Laura Christoph is a research associate and project manager at the Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP) in Berlin, focusing on Ukraine’s EU integration. Her current project, "Pathways to Progress: Germany-Ukraine Dialogues on Rule of Law for EU Accession," supported through GIZ’s 3*4EU programme, fosters political dialogue between Kyiv, Berlin, and Brussels on rule of law and accession fundamentals. She holds a master's degree in East European Studies from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, a bachelor's in communication studies and political science from Technical University Dresden and studied international relations at the University of Warsaw. Her expertise includes EU integration, democratisation, and civil society’s role in Eastern Europe.