Stephan Mergenthaler

Stephan Mergenthaler is a Research Associate with the Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin. He is also a PhD Candidate in International Politics at the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin. His research focuses on global security governance, in particular governance of nuclear non-proliferation and peace operations, as well as China’s policies in these fields and EU-China relations.

His experience includes work with the International Institute for Strategies Studies in London, the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research in Washington DC, the South Asia Human Rights Documentation Center in New Delhi, the German and French Ministries for Foreign Affairs in Berlin and Paris, and the German Mission to the UN in New York. He was a legislative intern with the US House of Representatives Committee on International Relations/European Affairs and the office of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. He also worked with a number of NGOs including the Ameson Education and Cultural Exchange Foundation in Ningbo, China and the Fundación Chiriboga in Quito, Ecuador.

Stephan holds an M.Sc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics as well as a Master in International Affairs and Security Studies from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). He was a visiting fellow at George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs in Washington DC and graduated from Sciences Po’s Franco-German undergraduate program. He obtained scholarships from the Foundation of German Business (Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft) as well as the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Languages: German, French, English, Spanish, Farsi, Chinese