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Tom Delreux
Professeur
Tom Delreux is an associate professor of political science at the 'Institut de sciences politiques Louvain-Europe', where he is also the Director of the Centre of European Studies. Before joining the UCLouvain in 2010, he was a Research Fellow of the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FWO) at the University of Leuven. His research and teaching activities focus on European Union politics and institutions.
- Diploma
Year Label Educational Organization 2003 (missing information) Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 2008 Doctorat en sciences sociales Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Tom's research interests include the EU's external relations, EU environmental policy, inter- and intra-institutional relations in the EU, international environmental politics, and principal-agent modeling.
His work has appeared in several academic journals, including Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of Common Market Studies, International Environmental Agreements, Environmental Policy and Governance, Perspectives on European Politics and Society, and Journal of European Integration.
Tom is also the author of three books:
- 'The EU as International Environmental Negotiator' (Ashgate, 2011), which studies internal EU decision-making processes in the context of multilateral environmental negotiations,
- 'The Foreign Policy of the European Union (2nd edition)' (co-authored with Stephan Keukeleire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), which presents a comprehensive analysis of the foreign policy of the EU, and
- 'Environmental Policy and Politics in the European Union' (co-authored with Sander Happaerts, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), which provides a state-of-the-art analysis of EU environmental policy and the political dynamics that shape it.
2024
Delreux, Tom ; Earsom, Joseph. Missed opportunities: The impact of internal compartmentalization on EU diplomacy across the international regime complex on climate change. In: Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 31, no. 9, p. 2960-2985 (2024). doi:10.1080/13501763.2023.2217849.
2023
Earsom, Joseph ; Delreux, Tom. A New Kid in Town? The Evolution of the EEAS Headquarters’ Involvement in EU Climate Diplomacy. In: European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol. 28, no.3, p. 283-302 (2023).
2023
Earsom, Joseph ; Delreux, Tom. One Big Conversation: The EU's Climate Diplomacy across the International Regime Complex on the Paris Agreement Negotiations. In: JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 61, no. 1, p. 198-214 (2023). doi:10.1111/jcms.13365.
2023
Delreux, Tom ; Earsom, Joseph. The European Union as an Actor Navigating International Regime Complexes. In: Politics and Governance, Vol. 11, no.2, p. 1-5 (2023). doi:10.17645/pag.v11i2.6901.
2021
Earsom, Joseph ; Delreux, Tom. A Nice Tailwind: The EU’s Goal Achievement at the IMO Initial Strategy. In: Politics and Governance, Vol. 9, no.3, p. 401-411 (2021). doi:10.17645/pag.v9i3.4296.
2021
Delreux, Tom ; Pipart, Frauke. Ego versus Alter: Internal and External Perceptions of the EU’s Role in Global Environmental Negotiations. In: Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 59, no.5, p. 1284-1302 (2021). doi:10.1111/jcms.13182.
2021
Earsom, Joseph ; Delreux, Tom. Evaluating EU responsiveness to the evolution of the international regime complex on climate change. In: International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Vol. 21, no. 4, p. 711–728 (2021). doi:10.1007/s10784-021-09541-8.
2021
Pipart, Frauke ; Delreux, Tom. Role Perceptions in Global Environmental Negotiations: From Reformist Leaders to Conservative Bystanders. In: The International Spectator, Vol. 56, no.3, p. 7-23 (2021). doi:10.1080/03932729.2021.1939971.
2021
Laloux, Thomas ; Delreux, Tom. The origins of EU legislation: agenda-setting, intra-institutional decision-making or interinstitutional negotiations?. In: West European Politics, Vol. 44, no. 7, p. 1555-1576 (2021). doi:10.1080/01402382.2020.1836861.
2019
Delreux, Tom ; Burns, Charlotte. Parliamentarizing a Politicized Policy: Understanding the Involvement of the European Parliament in UN Climate Negotiations. In: Politics and Governance, Vol. 7, no.3, p. 339-349 (2019). doi:10.17645/pag.v7i3.2093.
2018
Delreux, Tom ; Laloux, Thomas. Concluding Early Agreements in the EU: A Double Principal-Agent Analysis of Trilogue Negotiations. In: Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 56, no. 2, p. 300-317 (2018). doi:10.1111/jcms.12633.
2018
Laloux, Thomas ; Delreux, Tom. How much do agents in trilogues deviate from their principals’ instructions? Introducing a deviation index. In: Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 25, no. 7, p. 1067 (2018). doi:10.1080/13501763.2018.1428215.
2018
Delreux, Tom ; Adriaensen, Johan. Twenty years of principal-agent research in EU politics: how to cope with complexity?. In: European Political Science, Vol. 17, no.2, p. 275 (2018). doi:10.1057/s41304-017-0129-4.
2017
Delreux, Tom ; Keukeleire, Stephan. Informal division of labour in EU foreign policy-making. In: Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 24, no.10, p. 1471-1490 (2017). doi:10.1080/13501763.2016.1216151.
2015
Keukeleire, Stephan ; Delreux, Tom. Competing structural powers and challenges for the EU's structural foreign policy. In: Global Affairs, Vol. 1, no.1, p. 43-50 (2015). doi:10.1080/23340460.2015.983730.
2014
Delreux, Tom. EU actorness, cohesiveness and effectiveness in environmental affairs. In: Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 21, no.7, p. 1017-1032 (2014). doi:10.1080/13501763.2014.912250.
2014
Randour, François ; Janssens, Cédric ; Delreux, Tom. The Cultivation of Genetically Modified Organisms in the European Union: A Necessary Trade-Off?. In: Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 52, no.6, p. 1307-1323 (2014). doi:10.1111/jcms.12149.
2023
Keukeleire, Stephan ; Delreux, Tom. Η εξωτερική πολιτική της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, Pedio Books: Athens, 2023. 9789606357121. 544 p.
2022
Keukeleire S. ; Delreux, Tom. The Foreign Policy of the European Union. Third Edition, Third Edition, Bloomsbury: London, 2022. 9781350930483. 460 p.
2017
The Principal Agent Model and the European Union, éd. Delreux, Tom ; Adriaensen, Johan (Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics), Palgrave Macmillan: London, 2017. 978-3-319-55136-4. 304 p.
2017
Keukeleire, Stephan ; Delreux, Tom. 欧盟外交政策 [EU foreign policy] (欧盟与世界丛书 [The European Union and the World Series]), 上海人民 [Shanghai People’s Publishing House]: Shanghai, 2017. 978-7-208-14439-2. 408 p.
2016
Delreux, Tom ; Happaerts, Sander. Environmental Policy and Politics in the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan: London, 2016. 9780230244269. 304 p.
2014
Keukeleire, Stephan ; Delreux, Tom. The Foreign Policy of the European Union (2nd edition), 2nd edition, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, 2014. 9781137025746. 390 p.
2024
Delreux, Tom. New institutionalism. In: Brandsma G., Handbook on European Union Public Administration, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, 2024, p. 22-33. 9781802209006. doi:10.4337/9781802209013.
2023
Biedenkopf, Katia ; Delreux, Tom. European Integration, the Environment and Climate Change. In: Segers, Mathieu, Van Hecke, Steven, The Cambridge History of the European Union, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2023, p. 418-441. 9781108780865. doi:10.1017/9781108780865.017.
2021
Delreux, Tom. Regional governance. In: Morin J., Orsini A., Essential Concepts of Global Environmental Governance. Second edition, Routledge: Abingdon, 2021, p. 213-216. 9780367418694.
2021
Delreux, Tom. The EU in international environmental negotiations. In: Jordan A., Gravey V., Environmental Policy in the EU. Actors, Institutions and Processes, Routledge: Abingdon, 2021, p. 259-275. 9781138392168.
2019
Delreux, Tom ; Pipart, Frauke. Climate Policy in European Union Politics. In: Laursen F., The Oxford Encyclopedia of European Union Politics, Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2019. 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.109. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.109.
2019
Delreux, Tom ; Adriaensen, Johan. Principal-Agent Analysis and the European Union. In: Laursen F., The Oxford Encyclopedia of European Union Politics, Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2019. 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.109. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1048.
2018
Pirlot, Pauline ; Delreux, Tom ; Farcy, Christine. Forests: A Multi-sectoral and Multi-level Approach to Sustainable Forest Management. In: Adelle, C., Biedenkopf, K., Torney, D., European Union External Environmental Policy. Rules, Regulation and Governance Beyond Borders. (The EU in International Affairs series), Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, p. 167-187. 978-3-319-60930-0. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-60931-7.
2018
Delreux, Tom. Multilateral Environmental Agreements: A Key Instrument of Global Environmental Governance. In: Adelle C., Biedenkopf K., Torney D., European Union External Environmental Policy, Palgrave Macmillan: London, 2018, p. 19-38. 978-3-319-60930-0. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-60931-7_2.
2017
Adriaensen, Johan ; Delreux, Tom. Conclusion. Opportunities and Challenges for the Principal–Agent Model in Studying the European Union. In: Delreux Tom & Adriaensen Johan, The Principal Agent Model and the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan: London, 2017, p. 283-299. 978-3-319-55136-4. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55137-1_12.
2017
Delreux, Tom ; Adriaensen, Johan. Introduction. Use and limitations of the principal-agent model in studying the European Union. In: Delreux Tom & Adriaensen Johan, The Principal Agent Model and the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan: London, 2017, p. 1-34. 978-3-319-55136-4. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55137-1_1.
2017
Delreux, Tom ; Pirlot, Pauline. The EU Performance in the UN Forum on Forests: An Analysis of the EU at UNFF11. In: Spyros Blavoukos, Dimitrios Bourantonis, The EU in UN Politics, Palgrave Macmillan: London, 2017, p. 187-207. 978-1-349-95151-2. doi:10.1057/978-1-349-95152-9_10.
2015
Delreux, Tom ; Randour, François. Belgium: Institutional and Administrative Adaptation but Limited Political Interest. In: Hefftler C., Neuhold C., Rozenberg O., Smith J., The Palgrave Handbook of National Parliaments and the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, 2015, p. 153-169. 9781137289124. doi:10.1007/978-1-137-28913-1_7.
2015
Delreux, Tom. Bureaucratic Politics, New Institutionalism and Principal-Agent Models. In: Jørgensen K., Aarstad A., Drieskens E., Laatikainen K., Tonra B., The SAGE Handbook on European Foreign Policy, SAGE: London, 2015, p. 152-165. 9781446276099. doi:10.4135/9781473915190.n10.
2015
Delreux, Tom. Regional governance. In: Morin J.F., Orsini A., Essential Concepts of Global Environmental Governance, Routledge: Abingdon, 2015, p. 172-175. 978-0-415-82246-6.
2014
Delreux, Tom. The EU and multilateralism in the environmental field. UNEP reform and external representation in environmental negotiations. In: Drieskens E., van Schaik L., The EU and Effective Multilateralism. Internal and external reform practices, Routledge: Abingdon, 2014, p. 66-83. 978-0-415-71311-5.