Professor Tannelie Blom

Chair in theory of European integration

Tannelie Blom is professor of European Studies, holding the chair dedicated to the theoretical study of the process of European integration. From 2003 till 2010 he was the chair of the Department of Political Science and still is the director of the research program Politics and Culture in Europe. Tannelie Blom was a member of the board of the Netherland Institute of Governance (NIG/NOB) (2009 - 2011) and since 2005 member of the board of the German Institute Amsterdam. 

Tannelie Blom studied philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. Initially specializing in political philosophy and philosophy of the social sciences he established a reputation as an expert in system theory and system theoretical sociology. During the nineties he developed an interest in the politics and theory of European integration, a subject that became his main field of academic research. He is one of the founding fathers of the European Studies program at the FASoS, currently comprising a bachelor program and three Master programs.

Keywords

European integration, theory of democracy, (administrative) governance, bureaucratic politics