Chris Bickerton has a D.Phil from Oxford in international relations, has taught at Oxford and the University of Amsterdam and is currently Associate Professor of International Relations at Sciences Po, Paris. His main focus is on international and European politics, including the development and future of the European Union. He is currently working on a project that looks at European integration through the lens of state transformation in Europe, which will be published as a book with Oxford University Press in December 2012. His is also the co-editor of the political economy blog, The Current Moment.