Linda Hewitt – Project Manager
Linda Hewitt is the Communications and Events Manager at the Jacques Delors Centre. She is in charge of the Centre’s overall communication, events organisation, website and social media activities and project lead of the Pariser Platz Dialogue. Previously she worked in the field of political communication at Stiftung Mercator and as a project manager in the field of integration.
Dr. Yann Wernert – Senior Policy Fellow
Yann Wernert is a Senior Policy Fellow at the Jacques Delors Centre and works on Franco-German relations, in particular the Pariser Platz Dialogue event series. He studied political science and history at the universities of Potsdam and Koblenz-Landau and wrote his PhD thesis in political science at Potsdam University with a focus on international relations. He has dual Franco-German citizenship and lived 15 years in France.
Jens Peter Kückens – Press and PR Officer
Jens Peter Kückens is the Press and Public Relations Officer at the Jacques Delors Centre and manages the Centre’s press relations, website and social media activities. He holds an M.A. in Media Theory from Humboldt University and has previously worked in science communication for the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence.
Alicia Monsefi-Pour – Student Assistant
Alicia Monsefi-Pour is a Student Assistant at the Jacques Delors Centre. Currently, she is a MIA candidate at the Hertie School, focusing on European defence and defence industrial integration. She holds a bachelor’s degree in European Politics from King’s College London and a master’s degree in Modern European Studies from University College London. She grew up on both sides of the Franco-German border and graduated from a Franco-German grammar school.
Daria Korsun Oliveira – Associate Administration
Daria Korsun is an Associate Administrator for the Jacques Delors Centre. She holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the Altai State University in Russia and a master’s degree in Political Economy of European Integration from the Berlin School of Economics and Law. Previously, Daria was a science manager at the Global Climate Forum, coordinating third party funded projects and conducting research on EU policy.
Barbora Fischerová – Associate Administration
As Associate Administration and Communication, Barbora Fischerová is taking care of the processes of project administration and events management. Before joining the Jacques Delors Centre, she was a research associate at the Imre Kertész Kolleg in Jena. She holds a master’s degree of History and Politics of the 20th Century from the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena and did her binational bachelor studies in French and German Communication and Cooperation at the Université de Lorraine and Universität des Saarlandes. Barbora speaks fluently Czech, English, German and French.
Dr. THU NGUYEN – ACTING Co-Director
Thu Nguyen is Acting Co-Director of the Jacques Delors Centre. She leads the think tank’s work on institutional questions of EU policy. Before joining the Centre, Thu was Assistant Professor of EU and comparative constitutional law at the Faculty of Law at Maastricht University. She holds a PhD in EU constitutional law from Maastricht University and was a re:constitution Fellow 2019-2020. She studied European Law in Maastricht, Rennes and the College of Europe in Bruges.