Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol

Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol is a Full-time Professor in the Department of History at the European University Institute (EUI) and Co-Director of the Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre. His work bridges international economic relations, business history, and digital historiographical methods. Previously, he held positions at the University of Glasgow, London School of Economics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, University of Economics in Prague, and the University of Tokyo, and was a Visiting Fellow at Columbia University. Since 2015, he has been a Non-Resident Fellow at the Brussels-based think tank Bruegel.

• Current Affiliation: European University Institute (Department of History)
• Current Role: Co-Director, Alcide De Gasperi Research Centre
• Past Positions: University of Glasgow, LSE, Université Libre de Bruxelles, etc.

His research interrogates European cooperation and integration through lenses of financial structures, elite sociology, and transnational policy learning. He emphasizes the role of non-material factors (e.g., symbolic concerns, institutional identity) alongside material interests in shaping European monetary systems. His ERC-funded project EURECON (2017–2023) and HERA-funded UPIER project (2016–2019) are central to his contributions.

Scientific Awards & Grants:

• ERC Consolidator Grant for EURECON
• HERA Grant for UPIER
• Non-Resident Fellowship at Bruegel

He supervises PhD students including Alice Zamai, Aude Foucoin, Aurora Hamm, Eike Klages, Ferdinand Mowinckel, Giorgos Charalambous, Jonah J Berger, Margaret Pulk. His methodology combines multi-archival research across EEC/EU and national collections (France, Germany, UK) with digital tools for distant reading and text mining.