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The following transcript from an interview with the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso (conducted in July 2007), illustrates how bridge-building between the academic and policy worlds can bring profit to both sides. Barroso discusses his time as a student and teacher of political science at the University of Geneva, Georgetown University, and in his native Portugal, as well as his active membership of the European Consortium for Political Research, and how his academic experience shaped both his world view and political career.
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Although the work referenced here had multiple authors, the specific text cited was penned by J.H.H Weiler. Interestingly, Weiler conducted his own interview with President Barroso – following the latter's Emile Nöel lecture at New York University on 26 April 2007 – videoclips of which are available from http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/president/multimedia/videos/index_en.htm.
Full data on the results of the open poll are available at http://www.eu-consent.net/content.asp?ContentId=1442. This initiative received valued support from the EU-Consent Network of Excellence, funded by the EU's Framework Programme VI, in which the present author leads a research group on ‘The Commission and the European civil service’ (for details, see http://www.eu-consent.net/content.asp?ContentId=534).
Fritz Scharpf and President Barroso (by videolink) both addressed the biennial EUSA conference in Montreal on 18 May 2007.
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Peterson, J. José Manuel Barroso: Political Scientist, ECPR Member. Eur Polit Sci 7, 64–77 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.eps.2210178
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