Established in 2022 by the Hertie School and the Stiftung Mercator, the esteemed annually awarded Henrik Enderlein Fellowship honours former Hertie School President, Henrik Enderlein, and is specially tailored to scholars and experts from the realms of politics and civil society who engage in research and teaching at the Hertie School. The public lecture celebrates the legacy of Henrik Enderlein and fosters vital discussions on Europe's future.
This year’s event will feature John Morijn, Professor of Law and Politics in International Relations at the University of Groningen and Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, passing the fellowship to Marija Golubeva, Distinguished Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and former Minister of the Interior of Latvia.
Marija Golubeva will deliver a brief opening statement on Europe’s challenges and its response to hybrid threats. Her remarks will be followed by a panel discussion on the theme “Open, but not Defenceless: Protecting Europe from Hybrid Threats”, moderated by Julian Wucherpfennig, Director of the Hertie School’s Centre for International Security. The panel will also feature Anton Hofreiter, Member of the Bundestag of Alliance 90/The Greens and chair of the Committee for the Affairs of the European Union, along with outgoing fellow John Morijn.
Programme:
- Welcome: Cornelia Woll, President of the Hertie School
- Introduction: Johannes Lindner, Co-Director of the Jacques Delors Centre and first Henrik Enderlein Fellow, and Magdalena Kirchner, Director of the Centre for Europe in the World at Stiftung Mercator
- Key remarks: Marija Golubeva, former Minister of the Interior of Latvia, policy researcher and incoming Henrik Enderlein Fellow
- Panel discussion:
- John Morijn, Professor of Law and Politics in International Relations at the University of Groningen and Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and previous Henrik Enderlein Fellow
- Marija Golubeva, former Minister of Interior of Latvia and new Henrik Enderlein Fellow
- Anton Hofreiter, Member of the Bundestag of Alliance 90/The Greens and chair of the Committee for the Affairs of the European Union
- Moderator: Julian Wucherpfennig, Director of the Centre for International Security
The Henrik Enderlein Fellowship is supported by Stiftung Mercator. We look forward to welcoming you to an event that promises to be an evening of insightful discussions and a fitting tribute to Henrik Enderlein’s legacy.
Speakers
John Morijn
John Morijn, the former Henrik Enderlein Enderlein Fellow, is a Fellow in Law and Public Policy at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the NGIZ Professor of Law and Politics in International Relations and Assistant Professor of European Human Rights Law at the University of Groningen. His areas of expertise are European human rights law and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, as well as international human rights law and human rights protection in the Netherlands.
Marija Golubeva
Marija Golubeva served as a Member of the Latvian Parliament from 2018 to 2022 and was the Latvian Minister of the Interior from 2021 to 2022. She is the founder of the crisis simulation startup Meleys and a Distinguished Fellow at the Center of European Policy Analysis (CEPA). As an executive trainer, she has developed and delivered training programmes on strategic communication and crisis management for decision-makers from NATO-SHAPE, Albania, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, North Macedonia, Iraq, Kosovo, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. Marija holds a PhD in History from the University of Cambridge and has taught politics at Riga Stradins University.
Anton Hofreiter
Anton Hofreiter is a Member of the German Parliament since 2005, chairing the Committee for the Affairs of the European Union since December 2021. In October 2013 he was appointed as the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group of Alliance 90 / The Greens in the German Parliament. From 2011 to 2012, he chaired the Committee on Transport, Building and Urban Development. He holds a doctorate degree in botany and worked and lectured several years as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of botanical systematics at the University of Munich.
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Moderator: Julian Wucherpfennig
Julian Wucherpfennig is Professor of International Affairs and Security at the Hertie School and currently the Director of the Centre for International Security. His research focusses on the strategic nature of political violence and conflict processes, especially ethnic civil war and terrorism. He has served as an Assistant Professor and Programme Director for Security Studies at University College London and was a postdoctoral research fellow at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, from where he earned a PhD (2011) and an MA (2008) in political science.
