Jannis Kappelmann is a PhD student, researcher, and lecturer at University of Hamburg, a Young DGAP Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), and co-lead of the Gender and Disarmament Project at SCRAP Weapons, SOAS University of London. He holds an MA in International Conflict Studies from King’s College London and a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Politics, and Economics from Zeppelin University. Previously, he worked at the German Federal Foreign Office, the Centre for Science and Security Studies at King’s College London, the UN World Food Programme, and the Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the UN. His research focuses on nuclear weapons governance, norms, gender and humanitarian perspectives on disarmament and international security.