Michael Kaeding is a Professor of European Integration and European Union Politics at the Department of Political Science at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He is also an ad personam Jean Monnet chair.

Moreover, Kaeding is the former Chairman and current Honorary Board Member of TEPSA; Member of the Flying Faculty of the College of Europe and the German-Turkish University in Istanbul; and Carl-Schurz Visiting Professor at the University of Madison-Wisconsin. He also had previous affiliations with the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS); the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States; and the Secretariat General of the Council of the European Union.

Kaeding holds a PhD from Leiden University and a Masters degree from the University of Konstanz. He has published a multitude of books and journals on the topics of political decision-making and non-voters in multi-level systems; Future of Europe; EU institutions and governance; EU Agencies; and European Parliament elections.