Elisabeth Winter
Cohort 2015
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Lora Anne Viola
Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
Otto-Suhr-Institut
Doctoral Researcher
14195 Berlin
Topic of PhD thesis
Economic Statecraft in the 21st Century. Networks of Preferential Trade Agreements as Foreign Policy Instruments
Curriculum Vitae
Since 09/2015
Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies, PhD Candidate
10/2012 – 08/2015
Freie Universität Berlin, M.A. North American Studies (Political Science and Economics)
08/2014 – 12/2014
Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, Visiting Student
10/2008 – 09/2012
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, B.A. in Socio-Economics (International Studies)
Scientific Activities and Internships
01/2019 – 03/2019
The Future of Transatlantic Relations, Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Foundation and Europa Kolleg Hamburg - Institute for European Integration, Transatlantic Research Fellow
09/2018 – 12/2018
Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Visiting Student Research Collaborator
07/2018 – 08/2018
FUBiS Freie Universität Berlin International Summer and Winter School, Lecturer “International Relations: Theory and Application"
05/2018 – 06/2018
The Bertelsmann Foundation, Washington, D.C., Visiting Researcher
10/2016 – 04/2017
Freie Universität Berlin, Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science, Lecturer “International Trade Politics: History, Actors, Trends"
11/2016 – 12/2016
BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University, Visiting Junior Researcher
01/2015 – 02/2015
Trans-Atlantic Business Council, Washington D.C., Visiting Student
02/2014 – 07/2014
WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Project Group 'Modes of Economic Governance', Student Assistant
01/2013 – 07/2013
Freie Universität Berlin, John-F.-Kennedy Institute for North American Studies, Student Assistant
06/2012 – 07/2012
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Nürnberg, Intern
10/2010 – 07/2011
Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Chair of International Studies, Student Assistant
01/2009 – 08/2012
IAB Institute for Employment Research, The Research Institute of the German Federal Employment Agency, Nürnberg, Student Assistant
Stipends and Awards
2018
Princeton University/Berlin Consortium for German Studies at Columbia University (research stay at Princeton University)
2018
DAAD (research stay at Bertelsmann Foundation)
2015 – 2018
Fritz Thyssen Foundation, monthly stipend
2014
Indiana University, monthly stipend
2013 – 2014
Heinrich Böll Foundation: Trans-disciplinary program "Transformation gestalten"
2011
The German Fulbright Commission: Freie Universität Berlin International Summer School "America in the 21st Century: Crisis, Challenges, and Chances"
Further Research Interests
US Foreign Trade Policy
International Political Economy
Global Economic Governance
Network Analysis
Transatlantic Relations