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 policy analyst at Vocal Europe working on UN, EU and US economic sanctions, and Iran.

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.

Christine Kotarakos is an external associate working on EU Grants. For her full CV, please see the link: https://bit.ly/2nVDtdO

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.

Aleksander Pecuch holds a BA in political science from the Université Libre de Bruxelles and is currently enrolled there in a MA program in political communication & lobbying. His thesis focuses on the decision-making processes related to the design of European transport infrastructure and their implementation. Aleksander is fluent in Polish, French and English and has a good knowledge of Arabic.

Teagan Hale is an American graduate student holding a BA in English with a minor in Middle Eastern Affairs from Old Dominion University and is currently studying International Relations with specialization in Conflict and Security at the University of Kent in Brussels. His research interests include asymmetric warfare, the Arab-Israeli Conflict, US Foreign Policy and EU Foreign Policy, intrastate conflict, and Middle Eastern politics.

After achieving a BA in translation, Emina Bekto is currently enrolled in a MA program in international relations at Université de Bruxelles, specialized in Peace and Security studies. Hear area of interest is mainly European Foreign Policy regarding Western Balkans path to the EU. In this respect, her thesis is related to EU/Bosnia and Herzegovina relations, with a focus on the position of local political actors regarding the issue of EU integration. Emina is fluent in French, English, Bosnian and has a good command of Dutch as well as some knowledge of German.