Dr. Katrin Böttger is Director of the Institut for Europäische Politik, Berlin, and lecturer at the Free University Berlin and at the Centre International de formation européenne (CIFE), Nice/Berlin. She is a member of the Board of the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA), of the Netzwerk Europäische Bewegung (EBD), of the treasurer of the Arbeitskreis Europäische Integration (AEI), a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of CIFE and a member of the Editorial Committee of the quarterly journal integration.