{"id":3448,"date":"2025-02-14T11:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T10:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/?page_id=3448"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:19:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:19:54","slug":"alexandra-m-friede-m-a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/en\/team-2\/alexandra-m-friede-m-a","title":{"rendered":"Dr Alexandra M. Friede"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Research associate at the Chair for International Security and Conflict Studies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Helmut-Schmidt-University
Building H1, Room 1395
Holstenhofweg 85
22043 Hamburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: +49-40-6541-2069
Fax: +49-40-6541-3370
Email: alexandra.friede@hsu.hamburg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CV<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

January \u2013 June 2024<\/strong>
Visiting researcher, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg (Sweden)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2022 \u2013 October 2022<\/strong>
Visiting researcher, Interdisciplinary Centre for Baltic Sea Region Research (IFZO), University of Greifswald<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since January 2019<\/strong>
Researcher, Department of Political Science, HSU<\/abbr>\/UniBwH<\/abbr><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 2018 \u2013 December 2018<\/strong>
Researcher, Project „Multinational Capability Development“, HSU<\/abbr>\/UniBwH<\/abbr>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 2017 \u2013 February 2018<\/strong>
Robert Schuman trainee, European Parliament in Brussels (Belgium)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016 \u2013 2017<\/strong>
M.A. European Studies, College of Europe in Natolin (Poland)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April \u2013 December 2016<\/strong>
Student assistant, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 2014<\/strong>
International Parliamentary Scholarship (IPS) Latvia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 2014 \u2013 August 2015<\/strong>
Student assistant, German Bundestag in Berlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013 \u2013 2016<\/strong>
M.A. Political Science, University of Potsdam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September \u2013 December 2012<\/strong>
Exchange semester (Erasmus), University College Cork (Ireland)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010 \u2013 2013<\/strong>
B.A. Political Science\/Ancient History, University of Rostock<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research interests<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

European defence cooperation
Alliances (EU\/NATO)
Baltic Sea region
Bundeswehr
Total defence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Third-party funded projects<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2024 – 2025<\/strong>
„Aktiv f\u00f6rsvarsvilja, frivillighet och frivilliga f\u00f6rsvarsorganisationer“ (funded by Sweden’s Psychological Defence Agency), Project lead: Joakim Berndtsson, University of Gothenburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023 \u2013 2025<\/strong>
„Prepared Together: Stronger Together“ (funded by Council of the Baltic Sea States, CBSS), Project lead: Ieva Birka, Latvijas Universit\u0101te.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Selected publications<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Friede, A. M. (2024). „Security, first of all, begins at home“: How Finland, Latvia, and Germany prepare „ordinary people“ for crises. European Policy Analysis, 1\u201324. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/epa2.1229<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friede, A. M. (2024). Wie wir wehrhaft werden: Zu den Grenzen der Freiwilligkeit in Zeiten des Krieges. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 47-48\/2024, 11-16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friede, A. M. (2022). In defence of the Baltic Sea region: (non-)allied policy responses to the exogenous shock of the Ukraine crisis. European Security, 31(4), 517\u2013539. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09662839.2022.2031990<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Selected presentations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Birka, I., Wigell, M., K\u013cavi\u0146\u0161, D., & Friede, A. M.: From apathy to action \u2013 Enhancing preparedness in the urban centres of Latvia, Finland and Germany, Helsinki Security Forum, September 2024 (Helsinki, Finland).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friede, A. M.: Vergleich der Dienste an der Gesellschaft am Beispiel der Ostsee-Anrainerstaaten Finnland, Lettland und Deutschland, Bensberger Gespr\u00e4che, January 2024 (G\u00f6ttingen, Germany).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friede, A. M.: „Security, first of all, begins at home“: how Finland, Latvia, and Germany prepare „ordinary people“ for crises, Workshop „Innovation et d\u00e9fense: Les conditions sociales de la circulation des savoir-faire militaires et civils“ at Sorbonne University, October 2023 (Paris, France).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friede, A. M.: The role of citizens within „total defence“ arrangements: a comparison of Finland, Latvia and Germany, Workshop „Life in a permanent state of crisis“ at EISA\u2019s 10th European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS) at University of Amsterdam, July 2023 (Amsterdam, Netherlands).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friede, A. M.: Germany\u2019s contribution to Baltic Sea security, Workshop „Seizing the crisis moment? Germany\u2019s changing security role in the Baltic states“ at Vilnius University, November 2022 (Vilnius, Lithuania).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friede, A. M.: „Don\u2019t be lazy and indifferent, get involved!“ \u2013 what Baltic Sea states expect from citizens during crises (and vice versa), Lecture Series „Interdisciplinary approaches to the Baltic Sea region“ at University of Greifswald, October 2022 (Greifswald, Germany).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friede, A. M.: (Un)changing security governance in the Baltic Sea region post-2014, Maritime conference „Dreizack“ at University of Rostock, September 2020 (Rostock, Germany).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friede, A. M.: The deterrent effect of NATO\u2019s Enhanced Forward Presence, Workshop organised by the Baltic Sea Security Initiative (BSSI) and the Institute of Central Europe, January 2020 (Lublin, Poland).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Teaching<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Research skills (Seminar)
Academic writing (Tutorial)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Voluntary work<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2024 \u2013 2025<\/strong>
Representative of early-career researchers at the selection committee for the appointment of a full professor (W3) in „Political science, in particular International Politics“, HSU<\/abbr>\/UniBwH<\/abbr><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 \u2013 2024<\/strong>
Representative of early-career researchers at the faculty council for economics and social sciences, HSU<\/abbr>\/UniBwH<\/abbr><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Affiliations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

German Political Science Association (DVPW)
Women In International Security (WIIS)
European International Studies Association (EISA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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