Philipp Rotmann is a McCloy Scholar at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and a Fellow with the Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin. His research interests include global security and international organizations, in particular the interface of security and development in contemporary peace operations, as well as energy security and global energy governance.

From 2005-2008, Philipp was a Research Associate with the Global Public Policy Institute in Berlin. Earlier in his career, he spent three years as a project manager and team leader in the IT industry. During his undergraduate studies, Philipp interned with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

His commentary has been featured on the BBC and in the International Herald Tribune. His publications include Learning to Build Peace? United Nations Peacebuilding and Organizational Learning: Developing a Research Framework (Berlin 2007) as well as articles in the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding and Sicherheit & Frieden, among others.

Philipp holds a B.A. from the University of Erfurt (Germany), where he studied economics, political science and law, and an M.A. in international relations from Humboldt University Berlin, the Free University Berlin and the University of Potsdam. In 2004/05, he spent an academic year at the University of Essex (UK). In support of his studies, Philipp received scholarships from Harvard University, the German National Academic Foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Haniel Foundation.

Languages: German, English, French