Team
Management
Dr. Cengiz Günay
Director
+43 (0)1 581 11 06 /16
cengiz.gunay@oiip.ac.at
Areas of Expertise: Democracy and the rise of new forms of authoritarian governance, Neoliberal interventions and their effects, European Neighbourhood Policy, foreign policy-making processes, Islamism
Office Management
Mag.a Daniela Härtl-Smolé
Office Management
Academic Researchers
Dr. Vedran Džihić
Senior Researcher
+43 (0)1 581 11 06 DW 34
vedran.dzihic@oiip.ac.at
Areas of Expertise: EU-Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, International Institutions,...Political Reform and Transformation Processes, Social Movements and Non-State Actors, State building/Peace Building/Resilience, Comparative Research on the Causes of Wars and Conflicts, Comparative Regional Research
Dr. Thomas Eder
Post-Doc Researcher
Areas of Expertise: Chinese foreign and security policy, the Belt and Road Initiative, China and international law, European China policy
Dr. Judith Kohlenberger
Senior Researcher
judith.kohlenberger@oiip.ac.at
Areas of Expertise: Refugee migration and integration, flight and education, the demography of displaced persons and crisis narratives
Dr.in Daniela Pisoiu
Senior Researcher
+43 1 581 11 06 - 37
daniela.pisoiu@oiip.ac.at
Areas of Expertise: Terrorism, Radicalisation, Extremism, European and International Security, Social Movements Comparative Research on the Causes of Wars and Conflicts
Mag.a Sophie Reichelt
Researcher
Areas of Expertise: Forced migration, EU border policies, role of civil society organizations in the area of migration, intercultural dialogue
Annika Scharnagl, MA
Researcher
Areas of Expertise: Terrorism and Extremism, Political Education, Gender & Security, MENA Region
Dr. Loïc Simonet
Post-Doc Researcher
Areas of Expertise: The European Security Architecture (actors, challenges and perspectives), the OSCE, Conventional and Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament, ‘Middle Powers’ and their influence on the world order, Africa and the Sahel region, Border Walls around the World
Johannes Späth, MA
Researcher
Areas of Expertise: United States foreign policy and governance, Geopolitics, Authoritarianism, Autocratisation, Egyptian foreign policy and governance, EU-MENA relations, Foreign policy decision-making
Fellows
Dr.in Zeynep Arkan Tuncel
Visiting Fellow
Areas of Expertise: EU foreign and security policy and hybrid threats, Turkish foreign policy, Critical IR theories, role of identity, discourses and narratives in foreign policy
Affiliated Researchers
Dr. Emiliano Alessandri
Affiliated Researcher
Areas of Expertise: Euro-Atlantic and Euro-Mediterranean security, the governance and politics of migration, the MENA region and Turkey, multilateral diplomacy, track 2 and track 1.5 diplomacy
Erik Isaksson, MA
Affiliated Researcher
Areas of Expertise: Narratives, discourses, identity, status, East Asian (particularly Japanese) international relations, Japanese politics
Mag. Dr. LL.M. Ralph Janik
Affiliated Researcher
Areas of Expertise: International Relations and international law, human rights, armed conflicts
Osnat Lubrani, MA
Affiliated Researcher
Areas of Expertise: United Nations, international humanitarian affairs, transitions from conflict to peace, development gender/women’s leadership, Ukraine, Middle East/Israel, Balkans, Pacific Small Islands developing states
Dr.in Angela Meyer
Affiliated Researcher
Areas of Expertise: Conflicts and dynamics of conflicts, geopolitical developments in Africa, African Union and Regional Economic Communities, regional security cooperation with a particular focus on West and Central Africa
Dr. Vito Morisco
Affiliated Researcher
Areas of Expertise: Critical terrorism studies, political violence and Islamist movements
Dr. Jan Pospisil
Affiliated Researcher
Areas of Expertise: Peace and transition processes with a focus on the wider Red Sea region and East Africa, donor politics in peacebuilding, resilience, and South Sudanese and Sudanese politics
