Biography

Eva joined IBEI as a Research Fellow in February 2021. She contributes to an H2020 project on Envisioning a New Governance Architecture for a Global Europe (ENGAGE) and teaches core courses on theory and qualitative methods in international security. Eva was previously involved in an ESRC-sponsored research project on ‘Learning and Intelligence Use in European Foreign Policy’ (INTEL). She also worked as a Teaching Fellow in European Foreign Policy, and as a Research Associate on another EU-funded project (‘(In)Forming Conflict Prevention, Response and Resolution: The Role of the Media in Violent Conflict’, INFOCORE), all at King’s College London. Her research focuses on the theory and practice of European foreign policy, the intelligence-policy nexus in European crisis responses and political leadership in European security policy. Her research has been published in Intelligence and National Security, Media, War & Conflict and Journal of Common Market Studies. Eva is a co-editor of Estimative Intelligence in European Foreign Policymaking: Learning Lessons from an Era of Surprise (forthcoming with Edinburgh University Press). She obtained a PhD in War Studies from King’s College London (2016), with a thesis exploring the behaviour of France and the United Kingdom in the preparation phase for EU military operations in Africa. Earlier experience included working with think tanks in London, Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Brussels and Johannesburg.

Background and education

  • (2016) PhD in War Studies, King’s College London
  • (2006) ‘Magister Artium’ (combined MA and BA) in Politics, Modern History and Law; University of Potsdam

Awards

  • 2021. Beatriu de Pinós Fellowship
  • 2008. Clausewitz Gesellschaft, award and publishing grant for young scholars in Strategic Studies

Professional memberships & affiliations

  • International Studies Association
  • European International Studies Association
  • Women’s Intelligence Network (WIN)
  • King’s Intelligence and Security Group
  • University Association for Contemporary European Studies