The Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) is a think tank based in Brussels, Belgium that undertakes research "leading to solutions to the challenges facing Europe today". It was established in 1983.
The think tank receives its funding from EU institutions, national governments, charitable foundations, private organisations, publication sales, events and membership fees. CEPS employs a mixture of permanent staff, research fellows based at other institutions such as universities, and stagiaires. The Centre's director is Daniel Gros, a German economist.
It was established in 1983 as the first think tank dealing primarily with the issues related to the European integration. Its first director was Peter Ludlow. Currently, CEPS director is Daniel Gros and Karel Lannoo is CEPS' CEO.
CEPS Board of Directors
H. Onno Ruding, Chairman of the CEPS Board of Directors, Former Minister of Finance of the Netherlands, Former Member of the de Larosière Committee on Financial SupervisionFerdinando Beccalli-Falco, President and CEO, GE InternationalJohn Bruton, Former Prime Minister of Ireland, Former Ambassador of the EU to the USErik Belfrage, Senior Vice-President, SEBHans Skov Christensen, Director General, Dansk IndustriViscount Étienne Davignon, Vice-Chairman, Suez-Tractebel, Former European CommissionerBaron Philippe de Schoutheete de Tervarent, Professor, Institut d’Etudes Européenes, UCL, Former Belgian Ambassador to the EULord Simon of Highbury, Member of the House of LordsPrince Nikolaus of LiechtensteinStefano Micossi, Director General, AssonimeJean-Dominique Percevault, President-Directeur Général, Services Petrolier SchlumbergerPedro Schwartz, President, IDELCOJosef Tosovsky, Chairman, Financial Stability ForumNorbert Wieczorek, Former Leader of the SPD Fraktion, German ParliamentDaniel Gros (ex officio), Director, CEPSKarel Lannoo (ex officio), Chief Executive, CEPSCEPS Senior Research Staff
Karel Lannoo, CEO and Senior Research FellowDaniel Gros, DirectorRym Ayadi, Senior Research FellowMiroslav Beblavy, Associate Senior Research FellowSergio Carrera, Senior Research FellowPaul De Grauwe, Associate Senior Research FellowChristian Egenhofer, Senior Research FellowMichael Emerson, Associate Senior Research FellowElspeth Guild, Associate Senior Research FellowJørgen Mortensen, Associate Senior Research FellowJacques Pelkmans, Senior Research FellowAndrea Renda, Senior Research FellowJohan F.M. Swinnen, Associate Senior Research FellowCEPS has research programmes on:
economic and social welfare policies;energy, climate change and sustainable developmentEuropean Union neighbourhood, foreign and security policyfinancial markets and institutionsjustice and home affairspolitics and European institutionsregulatory policy; and trade developments and agricultural policyCEPS is also involved in a number of research networks, namely:
Changing Landscape of Security & Liberty (CHALLENGE)European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI)European Climate Platform (ECP)European Credit Research Institute (ECRI)European Network for Better Regulation (ENBR)European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes (ENEPRI)European Policy Institutes Network (EPIN)European Security Forum (ESF)