Professor
Ramona.Coman@ulb.be
+32 (2) 650 42 15
@ Institut d'études européennes
Av. F. D. Roosevelt 39 (bureau 3.302)
Bio
I am a Professor of Political Science at the Université libre de Bruxelles, a member of CEVIPOL and an affiliate member of Institut d’études européennes (IEE-ULB). Since 2023, I am also a visiting professor at the College of Europe in Bruges and a member of the PhD school in political science of the Faculty of political science (University of Bucharest).
Born in Brasov, Romania, I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Bucharest (2001). In 2000, I joined the ULB as an Erasmus student in Political Science. It was in Brussels that I discovered my passion for European studies after taking a few courses at the IEE-ULB. After my Erasmus stay, I completed a Master's degree in European Politics at ULB’s Institute, during which time I was also a Robert Schuman intern at the European Parliament. After this extremely rewarding experience, I was appointed assistant in political science at ULB, where I began a PhD in 2003. I hold a DEA in Political Science from the ULB (2004) and obtained the title of Doctor in Political and Social Sciences from the same university in 2008. My doctoral thesis (under the supervision of prof. Jean-Michel de Waele) focused on justice reforms in Central and Eastern Europe, with a particular emphasis on Romania. In 2008/2009, I was a postdoctoral fellow at the Research Institute on Judicial Systems (IRSIG-CNR) in Bologna, Italy.
As an IEE-ULB alumna (class of 2003) it has been an honour for me to serve as President (2009-2023) and Director (2014-2019) of the Institut d’études européennes.
CV
- depuis octobre 2021 – Professeure en Science politique
- 2019-2023: Présidente de l'Institut d'études européennes
- 2014 - 2019: Directrice de l'Institut d'études européennes
- 2011 - 2014 : Vice-présidente du Département de Science politique, ULB
- 2011 - 2015 : Directrice adjointe du Centre d'étude de la Vie Politique (CEVIPOL)
- 2010 - 2013 : Présidente du Jury de la formation doctorale et d'admission au doctorat
- 2008 (sept) - 2009 (janvier), visiting researcher, Istituto di Ricerca sui Sistemi Giudiziari (IRSIG-CNR)/Bologna
- Mai 2008 - Docteur en science politique - Titre de la thèse: La carrière publique de la consolidation des garanties d'indépendance de la justice. Un phénomène social et politique dans la Roumanie post-communiste (sous la direction de Jean-Michel De Waele)
- 2003 - 2009 - Assistante en science politique, Faculté des sciences sociales et politiques/Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
- 2003-2004 – DEA en science politique, Université libre de Bruxelles
- 2001-2003 – DES en politique européenne à l'Institut d'études européennes (IEE), ULB
- 1997-2001 – Licenciée en science politique, Université de Bucarest
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Areas of research
- Contestation of liberal democracy with a focus on actors (think tanks and parties)
- The impact of dissensus over liberal democracy on the functionning of the EU institutions and EU’s capacity to act
- The EU’s rule of law policy and instruments and their domestic impacts
- Judicial reforms and judges mobilisations
- EU institutions (European Parliament, Commission, Council and European Council)
- Dynamics of policy/institutional change
- Democratization and Europeanization
- The circulation of liberal/illiberal ideas dans l’UE
- Teaching
- POLI-D-409: Decision-making in the EU (MA level)
TRAN-O-610: Rule of law and mutual trust in global and European governance with Cecilia Rizcallah (MA level)
PhD Seminar on theory, methods and research in Political Science.
POLI-D-404 Séminaire de préparation au mémoire - Research
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As of October 2022, I am the Principal Investigator of the Horizon Europe project “Responding to Emerging Dissensus: Supranational Instruments and Norms of European Democracy” (RED-SPINEL, 2022-2025) and the academic coordinator of the GEM-DIAMOND Marie Sklodowska Curie Action Joint Doctorate Network.
As of October 2024, I coordinate with Prof. Paul Dermine the ULB Mini Arc Research Grant entitled “Is the EU’s fiscal capacity transforming its member states? Insights from the Recovery Resilience Facility and Cohesion Policy?”
Among my publications I would mention: The Politics of the Rule of Law in the EU Polity Actors, Tools and Challenges (2022, Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics) and the textbook Governance and Politics in the Post-Crisis European Union (2019).
- Publications
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Recent books :
Coman, R. (2022). The Politics of the Rule of Law in the EU Polity, Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
Coman, R. Costa, O. and Sierens, V. (eds), EU Council Presidencies in Times of Crises, Palgrave, 2024.
Bickerton, Ch., Brack, N., Coman, R. & Crespy, A. (eds), Conflicts of sovereignty in contemporary Europe: a framework of analysis, Comparative European Politics, 2022.
Brack, N., Coman, R. & Crespy, A. (eds), Understanding Conflicts of Sovereignty in the EU, Routledge, London, New York, 2021.
Coman, R., Crespy, A. & Schmidt, V. (eds.) Governance and Politics in the Post-Crisis European Union, Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Coman, R., Fromont, L. & Weyembergh, A. (eds, 2019), Les solidarités européennes. Entre enjeux, tensions et reconfigurations, Larcier.
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