Tom Casier is Reader in International Relations and holds a Jean Monnet Chair. He was Academic Director of the Brussels School of International Studies from 2014 to 2017. He is Deputy Director of the University of Kent's Global Europe Centre and Visiting Professor at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven).

Tom Casier obtained his PhD in Political Science from the KU Leuven. Before joining BSIS he was affiliated with KU Leuven, (as PhD Fellow of the National Fund for Scientific Research and Post-doctoral Researcher), EIPA (European Institute of Public Administration), EHSAL  and the University of Maastricht.

His research interests are in Russian foreign policy and EU-Russia relations, including energy (see research section for details).