Ramon, Ewout

Biography

Mr. Ewout Ramon is the Research Assistant to the Director at the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS). Apart from supporting the Director, he maintains the online regional integration knowledge system (RIKS) platform and acts as liaison officer between UNU-CRIS and UNU Headquarters in Tokyo regarding communications and project management. He also collaborates with UNU-CRIS Founding Director/Associate Senior Research Fellow Prof. Dr. Luk Van Langenhove. In the past, Mr. Ramon worked on several projects as a Project Researcher. Finalised projects include the FP7 EU project GR:EEN, which dealt with the future role of the EU in the emerging global order; a feasibility study on transnational higher education initiatives; and a study on cross-border cooperation in the Zeelandic-Flemish border region. Mr. Ramon received a Bachelor degree in International Politics from the University of Ghent and a Master degree in European Studies: Transnational and Global Perspectives from the University of Leuven. As an exchange student he spent one year on International Relations at the Istanbul Bilgi University in Turkey.

Research Interest

Regional and International Cooperation Models Regional Integration