Dr Michael J. Geary, B.A., M.Litt. (NUI), M.Res., Ph.D. (EUI).

Curriculum Vitae

Maastricht University
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
PO Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands
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+353 87 782 84 27
16 May 1980.
Irish Nationality.

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POSITIONS

Sept 2009 –
Oct 2013 –
May – July 2014
Jan – Sept 2013
March – Aug 2012
Sept – Dec 2010
Feb – June 2009
2007 – 2008
2007 – / Assistant Professor, Modern Europe and the European Union, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University
Project Supervisor (M.A. and B.A. dissertations)
Lecturer and Course Tutor for BA and M.A. courses in European Studies
Lecturer and Curriculum Planner, Modern Europe, International Relations, International Political Economy; European and Global Politics; Transatlantic Relations
Co-Founder and Coordinator of Hot Topics – Debating Today’s Europe
Lecture Series
Administrative/Departmental duties
Global Fellow (non-resident), Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC
Visiting Fellow, Institute for European Global Studies/Europainstitut, University of Basel, Switzerland
Global Europe Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.
European Parliament-BronisławGeremek Research Fellow, College of Europe (Warsaw, Poland)
Fulbright-Schuman Professor (EU-US Relations), Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA
Stagiaire – European Union Council of Ministers, General-Secretariat, EU Council of Ministers, Brussels, Belgium(Directorate F – Press, Protocol, Communications, Education).
Lecturer and Departmental Tutor, Department of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Visiting Lecturer: American University, Antwerp School of Management; University Cagliari, Sardinia; Trinity College, Dublin; National University of Ireland, Maynooth; University of Malaysia, Sabah; Florida International University, Miami; Wilson Center, Indiana University.

EDUCATION

Sept 2005 –
Feb 2009
2005 – 2006
2002 – 2004
1999 – 2002
2009 – 2011 / Ph.D., European University Institute, Florence, Italy (Western European Studies) (published)
Major Research Dissertation on EU Enlargement (Supervisors: Prof N. Piers Ludlow (LSE), Prof. Pascaline Winand (EUI/Monash University), Prof. Kiran Klaus Patel (EUI)).
Master of Research (M.Res.), European University Institute, Florence, EU Enlargement/European Studies
Minor research dissertation on Britain’srelations with Europe
Master of Letters (M.Litt.), National University of Ireland, Maynooth, European Studies (published)
Major Research Dissertation on Ireland and the European Union
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), National University of Ireland, Maynooth, English, History, and Biology.
Basic Teaching Qualification for University Lecturers (BKO), Ministry of Education, The Netherlands

PUBLICATIONS (SELECT)

a)Books/Monographs

Enlarging the European Union: The Commission Seeking Influence, 1961-1973 (London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), 272 pages.
An Inconvenient Wait: Ireland’s Quest for Membership of the EEC, 1957-73 (Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 2009), 240 pages.
b)Editorship of Special Issues of Journals
Joint Guest Editor (with Kiran Klaus Patel and Carine Germond) of Journal of European Integration History, ‘The Maastricht Treaty: Negotiations and Consequences in Historical Perspective’ (forthcoming 2013)
c)Articles

‘La Bataille des Chiffres: Britain, the Six and the Cost of EU Membership, 1969-72’ (in progress).

‘Challenging the Acquis: Dublin, Brussels and the Common Fisheries Policy, 1970-72’ (in progress).

‘Separation or Divorce for the UK and the EU?’,E! Sharp (Brussels), September 2013 (with K. A. Lees)

‘Information Processes and International Organisations, 1910-1940’ (with N. Randeraad), in S. Vanhoonacker, T. Blom (ed.), The Politics of Information in the European Union (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).

‘NSA scandal will follow Obama to Europe’, The National Interest, 14 June 2013 (with K. A. Lees)

‘Obama’s inspired choice for US Trade Representative,’ The Hill’s Congress Blog, 22 May 2013

‘The growing EU-UK gulf’, The National Interest, 28 January 2013

( (with K. A. Lees)

‘Cameron’s speech: Still protesting Britain’s European innocence’,EUACTIV, 25 January 2013

( (with K. A. Lees)

‘The EU’s Nobel Peace Prize: Better late than never’, EURACTIV, 15 October 2012 (

‘Britain and the European Union: Continuity or Rupture?’,EUObserver, 12 December 2011 ( (with K. A. Lees)

‘The process of European integration from The Hague to Maastricht: An irreversible advance?’ in Debater a Europa, 6 (2012), pp. 6-23

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‘For Better or Worse: The Highs and Lows of Ireland’s Membership of the European Union Since 1973’ in Chamber of Commerce Ireland, Annual Yearbook 2011 (Dublin, 2011).

‘A Public Courtship: The European Commission’s relations with the US government, 1958-63’ in Catherine Hynes, Sandra Scanlon (ed.), Reform and Renewal: Transatlantic Relation during the 1960s and 1970s (London: Cambridge Publishing, 2010), pp. 43-58.

‘From Idea to Institution: The European Commission Turns Fifty’, EUI Review (Spring 2008), pp. 28-30.

d)Papers

Role and Powers of the European Commission after Lisbon – Working Paper for Barroso Commission, November 2009.

The Constitution for Europe and its implication for Ireland, unpublished paper for An Taoiseach/Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, T.D., June 2003.

e)Book Reviews

Shaping Europe: France, Germany and Embedded Bilateralism from the Elysee Treaty to Twenty-First Century Politics, by Ulrich Krotz and Joachim Schild (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), Journal of Contemporary European Studies, forthcoming.

International Relations Since the End of the Cold War: New and Old Dimensions, by Gier Lundestad (ed.), (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), Journal of Contemporary European Studies, forthcoming.

European Union Economic Policy: The Role of the EU in External Economic Relations, by Stephen Woolcock (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2012), Journal of Contemporary European Studies, forthcoming.

An inside view of the CAP Reform Process: Explaining the MacSharry, Agenda 2000 and Fischler Reforms, by Arlindo Cunha with Alan Swinbank (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), Journal of Common Market Studies, forthcoming.

f)Media (select)

Interview on Britain’s relations with the EU, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington (USA), 19 September 2013

Interview on G8 Summit and Russian-US relations, Channel News Asia, June 2013

Media commentary on Obama’s agenda for G8 Summit in Northern Ireland, June 2013, Quoted in LA Times, Boston Globe and Business Insider articles.

‘Remembering Margaret Thatcher – Political Life and Legacy’, The Wilson Center Dialogue, 5 May 2013

Politika, Serbia’s main daily newspaper (front page article on Serbia’s bid for EU membership)

(6 May 2013).

Media commentary on US Secretary of State, John Kerry’s trip to Europe and the Middle East, February 2013

‘Ireland, the EU and the IMF bailout’, China Radio International, Beijing, China,30 November 2010 (Radio Panel Interview from Washington, D.C.).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINAR PARTICIPATION (SELECT)

(1)‘Managing Expectations: The European Union’s Soversign Debt Crisis and the Future of the Integration Process’, Institute for European Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, 19 September 2013.
(2)‘Integration or Disintegration? EU enlargement and Policy-Making from Rome to Lisbon’, American University, Washington, DC, 24 April 2013.
(3)‘A painful birth: Economic and Monetary Union and the Origins of the European Sovereign Debt Crisis’, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC, 11 April 2013.
(4)‘From crisis to crisis: European Integration since 1945’, Antwerp School of Management, Antwerp, 9 November 2011 (Invitational lecture)
(5)Into the Unknown: Hungary and the EU’s Rotating Presidency, US Department of State, Invitational Lecture, 16 December 2010.
(6)The EU and US in Cooperation: The Constitutional Genesis and Evolution of Federalised Democracy, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, D.C., 6 December 2010 (Panel Discussant).
(7)State of the European Economic Union, School for International Service, American University, Washington, D.C., 5-6 October 2010 (Panel Chair).
(8)The British Elections and their Impact on the EU, EU Centre of Excellence, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, 30 September 2010, Roundtable Discussant.
(9)History of European Integration – Current Challenges, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida, 30 September 2010, Fulbright Professorial Lecture 2010.
(10)Organiser and Co-Founder, Hot Topics – Debating Today’s Europe Lecture Series, Maastricht University, September 2009 – Present.

CONFERENCE ORGANISATION (RECENT)

‘A North American-European Union Free Trade Agreement?’ Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, 26 July 2013 (co-organiser).

‘The Trans-Pacific Partnership: New Rules for a New Era?’ Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, 19 June 2013 (co-organiser).

‘Innovation, Reflection and Inclusion: The Role and Contribution of the Humanities and Social Sciences’, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 7 May 2013 (co-organiser).

‘Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – Challenges and Obstacles’, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, 21 March 2013 (main organiser).

‘Serbia, Kosovo and the road ahead’, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, 24 April 2013 (co-organiser).

‘The Road to Maastricht – Historical Perspectives on the Maastricht Treaty’, Maastricht University, 7-8 February 2012 (main organiser).

RESEARCH AREAS

Policy and Decision-making in the EU
European Studies
The European Union
International Political Economy
Transatlantic Relations
Comparative European Politics

HONOURS/DISTINCTIONS/FUNDING/GRANTS

2014: Visiting Fellowship, Institute for European Global Studies, University of Basel, Switzerland

2013 – Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C. (non-residential)

2013: Global Europe Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.

2012: European Parliament-Bronislaw Geremek Research Fellowship, College of Europe (Warsaw, PL)

2010-11: Fulbright-Schuman Professor in EU-US Relations, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

2010: Fulbright Occasional Lecture Fund Award (Florida International University)

2009-2010:Finalist, Faculty Education Award, Maastricht University, The Netherlands

2009: Porte-Parole/Spokesperson for trainees, EU Council of Ministers, Brussels, Belgium

2005-2009: Doctoral Scholarship, European University Institute, Florence

2004:First Class Honours Graduate (summa cum laude), National University of Ireland

2001: Elected Finance Officer, Students’ Union, NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

1999: OverallStudent of the Year, Hazelwood College, Limerick, Ireland

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Member, Advisory Council, European Movement Ireland (since June 2009)

Member, International Institute for European Affairs (Brussels branch since Feb. 2009)

Member, Alumni Association, European University Institute, Florence (since August 2009)

Member, Fulbright Alumni Association Ireland and the Netherlands (since January 2011)

VOLUNTARY WORK

Washington Middle School for Girls, 1901 Mississippi Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. (Sept-Dec. 2010) – mentoring children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Child Sponsor, World Vision Ireland (since 2007)

Monster Charity Quiz for Vision du Monde, France (Location: Brussels, Belgium) - March 2009

Monster Fundraiser for victims of Italian Earthquake (Location: Brussels, Belgium) - May 2009

LANGUAGES

English (Native); French, Irish, Italian (Reading/Speaking Proficiency);

Dutch and Polish (Beginners)

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