EU/Europe Head of Research Division
EU institutions and political system, european political parties and democratic legitimation of the EU, post-Brexit relations between the EU and the United Kingdom
ProjectsSince 2010 at SWP, since 2020 Head of EU/Europe Research Division, 2016–2020 Deputy Head
Since 2013 Organiser of the British-German Outlook Group, a yearly exchange between the SWP, Chatham House, the Federal Foreign Office and the FCO
2012–2015 Lecturer at Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt Oder and since 2016 Lecturer in the Postgraduate Master of European Studies, FU/TU Berlin
2012–2014 Research associate in the project EU security agencies, Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung scholarship
2011–2012 Researcher at the Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt Oder
2008–2009 Research Associate at the Bundeswehr Institute of Social Sciences within the research division Multinationality/European Armed Forces
How Eurosceptic and Far-right Parties Are Positioning Themselves in Foreign and Security Policy
doi:10.18449/2024C08
More responsibility requires more democratic legitimacy
doi:10.18449/2023RP10
How the United Kingdom wants to position itself as a reliable partner in a competitive global order
doi:10.18449/2023C24
Legal and political options for extending qualified majority voting
doi:10.18449/2022C61
Four lessons for a European Union again requiring a new balance between deepening and widening
doi:10.18449/2022C49
The European Council has granted Ukraine candidate status. Despite political momentum, the road into the EU will be long and arduous. What challenges do the EU and Ukraine face in preparing for accession and eventual admission? This 360 Degrees was coordinated by Nicolai von Ondarza.
In this short, insightful podcast, Kirsty Hughes discusses three big European questions with top EU expert Dr Nicolai von Ondarza, as 2023 draws to a close. Nicolai is director of the EU and Europe division at leading German think tank, the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. In an end of year overview, they discuss the EU’s big eastward enlargement plans; the EU’s divisions over Gaza; and the risk of a right-wing backlash against the EU’s Green Deal.
Five Pathways to a More Democratic Europe