Tobias Hofelich is a PhD Research Fellow and a member of the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, University of Agder at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway. His research is situated in the field of European integration studies and focuses on the processes related to differentiation in and around the EU. He holds an MA in Euroculture from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.