Dr. Alexander Pyka is Co-Founder of IFAIR and Programme Coordinator of the Impact Group Foreign Policy Talks. He was a member of the executive Board until 2016.

Alexander works at the public international law division at the German Federal Foreign Office. He wrote his doctoral thesis about the international sanctions regime against Iran while working as personal adviser to a former head of government. Alexander studied Law at Bucerius Law School, Germany and Tel Aviv University, Israel, as a scholar of the German National Academic Foundation. In 2013, he was selected “Global Leader of Tomorrow” by the St. Gallen Symposium, “Top 99 under 33 Foreign Policy Leader” by the Diplomatic Courier in Washington D.C. and “Global Shaper” by the World Economic Forum, Davos. Alexander speaks German, English, French and Spanish.

Contact: alexander.pyka@ifair.eu

Anna Schwertz-Weirich is regional director for “EU & Europe” and member of the LACalytics Impact Group.

Anna is currently working for a research center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she focuses on economic and social issues. At the same time, she is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Cultural Studies with a major in philosophy. Prior to this, Anna graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in International Business from Maastricht University, the Netherlands; and took part in an exchange programme with the University of Buenos Aires. She wrote her thesis on banking and corporate governance as part of the Maastricht Research Based Learning Programme; and studied in the Honours Programme, pursuing besides her regular studies additional courses in economics, sociology, philosophy and cultural studies. Anna speaks German, English, Spanish and French.

Contact: anna.schwertz-weirich@ifair.eu

Anne Laible is an executive board member and responsible for IFAIR’s HR.

Anne follows a Bachelor in International Cultural and Business Studies at Passau University. Her thematic focus lies on Latin American culture and politics as well as development economics. Anne gained practical experience as a volunteer of the “weltwärts” programme in a primary school with a nutritional program in Peru and as intern at the German-Peruvian Cultural Institute (part of the Goethe Institute Peru) and the regional hub for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Department of Safety and Security in Panama. Anne speaks German, English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Contact: anne.laible@ifair.eu

Annekathrin Ruhose is responsible for press as well as public relations at IFAIR and is member of the Impact Group Foreign Policy Talks.

Annekathrin studied political science, communication science and American studies at the University of Augsburg and Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. In parallel to her studies, she has been educated as a journalist at Institut zur Förderung publizistischen Nachwuchses (ifp) in Munich. She worked as an intern and freelancer, among others, at Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Reuters, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Thüringer Allgemeine and Augsburger Allgemeine. Most recently, she was assistant editor at ARD-Hauptstadtstudio and press officer for the Pirate Party at Berlin’s House of Representatives. Annekathrin speaks German, English, French and Spanish.

Contact: annekathrin.ruhose@ifair.eu

Carolina Magnet is member of the Impact Group LACalytics, where she is responsible for publications.

Carolina graduated in 2015 from Leiden University College in The Hague, Netherlands, with a major in Policy Science and a minor in International Development. She wrote her thesis on institutional distrust and corruption in Latin America and now focuses on areas such as capacity strengthening for empowerment, financial inclusion and gender equality, mainly in low-income urban contexts. She has previously interned at ECLAC in Santiago, Chile, and has recently done consultancy work for Innovations for Poverty Action and Vanderbilt University in Peru. She has aided with research, fieldwork coordination and report writing on projects linked to SME productivity, financial coaching and an SMS campaign to improve government resource management. Carolina likes to write in her free time and speaks Spanish, English, and French.

Contact: carolina.magnet@ifair.eu

Bianca Becca is member of the Impact Group LACalytics, where she is responsible for conference planning and organisation.

Bianca follows a dual Masters degree in European Affairs and Political Science at the Free University of Berlin and at Sciences Po Paris, France. She also holds a Bachelor in Politics from Queen Mary, University of London, UK. In her studies, she focuses on EU external relations, in particular with regards to gender equality in development policy. She gained work experience through internships in German and Italian think-tanks as well as at the German Embassy in Bogotá. Biance speaks German, Italian, English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Contact: bianca.becca@ifair.eu

Christian Macht is responsible for IFAIR’s IT.

Christian is a high school teacher for German and English and works as a freelance web developer in his spare time. He graduated with a degree in German and English at the University of Würzburg and after completing his teacher training is now working in secondary education at a state school.

He is an active trainer for NGOs working in the field of youth, thanks to years of experience in facilitating teams in international and culturally diverse contexts, for example as a board member of the European Youth Parliament. Christian speaks German, English and French.

Contact: christian.macht@ifair.eu

David Schlutz is Co-Founder of IFAIR and was member of the Executive Board until 2016.

David works as a consultant for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Kigali, Rwanda. In summer 2015, he graduated from London School of Economics with a Master in Public Policy and from Hertie School of Governance Berlin with a Master of Public Administration. He wrote his dissertation in collaboration with the World Bank in the field of corruption prevention. Previously, he worked as a consultant for the GIZ’s Sustainable Economic Development Program in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He holds  a B.A. degree in European Studies from Otto-von-Guericke-University in Magdeburg, Germany, where he put his research focus on the post-Soviet space. As an undergraduate, he spent a semester abroad at the St. Petersburg State University’s Faculty for International Relations. He interned with the protocol division of “Netzwerk Quadriga”, with the division for Nuclear Disarmament at the German Federal Foreign Office and the Anticorruption and Integrity Program at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. David David speaks German, English, French and Russian.

Contact: david.schlutz@ifair.eu

Eimen Hamedat is regional co-director for “MENA” and responsible for IFAIR’s IT.

Eimen studies Social Sciences with a focus on Political Sciences at RTWH Aachen University and currently writes his bachelor’s thesis about the political influence of faith-based lobby organisations on the politics of the European Union. In 2016, Eimen has spent a semester abroad studying International & Global Studies at the RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. He has interned with the European Parliament in Brussels and the German Parliament in Berlin. Furthermore, he worked for a consultancy specialised in the fields of environmental and energy technology. He is founder and CEO of an IT Start-Up based in Aachen, Germany. Eimen speaks German, English, French and Arabic.

Contact: eimen.hamedat@ifair.eu

Elias Reiche is regional director for “Global Affairs” and member of the Impact Group Foreign Policy Talks.

Elias is a third year law student at Humboldt-University in Berlin. Besides his academic career he works part-time for a congressman at the german Bundestag and works as a volunteer for the Berlin Stadtmission. Elias gained professional experience working with the Federal Foreign Office as a freelancer. After his high school degree, he travelled in Central America for half a year. During his stay he worked for the „Carpe Diem Eco Project“ in Nicaragua and a French NGO focused on fair trade textiles made by indigenous people. Other influential stays included half a year in Eastern Europe and visits to the USA, Israel and India. Elias speaks German, English, and Spanish.

Contact: elias.reiche@ifair.eu

Farsan Ghassim is programme coordinator for the Impact Group UN Parliament.

Farsan is currently pursuing a doctorate in International Relations at the University of Oxford. He previously obtained a Master’s degree in Global Affairs from Yale University and a Bachelor’s in Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Before his doctoral studies, Farsan worked at the European Parliament, the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, and the Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, as a Mercator Fellow for International Affairs. Before his Master’s in the US, he had worked for the management consulting firm Bain & Company for one and a half years. After finishing high school in Germany and working at a special needs school for one year as part of his community service, Farsan interned in different sectors, among others, at an investment bank in Colombia and at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations in New York, where he worked both in the Security Council and the General Assembly. Farsan speaks German, Persian/Farsi, English, French, Spanish, and is currently learning Arabic.

Contact: farsan.ghassim@ifair.eu

Florian Winkler is a member of the Executive Board and responsible for IFAIR’s finances.

Florian is currently a MSc candidate in International Political Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Prior to his graduate studies, he worked as a project manager at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the German development agency, supporting Germany’s G20 presidency in 2017, and as a research assistant the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Economics from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, where he focused on international relations and international political economy. During his studies, he spent a semester abroad at the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he also worked as a research assistant on international trade. Previously, Florian was an intern with GPPi and gained work experience at the German Mission to the United Nations in New York, the German Bundestag and the foreign affairs department of Germany’s federal press and information office. He grew up in Singapore, the United States and Germany and implemented social projects in Cambodia and India during high school. Florian speaks German, English and Spanish.

Contact: florian.winkler@ifair.eu

Gregor is a graduate student of Global Politics and Modern Global History of Europe at the University of Göttingen. His thematic focus lies on European integration with a special interest in public spheres. He is coordinating the editors team of the young European blog project HistoryCampus.org and gained practical insights during a year of internships among others at the German Federal Academy for Security Policy and in the External Action department of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union. Gregor speaks German, English, Italian, Spanish and has basic knowledge of Dutch and Polish.

Contact: gregor.christiansmeyer@ifair.eu

Prof Dr Hanna Pfeifer is Co-Founder of IFAIR and was a member of the Executive Board until 2016.

Since July 2020, Hanna is Assistant Professor of Political Science with a Focus on Radicalisation and Violence Research at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt.
From 2016-2020, she worked as a research associate in International Relations at the Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg where she also gained her PhD (2017). In 2018, she was a visiting scholar at the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge. From 2012-2016, she was a research associate at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg and, from 2011 to 2012, in the Rottendorf-Project “Global Solidarity” at the Munich School of Philosophy. She holds a Master of Arts (2012) in Political Science, Philosophy and Mathematics from the University of Munich. She spent one year of her studies at Sciences Po Paris in the master’s programme Sécurité Internationale. She specialised in Middle Eastern politics, International Relations theories and political theory. Hanna was a doctoral fellow at the Orient Institute Beirut, Lebanon, and stayed in Sanaa, Yemen, as well as Aleppo and Damascus, Syria, for internships and language classes.

Contact: hanna.pfeifer@ifair.eu

Joanna Klever is programme partner of the Impact Group LACalytics.

Joanna works at the German Federal Foreign Office’s Training for International Diplomats. She also currently pursues a Master’s degree in European Studies at the Free University, Humboldt University and Technical University of Berlin. She holds a Bachelor in Policy Science and International Development from Leiden University College in The Hague. Her academic focus lies on development, aid effectiveness, good governance and democratisation. She spent a year working in the Dominican Republic and conducted fieldwork in Ecuador. Joanna speaks German, Polish, English, Spanish and French.

Contact: joanna.klever@ifair.eu

Johannes Klein is member of the Executive Board and Chief Editor for IFAIR’s Think Tank.

Johannes currently completes his Carlo-Schmid fellowship at the Governance Directorate of the OECD in Paris. Prior to this he graduated in EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges and studied at Master and Bachelor level International Relations in Germany, the Netherlands and Brazil. Next to internships at the German Federal Foreign Office, with various NGOs in Europe and Latin America, the EU and the German Bundestag, he worked as IFAIR’s Director for ‘Global Affairs’ and is a member of the Executive Board. Johannes speaks German, English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Contact: johannes.klein@ifair.eu

Johanna Hartz-Goiteom is regional director for “South & East Asia” and Chief Editor for IFAIR’s Think Tank.

Johanna is currently in the second year of the double degree master’s program Public Affairs and Management at HEC Paris and Freie Universität Berlin. She received her bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Mannheim and studied one semester at the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. She wrote her bachelor thesis about the educational attainment of children with a migration background in Germany.

Johanna has gained practical experience though internships with consultancies, the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce in Mumbai, the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin and the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. Johanna speaks German, English, Spanish and is learning French.

Contact: johanna.hartzgoiteom@ifair.eu

Jonas Bedford-Strohm is programme partner in the Impact Group UN Parliament.

Jonas studied theology, philosophy and political theory at Heidelberg University, Stellenbosch University, and Yale Divinity School. He is the co-founder and communications director at the non-profit Wikwiheba and has worked on social media and communications with the Campaign for a UN Parliament at the Institute for Global Policy in New York. A member of the International Association of Religion Journalists and a published book author (Wer’s Glaubt, Wird Selig), Jonas has written on religion and culture, sustainable development, and international relations for various media outlets, most notably the German edition of the Huffington Post. He currently works on digital strategy and development for the Public Broadcasting Service in Munich

Contact: jonas.bedford.strohm@ifair.eu

Katharina Lange is an executive board member and responsible for finances. She is also regional director for “Sub-Saharan Africa”.

Katharina is currently doing her Master’s degree in Development Economics and International Studies at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. During several internships and a recent exchange semester at the University of Limpopo in South Africa, she has been focusing on sustainability as well as the economic and financial development of Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to this, Katharina graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Law from the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. For her thesis, she conducted an ethical and economic analysis on conflict diamonds. During her Bachelor‘s, she also took part in an exchange program with the Université de Strasbourg in France. Katharina speaks German, English, French and is learning Swahili.

Contact: katharina.lange@ifair.eu

Dr. Kilian Spandler was a member of IFAIR’s Executive Board from 2016 to 2019. Prior to that, he was Regional Director for Southeast Asia.

Kilian is a Researcher at the School of Global Studies of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His academic work focuses on the relation between regional and global governance with a special focus on Southeast Asia. His book ‘Regional Organizations in International Society’ explores the history of ASEAN and the EU. He has researched and taught International Relations at several institutions in Germany, Indonesia, Sweden and the United States. Kilian completed his PhD in International Relations at the University of Tübingen in 2016. Together with Lukas Rudolph and Steffen Murau, he founded IFAIR’s Impact Group “EU-ASEAN Perspectives”. Kilian speaks German, English and French, and has some basic knowledge in Indonesian and Swedish.

Contact: kilian.spandler@ifair.eu

Lena Gomer is IFAIR’s regional co-director for “Middle East & North Africa” (MENA).

Lena currently completes a master’s degree in Near and Middle Eastern Studies and Intensive Arabic at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Münster in Islamic Studies and Economics. Besides the regional focus of her studies, Lena has collected valuable experiences by living in Jordan for volunteering and an internship at a local organization – the Arab Water Countries Utilities Association (ACWUA). Lena speaks German, English, Arabic and French.

Contact: lena.gomer@ifair.eu

Leo Fried is project manager for the Impact Group LACalytics.

Leo follows a Master´s degree in EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges. He also holds a Master in Conflict Studies from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor in European Studies from Maastricht University. His main academic focus lies on EU external relations, post-conflict peace building, as well as Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR), particularly in the Colombian context. He gained work experience through a yearlong voluntary engagement in Argentina as well as internships in Sao Paulo and Brussels.

Contact: leo.fried@ifair.eu

Lukas Rudolph is Co-Founder of IFAIR and was member of the Executive Board until 2017.

Lukas is research associate and PhD candidate at the Department of Political Science of the University of Munich (LMU). In his dissertation, he works on questions of Comparative Political Economy, especially on the relationship between elections and institutions. He has a Master of Arts (2012) in Political Science, Intercultural Communication and Law and a Bachelor of Science in Economics. During his studies, he focused on questions of development and International Relations. He worked, amongst others, in development cooperation, science and consulting projects. Lukas speaks German, English, French and Bangla.

Contact: lukas.rudolph@ifair.eu

Marie-Claire Pfeiffer is member of the impact group LACalytics, where she is responsible for publications.

Marie-Claire is currently working as a trainee for an international consultant company in Munich.  She graduated in 2018 from Passau University with a Bachelor in International Cultural and Business Studies with focus on the Anglo-American culture. She completed a semester abroad at Universidad de Valparaíso in Chile in the field of International Business. She gained practical experience as an intern in international project management at a German Airline. In October she will be starting her Master degree at the University of Vienna, in the field of International Business with an academic focus on Latin-American culture. Marie-Claire speaks German, English, Spanish and French.

Contact: marie-claire.pfeiffer@ifair.eu

Malvin Oppold was member of the Executive Board until 2016 and is member of the Impact Group Memory as a Tool of Change.

Malvin is a PhD researcher at the Institute of Political Science of Universität Bern. In summer 2015, he completed his master’s degree in political science and Eastern European Studies at Universität Bern with a thesis on the political consequences of the Kosovan civil war. Previously, he graduated from Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg in European Studies with a focus on International Relations and Economics. During his stay at St. Petersburg State University, he developed a regional focus and prepared his bachelor thesis on the political economy of Russia-EU relations. Malvin has interned with the Cologne Institute for Economic Research and the German Council on Foreign Relations, for which he continued working as a consultant. Malvin speaks German, English, French and Russian.

Contact: malvin.oppold@ifair.eu

Marius Stemmer is a member of the impact group European Youth Event and coordinator of its delegation.

Marius is an undergraduate of International Relations and Organisations at Leiden University in The Hague. Besides his studies he is working as a research assistant on an algorithm to identify and tackle misleading news. Prior to his studies, he worked with one of the biggest German labour unions on the development of new members, volunteered in Vietnam and gained further work experience during his traineeship at an international education company. Alongside, he started up an employment agency in order to integrate refugees in the German labour market. Marius speaks German and English and has basic knowledge of Dutch and Arabic.

Contact: marius.stemmer@ifair.eu

Mattia Nelles is programme coordinator of the Impact Groups Anti-Corruption Walks Ukraine.

Mattia studied political science at Freie Universität Berlin, with a focus on Eastern Europe. His studies took him to the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and to the German embassy in Kazakhstan. He holds a BA in political and administrative science from Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, where he did exchanges to the University of California, Berkeley, and to Belarus State University in Minsk. Mattia speaks German, English, Russian and some Italian.

Contact: mattia.nelles@ifair.eu

Maximilian Fricke is regional director for “North America” and member of the Impact Group Foreign Policy Talks.

Maximilian currently works at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in international energy policy. At the same time he completes a Master´s program in National and International Administration and Policy at the University of Potsdam. He gained additional experience in energy policy lobbying and in the office of a member of the German parliament. Maximilian completed his bachelor´s degree in Business, Economics and Political Studies in Berlin in 2016. After, he started a one-year training program with the German American Chamber of Commerce in Chicago, IL, where he gained extensive knowledge of the United States. Maximilian speaks German, English and French.

Contact: maximilian.fricke@ifair.eu

Nelly Stratieva is programme coordinator of the Impact Group EU-ASEAN Perspectives.

Nelly is the executive editor of European law journals on competition, data protection and climate law at the Berlin/Brussels legal publisher Lexxion and has prior background in EU affairs, trade and sustainability consulting. Parallel to her work, she is starting a PhD in international economic and trade law with a focus on the ASEAN Economic Community. Nelly worked in Kuala Lumpur for three years in project management at the EU-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a consultancy firm. She has an LL.M in European Law and BA in European Studies, both from Maastricht University. She speaks English, Bulgarian, German and some basic Bahasa Melayu.

Contact: nelly.stratieva@ifair.eu

Markus Sattler is regional director for “Eastern Europe & Eurasia”.

Markus currently studies a master´s programme in International Relations in Berlin and Potsdam. He is especially interested in sociologically and anthropologically informed research in International Relations. Previously, Markus studied Political Science and Geography in Bremen. Internships, volunteering, summer and language schools, exchange semesters, projects and travelling mostly led him to post-socialist Eurasia, somewhere between Prague and Bishkek. Markus speaks German, English, Russian, Turkish, and Georgian.

Contact: markus.sattler@ifair.eu

Olivia Geymond is member of the EU-ASEAN Perspectives Impact Group.

Olivia works as a Research Manager at Ecorys in London. Her work informs European and International decision-making through policy research and evaluation, with a focus on Employment and Social Affairs. Independently, Olivia has also undertaken research for UNDP and International IDEA. Previously, Olivia managed a Women’s Economic Empowerment project in Myanmar for a French NGO, and worked at the European Parliament and the think tank of the European Commission. She holds a dual master’s degree in European Affairs from the London School of Economics and Sciences Po Paris and a Bachelor’s degree in European and International Law from the Sorbonne Law School. She speaks French, English, German and some basic Burmese.

Contact: olivia.geymondl@ifair.eu

Patricia is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Transatlantic Affairs at the College of Europe in Natolin and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and especially focuses on the EU’s external relations and the security and defense dimension of transatlantic relations. Her academic interests further include human rights and migration policies as well as the future of European democracy. Prior to this, Patricia studied law at the University of Hamburg and the Lund University in Sweden, specializing in EU and public international law. She has gained practical experience working as a legal consultant in EU competition law in Brussels and interned in the German Embassy in Warsaw.

Patricia speaks German, Polish, English, French and has basic knowledge in Spanish and Russian.

E-Mail: patricia.jaworek@ifair.eu

Sigfried Eisenmeier is member of the Impact Group LACalytics and is responsible for fundraising and logistics.

Sigfried is currently studying a Master of Philosophy in Development Studies at the University of Oxford. He is researching the social security and working conditions of Uber drivers in Mexico City. Prior to this, Sigfried completed a BA in Sociology, Politics and Economics at the Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen, and completed exchange semesters at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, and at the University of Berkeley, USA. He gained practical experience with the International Cooperation Organization (GIZ) in Mexico, with Sistema B in Chile and as a “weltwärts” volunteer in Peru. He works on topics such as social policy, the future of work, on-demand work, vocational training, common resources and urban development. Sigfried speaks German, English, Spanish and French.

Contact: sigfried.eisenmeier@ifair.eu

Dr Steffen Murau is an executive board member and responsible for IFAIR’s Impact Groups.

He currently works as a postdoctoral fellow at Global Development Policy Center of Boston University. In the academic year 2017-18, he was a fellow at Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Steffen completed his PhD in International Political Economy at City, University of London in November 2017. From 2013 to 2017, he has been teaching political economy, international relations and economics at City, University of London, University College London (UCL) and Columbia University, New York. Until 2012, he studied political science, philosophy, economics and international law at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. He interned at Deutsche Bundesbank and the German Institute for Security and International Affairs, and implemented a development project in Cameroon with a German NGO. Steffen speaks German, English, French and Arabic.

Website: https://steffenmurau.com/

Contact: steffen.murau@ifair.eu

Theresa Lieb is executive board member focusing on IFAIR’s human resource and organisational development.

After graduating from her MPhil in Environmental Change and Management from the University of Oxford, she started working as a food systems research associate at Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute. Theresa also holds a BSc in International Development and Policy Science from Leiden University College. Theresa is interested in sustainable food and agriculture, and particularly the ways in which the food system can support climate change mitigation. With a regional focus on Latin America, she has also worked on renewable energy, energy efficiency and environmental conservation (tropical forests and oceans). Theresa speaks German, English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Contact: theresa.lieb@ifair.eu

Tom Reutemann is programme coordinator of the Impact Group Memory as a Tool of Change.

Tom is currently enrolled in the postgraduate Master program at the HU Berlin in European Studies. Before, he graduated from the University of Leipzig and MGIMO with a Masters in International Energy Economics and Business Administration. Meanwhile he worked in a major international consulting firm. He did his Bachelors in Business Administration at the FHDW Paderborn, and worked in the Banking-IT industry in Frankfurt/Main afterwards. He also did an internship at the German Federal Foreign Office and worked as a research student at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). Tom speaks German, Russian and English.

Contact: tom.reutemann@ifair.eu

Varsenik is programme leader of the Impact Group Common Remembrance, Future Relations.

Varsenik completed her academic study in Linguistics and Intercultural Communication (Diploma) at the Bryussov University in Yerevan (Armenia) in 2008.  Within the scope of the DAAD scholarship, she holds a Master of Arts (2015) in Political Science from Otto von Guericke University  Magdeburg. Since 2009, Varsenik works as a trainer and coach in the program of the Theodor-Heuss-Kolleg. From 2012 to 2014 she was active as a member of the project advisory board of MitOst. In 2015, she gained political experience by working as an intern at the  Bundestag, as well as at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF). Varsenik speaks German, English, Russian and Armenian.

Contact: varsenik.minasyan@ifair.eu

Yunus Emre is assistant of the regional department “Eastern Europe and Eurasia”.

Yunus Emre currently pursues a dual Master’s degree in Political Science and International Relations between the Free University of Berlin and King’s College London. Previously, he completed his bachelor´s degree in Political Science at the University of Hamburg and Zurich. He gained work experience during internships at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy in Hamburg and the Center for Strategic Research at the Turkish Foreign Ministry in Ankara. Moreover, he has participated in a summer school of the Institute of Legislation under the Government of the Russian Federation in Moscow. Yunus Emre speaks German, English and Turkish.

Contact: yunus.ok@ifair.eu