Researcher at the Chair for International Security and Conflict Studies, Department of Political Science
Helmut Schmidt University
Holstenhofweg 85
22043 Hamburg
Building: H1, Room: 1395
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Sascha Hach is Postdoc Researcher at HSU/Uni BW. His research interests include European security, disarmament and arms control, nuclear order, France, and the United Nations. He is an Associate Researcher at the Leibniz Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), where he previously served as Managing Director of the Arms Control Negotiation Academy (ACONA) and as a Research Project Coordinator. He received his Ph.D. from Goethe University Frankfurt in 2024 and taught at the University of the German Armed Forces in Munich from 2019 to 2026. Prior to his academic career, he worked several years for NGOs and in the German Bundestag. He is a co-founder of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Germany, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017.
Curriculum Vitae
Since 06.2026
Researcher (PostDoc), Lecturer, Helmut Schmidt University (HSU)/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
2025–2026
Managing Director, Arms Control Negotiation Academy (ACONA), Reykjavík
2024–2026
Project Director, Arms Control Negotiation Academy (ACONA), Reykjavík
2021–2024
Project Associate, Arms Control Negotiation Academy (ACONA), Reykjavík
2024–2026
Researcher (PostDoc), Research Department International Institutions, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)
2019–2025
Researcher (PhD), Research Department International Security, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)
2019–2026
Lecturer, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich
2018–2024
Executive Director, Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (GPGE), Berlin
2015–2018
Executive Director, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Germany, Berlin
2013–2015
Project Director, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Germany, Berlin
2016–2017
Policy Advisor, German Society of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (DGKJ), Berlin
2014–2015
Global Health Advisor, Bread for the World, Protestant Diakonie, Berlin
2009–2013
Research Associate, Office of a Representative of the German Bundestag, Berlin
2006–2009
Master’s program Peace Research and International Politics, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen and Tufts University (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy) Medford (USA)
2004–2006
German-French integrated study program Political Science, Catholic University Eichstätt and Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Rennes
2003–2004
Master’s program Political Science, Romance Studies and Media and Communications Studies, University of Mannheim
Publications
Letzte Änderung: 25. June 2026