Thomas Hoerber

Thomas Hoerber joined ESSCA School of Management in September 2007, after holding a first lectureship and post-doctoral position at the University of Victoria (Canada, B.C.) in Politics, History and European Studies since 2005.

He holds a PhD in European Studies on European integration in France, Germany and Britain in the 1950s concluded at the University of Cambridge in 2006 where he had studied at Trinity Hall since 2000, including a MPhil in European Studies on Anglo-German naval politics in the wake of the Second World War. Finally, he has concluded his Higher Doctorate (HDR)) at the University of Passau (Germany) in 2018

During his PhD, he also worked as parliamentary assistant in the German Bundestag and in the French Assemblée Nationale while attending Sciences Po (Paris). These postgraduate studies were preceded by undergraduate studies at the Universities of Heidelberg and Edinburgh.

His research focuses on European integration theory, with a particular interest in the connection between History and Politics. In addition, he works on European sustainability policies, a research interest which has led him to co-leading a UACES Collaborative Research Network on ‘The Governance of Sustainability’ and since July 2018 an international research network of the Alliance Europa on the same topic.He is also working on European Space Policy within the European integration process.