Finn Laursen is a Danish political scientist. He is an Honorary Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, where he was a professor of International Politics from 1999 to 2006. From 2006 to 2013, he held the Canada Research Chair in European Union Studies at Dalhousie University, where he also directed the EU Centre of Excellence. Since 2007, he has held a Jean Monnet Chair ad personam. In recent years, his research has focused on European integration, especially the making and reforms of the EU's constitutive treaties as well as successive enlargements of the EU and the EU's role in the global system. He has also conducted comparative research on regional integration, including NAFTA, MERCOSUR, and ASEAN. His current research is focused on the EU's trade policy, Brexit, and the EU's marine and maritime policies.
