Gabriëlle Krapels is a second year D.Phil student in European Politics at the University of Oxford. She is currently working as Research Officer at GEG. Prior to her coming to Oxford, she completed a BA (cum laude) at the University College Utrecht in the Netherlands. Gabriëlle holds an M.Phil in European Politics from the University of Oxford (2007). Before commencing the D.Phil programme in 2008, she spent a year in Brussels where she worked for the European Commission (DG MARKT) as well as for the European Parliament (Cabinet of MEP Mrs. Oomen-Ruijten). Gabriëlle’s doctoral research focuses on the liberalisation of the services market in Europe.