Among the recent guest lectures in specific courses of the Department (or open to all students) are the following: 

• 30 April 2024, Pierre Vimont, former French and European diplomat, “L’imbrication entre politiques étrangères nationales et action extérieure de l’UE dans le contexte de la guerre en Ukraine” (in Prof. Cadier’s course)
• 19 April 2024, Terhi Lehtinen, Head of the Horizontal Coordination Division at the EU Military Staff in the EEAS, “EU approach to conflict and development – 20 years of theory and practice” (in Prof. Mackie’s course)
• 17 April, Maya Bou Ayache, Programme Officer, European Endowment for Democracy, “The EED and the Middle East crises” (in Prof. Young’s course)
• 12 April, Alexandra Ekkelenkamp, Political Administrator, General and Institutional Policy, Directorate for General Policy, European Council and Strategic Planning Unit, “European Council and Council of the EU: A peek behind the scenes” (in Prof. Colomina Saló’s course)
• 5 April, Anne Theo Seinen, Policy Officer for Biodiversity, Directorate-General for Environment, Unit D2 – Biodiversity, European Commission, “The European Union and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework – from Negotiation to Implementation” (in Prof. Schunz’s course)
• 25 March, Jan-Stefan Fritz, Managing Director, German Marine Research Consortium, “The EU and Global Ocean Governance” (in Prof. Schunz’s course)
• 22 March, Teemu Tammiko, Policy Officer, Service of Deputy Secretary General CSDP and crisis response, European External Action Service, “EU Approach to Countering Hybrid Threats” (in Prof. H. Smith’s course)
• 21 March, Rüya Perincek, Account Director, Energy Climate and Transport Team, Fleishman Hillard, “EU External Energy Policy – The Case of Hydrogen” (in Prof. Goldthau’s course)
• 15 March 2024, Federica Mogherini, Rector, College of Europe, former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, “Euro-Atlantic Security Relations in the 21st Century” (in Prof. Fröhlich’s course)
• 11 March 2024, Jean-Claude Boidin, Board Member, ECDPM and former EU Ambassador, “La coopération au développement de l’Union européenne, leçons d’expérience et nouveaux défis” (in Prof. Marcoux’s course)
• 1 March 2024, Nikos Tsafos, Chief energy advisor to the Prime Minister of Greece, “Energy in the Eastern Mediterranean” (in Prof. Goldthau’s course)
• 28 February 2024, Rodolphe Ruggeri, Senior economic advisor / Deputy G7 Sherpa, Cabinet of President Charles Michel, European Council, “The EU’s External Representation in the G7 and G20: A Practitioner’s View” (in Profs. Geurts & Gstöhl’s course)
• 24 February 2024, Knut Dörmann, Head of Delegation to the EU, NATO and the Kingdom of Belgium, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), “What you should know about IHL in light of contemporary armed conflicts – basic principles, current challenges, the role of the ICRC” (in Prof. Koulaïmah’s course)
• 9 February, Douglas Lute, Retired Lieutenant General of the United States Army, former United States Ambassador to NATO (2013-2017), former United States Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan (2007-2009), “EU-NATO Cooperation: An Assessment of Transatlantic Relations and the US View on EU Strategic Autonomy” (in Prof. Simon J. Smith’s course)
• 19 January 2024, François Fischer, Director of the Permanent Secretariat of the Intelligence College in Europe (ICE), “European Intelligence & Security developments: Challenges & Opportunities” (in Prof. Arcos’ course)
• 7 November 2023, Federica Mogherini, Rector, College of Europe, former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, “The EEAS and HR/VP as negotiators: First-hand Insights” (in Prof. Marchi’s course)
• 17 October 2023, Dora Correia, Director, DG Trade, European Commission, “The current review of the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP)” (in Prof. Gstöhl’s course)
• 13 October 2023, Jean-Pierre van Aubel, Expert on Defence Policy and Strategy, European External Action Service, “The EU’s Strategic Compass for security and defence in practice” (in Prof. Juncos’ course)
• 27 September 2023, Raphael Warolin, Policy Officer for Human Rights, European External Action Service, “The EEAS role in EU's external FoRB policy” (in Prof. Wolff’s course)
• 26 September 2023, Federica Mogherini, Rector, College of Europe, former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, “The HR/VP position: First-hand experiences” (in Prof. Juncos’ course)
• 22 September 2023, Mathieu Briens, Deputy Head of Cabinet of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, “EU foreign policy priorities” (open to all students)