Researcher at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute (EUI)
Robin Huguenot-Noël is a researcher at the Department of Political and
Social Sciences at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence.
His research mainly focuses on the governance of employment and
social policies in the EU.
Trained in economics and political science, he worked between 2014
and 2020 as policy advisor to the UK Treasury, the German co-operation
and development agency (GIZ), and the European Policy Centre (EPC).
He also published several reports for the European Commission, the
Council and the Parliament on the EU budget, cohesion policy, and
welfare reforms in the EU.
His work has featured in various academic journals, including the
Journal of European Public Policy (JEPP), the Journal of European
Social Policy (JESP), Transfer: European Review of Labour and
Research. He is the co-author of the book Resilient Welfare States in
the European Union - In Search of Capacitating Solidarity, written with
Anton Hemerijck, and published with Agenda Publishing in 2022.
To what extent do EU fiscal rules constrain governments' social and labour market spending? Exploring the critical cases of France and Italy, this policy study gathers evidence from two decades of interactions between national welfare priorities and EU fiscal rules and, through this comparison, sheds light on the mechanisms underlying recent recalibrations and what it means for the Social Pillar implementation.
Political Mentor: Jonás Fernández, MEP S&D
Academic Mentor: Carlo d'Ippoliti, Associate professor of political economy at the Department of Statistical Sciences of Sapienza University of Rome.
Researcher at the Astrid Foundation, and an Associate Research Assistant in the Economic Policy and Jobs & Skills Unit at CEPS.
PhD student at Sciences Po Paris
Affiliated Postdoctoral Researcher in the Horizon projects ActEU and PUSH*BACK*LASH
Researcher at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute (EUI)
Research and teaching associate at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria.
