Research Lab

Henri Malosse is a former president of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and he is currently the honorary chairman of Vocal Europe.

Julien Hoez is the interim Managing Director of Vocal Europe.

Irene Christodoulaki is a researcher at Vocal Europe. Irene holds a master`s degree in European Law and Policy. She also has an MSc in Digital Journalism from Goldsmiths, University of London. She has worked as a policy analyst and journalist for various research centres and NGOs in Greece, Cyprus and in the UK. Her main research interests are Turkey and the Middle East, EU politics, religion in international relations as well as the impact of social media in society.

Astrid Viaud holds a doctorate in political and social sciences from the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL, Belgium). Her thesis analysed “The coercive action of the European Union with regard to sanctions in the international order: the cases of Iran, Syria, and Russia”. She is a visiting researcher at Vocal Europe working on EU-Iran relations.

Ebubekir ISIK is a Policy Analyst at Vocal Europe. He works on EU Foreign Policy, and Turkey.

Saša Kulenović obtained his Master’s Degree in international Affairs at Johns Hopkins University SAIS in 2013 and subsequently developed a professional background in project management and political analysis. He is currently a visiting fellow at Vocal Europe.

Jill van Coppenolle holds an MSc in Applied Economics from the University of Antwerp and an MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development studies from SOAS University of London. In February 2019, Jill started working as Government and Foundation intern at International Crisis Group Brussels. Since June, she has also joined the EU advocacy and research team.Her interests include migration, human rights, development economics and international/EU relations. Jill is fluent in Dutch and English and has good command of French.

Dimitra Koutouzi holds a BA in International, European and Area Studies from Panteion University in Athens, Greece and is currently enrolled in a MA program at Université Libre de Bruxelles in International Relations: Security, Peace and Conflicts. Her research interests include European Union’s foreign policy and Common Security Defence Policy (CSDP), post-soviet space and Western Balkans. Dimitra is fluent in Greek, English and German and has a good knowledge of French.

Matthias Peschke recently graduated with an Msc in International Relations from the University of Amsterdam and moved to Brussels to start a career as a political analyst. With professional experience in the commercial and service sector as well as two completed internships in South America, his academic interests evolve around foreign policy, backsliding democracies and the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Matthias is a native German speaker with fluency in English and Spanish and advanced knowledge of Dutch.