Ponjaert Frederik

PhD Candidate IEE-ULB & KULeuven

Institut d’Etudes Européennes
39, Av. F.D. Roosevelt  1050 Brussels, Belgium
Tel.+32.2.650.30.74  E-mail: Frederik.Ponjaert@ulb.ac.beID

Place & Date of Birth: Tokyo (Japan) 31st March 1981
Nationality: Belgian
Research Topics:
 COMPARATIVE REGIONALISM (EUROPE/ EAST ASIA)
 JAPANESE & GERMAN CONTEMPORARY FOREIGN POLICY (MACRO-REGIONAL COOPERATION)
 POLITICAL LEADERSHIP INTER-REGIONALISM EU-JAPAN RELATIONS EU-ASIAN RELATIONSINSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONDOUBLE AFFILIATION IN LIGHT OF A CO-TUTORSHIP AGREEMENT OF MY PH.D. RESEARCH

Université(ULB)

LibredeBruxelles

Department:
European Studies – International Relations

University (Institute):
Institute for European Studies (IEE)
at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)(Brussels - Belgium)
Graduate Degree Pursued
Ph.D. in Political Science & International
Relations (in the field of European Studies)

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven(KULeuven)
Department:
Japan Studies

REASERCH PROFILE
June-November 2009

Visiting ResearchInstituteofSocialUniversityScience–Tokyo

February-August2008(FulbrightFellow)
Visiting Student Research Collaborator (VSRC)
Politics Department – Princeton University
August – November 2007 (GARNET
Mobility Fellow)
Visiting Researcher at the Centre for the Studyof globalization and Regionalization 5CSGR) atWarwick University

University (Institute):
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KULeuven)(Leuven - Belgium)

October 2006 – September 2010

Graduate Degree Pursued:
Ph.D. in Japan Studies

2006-

F.R.S.-Fnrs
ResearchFellow
National Research Foundation)

Doctoral Student(Belgian(Co-tutorship IEE-ULB & KULeuven)
Promotors: Professor Mario Telò (IEE-ULB)&Professor
Dimitri
Vanoverbeke(KULeuven)

Thesis Subject:

Opportunities and limits of regionalism applied
to the international system.
Comparative study of the East-Asian and theEuropean experiences through an analysis ofthe respective regional roles played by Japanand Germany

RESEARCH & MOBILITY ACTIONS
June-November 2009

Visiting ResearchInstitute of Social Science – Tokyo University

February-August 2008 (Fulbright Fellow)
Visiting Student Research Collaborator (VSRC)
Politics Department – Princeton University

August – November 2007 (GARNET Mobility Fellow)
Visiting Researcher at the Centre for the Study of globalization and Regionalization
5CSGR) at Warwick University
2007-

Member of NESCA (Network of Excellence- 6th Framework program)
ULB-IEE Junior Project coordinator

October 2006 – September 2010

F.R.S.-Fnrs Research Fellow (Belgian National Research Foundation)

2006-Doctoral Student(Co-tutorship IEE-ULB & KULeuven)
Promotors: Professor Mario Telò (IEE-ULB)& Professor Dimitri Vanoverbeke (KULeuven)

Thesis Subject:

Opportunities and limits of regionalism applied to the international system.
Comparative study of the East-Asian and the European experiences through ananalysis of the respective regional roles played by Japan and Germany

RESEARCH PROJECT MEMBERSHIP
2010 – 2014

GR:EEN – FP 7 Integrated Research Project on “Global Governance Reformthrough Emerging European Networks” Erasmus Mundus – Local junior ScientificCoordinator2009 – 2015

Erasmus Mundus - GEM PhD School: Junior Central Coordinator of the Erasmus
Mundus Joint Doctorale on “Globalisation , he EU, and Multilateralism”

2005 – 2009

GARNET: member of the Network of Excellence - 6th Framework program - on
“Globalisation, Regionalisation, and the EU”

2005 – 2008

NESCA: Member of the Network of Excellence – 6th Framework program on a
“Network of European Study Centers in Asia”

PUBLICATIONS2010

PONJAERT Frederik & BECLARD Julien, “Public Research projects in Europe and East Asia:Cooperation or Competition? A Comparative analysis of the ITER and Galileo Experiences”,in BRESLIN Shaun (Ed.) East Asia (Peer Reveiwed Jrounal – Special issue), Springer:
Berlin, vol. 27, n°1, Jan 20102009

SANTANDER Sebastian & PONJAERT Frederik, “The EU and its far-abroad: Interregional
relations with other continents” in TELO Mario (ed.), EU and Global Governance, London:Routeldge – GARNET series, 2009

2008

PONJAERT Frederik, “Institutionalism in East Asia after the 1997 Financial Crisis” in UETA
Takako & REMACLE Eric (eds.), Tokyo-Brussels Partnership. Security, Development, andKnowwledge-based Society, Brussels: P.I.E-Peter Lang, 2008, pp. 185-203
PONJAERT Frederik, “The Japan-EU Partnership within the wider Euro-East Asian CrossRegional Arrangement” in José Luis de Sales Marques/Reimund Seidelmann/Andreas
Vasilache (eds.), Asia and Europe. Dynamics of Inter- and Intra-Regional Dialogues,
Baden-Baden: Nomos Publishing House, 2008, pp.253-277
VANOVERBEKE Dimitri & PONJAERT Frederik (2008); “Japan in East Asia: the Dynamicsof Regional Cooperation from a European Perspective”, in UETA Takako, REMACLE Eric &PONJAERT Frederik (eds), Japan-European Union: A Partnership in the Making,Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LXI, No.4, Brussels: Egmont, pp.97-117
PONJAERT Frederik UETA (2008); Reassessing the Evolution of the Japan-EU Partnershipwithin the wider Euro-East Asian Cross-Regional Arrangement Takako, REMACLE Eric &PONJAERT Frederik (eds.) (2008), Japan-European Union: A Partnership in theMaking, Studia Diplomatica, Vol. LXI, N°.4, Brussels: Egmont,
PONJAERTFrederik,“Cross-Regional
Dynamics:
Their
SpecificRoleandContribution
toGlobal
GovernanceEfforts
withintheInternational
System”
inSeidelmann,
Reimund/Vasilache,Andreas(eds.),
EuropeanUnionandAsia.
ADialogueonRegionalism
andInterregionalCooperation, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2008, pp.177-196.
GONCALVEZ Stéphanie & PONJAERT Frederik, “The EU’s Golden Jubilee and theDichotomy at its Core”, in Eyes on Europe, N°6, Avril-Mai 2007

2007

PONJAERT Frederik, “From Euro-centrism to New Regionalism. The vibrant expansion ofregional cooperation on the world stage”, in Eyes on Europe, N°5, Sept-Oct 2006

2006

Publication of DEA thesis by U.L.B.: Une analyse néo-institutionnaliste de la coopération
régionale en Asie de l’Est

2005

Publication of Licence thesis by U.L.B. La coopération régionale comme outil de politiqueétrangère pour une puissance non-militaire: le cas du Japon

2004

PONJAERT Frederik “Japan and Europe, converging world views?”, in Eyes on Europe, N°1,Jan-Jun 2006

SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES
2010

Paper presented on “EU-Japan: a Partnership builds on Common Values?” the 13thannual EU-Japan Conference Jointly hosted by: the IEE-ULB, the KULeuven, ICU, theJapan Foundation and the Fondation Universitaire

2009

Paper presented on “Renewing the 10-Year EU-japan action plan: the Secrets behind aSuccessful Sequel” at the 12th annual EU-Japan Conference Jointly hosted by: theIEE-ULB, the KULeuven, ICU, the Japan Foundation and the Fondation Universitaire
Paper presented on “The broader implications of EU style Leadership within a global
multilevel multilateral system: the case of the Inter-regional relations between the EUand East Asia” at the 3rd Graduate Conference of the Centre of EU studies at theUniversity of Pittsburgh
Paper presented on “The Japan-China Relationship: A European Perspective” at the 5thNESCA workshop on “Regional Cooperation in Europe and Asia: A comparative overlook”,
at the Institute of European Studies at the University of Macao, PRC2008Paper presented on “Reassessing the Discourse on Human Rights within the EU-Asia
Inter-Regional Dialogue: International Norms and the changing perceptions of the Rule ofLaw” at the 4th NESCA workshop on “Regional Integration in Europe and Asia andRegional Blocs: the impact on Human Rights”, at the Chulalangkorn University, Bangkok

2007

Paper presented on “Changing Understandings of State Sovereignty: The case of Japanand its evolving constitutional authority” at the 2nd GARTNET workshop on theoretical
Issues; The Transformation of the State: The EU, the UN, New Regionalism,
Multilateralism and Globalization, IEE-ULB, BrusselsPaper presented on “Cross-Regional Dynamics: Their Specific Role and Contribution toGlobal Governance Efforts within the International System” at the 4th seminar of theGARNET Ph.D. School on EU & Global Governance: The Inter-Regional Dimension,at the IEE-ULB, Brussels
Paper presented on “European and Asian Integration in the Era of Globalization: A
Comparative Analysis--Methodology & Perspectives Revisited--“ at the 3rd NESCA
workshop on “Regional Integration in Europe and Asia and Regional Blocs: Legal,
Economic and Political Perspectives”, at the Korean University, Seoul
Paper presented on “Japan, Regional Cooperation & the Pitfalls of Nationalism since 1945.
Deciphering current Japanese nationalism and its impact on Japan’s position within EastAsia” at the Annual Doctoral Workshop of the European Association of Japan
Studies (EAJS), Nissan Institute - St. Anthony’s College, Oxford
Paper presented on “Tipping the Balance within the Asia-Pacific. A neo-institutionalist
view of the changing balances within the Asia Pacific born from the re-emergence of a
specifically East-Asian regionalism” at the 6th annual IGSC at the East West Centre,
The University of Hawaii
Participant at the Annual NESCA Conference (Network of European Studies Centres inAsia), at the Institute of European Studies in Macau (IEEM)

2006

Paper presented on “East Asian Regional Cooperation from a European Perspective” atthe International Conference: “EU and Japan” on The emerging challenges for themiddle of the decade 2000-2010 hosted by International Christian University-ICU, The
Trans European Policy Studies Association- TEPSA & The Université Libre de BruxellesULB
Participant at the 2nd seminar of the GARNET Ph.D. School on EU & Global
Governance: The Interplay between Globalization and the European Socio-Economic
Models. Lisbon strategy, national reforms and global implications.

2005

Participant at the 1st seminar of the GARNET Ph.D. SCHOOL on the EU & Global
Governance: The ironies of democratic legitimacy

EDUCATION
2006Doctoral Research Fellow (FRS-Fnrs)
PhD student (under the co-tutorship of the ULB & the KULeuven)
PhD Thesis Subject:

Opportunities and limits of regionalism applied to the international system.
Comparative study of the East-Asian and the European experiences through ananalysis of the respective regional roles played by Japan and Germany

2006

Diplôme d’Etude Approfondie en Sciences Politiques (ULB)

Grade: Maxima Cum Laude+ The Jury’s Congratulations
MA Thesis subject: Une analyse néo-institutionnaliste de la coopération régionale
en Asie de l’Est

2005

Licence en Sciences Politiques,
Orientation Relations Internationales (ULB)

Grade: Maxima Cum Laude
MA Thesis subject: La coopération régionale comme outil de politique étrangère
pour une puissance non-militaire: le cas du Japon

2004-2005
A 9 month long exchange program with the International Christian
University in Tokyo (ICU – Japan)
2003
Candidature en Sciences Politiques (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Grade: Maxima Cum Laude

TEACHING
2009

Voluntary Assistant in Sciences Politiques with Prof. M.Telo (IEE-ULB)

(Course: ‘L’Union Européenne dans le Monde’)
Voluntary Assistant in Japan studies with Prof. D. Vanoverbeke (KULeuven)(Course: ‘Binnen & Buitenlandse politieke van Japan’)2008

Special Lecture on ASEM and Euro-Asian Interregional Relations” at the 'Graduate
School of International Studies' at Seoul National University (SNU – RoK)2007

Voluntary Assistant in Japan studies with Prof. D. Vanoverbeke (KULeuven)(Course: ‘Binnen & Buitenlandse politieke van Japan’)

2006

Voluntary Assistant in Sciences Politiques with Prof. M.Telo (IEE-ULB)(Course: ‘Etude comparée des régimes politiques’)
Voluntary Assistant in Japan studies with Prof. D. Vanoverbeke (KULeuven)(Course: ‘Binnen & Buitenlandse politieke van Japan’)

2005-2006

Student-Assistant in Political Science at the ULB (course: English III)
Assistant in the “Master in International Politics” – MIP(“East Asia Module” of the MIP at the ULB)

2002-2003

Student-Assistant Etudiant in Political Science(Course: ‘Introduction à la pensée politique’)Student-Assistant in Political Sciences(course: ‘Introduction en Informatique’)EXTRA-CURRICULAR•

2008

ASEM Simulation

Participant at the 2008 official ASEM simulation held in Beijing in conjunction with the8th ASEM summit - assuming the role of Japan•2007

European Parliament Simulation (SPECQUE)

Participant at the 2007 SPECQUE simulation of the European Parliament; assuming
the role of European Commissioner

2005

Participant at the 2007 SPECQUE simulation of the European Parliament; assuming
the role of member of the ALDE (liberal) faction•

Student-Body Representation
2004-2006

Student delegate at the ULB’s board of directors for the Faculty of Political, social andeconomic sciences & the Solvay Business School

2003-2004

Student delegate within the Political science department at the ULB•Student Delegation
2002-2004

Treasurer for the student office in Political Science: BESPO (Bureau des Etudiants en
Sciences Politiques - http://www.bespo.be)•2006

Graduate School Magazine

Co-Editor for “Eyes on(www.eyesoneurope.com)

Europe”

issuen°5

on“AWorldofRegions”

Treasurer for “Eyes on Europe” (www.eyesoneurope.com) the graduate student-run
magazine at the Institute of Eruopean Studies of the ULB

2005

Treasurer for “Eyes on Europe” (www.eyesoneurope.com) the graduate student-run
magazine at the Institute of European Studies of the ULB