Research associate at the Chair for International Security and Conflict Studies
Helmut-Schmidt-University
Building H1, Room 1395
Holstenhofweg 85
22043 Hamburg
Phone: +49-40-6541-2069
Fax: +49-40-6541-3370
Email: [email protected]
CV
January – June 2024
Visiting researcher, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
May 2022 – October 2022
Visiting researcher, Interdisciplinary Centre for Baltic Sea Region Research (IFZO), University of Greifswald
Since January 2019
Researcher, Department of Political Science, HSU/UniBwH
June 2018 – December 2018
Researcher, Project “Multinational Capability Development”, HSU/UniBwH
October 2017 – February 2018
Robert Schuman trainee, European Parliament in Brussels (Belgium)
2016 – 2017
M.A. European Studies, College of Europe in Natolin (Poland)
April – December 2016
Student assistant, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin
August 2014
International Parliamentary Scholarship (IPS) Latvia
April 2014 – August 2015
Student assistant, German Bundestag in Berlin
2013 – 2016
M.A. Political Science, University of Potsdam
September – December 2012
Exchange semester (Erasmus), University College Cork (Ireland)
2010 – 2013
B.A. Political Science/Ancient History, University of Rostock
Research interests
European defence cooperation
Alliances (EU/NATO)
Baltic Sea region
Bundeswehr
Total defence
Third-party funded projects
2024 – 2025
“Aktiv försvarsvilja, frivillighet och frivilliga försvarsorganisationer” (funded by Sweden’s Psychological Defence Agency), Project lead: Joakim Berndtsson, University of Gothenburg.
2023 – 2025
“Prepared Together: Stronger Together” (funded by Council of the Baltic Sea States, CBSS), Project lead: Ieva Birka, Latvijas Universitāte.
Selected publications
Friede, A. M. (2024). “Security, first of all, begins at home”: How Finland, Latvia, and Germany prepare “ordinary people” for crises. European Policy Analysis, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1002/epa2.1229
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.
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), 517–539. https://doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2022.2031990
Selected presentations
Birka, I., Wigell, M., Kļaviņš, D., & Friede, A. M.: From apathy to action – Enhancing preparedness in the urban centres of Latvia, Finland and Germany, Helsinki Security Forum, September 2024 (Helsinki, Finland).
Friede, A. M.: Vergleich der Dienste an der Gesellschaft am Beispiel der Ostsee-Anrainerstaaten Finnland, Lettland und Deutschland, Bensberger Gespräche, January 2024 (Göttingen, Germany).
Friede, A. M.: “Security, first of all, begins at home”: how Finland, Latvia, and Germany prepare “ordinary people” for crises, Workshop “Innovation et défense: Les conditions sociales de la circulation des savoir-faire militaires et civils” at Sorbonne University, October 2023 (Paris, France).
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’s 10th European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS) at University of Amsterdam, July 2023 (Amsterdam, Netherlands).
Friede, A. M.: Germany’s contribution to Baltic Sea security, Workshop “Seizing the crisis moment? Germany’s changing security role in the Baltic states” at Vilnius University, November 2022 (Vilnius, Lithuania).
Friede, A. M.: “Don’t be lazy and indifferent, get involved!” – 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).
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).
Friede, A. M.: The deterrent effect of NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence, Workshop organised by the Baltic Sea Security Initiative (BSSI) and the Institute of Central Europe, January 2020 (Lublin, Poland).
Teaching
Research skills (Seminar)
Academic writing (Tutorial)
Voluntary work
2024 – 2025
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/UniBwH
2021 – 2024
Representative of early-career researchers at the faculty council for economics and social sciences, HSU/UniBwH
Affiliations
German Political Science Association (DVPW)
Women In International Security (WIIS)
European International Studies Association (EISA)
Letzte Änderung: 14. February 2025