Richard Higgott is research professor at the Institute of European Studies, Brussels; distinguished professor of diplomacy at Vrije Universiteit, Brussels; and emeritus professor of International Political Economy at the University of Warwick, UK. He has been national director of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, president of Australasian Political Science Association, and vice president of USA International Studies Association. A former Fulbright fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Massachusetts, he is also an elected fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences. He is author editor of some 20 books and more than 120 peer reviewed papers. He is currently researching the EU Horizon 2020 project on EU Science and Cultural Diplomacy.