


Faculty at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Karim Knio is Lecturer in Politics at the International Institute of
Social Studies in The Hague. He completed his B.A in Political Science at
the American University of Beirut and his M.A and PhD in International Political
Economy at the University of Birmingham (UK). In 2000, he worked as an intern
at the United Nations' Headquarters in New York where he assisted his unit
(Department of Political Affairs (DPA), Africa II Division) with the organization
of the Millennium Summit. His research focuses on the political economy of
governance, regionalism and trade with a focus on the Euro-Mediterranean region.
He also has interests in Industrial Relations, EU democracy promotion programs
and Lebanese politics.