Francis Baert
Researcher
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- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-CRIS
- OFFICE:
- UNU-CRIS Potterierei 72, 8000 Brugge, Belgium
- E-MAIL:
- fbaert@cris.unu.edu
- PHONE:
- +3250 47 11 06
- NATIONALITY:
- Belgium
Research Interests
International organization Regional Integration Security studiesEducation
M.A., International and European Law, Free University of Brussels (VUB) M.A., International Relations, University of GhentAppointments
Coordination team FP7 EU-GRASP project Ph.D. student at the Centre for European Studies, Ghent University Researcher at the Centre for European Studies, Ghent University Member of the Editorial Board and Book Review Editor of Wereldbeeld Member of the Management Board of United Nations Association Flanders BelgiumBiographical Statement
Francis Baert is Project Researcher within the Peace and Security programme at the UNU Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS). He is member of the Project Secretariat of the 7th Framework Programme research project EU-GRASP funded by the European Commission (2009-2011). www.eugrasp.eu
He is also a Ph.D. student in political science at the University of Ghent, Centre for European Studies. He was Research Assistant to the UNU-CRIS Director in Bruges in 2007-2008. In this function, he was junior coordinator of different projects under GARNET, a Network of Excellence on Global Governance, Regionalisation and Regulation: the role of the EU, funded under the European Commission’s 6th Framework Programme (including the Mobility Scheme and Ph.D. Schools).
In the Spring of 2010 he was visiting researcher at the School for Global Studies, Univeristy of Gothenburg. In july 2011 he was visiting researcher at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.
He is the co-editor of a volume on the United Nations and Armed Conflicts (published by ACCO, 2010, published in Dutch). He is currently preparing two edited volumes in English contracted with Springer (one on regionalism and the United Nations & one on interregionalism). He has published articles and book reviews in Review of International Studies, European Foreign Affairs Review, Global Policy, Journal of Common Market Studies, Political Studies Review, Res Publica, Internationale Spectator, ILO Discussion Papers, UNU-CRIS working papers & Wereldbeeld (includes forthcoming reviews).
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Peer-reviewed Book Chapters
- Conclusie, By: Stefaan Smis, Francis Baert and Ann Pauwels
in: Francis Baert, Ann Pauwels and Stefaan Smis (eds), Langs de vuurlijn. De Verenigde Naties en gewapende conflicten (In the line of Fire. The United Nations and Armed Conflicts), 2010, Leuven: Acco, pp. 221-239. - Inleiding, By: Ann Pauwels, Stefaan Smis and Francis Baert
in: Francis Baert, Ann Pauwels and Stefaan Smis (eds), Langs de vuurlijn. De Verenigde Naties en gewapende conflicten (In the line of Fire. The United Nations and Armed Conflicts), 2010, Leuven: Acco, pp. 13-27. - Langs de vuurlijn. De Verenigde Naties en gewapende conflicten. Wereldvisie-reeks 7
By: Francis Baert, Ann Pauwels en Stefaan Smis - Problems and Divides in Comparative Regionalism
By: Philippe De Lombaerde, Fredrik Söderbaum, Luk Van Langenhove and Francis Baert
in: Finn Laursen (ed.), Comparative Regional Integration, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2010, pp. 21-39. - Inleiding, By: Ann Pauwels, Stefaan Smis and Francis Baert
in: Francis Baert, Ann Pauwels and Stefaan Smis (eds), Langs de vuurlijn. De Verenigde Naties en gewapende conflicten (In the line of Fire. The United Nations and Armed Conflicts), 2010, Leuven: Acco, pp. 13-27. - Problems and Divides in Comparative Regionalism
By: Philippe De Lombaerde, Fredrik Söderbaum, Luk Van Langenhove and Francis Baert
in: Finn Laursen (ed.), Comparative Regional Integration, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2010, pp. 21-39.
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
- The Problem of Comparison in Comparative Regionalism by Philippe De Lombaerde, Fredrik Söderbaum, Luk Van Langenhove and Francis Baert
De Lombaerde Philippe, Fredrik Söderbaum, Luk Van Langenhove and Francis Baert (2010), “The Problem of Comparison in Comparative Regionalism”, Review of International Studies, 36: 731-753. - The Problem of Comparison in Comparative Regionalism
By: Philippe De Lombaerde, Fredrik Söderbaum, Luk Van Langenhove and Francis Baert
Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series, vol.9, Nr. 7, EUCE, University of Miami - De Verenigde Naties als ideeënfabriek – Het United Nations Intellectual History Project
By: Francis Baert
in: Res Publica, 2009, 51(2):271-284 - Nieuw Veiligheidspartnerschap in de maak: Verenigde Naties en regionale organisaties
By: Francis Baert and Luk Van Langenhove
in: Internationale Spectator, 2008, vol. 62, nr. 6, pp.349-354. - The Problem of Comparison in Comparative Regionalism by Philippe De Lombaerde, Fredrik Söderbaum, Luk Van Langenhove and Francis Baert
De Lombaerde Philippe, Fredrik Söderbaum, Luk Van Langenhove and Francis Baert (2010), “The Problem of Comparison in Comparative Regionalism”, Review of International Studies, 36: 731-753. - The Problem of Comparison in Comparative Regionalism
By: Philippe De Lombaerde, Fredrik Söderbaum, Luk Van Langenhove and Francis Baert
Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series, vol.9, Nr. 7, EUCE, University of Miami - Boekbespreking: De Verenigde Naties als ideeënfabriek – Het United Nations Intellectual History Project
By: Francis Baert
in: Res Publica, 2009, 51(2):271-284 - Nieuw Veiligheidspartnerschap in de maak: Verenigde Naties en regionale organisaties
By: Francis Baert and Luk Van Langenhove
in: Internationale Spectator, 2008, vol. 62, nr. 6, pp.349-354.
Technical Papers, Policy Briefs, etc
- Regional and other Intergovernmental Organisations in the Maintenance of Peace and Security produced by the United Nations University (UNU-CRIS)
- Capacity Survey: Regional and other Intergovernmental Organisations in the Maintenance of Peace and Security produced by the United Nations University (UNU-CRIS)
Other Publications (Conference Proceedings, etc)
- ILO Discussion Paper 188: Deepening the Social Dimensions of Regional Integration
By: Francis Baert, Frédérique Channac, Philippe De Lombaerde, Brigid Gavin, et. al. - Langs de vuurlijn. De Verenigde Naties en gewapende conflicten. Wereldvisie-reeks 7
By: Francis Baert, Ann Pauwels en Stefaan Smis - ILO Discussion Paper 188: Deepening the Social Dimensions of Regional Integration
By: Francis Baert, Frédérique Channac, Philippe De Lombaerde, Brigid Gavin, et. al.
- Conclusie, By: Stefaan Smis, Francis Baert and Ann Pauwels