Maraike Nicole Vandergrift

• 09/2023 - 06/2024:

Research Assistant SHAPEDEM-EU (https://shapedem-eu.eu/)

• 03/2023 – today: 

PhD Candidate, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andrea Gawrich

• 02/2023 – 12/2024:

Scholarship Deutsch-Polnische Wissenschaftsstiftung: „Politicization of EU Policy Towards the Eastern Partnership States in German and Polish Foreign Policy in Comparison”

• 04/2021 – 02/2023:
  M.A. Democracy and Governance, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen
  Topic of the MA thesis: The role of Eastern Partnership Policy as a part of German Foreign Policy - A Critical Review. (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andrea Gawrich)
• 02/2023 – 06/2023:
  Internship in the BMBF-funded research project "Social climate change impacts and sustainability innovation in southern Africa and northern South America (NISANSA)", sub-project 7: "Policy advisory strategies for climate change adaptation impacts in international cooperation with selected SADC (Southern Africa Development Community) member states (Malawi, Namibia), Philipps University Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen.
• 10/2021 – 02/2023:
  Student/ Research Assistant, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen
  • Prof. Dr. Andrea Gawrich, Chair of International Integration with special reference to Eastern Europe
  • Gießener Zentrum Östliches Europa (GiZo)

• 2019:
  Erasmus, Jagiellonen University Krakow (PL)
• 10/2018 – 03/2021:
  B.A. Cultural Anthropology, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz
• 04/2016 – 03/2021:
  B.A. Anthropology and Drama, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz