Sören Sommer
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PhD topic
German-French Armament Cooperation and Export Control in the context of the European Defence Policy
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Education
- International Law & Security (LL.M.) University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
- International Economic Law (LL.M.) Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
- B.A. Individual Studies (Focus on international law, economics and international relations)
Practical experience
- Leuphana University Lüneburg, Competition & Regulation Institute, Lüneburg (Germany) - Student Research Assistant
- German Bundestag, Office of Eckhard Pols MdB, Berlin (Germany) - Internship
- European Parliament, Office of Burkhard Balz MEP, Brussels (Belgium) - Internship
- German School Beirut, Beirut (Lebanon) - Internship
- Leuphana University Lüneburg, Lüneburg (Germany) - Student Tutor
Research Interests
In my PhD research project, I am evaluating the recently strengthened German-French armament cooperation in the context of the European Defence Policy and with regard to the respective export control regimes.
Other academic interests are international security law, international and European economic law and international space law
Awards
Award: Most outstanding student on the LLM in International Law and Security programme for Session 2018/19
Scholarship: Konrad Adenauer Foundation