Frank Mattheis
Research Associate
Bio
Frank Mattheis is a research associate in the Department of Political Sciences and GovInn at the University of Pretoria since July 2020. He is a researcher at the Institute for European Studies at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and an associate research fellow at the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS).
Frank Mattheis
At GovInn, he contributes to research on relations between the European Union and African regionalisms. In particular, he co-leads the European Studies Association of Sub-Saharan Africa (ESA- SSA) and co-coordinates a project on Diversity, Inclusion and Multidisciplinarity in European Studies (DIMES) with UACES.
Previously at GovInn, Frank was senior researcher and principal investigator for various externally funded projects. He holds a Dr. phil. from the University of Leipzig and his work is driven by an interest in governance structures beyond the nation state.
Research interests
- Transboundary Governance
- Comparative regionalism
- Interregionalism
- The finances of regionalism
- Negotiations of sovereignty and territoriality
- The Atlantic as a social space
- Sub-Saharan Africa and South America
Completed projects
2015-2016 ZOPACAS at 30: Its formation, potential and limitations
2016-2018 European Union – Africa Relations in a Changing Global Order (ERGO)
2016-2019 Futures of EU-Africa relations: Lessons from scenario-building (FEARLESS)
2017-2019 Jean Monnet Network on Atlantic Studies
Contacts
Email: Frank.Mattheis@governanceinnovation.org
Twitter: @frankmattheis
