EU scientific bureaucracy

The big change I experienced during these years was it becoming generally understood that research policy could be useful to other policies; that it could be a policy instrument. That it was not just an instrument to support science or the work of researchers.

Paola Testori Coggi, The European Commission 1986-2000, Memories of an institution, INT1137, p. 12.

Below I have tried to make a list of EU officials that might have intriguing stories to tell in regard to relations of science and policy, and at various levels of seniority. It has been very intermittently assembled mainly from the oral history records (I add to it from time to time). One should also note the project led by Prof Dr Miriam Hartlap, which captured about 400 prominent EU figures in a database (going back to the Hallstein Commission).

Drawing inspiration from the topics highlighted in the table beneath, the following areas seem at the present to warrant further investigation (moving beyond the personalities towards a more general picture). A good deal of material relates to the interaction between scientific expertise and legal and negotiation activities of the European bodies (the work of the Commission).

• How is scientific knowledge translated into regulations? (citing as starting points environmental regulations and the work of officials such as Margaret Brusasco-Mackenzie, Stanley Johnson, Paola Testori Coggi, etc.)
• Scientific expertise & trade negotiations (citing as starting points Paul Trân Van Thinh)
• Management of scientific research from different political perspectives, e.g., Cresson, vs. Geoghegan-Quinn, respectively, left vs. right.

Name	Note
Nuala Ahern	MEP (Greens). Prominent interest in renewable energy.
Véronique Arnault	European Commission 1983-2003. Roles in fisheries administration and trade negotiations.
Odile Benoist-Lucy	European Commission 1960-1976
Tessa Blackstone	UK government minister involved in work on the Bologna declaration (1999) concerning cross-border acceptance of degree qualifications within Europe.
Annette Bosscher	European Commission 1959-1987. Roles in social security & free movement.
Sharon Bowles	MEP 2005-2014 (ALDE). Graduate in chemical physics and mathematics.
Margaret Brusasco-Mackenzie***	European Commission 1973-1999. Legal background. Interview contains interesting section on translation of environmental science into regulations.
Patricia Bugnot*	European Commission 1985-2003. Various roles including state aids, drugs policy, etc.
Helene Bernet**	n.d.
Silvia Costa	MEP 2009-2019 (Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats).
Édith Cresson*	European Commissioner for Science and R&D (1995-1999). Please see here for my notes.
Dominique Deshayes	European Commission 1976-2000. Chef de cabinet adjoint de Mme Edith Cresson, Commissaire chargée de la Science, de la Recherche et de l’Education (1998-1999)
Fay Devonic*	European Commission 1974-2000.
Karen Erdmenger	n.d.
Colette Flesch*	Director-General, DG Information, Communication, Culture, Media and Sports (1990-1997); Director-General, DG Translation and Information Technologies (1997-1999)
Karen Fogg**	recording point 13.47: culture of control introduced. Innovation and creativity did not figure at all. Risk averse culture. point 33.12: important comments on change in approach to development and aid.
Nicole Fontaine*	MEP 1984-2009. Member, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Monica Frassoni*	MEP 1999-2009 (Greens)
Élisabeth Guigou	MEP 1994-1997; ministerial and senior advisory roles in French government.
Edit Herczog*	MEP 2004-2014 (Socialists). Member, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Anne Houtman**	European Commission 1985-2004. Membre du cabinet du président Romano Prodi (2001-2004).
Stanley Johnson	European Commission 1973-1994; MEP 1979-1984. Insights into the development of environmental regulations. A few insights into the origins of Conservative environmentalism.
Georgette Lalis**	European Commission 1981-2001
Anne-Marie Lizin*	n.d.
Marina Manfredi-Magillo**	European Commission 1975-2005
Petrus Mathijsen**	Euratom, concurrence, politique régionale, ISPRA, Cour de justice européenne, FEDER, Renault, DATAR
Jacqueline Nonon	Served in Cresson’s team while Cresson was European Commissioner.
Una O’Dwyer	European Commission 1986-2009
Geneviève Pons-Deladrière	Member of the Cabinet of the President Jacques Delors, in charge of Environment, infringements, and competition from 1991 to 1995. From 1995 to 1998, she was Advisor to the Director for Basic Industries for environment and energy matters in the DG Industry.
Odile Quintin	European Commission 1971-2005
Viviane Reding	MEP 1989-1999. European Commissioner responsible for Education, Culture, Youth, Media and Sports (1999-2004). European Commissioner responsible for Information Society and Media (2004-2010).
Martine Reicherts	Many senior positions, e.g. Acting Director, and then Director (2001-2002) of the Administration and Personnel Management (Luxembourg & Ispra) in the DG Personnel and Administration.
Christine Roger	De 1996 à 1999, elle est conseiller au Cabinet du Président de la Commission européenne Jacques Santer pour les relations extérieures, la politique commerciale, le développement et la politique étrangère et de sécurité commune. Entre 1999 et 2004, elle est Directeur de cabinet de Michel Barnier, Commissaire européen responsable de la politique régionale et des questions institutionnelles, ainsi que président du groupe de travail de la Convention européenne sur la défense européenne chargé d’élaborer les propositions sur la défense et la sécurité pour le projet de Constitution européenne.
Christiane Scrivener	MEP 1979-1989
Thérèse Sobieski	Member of Phare (Eastern Europe) taskforce (1989-1995); team-leader Phare assistance unit (1995-1996).
Denise Sorasio	Lawyer by training. In charge of work associated with withdrawal of Greenland from the European Community (1982-1984).
Paola Testori Coggi***	Eco-toxicologist by training and a dedicated public servant. Joined the European Commission in 1983 in the DG for Environment where she worked until 1989 in the field of the control of dangerous chemicals and industrial risks. She was then Member of the Cabinet of the Vice-President of the European Commission, Filippo Maria Pandolfi, and was responsible for the research programmes on life sciences, environment and energy. Thereafter, she worked as Advisor for consumer health in the Cabinet of Commissioner Emma Bonino. She was then appointed Director for the Safety of the food chain at the DG for Health and Consumers (SANCO), and was responsible for the White Paper on food safety and the legislative action programme as well as the management of emergencies.
Ursula Thiele	European Commission 1958-1992. Some time spent in DG DEVCO
Paul Trân Van Thinh	EU’s former chief representative to the GATT, he played an instrumental global role in the development of the world Trade Organization (successor to GATT) – hence quite a lot of information about him online (e.g., here and here). A lawyer by training, he worked in the Commission 1960-1994 (see: here).
Christine Verger	Former Secretary in the President of the Commission Jacques Delors (see here).
Angelika Verli-Wallace**	An Official of European Commission with the accession of Greece to EU in 1981. From 1987 to 1998, Deputy Head of Unit dealing with the Erasmus program and European cooperation in Higher Education (particularly the Bologna Declaration). From 1999 to 2001, Head of Unit dealing with coordination of Socrates programme (education and training) and Grundtvig Action (adult education).
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	RTD Commissioner 2010-2014 (Barroso Commission II). Aim was to simplify funding procedures while at the same time ‘reinforcing financial control’ Prioritized trying to complete the European Research Area (‘a true single market in research’); simplifying the way the Commission funded research; ‘making a closer connection between laboratory science and bringing new products and services to market’; and female workforce participation in research.