Anne Pintsch

Anne Pintsch is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Management, University of Agder. She leads the HROMADA initiative, a Nordic-Baltic knowledge network supporting Ukraine's post-war recovery. Previously, she coordinated the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (2020-2023) and led an EU-Ukraine relations project funded by the Norwegian Research Council (NFR). Her PhD is from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and she has held roles at the University of Mannheim, Ghent University, and the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES).

Her research focuses on external democracy promotion, EU-Ukraine relations, international organizations, and political transformation in Central and Eastern Europe. Key areas include EU external policies, compliance negotiations in international agreements, and Ukraine's integration processes. She has authored/co-authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications, including works on EU differentiated integration, conflict dynamics, and post-Soviet governance.

Pintsch’s projects include analyzing EU wartime political conditionality (2024), compliance mechanisms in EU-Ukraine Association Agreements (2023), and leveraging Nordic-Baltic cooperation for Ukraine’s reconstruction (2023-2024). Her work bridges academic research with policy impact, particularly in crisis management and post-conflict recovery.

She teaches courses on EU external relations and democracy promotion, and her academic contributions have informed policy discussions on Ukraine’s resilience and EU’s role in Eastern Europe. Pintsch is a sought-after speaker on geopolitical challenges and EU strategies in the post-war context.