Hans Bruyninckx
| Hans Bruyninckx | |
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| Born |
March 20, 1964 Schoten, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Alma mater | Colorado State University; Université catholique de Louvain (UCL); Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL); University of Antwerp |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Political science, International relations, EU environmental policy, Environmental governance, Environmental politics |
| Institutions | European Environment Agency, KU Leuven, Wageningen University |
| Thesis | Environmental degradation and violent social conflict: a theoretical framework of analysis (1996) |
Hans Emiel Aloysius Bruyninckx (Dutch: [ɦɑns brœynɪŋks]; born March 20, 1964) is a Belgian political scientist and international relations scholar specialized in international and European environmental politics and policy. He is Executive Director of the European Environment Agency. While in this position, he is on leave from his posts as Professor of International Relations and Global Environmental Governance, Institute for International and European Policy; and Director, Research Institute for Work and Society, both at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven).
Bruyninckx studied political science with a specialization in international relations at Antwerp University and KU Leuven. He then went on obtaining an additional degree in development studies at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) and, subsequently, earned his PhD degree in 1996 at Colorado State University on the topic of international environmental politics. After his studies he continued to teach at several other universities in the United States and Europe, such as Colorado State University, Canisius College, and Wageningen University.
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