Dr. phil. Andrea Schmitz
Research Division:
Eastern Europe, Eurasia Senior Fellow
andrea.schmitz@swp-berlin.org +49 30 88007-204
Areas of Expertise
- Central Asia
Political and social developments; forms of power and normative foundations of politics; Islam and Islamism; regional relations; interests, strategies and instruments of Russian, European and American policy.
Working GroupsShort Curriculum vitae
09/2015–12/2017 Head of FES offices in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
03–12/2013 and 03–07/2014 field research in Tajikistan
10–11/2009 SWP Fellow in Residence at SWP’s Brussels Office
2004–2005 Policy Advisor, German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
2002–2004 Senior Research Associate at SWP, Research Unit Russian Federation and CIS
1997–2002 Education Management and University Lecturing in Kazakhstan (Goethe Institute, German Academic Exchange Service)
1995–1997 Research associate and lecturer, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Munich University
