Ursula Schröder

Academic Director at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg, since 2017. Professor of Political Science with a focus on peace research and security policy.

Education:

• Humboldt University Berlin
• Free University of Berlin
• University of Wales, Aberystwyth
• European University Institute, Florence (PhD)

Research Interests:

• European security governance
• Climate-security nexus
• International interventions
• Security sector reform
• Hybrid security models
• Post-conflict statebuilding

Current projects include Conflict and Cooperation at the Climate Security Nexus (Hamburg Cluster of Excellence) and a DFG-funded study on Multinational Police Assistance. Previously led research in the Berlin SFB 700 Collaborative Research Center on international actors in post-conflict states.

Grants & Affiliations:

• University of Hamburg (2017-present)
• Free University of Berlin (previous professorship)
• Hamburg State Research Fund (graduate school funding)
• German Research Foundation (DFG project)