Areas of Expertise

Stabilization and civil crisis management
Common security and defense policy
Strategic foresight

Short Bio

Florence Schimmel has been an associate fellow in DGAP’s Center for Security and Defense since July 2024. From July 2020 through June 2024, she was a research fellow there. She worked on the project “Civilian Stabilization and the Peace-Security Nexus,” which was financed by Germany’s Federal Foreign Office. Previously, Schimmel worked on projects related to the Strategic Compass and the EU’s capabilities in civilian crisis management. She also worked on strategic foresight and scenario methods across the projects. From September 2019 until she became a research fellow, she had been the assistant in DGAP’s Security and Defense Program.

As an associate fellow, Schimmel works on capability planning and the development of the EU’s civilian Common Security and Defense Policy, including climate aspects in the context of the “climate, security, and peace” nexus.

Before joining DGAP, she worked for various chairs and communication agencies during her studies.

Schimmel holds a master’s degree in international affairs with a focus on security policy from the Hertie School of Governance. She also has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, politics, and economics from the University of Witten/Herdecke..