General tasks
Proofreading English-language materials
Writing reports
Expertise
Geopolitics of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Eurasia (CEERE)
Foreign policy of Russia and the states of the South Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan)
EU’s Eastern Partnership (EaP)
De-facto states and breakaway territories
Autonomy and sub-state governance region
European and Soviet history
Country expertise
Former Soviet Union, especially the South Caucasus, Russia and the Baltic States
Language skills
English – Native
Russian, French – Advanced
German – Upper Intermediate
Hungarian, Georgian – Beginner
Professional experience
01/2023-Present – Research Associate, IDM, Vienna, Austria
09/2021-01/2023 – Research Assistant, IDM, Vienna, Austria
09/2021-Present – Affiliated Researcher, Austrian Center for Intelligence, Propaganda and Security Studies (ACIPSS), Graz, Austria
09/2020-09/2021 – Freelance Writer, Researcher and Proofreader
01/2020-09/2020 – Programme Officer, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), Brussels, Belgium
10/2019-01/2020 – Administrative Assistant, Ludwig von Mises Institute-Europe (LVMI-Europe), Brussels, Belgium
10/2018-03/2019 – Intern, Caucasus Centre for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD), Tbilisi, Georgia
Education
2017-2019 – International Master in Central and East European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, University of Glasgow (UK) & University of Tartu (Estonia)
2018-2019 – MA Caucasian Studies, Ilia State University (Tbilisi, Georgia)
2013-2017 – BA Russian Studies with Central and East European Studies, University of Birmingham (UK)
2015-2016 – Study semesters in St Petersburg and Moscow (Russia)
Publications
Is there a lesson to be learnt from Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin?, 06.03.2024
“Black Sea Geopolitics and Ukraine’s Future” by Jack Gill
Only the EU can help Georgia, 06.04.2023
Political Accountability in European Security, IDM Policy Paper Series 3/2022
Drang nach Demokratisierung in Georgien, 24.06.2021
Rethinking the Eastern Partnership and EU-Russia Relations, IDM Policy Paper Series 3/2021
Media appearances
“EU puts Brakes on Georgia’s Membership Hope”, DerStandard, Eastblog, 23.09.2022
“In Ukraine, More Than European Peace Is at Stake”– an article by Jack Gill and Sebastian Schäffer for Fair Observer, 28.01.2022
“Polexit: Is Poland on the way out of the EU?”, by Malwina Talik, Jack Gill, 30.11.2021
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