Team
Management

Dr. Cengiz Günay
Director
+43 (0)1 581 11 06 /16
cengiz.gunay@oiip.ac.at
Areas of Expertise: Democracy and the rise of new forms of authoritarian governance, Neoliberal interventions and their effects, European Neighbourhood Policy, foreign policy-making processes, Islamism
Office Management


Academic Researchers

Dr. Vedran Dzihic
Senior Researcher
+43 (0)1 581 11 06 DW 34
vedran.dzihic@oiip.ac.at
Areas of Expertise: EU-Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, International Institutions,...Political Reform and Transformation Processes, Social Movements and Non-State Actors, State building/Peace Building/Resilience, Comparative Research on the Causes of Wars and Conflicts, Comparative Regional Research

Dr. Thomas Eder
Post-Doc Researcher
Areas of Expertise: Chinese foreign and security policy, the Belt and Road Initiative, China and international law, European China policy


Dr.in Daniela Pisoiu
Senior Researcher
+43 1 581 11 06 - 37
daniela.pisoiu@oiip.ac.at
Areas of Expertise: Terrorism, Radicalisation, Extremism, European and International Security, Social Movements Comparative Research on the Causes of Wars and Conflicts




Dr. Loïc Simonet
Post-Doc Researcher
Areas of Expertise: Oil and Gas Pipelines in International Law and International Relations, Disarmament and Arms Control, Border Walls around the world

Fellows

Dr. Berfin Çakın
Ernst Mach Fellow
Areas of Expertise: Political Psychology, Gender and Politics, Public Opinion, Civil Society, Turkish Politics

Erik Isaksson, MA
Ernst Mach Fellow
Areas of Expertise: Narratives, discourses, identity, status, East Asian (particularly Japanese) international relations, Japanese politics

Dr.in Sanna Strand
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Areas of Expertise: Military recruitment and retention in Europe; Militarism and military legitimation; Nation branding and national identity; gender relations and gender mainstreaming policies within armed forces
Affiliated Researchers

Dr. Faruk Ajeti
Affiliated Researcher
+43 1 581 11 06
faruk.ajeti@oiip.ac.at
Areas of Expertise: Foreign Policy, Austrian Foreign Policy, Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU, European Integration and Europeanisation. His regional focus is on South Eastern Europe and transatlantic relations.

Dr. Clemens Binder
Affiliated Researcher
Areas of Expertise: European border and migration policy, critical security studies and politics of technology and security

Dr.in Irene Costantini
Affiliated Researcher
Areas of Expertise: Politics of international interventions in conflict affected-contexts and post-conflict transition, focusing on the Middle East and North Africa region

Univ.-Prof. i.R. Dr. Heinz Gärtner
Affiliated Researcher
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/heinz.gaertner
heinz.gaertner@univie.ac.at
Areas of Expertise: Disarmament, Nuclear non-proliferation, Arms control, The Global Role of the USA,...Emerging Powers, EU-Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, Austrian Foreign, Security Policy Analysis


Dr. Judith Kohlenberger
Affiliated Researcher
Areas of Expertise: Refugee migration and integration, flight and education, the demography of displaced persons and crisis narratives

Dr.in Nina C. Krickel-Choi
Affiliated Researcher
Areas of Expertise: Ontological Security, (Critical) Security Studies, State Sovereignty, International Relations Theory, East Asia (esp. Japan)

Vito Morisco, MA
Affiliated Researcher
Areas of Expertise: Critical terrorism studies, political violence and Islamist movements

Dr. Jan Pospisil
Affiliated Researcher
Areas of Expertise: Peace and transition processes with a focus on the wider Red Sea region and East Africa, donor politics in peacebuilding, resilience, and South Sudanese and Sudanese politics

Dr.in Saskia Stachowitsch
Affiliated Researcher
Areas of Expertise: EU-Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, Conflict and political violence,...Security Concepts

Dr. Aaron Tauss
Affiliated Researcher
Areas of Expertise: International political economy, social movements in Latin America and socio-ecological transformation