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Philipp Lausberg
Policy Analyst
Philipp Lausberg is a Policy Analyst in the European Political Economy Programme at the European Policy Centre and teaches International Political Economy at the Université Catholique de Lille.

Before joining the EPC, he was a Marie Curie fellow at the University of Antwerp and the Hertie School Berlin, completing a doctoral thesis about EU reforms in response to the sovereign debt crisis, such as European Banking Union and reforms in European fiscal policy. He has also taught International Political Economy and International Relations at the University of Antwerp. Prior to that, he worked at the strategy consulting firm Roland Berger and in e-commerce and fintech ventures of the start-up incubator Rocket Internet in Moscow and Berlin. He also has experience as a freelance journalist focusing on Russia and Eastern Europe, having published for The Moscow Times, The Calvert Journal and Dekoder, amongst others. Philipp is fluent in German, English, French and Russian and has a basic grasp of Spanish.

He holds an MSc in Russian and East European Studies and a BA in History and Politics from the University of Oxford. He is expected to defend his PhD at the University of Antwerp in spring 2023.

Philipp has expertise in EU economic governance, energy policy, industrial policy, the single market and the politics and economics of Russia and Eastern Europe.

PROGRAMME

Europe’s Political Economy

PROJECTs

Areas of expertise

EU economic governance, banking and financial policy, energy policy, industrial policy, the single market, politics and economics of Russia and Eastern Europe

Current positions

Education

MSc in Russian and East European Studies, University of Oxford
BA in History and Politics, University of Oxford

Languages

German, English, French, Russian, Spanish (basic)

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Publications

Transatlantic affairs / PUBLICATION
Here’s what to expect on China, AI, green energy, and more when EU and US officials meet in Sweden
By Annika Hedberg , Georg E. Riekeles , Andrea G. Rodríguez , Philipp Lausberg , Frances G. Burwell , Olga Khakova - 30/05/2023
Strategic foresight / OUTLOOK PAPER
Europe in the world in 2023: Learning the language of power?
By Amanda Paul , Andrew Duff , Ivano di Carlo , Shada Islam , Mihai Sebastian Chihaia , Ricardo Borges de Castro , Iana Maisuradze , Georg E. Riekeles , Maxime Sierro , Rita Mendonça Barbosa Amorim Lobo , Simon Dekeyrel , Marta Mucznik , Svitlana Taran , Philipp Lausberg , Zeynep Güner , Berta López Domènech - 22/02/2023
Energy poverty / COMMENTARY
Europe must fight energy poverty more effectively
By Philipp Lausberg , Tijn Croon - 19/01/2023
Economic governance / OP-ED
The EU’s trillion-euro question
By Georg E. Riekeles , Philipp Lausberg - 24/11/2022


Contributions

Russia / INTERVIEW
Is Another Cuban Missile Crisis in Our Future?
Philipp Lausberg was interviewed by The New York Sun on Russia-Cuba relations and whether there could be another missile crisis. 

Read the article here.

Is Another Cuban Missile Crisis in Our Future?
31 May 2023 - ,
The New York Sun
EU sanctions / INTERVIEW
Zelenskyy calls on G7 to ensure Russia is ‘last aggressor’
Philipp Lausberg was interviewed by Al Jazeera on the G7 Summit in Hiroshima and the countries' efforts to strengthen sanctions against Russia. 

Read the full article here.

Zelenskyy calls on G7 to ensure Russia is ‘last aggressor’
21 May 2023 - ,
Al Jazeera
EU sanctions / INTERVIEW
Interview with Suspilne
Philipp Lausberg was interviewed by the Ukrainian national television, Suspilne, on the EU's 11th package of sanctions against Russia. 

Read the full article here. (In Ukrainian)

Interview with Suspilne
16 May 2023 - ,
Suspilne


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