Laure Delcour (FR) is an Associate Professor of International Relations and EU Studies, University Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris). She has lectured on EU external action, the ENP and EU-Russia relations at Sciences-Po Paris, Sciences-Po Strasbourg, INALCO Paris, and MGIMO (Moscow). Her research interests focus on the diffusion and reception of EU norms and policies as part of the European Neighbourhood Policy, as well as region-building processes in Eurasia. She acted as a coordinator or researcher in several EU-funded and French-funded research projects on these topics. She is currently conducting a French-Austrian research project (ANR-FWF) on civil society’s participation in the policymaking process in the EU’s neighbourhood.