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Tobias Schumacher is a German political scientist and an expert on Euro-Mediterranean affairs, foreign policy and Middle Eastern Politics.

After having studied Political Science, Sociology and Business Administration at the Universities of Freiburg, Basel, Edinburgh and Mainz, Schumacher received his M.A. and Ph.D in 1998 and 2002 respectively from the University of Mainz. Schumacher held research and teaching positions at the University of Mainz, the Florence-based European University Institute, the Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission (EuroMeSCo) and the Lisbon University Institute. He was awarded numerous scholarships and was a Jean Monnet Fellow and a Marie Curie Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence, where he also worked as Research Fellow and Scientific Coordinator of its Mediterranean Programme. He is currently a Senior Research Fellow in Political Science at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES) at the Lisbon University Institute (ISCTE-IUL) in Portugal.

He is the author of more than 80 books, book chapters and articles in academic journals and a regular media contributor.

Selected publications
''Conceptualising Cultural and Social Dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean Area. A European Perspective'', London, Routledge (with Michelle Pace).

''Relations between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council. Record and Promises for the Future'', Dubai, GRC Press.

''Die Europäische Union als internationaler Akteur im südlichen Mittelmeerraum. 'Actor Capability' und EU-Mittelmeerpolitik'', Baden-Baden, NOMOS.

''Die Maghreb-Politik der Europäischen Union. Gemeinschaftliche Assoziierungspraxis gegenüber Algerien, Marokko und Tunesien'', Wiesbaden, DUV.