Rebecca Wagner - EDP Network

Rebecca Wagner

EDP Network Member

Rebecca Wagner is a political scientist who has been working as a coordinator for the EDP network since May 2019 and has been a research associate at the Institute of Political Science and Sociology in the Department of International Relations and European Studies at the University of Würzburg since October 2023. She is a doctoral candidate at the Leibniz Institute for Peace and Conflict Research (PRIF) in the “Intrastate Conflicts” department. In her dissertation, she is studying the restriction of civic spaces before and after elections. Her research interests lie in the areas of international democracy promotion, election assistance, civil society, and the role of youth in elections.

Before joining PRIF and the EDP network, Rebecca collaborated with civil society in the field of democracy promotion and human rights, particularly on civil society engagement in democratic processes in Brussels and Berlin. She is also trained and experienced in international election observation, working with both civil society and international institutions.

Rebecca received her academic training in Public Administration and European Governance at Leiden University, the Netherlands, in Political and Administrative Sciences at the University of Konstanz, Germany, and in International Relations at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey.

More about Rebecca Wagner here.

Contact: rebecca.wagner[at]external-democracy-promotion.eu