Personnel A- Z

Staff of the Executive Board (Assistant to the Deputy Director)

fatma.akkus(at)swp-berlin.org

Editorial Office (Editor)

michael.alfs(at)swp-berlin.org

Global Issues (Head of Research Division)

steffen.angenendt(at)swp-berlin.org

Development cooperation, Migration, Population trends

Demography, Migration and Forced Displacement



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Middle East and Africa (Senior Fellow)

muriel.asseburg(at)swp-berlin.org

Political systems, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Civil wars, Fragile states, Middle East conflict, Regional and interstate conflicts

The Arab-Israeli conflict, political Islam, as well as German, European and US-American policies towards the region, security in the Eastern Mediterranean






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Middle East and Africa (Associate)

lidia.averbukh(at)swp-berlin.org

Israel, Middle East conflict, Migration, Minorities, Political systems, Population trends

citizenship, ethno-nationalism



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Asia (Visiting Fellow)

eric.ballbach(at)swp-berlin.org

The Koreas

Foreign and security policies of North and South Korea, inter-Korean relations, multilateralism in East Asia, identity politics in Korea, critical theories of International Relations



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Editorial Office (Head of Department)

christoph.baron(at)swp-berlin.org

System Management and Cataloguing (Head of Department)

susanne.baron(at)swp-berlin.org

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Asia (Information Manager)

simona.beckemeier(at)swp-berlin.org

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EU/Europe (Senior Associate)

peter.becker(at)swp-berlin.org

EU budget and finances, EU internal market, EU sectoral policies, European Union, Principles of European integration

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Global Issues (Senior Associate)

marianne.beisheim(at)swp-berlin.org

Development cooperation, Environmental policy, Non-governmental organizations, Sustainability governance, United Nations

Global governance for sustainable development, both negotiations and institutions at the United Nations and voluntary initiatives by civil society, business or public-private partnerships (with a focus on water)



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EU/Europe (Senior Associate)

annegret.bendiek(at)swp-berlin.org

European Union, Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), Euro-Atlantic security, Cyber-security, EU foreign policy, Strategic partnerships, Transatlantic relations

Current focus: Digital geopolitics, EU cyber diplomacy, EU cyber security regulation, EU cyber defense



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System Management and Cataloguing (Librarian)

gabriele.bergner(at)swp-berlin.org

Global Issues (Research Assistant)

susan.bergner(at)swp-berlin.org

Global Health Policy, EU and Global Health



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Global Issues (Associate)

nadine.biehler(at)swp-berlin.org

Development cooperation, Migration, Fragile states



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Asia (Visiting Fellow)

anny.boc(at)swp-berlin.org

China, North Korea



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EU/Europe (Information Manager)

gabrijela.boskovic(at)swp-berlin.org

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EU/Europe (Associate)

raphael.bossong(at)swp-berlin.org

Justice and Home Affairs in the EU, European Union, Crisis management, Terrorism, Migration policy

Current focus on EU counterterrorism policy, border security and effects of the migration crisis on the EU



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Staff of the Executive Board (Research Assistant to the Director of Research)

erik.brandes(at)swp-berlin.org

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Conference and Travel Management (Travel Management)

caroline.braun(at)swp-berlin.org

The Americas (Associate)

lars.brozus(at)swp-berlin.org

Democracy promotion, Fragile states, Nation- and state-building, Responsibility to protect

Strategic foresight, global governance, science-policy link



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Communications Department (Visual Communications Designer)

arthur.buliz(at)swp-berlin.org

Conference and Travel Management (Travel Management)

sabine.bungeroth(at)swp-berlin.org

Eastern Europe, Eurasia (Associate)

fabian.burkhardt(at)swp-berlin.org

Belarus, Russian Federation, Elites and elite change, Political systems

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External Funding / Reporting ((on leave of absence))

marion.calistri(at)swp-berlin.org

EU/Europe (Visiting Fellow)

salim.cevik(at)swp-berlin.org

Global Rise of Populism and Post Truth Politics, Relation Between Populism, Nationalism and Religion, Decline of Democracy In Turkey, Politics of Recognition and The Kurdish Problem, Trajectory of Political Islam and Post Islamism.



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Eastern Europe, Eurasia (Information Manager)

wanda.chodorowska(at)swp-berlin.org

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Staff of the Executive Board (Assistant to the Director)

susanne.clement(at)swp-berlin.org

Department of Administration (House Affairs)

benjamin.collin(at)swp-berlin.org