Sergey Lagodinsky is a Fellow with the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin. Sergey’s areas of expertise include transatlantic relations, global security and international law. He is currently a Yale World Fellow in residence in New Haven until December 2010. He has appeared on the BBC World Service, Deutschland Radio and other radio stations. He is also a frequent guest and commentator on RTVi (an international Russian speaking TV network) as well as Radio Liberty. His commentaries have been published by the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Der Tagesspiegel, among others. From September 2003 to February 2006, Sergey was program director at the Berlin office of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), where he contributed to raising the political profile of this American non-governmental organization in Germany and Europe. Sergey continues to act as a special advisor to AJC’s Berlin Office. From 2008-2009, he was also a fellow with the stiftung neue verantwortung. He is a founder and speaker of the Jewish Caucus in Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD). He is also a member of the board of the Assembly of Representatives of the Jewish Community of Berlin.

Sergey holds a law degree from the University of Göttingen and a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University. He received a Ph.D. in law from Berlin’s Humboldt University. His Ph.D. research dealt with issues of human rights, antidiscrimination and freedom of speech. He completed the second state examination in law (bar exam) in Berlin. He has received scholarships from the German National Academic Foundation and the Heinrich Böll Foundation. From 2001-2003 he was a McCloy Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government. In 1998, he was awarded the German National Merit Foundation’s Theodor-Fontane Prize for social work and academic excellence.

Languages: German, English, Russian, French