Filip Reyniers

Filip Reyniers conducts research into maritime security and maritime strategy, with a particular focus on public-private partnerships within the maritime sector. Such partnerships will be essential to tackling the major challenges of the 21st century, which is increasingly set to be a ‘maritime century’. These include the new maritime security environment, the growing blue economy, and global challenges such as the changing world order and the effects of climate change on shipping. He is director of the IPIS research centre and is affiliated with the Department of International Politics at the University of Antwerp. In addition, he is an associate researcher at the Royal Higher Institute for Defence, where his work focuses, amongst other things, on maritime issues. He studied Law and Modern History at Leuven, and International Relations and Diplomacy at the University of Antwerp. He also completed the Advanced Studies in Security and Defence programme. Between 2009 and 2012, he took modules on the Bachelor’s programme in Nautical Sciences and undertook work placements on various merchant ships.