Team Freiburg 2017-2018
The Global Order Team Freiburg is a group of students at the University College Freiburg (UCF). This year we plan on expanding the scope of our project to more interdisciplinary fields by organising talks, workshops and a conference with a primary focus on 'Security in the Global Order'.
Zakaria Al Shmaly
Zakaria is a Governance student in his second year at UCF. He has a background in humanitarian aid work in Syria, Turkey, and Iraq, as well as research experience in radicalization studies. His research interests are middle-eastern politics, intra-political dynamics of non-state actors, and EU foreign policy
Andrés Andrade
Andrés is a second year student of the Liberal Arts and Sciences program, majoring in Earth and Environmental Sciences. He is particularly interested in urban planning and innovative, sustainable solutions for the multiple challenges that cities nowadays face. He believes that the Global Order Project is the perfect platform not only to analyze and discuss these challenges but also to learn from different perspectives and come up with creative ideas in an interdisciplinary way.
Johanna Diemer
Johanna is joining the Global Order Project in her first year at UCF. She looks forward to broadening her knowledge of issues of global relevance and to finding approaches alongside like-minded people.
Luisa Gertsgrasser
Luisa is a first year student at UCF. She looks forward to engaging with the Global Order Project, to identify and discuss global challenges as well as to develop solutions in the discussions and talks, between students and experts.
Marthe is a fourth year student of the Liberal Arts and Science program. Her major is Governance and her main interests lie in International Relations and Security Studies, with a special focus on Asia. She has just spent a year abroad at Korea University in Seoul, which cemented the fascination with international security and diplomacy. After graduating, Marthe plans to do her Masters in Security Studies or International Relations in South Korea. In the Global Order Project, she is part of the external relations team.
Jelena Hoffmann
Jelena is in her fourth year of the Liberal Arts and Science program at the UCF and majors in Governance. Academically, her main interests are Peace and Conflict Studies and Human Rights. After a year abroad at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, she has recently been focusing on the Asian security context. After LAS, she plans to pursue a Masters Degree in International Relations or Peace and Conflict Studies. Within the Global Order Project, she is responsible for external relations.
Piet Derboven
Piet is in his fourth year of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University College Freiburg. Majoring in governance, he is particularly interested in international politics in East Asia. Having spent his third year abroad at the University of Hong Kong, his further academic fields of interest include corruption, the rule of law, international security and conflict resolution.
Laura Stelzer
Laura is a fourth year Liberal Arts and Sciences student majoring in Governance. She is especially interested in conflict studies, security studies and international human rights. This year’s focus of the Global Order Project on the topic of “Security” thus presents an interesting opportunity for her to engage with and pursue these interests.
Philip Reich
Philip studies LAS at University College Freiburg, where he majors in Governance. Having contributed to the Global Order Project in the previous year, he is looking forward to this year's challenge of organising a conference. His research interests are in international relations.
Carlotta Rudoplh
Carlotta is in her second year of studying Liberal Arts and Sciences in Freiburg. She is majoring in Governance with an interest in International Politics and Political Theory. She plans to spend a year abroad in Singapore, focusing on the topic of War and East-Asian politics. She is particularly interested in the interplay of institutions and individuals in the Global Order.
Solveig Degen
Solveig is in her first year of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the UCF. She joined the Global Order Project as she believes that current political and social challenges need to be addressed on a global level and in an interdisciplinary way. She also believes that it is important to create platforms for exchange between professionals and young activists, which is one of the main objectives of the Project.
Carlotta Sallach
Starting her last year at UCF, Carlotta wanted to embark on a new ‘academic’ adventure outside the normal curriculum and joined the Global Order Project. Majoring in Governance, she has always been interested in the ways a (global) society functions or could/should function. In the last two years especially, her focus has been on International Relations and Conflict studies – two subjects for which the concept of security is of major importance. Being part of this years’ GOP Team, she is particularly looking forward to developing a better understanding of security as a concept in different disciplines as well as discussing the broad range of security challenges the world is facing today.
Judith Epremian
Judith is from Bonn and started studying Liberal Arts and Sciences at the UCF in 2017. To her, being part of the Global Order Project is a great opportunity to participate in engaging dialogues between experts and students and to help organise possibilities and platforms for discussion.
Tom Burgraff
Tom is in his second years of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the UCF. Following his aspirations to understand not only the complex natural, but also social processes of our world, he chose the major Earth and Environmental Sciences. Major interests include climate security, ecosystem protection and sustainable solutions. In his first year as part of the Global Order Project, he is looking forward to the exchange between likeminded people, to learn more about collective action mechanisms on a global scale and tackle this year's challenge of organising a conference.
Jonas Skorzak
Jonas is currently in his second year of Liberal Arts and Sciences in the major Governance at the University College Freiburg. His interests include international relations, sociopolitical issues, and the intersection of culture and politics. At the Global Order Project, he is part of the external relations/outreach team and tasked with finding and contacting potential speakers and participants. Besides the Project, he also heads the Outreach Committee at UCF and is active at "Start With a Friend".
Efharis Karamasi
Efharis is in her first year at the UCF and is interested in the major of Life Sciences, with a focus on neurosciences. Her main interest in joining the Global Order Project is to contribute in developing an interdisciplinary approach on the topic of "Security" in the modern world and broaden its scope beyond the contemporary political understanding.
Abdur Rehman Zafar
Abdur is in his fourth years of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the UCF. Majoring in Governance, his primary focus lies in Human Rights, International Law and Conflict Management. He believes that it is essential to understand 'security', the main focus of the Project this year, with regard to the multi-dimensional set of problems and challenges that it presents in the global context.