Curriculum vitae and publications
Niklas Kossow
[email protected], @niklaskossow +49 163 9137830 Graefestr. 37, 10967 Berlin
Professional Experience
Hertie School of Governance - ANTICORRP Communications Officer - Since October 2015 • Dissemination and Communication for EU FP7 Project ANTICORRP • Leading communications for the European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State- Building • Coordination of dissemination process between 20 research institutes in 15 countries
UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub - Open Data and Innovation for Anti-Corruption Consultant – Since June 2015 • Authoring an Open Data Impact Assessment for the Europe and CIS Region • Supporting the Open Data in Europe and Central Asia Network • Research support for the Region Human Development Report on Inequalities • Authoring report on “Making Decentralization Reform Work: Opportunities and Innovations for Local Governance and Service Delivery” conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, 2-3 December 2015.
Freedom House - Research Fellow and Consultant – Since September 2014 • Supporting the work of the Nations in Transit project • Europe analyst for the Freedom in the World and Freedom of the Press report.
World Wide Web Foundation – Consultant and Reviewer – June – October 2015 • Country analyst for Moldova, Open Data Barometer 2016 • Country reviewer for Kazakhstan and Poland, Open Data Barometer 2016
Transparency International Cambodia - Bribespot Promotion Advisor – December 2014 – Mai 2015 • Project lead for Bribespot, an anonymous corruption reporting app • Leading presentations and communications on the app and on TI’s Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre.
Social Science Research Center (WZB) – Berlin – Student Assistant – November 2013 – August 2014 • Assistant to Prof. Dr. Wolgang Merkel, head of the department for Democracy and Democratisation • Research on democracy and on transition from autocratic regimes
Internships in the German Foreign Offices, the German Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Transparency International UK and the German Federal Parliament.
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Publications
The Real Fight in Ukraine, European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State-Building, 23 May 2014, http://www.againstcorruption.eu/articles/real-fight-ukraine/.
The Role of Civil Society in the Fight against Corruption: the Story of Ukraine, Asian NGO, No. 10, 2014, http://issuu.com/asianngo/docs/issue_10_november-december2014.
Transforming the Public Sphere: The New Media and Their Influence on Russian Politics, in European Social and Political Research, No. 14/15, 2012, http://www.ucl.ac.uk/esps/docs/journal- espr/ESPRvolume14_15.pdf.
Education
Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany: Since September 2015 Phd in Governance • Research Project: The Use of New Media Tools for Mobilisation in the Context of Anti- Corruption Movements. • Thesis Supervisor: Professor Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany: Sep 2012 – May 2014 Master of Public Policy • State Building & Development, International Security, Foreign Policy Analysis • Member of the organising committee, European Public Policy Conference, a 3-day conference in Paris focussing on poverty in the developed world • Master Thesis title: “Civil Society as an actor in Anticorruption: Lessons from Russia and Ukraine” • Grade Point Average: 89.2 (A-)
University College London, United Kingdom: Sep 2008 – Aug 2012 BA (Hons) European Social and Political Studies • Specialising in Russian and Politics/International Relations, Data analysis with STATA • Bachelor dissertation: “Transforming the Public Sphere: New Media and their Influence on Russian Politics” • First Class Honours
Russian State University for the Humanities (РГГУ), Language Link, Moscow Russian Federation: September – end of December 2010 • Courses in Russian Language, Culture and Literature
School of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University, Russian Federation, February – July 2011 • Courses in Russian, French and English on International Relations and Russian Politics
Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium Pulheim, Germany: 1999 – 2007, Abitur
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Language Skills
• German – native • English – excellent spoken and written • French – fluent spoken and good written • Russian – fluent spoken and good written
Awards
Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs – Fellow 2014/15 • 13-month programme working in three international organisations and attending seminars developing leadership skills and competencies
Fellowship, “Studienkolleg zu Berlin”, a programme of the Hertie Foundation and the Studienstiftung, 2012/13 • Took part in a leadership and research seminar programme • Independently worked on a research project on “Street Art as a Form of Political Protest” in an interdisciplinary and international group of students
Scholarship, “Metropolises in Eastern Europe” programme of the German Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation and the Studienstiftung., 2010/11 • Full funding for a year of studies in Eastern Europe
Scholarship, “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes”, 2010 – 2015
References
References can be provided upon request.
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