Johannes Greubel is Head of the Executive Office and Head of the Transnationalisation Programme and Project Leader of Connecting Europe, a joint initiative of Stiftung Mercator and the EPC that strengthens cooperation among civil society organisations, think tanks and policy experts across Europe. 

As a Senior Policy Analyst, Johannes specialises in EU governance, European institutions, interinstitutional relations, democracy, civic space and citizen participation. His work focuses on how the European Union can strengthen democratic resilience, improve policymaking and institutional cooperation, empower civil society and support transnational dialogue across Europe. 

Since joining the European Policy Centre in 2018, Johannes has helped design and implement several of the EPC’s flagship initiatives. He has coordinated major European research and policy projects, including the EU-funded Horizon Europe projects. He contributes to the EPC’s strategic development and supports the organisation’s senior leadership on strategic foresight, organisational priorities and the development of new policy initiatives and partnerships.  

Before joining the EPC, Johannes worked as a lecturer and research assistant at the Jean Monnet Chair for European Studies and International Relations at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. He previously gained professional experience at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Berlin and the German Bundestag. 

Johannes holds a Master’s degree with distinction in Political Science and Sociology from Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. He also studied at the University of Kent in Canterbury and completed a research fellowship funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.