R. Daniel Kelemen is a professor of political science and Jean Monnet Chair in European Union (EU) Politics at Rutgers University, where he also previously served as Director of the Center for European Studies. His research interests include the politics of the European Union, law and politics, comparative political economy, and comparative public policy. He has authored dozens of articles and book chapters, and written six books on European politics and public policy, including Eurolegalism: The Transformation of Law and Regulation in the European union (Harvard University Press, 2011), which won the Best Book Award from the European Union Studies Association. He is a frequent media commentator on EU politics, appearing on public radio and cable TV news shows and publishing commentaries in newspapers and magazines like Foreign Affairs.

Prior to Rutgers, Kelemen was Fellow in Politics, Lincoln College, University of Oxford. He has held fellowships and visiting positions at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, and the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels. He studied at University of California, Berkeley (A.B. in Sociology) and Stanford University (M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science).