Die Personen

Founding and Honorary Director

Dr Hugo Meijer

CNRS Research Fellow

Sciences Po, Center for International Studies (CERI) 

Forschungsthemen: International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, Security Studies, Alliances.

Co-Director

Prof. Chiara Ruffa

Professor of Political Science

Sciences Po, Center for International Studies (CERI) 

Forschungsthemen: Multilateralism on the ground, Peacekeeping, Civil-military relations, Political sociology, Fieldwork.

Co-Director

Dr Moritz Weiss

Senior lecturer

LMU Munich 

Forschungsthemen: International security, governance of new technologies, political economy of defense industries, cybersecurity, platform power

Treasurer

Dr Marie Robin

Assistant Professor of War Studies

Leiden University 

Forschungsthemen: Revenge in international relations, Strategic use of emotions, Evolution of conflictuality, Ethics of war.

Board Member

Prof. Nicolas Blarel

Associate Professor of International Relations and Director of Studies

Leiden University 

Forschungsthemen: Foreign Policy Analysis, Politics of migration governance, International politics of South Asia.

Board Member

Prof. Antonio Calcara

Professor

Vrije Universiteit Brussels 

Forschungsthemen: European Security and Defence, Defence Industry, Political Economy.

Board Member

Dr Julia Carver

Assistant Professor

Leiden University 

Forschungsthemen: Foreign policymaking, Strategic concepts, Emerging digital technologies.

Board Member

Prof. Silvia D’Amato

Associate Professor

James Madison University 

Forschungsthemen: Terrorism, Political Violence and War, Peace and Justice.

Board Member

Prof. Filip Ejdus

Professor of Security Studies

Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade 

Forschungsthemen: Identity, memory, and emotions, International interventions, Civil-military relations, Security sector reform.

Board Member

Dr Eliza Gheorghe

Assistant Professor

Bilkent University 

Forschungsthemen: nuclear proliferation, extended nuclear deterrence, nuclear non-proliferation regime, nuclear security

Board Member Events Coordinator

Dr John N.T. Helferich

College Lecturer in International Relations

University of Oxford 

Forschungsthemen: Foreign Policy Analysis, European Security, Political Psychology, Research Methods

Board Member

Prof. Marina Henke

Professor of International Relations and Director of the Centre for International Security

Hertie School 

Forschungsthemen: Intervention decision-making, Nuclear security, U.S. and European Grand Strategy.

Board Member

Alisa Kerschbaum

Research Grant Advisor

University of Amsterdam 

Forschungsthemen: Global affairs, International Peace & Security, Environmental security.

Board Member

Sarka Kolmasova

Deputy Head & Assistant Professor

Department of International Relations and European Studies, Metropolitan University Prague 

Forschungsthemen: Norms, Military Interventions, Responsibility to Protect, Human Rights in International Politics.

Board Member Technology Coordinator

Dr Arthur Laudrain

Team Lead and Senior Researcher

ETH Zurich - Center for Security Studies 

Forschungsthemen: election interference, disinformation, subversion

Board Member

Dr Chiara Libiseller

Lecturer in Strategic Studies

King’s College London 

Forschungsthemen: Knowledge production on war, Changing character of war, Impact of technology on the theory and practice of war.

Board Member

Prof. Revecca Pedi

Associate Professor of International Relations

University of Macedonia 

Forschungsthemen: International relations of small states, Theories of international relations, International relations and the European Union.

Board Member

Prof. Olivier Schmitt

Head of Research

Institute for Military Operations, Royal Danish Defence College 

Forschungsthemen: Military Operations, Alliances, Transformation.

Board Member

Dr Tim Sweijs

Director of Research

The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies 

Forschungsthemen: Warfare (past, present, future), Strategy, Coercion, Deterrence, Emerging technologies.

Board Member

Dr Sanne Verschuren

Assistant Professor of International Security

Boston University 

Forschungsthemen: Domestic determinants of security policy, Role of ideas, norms, and institutions in national security decision-making.

Board Member

Prof. Marco Wyss

Professor of International History and Security

Lancaster University 

Forschungsthemen: Cold War, African and European defence, Neutrality.

Support Staff

Ms. Angela Sajewicz

Masters Student

James Madison University 

Support Staff Communications Coordinator

Eugenio Sanchez

PhD Candidate in International Relations

Sciences Po Paris