{"id":829,"date":"2025-10-02T03:56:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/van-reisen-mirjam\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:56:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:56:17","slug":"van-reisen-mirjam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-reisen-mirjam\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Reisen Mirjam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"middle content\">\n<div class=\"column left\" id=\"columnleft\">\n<section class=\"block article author\">\n<div class=\"headline\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMirjam van Reisen<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-content\">\n<div class=\"about-author\">\n<div class=\"img border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/authors\/van-reisen-mirjam\/146330-6-eng-gb\/van-reisen-mirjam_author.jpg\" alt=\"van Reisen Mirjam\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOrganisation:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Broker \/ Europe External Policy Advisors (EEPA)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWebsite:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEEPA<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"\/><br \/>\n<a name=\"eztoc146335_0_0_0_1\" id=\"eztoc146335_0_0_0_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><b>The Broker Core Team<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a name=\"eztoc146335_0_1\" id=\"eztoc146335_0_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Programme leader<\/h2>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Prof. Mirjam van Reisen is programme leader of the human security theme at The Broker. She directs the Human Security innovation programmes, including Sahel Watch, and The Broker dossiers on this theme.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Mirjam studied the Psychology of Culture and Religion and Development Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen. She worked as a researcher at Radboud University and conducted research for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Commission, UN agencies and various NGOs. She received her PhD from Maastricht University in 2009.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">In October 2010, Mirjam was appointed as the Endowed Chair in honour of Marga Klomp\u00e9 on International Social Responsibility at the School of Humanities, Tilburg University. Since 2014 she has been teaching at Amsterdam University College (AUC). Mirjam is the founding director of Europe External Policy Advisors (EEPA), a research centre of expertise on European Union external policy&nbsp;based in Brussels. She is a member of the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV),&nbsp;and Chair of the AIV\u2019s Development Cooperation Committee (COS) since 2012. In 2011 she became a member of the Supervisory Board of SNV and of the Transnational Institute. Mirjam is a member of the International Commission of Eritrean Refugees and of the Coordinating Committee of Social Watch. In 2012, she received the Golden Image Award from Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.&nbsp;She has published books on EU development policy and human trafficking and various chapters and&nbsp;journal articles.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"content column wide left author content view\" id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\" addthis:title=\"van Reisen Mirjam\">\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_twitter\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br 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src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/images\/broker-25\/sr-pag-15-payback\/726027-1-eng-gb\/sr-pag-15-payback_column.jpg\" alt=\"Payback time\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-the-acp-eu-relationship\/payback-time\/\">Payback time<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-reisen-mirjam\/\">Mirjam van Reisen<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 23, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tIf the ACP, the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, is to have a stronger voice in international institutions, then it needs to strengthen itself as a political and economic bloc.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-the-acp-eu-relationship\/payback-time\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-the-acp-eu-relationship\/laying-the-brics-for-a-better-future\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/images\/broker-25\/sr-pag-13-brics\/726019-1-eng-gb\/sr-pag-13-brics_column.jpg\" alt=\"Laying the BRICs for a better future\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-the-acp-eu-relationship\/laying-the-brics-for-a-better-future\/\">Laying the BRICs for a better future<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-reisen-mirjam\/\">Mirjam van Reisen<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 23, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) is exploring new relationships in order to claim its rightful position in global institutions and act as a spokesperson for the world\u2019s poor and less powerful nations.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-the-acp-eu-relationship\/laying-the-brics-for-a-better-future\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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However, while the EU needs the ACP&#8217;s backing to get support in international governance, and needs its raw materials and markets, the EU is indecisive about continuing&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/special-reports\/special-report-the-acp-eu-relationship\/the-old-man-and-the-seas\/\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\" EU development cooperation after the Irish \u201cYes\u201d: is anyone interested?\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"> EU development cooperation after the Irish \u201cYes\u201d: is anyone interested?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/van-reisen-mirjam\/\">Mirjam van Reisen<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t05 October 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe European Union exists only through the legal agreements that underpin it. Therefore the Lisbon Treaty is important, and scrutinising it is relevant to identifying the perspective of a future European Union.The good news is that the Lisbon Trea&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">read more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"navigator\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mirjam van Reisen Organisation: The Broker \/ Europe External [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template_3.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-829","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>van Reisen Mirjam \/ Authors - The Broker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prof. Mirjam van Reisen is programme leader of the human security theme at The Broker. 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