Areas of expertise

Global Governance / International Organizations
Global Health
Intelligence Services
European Integration

Short Bio

Ole Spillner has been a research fellow at DGAP since December 2023. He is responsible for the project “Germany’s New Alliances in Global Health Governance,” in which he researches new forms of multilateral cooperation and the role of non-state actors in global governance processes, particularly in global health. Previously, he worked in DGAP’s Director’s Office for several years.

Spillner studied European studies at Maastricht University and completed the German-French double master’s degree in affaires internationales (international security)-political sciences at SciencesPo Paris and Freie Universität Berlin. During his studies, he focused on trade-offs between security and freedom in the EU, intelligence services, fundamental rights issues in the context of security agencies, and European foreign and security policy.