{"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":"2026-05-11T11:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:20:45","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
Holstenhofweg 85
22043 Hamburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: alexandra.friede@hsu.hamburg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I am a postdoctoral researcher at HSU<\/abbr>\/UniBwH<\/abbr> and in the DFG Research Unit PROMISE at University of Hamburg. My research focuses on national defence policies in the Baltic Sea region, total defence arrangements, European defence cooperation and EU\/NATO policies. I am particularly interested in state-society relations and how the civilian population is integrated into national defence efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:\u00a0alexandra.friede@hsu.hamburg<\/a>
ORCID: https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8790-3063<\/a>
LinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alexandra-maria-friede<\/a><\/p>\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\u00a02022\u00a0\u2013\u00a0October\u00a02022<\/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, Research Project „Multinational Capability Development“, HSU<\/abbr>\/UniBwH<\/abbr> \u00a0\u00a0<\/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

National defence policies in the Baltic Sea region
Total defence, in particular state-society relations
Alliance dynamics (EU\/NATO)
European defence cooperation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

11\/2024 \u2013 10\/2025<\/strong> „Active defence willingness, volunteering and voluntary defence organisations in Sweden“ (funded by Sweden’s Psychological Defence Agency), Project lead: Joakim Berndtsson, University of Gothenburg.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10\/2023 \u2013 9\/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. (2026). All hands on deck: nationale Gesamtverteidigungsans\u00e4tze in der NATO. Dossier 26th Foreign Policy Conference Heinrich-B\u00f6ll-Stiftung, https:\/\/www.boell.de\/de\/2026\/01\/13\/all-hands-deck-nationale-gesamtverteidigungsansaetze-der-nato<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friede, A. M. (2025). Controlled loss of control: the articulation of resilience as ‚empty signifier‘ in EU and NATO policies. Contemporary European Politics, 3(1), e70006. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/cep4.70006<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friede, A. M. (2025). „Security, first of all, begins at home“: how Finland, Latvia, and Germany prepare „ordinary people“ for crises. European Policy Analysis, 11(1), 114\u2013137. 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, https:\/\/www.bpb.de\/shop\/zeitschriften\/apuz\/bundeswehr-2024\/556393\/wie-wir-wehrhaft-werden\/<\/a><\/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

Baciu, C.-A., & Friede, A. M. (2020). The EU\u2019s CFSP\/CSDP in 2030: towards an alternative vision of power? New Perspectives, 28(3), 398-412. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/2336825X20935245<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

„Approaches to Resilience in the Baltic Sea Region“, IFZO Annual Conference, University of Greifswald, October 2025 (Greifswald, Germany).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

„Individual level preparedness \u2013 Are citizens of Finland, Germany, and the Baltic states ready for a crisis?“, Helsinki Security Forum, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, September 2025 (Helsinki, Finland).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

„Reconfiguring Collective Deterrence and Defense on NATO\u2019s Northern and Eastern Flanks: Towards a Resilient Force Posture“, EISA\u2018s 12th European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS), Jagiellonian University, July 2025 (Krakow, Poland).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

„Resilience to Emerging Risks“, Tartu Conference on East European and Eurasian Studies, University of Tartu, June 2025 (Tartu, Estonia).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

„Gemeinsam wehrhaft werden: Der Weg zu einer krisenresilienten Gesellschaft“, Europawochen, German Council of Foreign Relations (DGAP) & Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Schmidt-Stiftung (BKHS), May 2025 (Hamburg, Germany).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

„From apathy to action \u2013 Enhancing preparedness in the urban centres of Latvia, Finland and Germany“, Helsinki Security Forum, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, September 2024 (Helsinki, Finland).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

„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

„Innovation et d\u00e9fense: Les conditions sociales de la circulation des savoir-faire militaires et civils“, Sorbonne University, October 2023 (Paris, France).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

„Life in a permanent state of crisis“, EISA\u2019s 10th European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS), University of Amsterdam, July 2023 (Amsterdam, Netherlands).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

„Seizing the crisis moment? Germany\u2019s changing security role in the Baltic states“, Vilnius University, November 2022 (Vilnius, Lithuania).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

„Interdisciplinary approaches to the Baltic Sea region“, University of Greifswald, October 2022 (Greifswald, Germany).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Europe in the world (Seminar in the MA International Relations)
Conflicts, wars and peace processes (Seminar in the BA Political Science)
Research skills (Seminar in the BA Political Science)
Academic writing (Tutorial in the BA Political Science)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

4\/2025 \u2013 6\/2025 <\/strong>Member of the working group for the reaccreditation of the International Relations Master’s programme, HSU<\/abbr>\/UniBwH<\/abbr><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024 \u2013 2025<\/strong> Member of 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> Member of 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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