The sliding doors of Catherine De Vries
One of those sliding doors moments helped propel Catherine De Vries, the new Dean for International Affairs at Bocconi, into her academic career. “After my MA in Political Science at the University of Amsterdam I was undecided if to deepen my study of international politics or apply for some international institution like the EU. But during a stint at the Social Science Research Center in Berlin I met the right person at the right moment whom to work with and convinced me to further deepen my knowledge first. And in time my passion grew and have ended up happily staying in the academic field.”