Think tank welcomes Daniela Schwarzer
Dr Daniela Schwarzer took up her position as Otto Wolff Director of the DGAP’s Research Institute on November 1, 2016.
Dr Schwarzer’s career combines scholarly expertise with international think tank experience. She previously held the position of executive team member of the German Marshall Fund of the United States; she was GMF’s senior director of research and headed GMF’s Berlin office as well as its Europe program. Prior to this she spent eight years at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), where she led the research group on European integration for five years. During this time she advised Poland and France during their respective EU Council presidencies, served as a consultant to the Centre d’Analyse Stratégique for the French prime minister, and was a member of the “Europe” working group of the Whitebook Commission on Foreign and European Policy. Before joining SWP, she worked as an opinion page editor and France correspondent for Financial Times Deutschland.
A recognized expert on European and foreign policy, Dr Schwarzer brings considerable academic experience to the DGAP. She has held a senior research professorship at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies since 2014 and was a Fritz Thyssen Fellow at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs in 2012–13. She taught for several years at the Hertie School of Governance and has lectured at the Collège d’Europe in Bruges, the Institute of European Studies of Macau, and the Universität Salzburg. In addition to this, she serves on the advisory boards of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), the Jacques Delors Institute in Paris and the European Policy Center (EPC) in Brussels and is a non-executive board member of BNP Paribas.
Dr Schwarzer stated: “I very much look forward to working with colleagues at the DGAP to further develop the institution as a locus of analysis, policy advice, and discussion about foreign and security policy. At such a critical juncture for Germany and for Europe, I am grateful to have been entrusted with this task.”