Meet the Team Behind Reconfiguring Europe
A diverse group of legal scholars and political scientists from leading institutions work together to explore how competence and control reshape the EU. Get to know the people driving this research.
Leo Brandt
Leo Brandt was a research associate and PhD candidate at the Hertie School’s Jacques Delors Centre, working on the DFG-funded project Populism and the Constitutional Re-Configuration of Europe led by Prof. Mark Dawson. Leo holds degrees in Political Science and European Affairs from Freie Universität Berlin, Sciences Po Paris and the College of Europe. He gained work experience at the Federal Foreign Office, the Bundestag and the European Parliament.
Gaston Göttlich
Gaston Göttlich was a Student Research Assistant supporting the “Reconfiguring Europe - Coordination Project“ led by Markus Jachtenfuchs where he supports the establishment of a comprehensive dataset on EU financial resources. Gaston pursues a Master of Public Policy (Policy Analysis Concentration) at the Hertie School of Governance, building upon his Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Public Administration from the University of Constance.
Dr. Martin Moland
Dr. Martin Moland was a postdoctoral researcher in the DFG-funded Research Unit "Reconfiguring Europe: Between Competence and control" at the Jacques Delors Centre. He worked for the Coordination Project, together with Prof. Markus Jachtenfuchs. Prior to beginning at the Hertie School, Moland did a PhD in Political Science at the University of Oslo and served as a postdoctoral researcher and WP co-head in the ERC project "RECLAIM: Reclaiming Liberal Democracy in the Postfactual Age".