Jan Techau

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Head of Alfred von Oppenheim-Center for European Studies

Areas of Specialisation:

  • European Policy
  • Security and Defence Studies
  • Transatlantic Relations
  • Political Communications

Foreign Languages: English (French, Dutch)
phone: +49 (0)30 25 42 31-75
techau@dgap.org

 

Since September 2006, Jan Techau has been Director of the Alfred von Oppenheim-Center for European Policy Studies at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin. The Oppenheim-Center is the DGAP’s forum for the political and economic debate on the future of the EU and the European integration project. He has published numerous articles on the EU, transatlantic issues and German foreign policy in scholarly journals and the news media. He has contributed his analysis and comments to CNN, the BBC, The International Herald Tribune, Deutsche Welle, Deutschlandradio, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg TV and other German and international outlets.

In July of 2008, Jan Techau was named an Associate Scholar at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) in Washington, D.C.

From 2003 to 2006 Jan Techau served at the German Ministry of Defence in Berlin as co-ordinator of the Bundeswehr’s online media and media co-operations. In the Ministry’s media department, he was responsible for the drafting and implementation of long-term communication concepts. From 2001 to 2003 he was the the Security and Defence correspondent the Bundeswehr’s online and print media.

As a fellow in the Robert Bosch Stiftung’s Post-Graduate Program for International Affairs in 1999/2000, he oversaw a media project in Palestine and worked in the European Commission’s External Relations Directorate General in Brussels. Jan Techau holds an M.A. in Political Science from the Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel and was a student at the Pennsylvania State University (USA).