Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt

Biography

Conceição-Heldt has been appointed Chair of European and Global Governance and Reform Rector of the Bavarian School of Public Policy at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) starting July 1, 2016. Previously, she was Professor of International Politics at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, and Deputy Director of its Center for International Studies. Her work focuses on the delegation of power to international organizations, accountability of international organizations, EU trade politics, negotiation analysis, and global economic governance.

While at the Center, Conceição-Heldt worked on two research projects. The first project, funded by the European Research Council, evaluates the delegation of power to international organizations and their empowerment over time. The second project looks at the logic of accountability in the EU during the sovereign debt crisis.

Conceição-Heldt held previous appointments at the Humboldt University Berlin, the European University Institute, Italy, Freie Universität Berlin and the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) both in Germany. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science (OSI) at Freie Universität Berlin in 2002.