Joseph Raymond Dunne

Joseph (Joe) Dunne is a Research Professor at the George Washington University, in the GW Institute of Public Policy. He is also a Fellow of the Institute for European Union Studies (IEUSS) at the State University of New York, a Member of the IEUSS Board and an affiliated member of the Institute for the Study of European Law (ISEL) at the City University of London.

From 2019 to 2023, he served as Director of the European Parliament Liaison Office in Washington DC (EPLO), responsible for relations with the U.S. Congress. Previously, as Acting Director in the European Parliament for Impact Assessment and European Added Value, he worked successfully to improve the toolkit on Better Regulation.

In 2018-2019, Joe was a senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) and a Visiting Fellow George Mason University

Joe worked on EU legislation for much of his career, including as Head of Secretariat for the European Parliament's Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (2004-2012). He was Deputy Chef de Cabinet for EP President Pat Cox from 2002 to 2004 and also worked as an Advisor in the Cabinet of the EP Secretary General. Prior to his work in the EP, Joe served in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin and as Secretary of the Irish Embassy in Madrid, Spain.

Joe began his career as an Assistant Lecturer at the Sorbonne, University of Paris III.