Dr. Nicolai von Ondarza

ByCamila Mateos Betancourt

Dr. Nicolai von Ondarza is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House and the Head of the EU/Europe Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. His research focuses on Germany’s role in Europe, EU politics and institutions, EU–UK relations as well as democracy in Europe. As part of his work, he has consulted the German Government, the Bundestag, the UK government, the European Parliament and the European Commission. Previously, von Ondarza worked at the Budneswehr Institute of Social Sciences and as a lecturer at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt Oder and at the University of Potsdam. In 2023, von Ondarza was part of Franco-German expert group mandated by the French and German minister for Europe to prepare a report on EU enlargement and institutional reform.

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