Christian Egenhofer

EU Innovation Policy

Christian Egenhofer (DE) is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), a Brussels-based think tank specialising in EU affairs, where he is head of the Energy, Climate and Environment Programme.

He holds a Master’s degree in Administration from the University of Konstanz as well as a Public Law degree. He has worked as a consultant both for private and public organisations, including various Directorates-General of the European Commission, the European Parliament, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement.

He is also a Senior Research Fellow and Jean-Monnet Lecturer at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee in Scotland/UK (since 1999). In addition to the University of Dundee, Christian Egenhofer teaches a number of courses on “EU integration and “energy and climate change” at the College of Europe both in Bruges and Natolin, the Solvay Business School MBA Programme of the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the LUISS University in Rome.

Christian Egenhofer is Director of IMPACT – European Bureau for a Consulting and Analysis, a Brussels-based political consultancy.
Christian Egenhofer is member of several editorial boards. His most recent books include Beyond Bali: Strategic Issues of the Global Climate Change Negotiations (editor, CEPS 2008) and Climate and Trade Policy (co-editor with Carlo Carraro, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007).