Joseph Dunne is former Director of the European Parliament Liaison Office in Washington DC (retired from EP, July 31, 2023), a position which was set up to foster and develop relations between the European Parliament (EP) and the United States Congress, from October 1, 2019. In 2018, Joseph was a Senior Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund in Washington DC and a Visiting Fellow at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. Up to that time, Joseph was a Director in the Directorate General for European Parliamentary Research Service. He was previously Head of Secretariat for the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee and Deputy Chef de Cabinet for EP President Pat Cox. Before the Parliament, Joseph Dunne served in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs. He edited the first edition of ‘Mapping the Cost of Non-Europe’ in April 2014. Joseph has a B. Mod from Trinity College Dublin and an MA in EU Law from King’s College London. Mr. Dunne has served as an expert witness for SUNYMEU and is a contributor to the IEUSS Future of Europe book project. His research specialization includes comparative democratic institutions, particularly with respect to the European Parliament and the US Congress, and transatlantic relations.
