since April 2009 Director of Research in the German Institute for International and Security Affairs of the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
1992-2009 Deputy Director of the Institute for European Politics (IEP) in Berlin
Managing Editor of the IEP’s quarterly academic journal »integration«
2005-2009 Member of the steering group of the network of excellence EU-CONSENT
Areas of Expertise:
EU enlargement policy and its implications for the political system and policies of the EU; processes of transformation and integration in Central Europe and Eastern Europe; European Neighbourhood Policy and relations with Eastern Europe; Germany and European integration