He is in charge of several projects of the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) in the field of Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities and he is contributing to the Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge on "Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective societies". Before joining the Commission, Yuri was Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex. He holds degrees from the Universities of Cologne, East Anglia and Sussex.