Position 
Policy and Communications Officer
Phone 
+32 50 47 12 01
Nationality 
Belgium
At UNU-CRIS 
25/04/2013 to 03/09/2018
Education 

MA, European Studies: Transnational and Global Perspectives, University of Leuven
BSc, Political Sciences, Major: International Politics, Ghent University and Istanbul Bilgi University

Biographical Statement 

As an exchange student he spent one year on International Relations at the Istanbul Bilgi University in Turkey. Ewout Ramon also participated as representative of Zimbabwe in the African Development Bank during MUN-NY, was chief responsible of his local youth movement, was a research intern at a European political party and its think tank in Brussels, was a data analyst for a company offering services in the domain of fleet safety and reduction of fuel consumption in Leuven, and started at UNU-CRIS as a communication intern in April 2013.

Ewout Ramon was the Policy and Communications Officer at UNU-CRIS. Apart from supporting the Director, he maintained the online Regional Integration Knowledge System (RIKS) platform and acted as liaison officer between UNU-CRIS and UNU Headquarters in Tokyo regarding communications and project management. In the past, Ewout Ramon worked on several projects as a Project Researcher.

Finalised projects include the FP7 EU project GR:EEN, which dealt with the future role of the EU in the emerging global order; a feasibility study on transnational higher education initiatives; and a study on cross-border cooperation in the Zeelandic-Flemish border region. Mr. Ramon received a Bachelor’s Degree in International Politics from the University of Ghent and a Master’s degree in European Studies: Transnational and Global Perspectives from the University of Leuven.