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Luis Simón

Director

Giulia Tercovich

Deputy Director

Antonio Calcara

Head of Geopolitics and Technology Programme

Daniel Fiott

Head of Defence and Statecraft

Ramon Pacheco Pardo

KF-VUB Korea Chair

Eva Pejsova

Japan Chair

Programme Coordinators & Officers

Paula Cantero Dieguez

Head of Projects

Natalia Martín

Head of Partnerships and Activities

Piero Barlucchi

Project Officer

Senior Academic Staff

Andreea Budeanu

Postdoctoral Researcher

Caterina Carta

Assistant Professor

Raluca Csernatoni

Guest Professor

Beatrice Heuser

Distinguished Professor

Richard Higgott

Distinguished Professor

Salih Isik Bora

Postdoctoral Researcher

Tongfi Kim

Assistant Professor

Stephan Klose

Postdoctoral Researcher

Carolin Liss

Assistant Professor

Alexander Mattelaer

Associate Professor

Michael Reiterer

Distinguished Professor

Lukas Spielberger

Postdoctoral Researcher

Luk Van Langenhove

Distinguished Professor

PhD Researchers

Riccardo Bosticco

PhD Researcher

Lotje Boswinkel

PhD Researcher

Domenico Farinelli

PhD Researcher

Fabio Figiaconi

PhD Researcher

Hong-Cheng Hsiao

PhD Researcher

Mahmoud Javadi

PhD Researcher

Jihye Kang

PhD Researcher

Ludovica Meacci

PhD Researcher

Octavian Manea

PhD Researcher

Kristin Lerfald Grostad

PhD Researcher

Elie Perot

PhD Researcher

Thao Pham

PhD Researcher

Joris Teer

PhD Researcher

Maaike Verbruggen

PhD Researcher

Interns

Mia Andjelic

Project Assistant

Matej Vanev

Project Assistant

Associates & Visiting Fellows

Jordan Becker

Associate Fellow

Benedetta Berti

Associate Fellow

Laia Comerma

Visiting Fellow

Linde Desmaele

Senior Associate

Maximilian Ernst

Associate Fellow

Giovanni Grevi

Associate Fellow

Henry Haggard

Associate Fellow with the KF-VUB Korea Chair

Il Houng Lee

Associate Fellow with the KF-VUB Korea Chair

Hugo Meijer

Associate Fellow

Céline Pajon

Associate Fellow with the Japan Chair

Eugenio Sánchez

Visiting Fellow

Michito Tsuruoka

Associate Fellow

The Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy is a research hub at the Brussels School of Governance, an alliance between the Institute for European Studies (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) and Vesalius College.

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