Joseph (Joe) Dunne is a senior manager and policy expert with more than three decades of experience in legislation and regulatory policymaking in Brussels and in Washington DC. 

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Joe is currently a Research Professor at the George Washington University, in the GW Institute of Public Policy. 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. 

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

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE 

US-EU Relations, especially legislative cooperation between the United States and the European Union. 

Work areas: 

Digital Economy and AI 

Data privacy and data governance 

Regulatory policy and impact assessment 

Public procurement, defense procurement legislation 

Research and Energy policy 

Product safety legislation

Scientific foresight 

Language skills: 

Native English speaker, Fluent in French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Irish; good working level of Italian and Hungarian