Areas of Expertise

  • Environmental Peacebuilding
  • Climate impacts and violent conflicts
  • Climate finance
  • Climate justice

Short Bio

Anna Sperber is a center officer in DGAP’s Center for Climate and Foreign Policy. In this role, she supports the management of projects and publications. Her work focuses on climate finance, environmental peacebuilding, and the intersection of climate and human security. In this context, she is particularly interested in questions of climate justice and the impact of the climate crisis on marginalized groups.

Previously, while working toward her master’s degree in peace research and international relations, Sperber served as a research assistant at the Advisory Board to the Federal Government for Civilian Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding. She also earned a bachelor’s degree in law and politics from the European University Viadrina, where she focused on the foreign policy of the EU and international law.

Languages

German, English

 

 

[Last updated: January 2026]

Anna Sperber

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Publications

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Science as a Domain of Strategic Competition: The Security Costs of Research Cuts

Abdullah Fahimi
Kira Vinke
Anna Sperber
The United States has withdrawn funding and formally left key institutions of scientific cooperation, while China is expanding its presence. With research funding lagging, Germany and the EU must act decisively or risk losing international influence and becoming dependent on external actors for critical data, expertise, and strategic insight.
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