Philippe Pochet is Affiliated Professor Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa. Formerly he was General Director of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI). He is also Professor at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) and associated researcher at the Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT, Montreal). Prior to becoming Director of the ETUI in 2008, he was Director of the Observatoire social européen (OSE) for 16 years. He is interested at and has published extensively books and articles on European social and economic policies, European social dialogue and new forms of governance.