejdr201411a.pdf
Del Biondo, K & Orbie, J. (2014) 'The European Commission's implementation of budget support
and the Government Incentive Tranche in Ethiopia', THIRD WORLD QUATERLY,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2014.893485
Carbone, M. & Orbie, J. (2014). Differentiating against a fast-changing global context: The
European Union’s trade-development nexus beyond EPAs CONTEMPORARY POLITICS, 20(1), 1-9.
Wetzel, A., Orbie, J. & Bossuyt, F. (2014), One of what kind? Comparative perspectives of the
substance of the EU’s democracy promotion, Cambridge Review of International Affairs,
forthcoming.
Orbie, J. & De Ville, F.(2013) - 'The European Commission's neoliberal trade discourse since the
crisis', BJPIR,
http://www.eutradepolitics.ugent.be/sites/default/files/De%20Ville%20Orbie%202013%20BJPIR
%20Trade%20Crisis.pdf ; also EIOP:
http://eiop.or.at/eiop/index.php/eiop/article/view/2011_002a/198
Orbie, J. & Kerremans, B. (2013). Theorizing EU Trade Politics. JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY
EUROPEAN RESEARCH. http://www.jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/597/426
Faber, G., & Orbie, J. (2009). Everything but arms: much more than appears at first sight.
JOURNAL OF COMMON MARKET STUDIES, 47(4), 767-787.
Orbie, J., & Tortell, L. (2009). The New GSP+ Beneficiaries: Ticking the Box or Truly Consistent
with ILO Findings? EUROPEAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS REVIEW, 14(4), 663-681.
Orbie, J., & Babarinde, O. (2008). The Social Dimension of Globalization and EU Development
Policy: Promoting Core Labour Standards and Corporate Social Responsibility. JOURNAL OF
EUROPEAN INTEGRATION / REVUE D'INTEGRATION EUROPEENE, 30(3), 459-477.
Orbie, J. (2007). The European Union and the Commodity Debate: from trade to aid. REVIEW OF
AFRICAN POLITICAL ECONOMY, 34(112), 297-311.
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