Iskander de Bruycker (I.W.P.)

Iskander De Bruycker is an Assistant Professor in EU Politics and Policy at Maastricht University. Before, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp (2015-2019) and the University of Amsterdam (2015-2016). He was a visiting researcher at the European University Insitute in Florence (2019) and the University of Aarhus (2015). Iskander's research activities lie in the fields of European public policy, political communication and interest group politics. He has published on these topics in journals such as the European Journal of Political Research, the Journal of Common Market Studies, European Union Politics and Political Communication. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of European Public Policy. He has been awarded with competitive research grants by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), le Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (F.R.S.-FNRS) and ACCESS Europe. Iskander teaches classes on European integration theories, EU public affairs, interest group politics and research methods. He is a member of the steering committee of the ECPR standing group on interest groups and the steering board of the Flemish Political Science Association. Iskander obtained his PhD in 2015 at the University of Antwerp.