Isabelle Maras, M.A.
Ph.D. Candidate

Areas of research
Isabelle first graduated in Political sciences from the Institute of Political Sciences (2001) in Lyon (France). She then spent an academic exchange year at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main (Germany). She pursued her academic curriculum in Brussels (Belgium) in studying European politics and international relations at the Institute for European Politics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). She graduated with a M.A. in European Politics (2003) and a M.A. in Political Science (2005).
Isabelle gained experience in the area of European affairs in Brussels (European Commission, lobbying and consultancy sectors, coordination of a EU funded - project on youth participation) and in the academia as a seminar assistant for a post-graduate seminar promoting intercultural web-based dialogue and peace & media education between Western and Arab-Muslim societies (ULB).
She is associated collaborator to the Bernheim Pole for Peace & Citizenship Studies (ULB).
Isabelle has been a Ph.D candidate at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) since May 2007.

Languages
French, English, German

Current project
A comparative assessment of police missions in the European Security and Defence Policy (Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Palestinian territories). Is there a European police reform in the making?

Contact
Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik
ZEUS
Beim Schlump 83
D-20144 Hamburg
Tel: +49-40+-866077-85
Fax: +49 40 8663615