Employments of IR graduates
Die Werdegänge unserer Absolvent/innen
Last updated January 2023
Source: ZIS alumni network & mentor list
The following list shows examples of (former) employment relationships of ZIS alumni in Germany and abroad.
Table of contents
- Employment relationships abroad
- Afghanistan
- Belgium
- Benin
- Brazil
- China
- Denmark
- France
- Ghana
- Great Britain
- Israel
- Italy
- Colombia
- Canada
- Cambodia
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Luxembourg
- Libya
- Namibia
- The Netherlands
- Mexico
- Myanmar
- Nigeria
- Poland
- Romania
- Rwanda
- Russia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Sudan
- South Sudan
- South Africa
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- USA
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Vietnam
- Zambia
- Employment relationships in Germany
- Employment relationships abroad
Employment relationships abroad
Afghanistan
- Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Head of the Office), Kabul
- Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), Jalalabad
Belgium
- Apple
- ECORYS Research and Consulting, Brussels
- Egmont Institute, Brussels
- European Parliament, Brussels
- European Association for Information on Local Development (ASTRALE LIFE), Brussels
- German Development Cooperation (GIZ), Brussels
- ICF International, Brussels
- Advisor for trade policy at an MEP, Brussels
- Siemens, Brussels (Policy Advisor in the area of Environment, Health and Safety)
- Representation of the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce to the European Union, Brussels (Head of European Economic Policy Unit)
- Association of European Chemical Regions (ECRN e.V.), Brussels
Benin
- German Embassy in Cotonou
Brazil
- Friedrich Ebert Foundation São Paulo
China
- Office of the Leipziger Messe, Beijing
- China Mining 2006
- German Development Cooperation (GIZ), Beijing
- The Balloch Group, Beijing
Denmark
- Syddansk Universitet, Aabenraa
- ARD foreign desk (reporter/editor), Copenhagen
- University of Southern Denmark
France
- Worldbank, Knowledge Networks Agency for MENA, Marseille
- OECD Development Center (Economist), Paris
- Yélé Consulting
Ghana
- German Development Cooperation (GIZ), Cape Coast
Great Britain
- Anglo American
- Center for the Study of African Economies, Oxford
- Clifford Chance LLP, London
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, London
- German Embassy London (Political Counselor)European Bank for Development and Reconstruction, London
- ECORYS Research and ConsultingHuman Rights Law Centre, Nottingham
- Equality and Human Rights Commission, London
- European Council on Foreign Relations, London
- European Bank for Reconstruction and development
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deriner LLP, London
- TNG Technology Consulting
- International Institute for Strategic Studies, London
- University of St. Andrews (Lecturer in Terrorism Studies)
- University of Oxford
- UNDP Higher Education Project, Oxford
- Xchanging, London
Israel
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Doctoral Fellow)
- German Embassy Tel Aviv (Political Advisor and Head of Protocol)
Italy
- UN World Food Program, Rome
Colombia
- EU Delegation Colombia, Colombia/Brussels
- Terre des Hommes, Bogotá
Canada
- Queen's University, Kingston
Cambodia
- German Development Cooperation (GIZ)
Laos
- German Development Cooperation (GIZ)
Lebanon
- Malteser International (Program Coordinator), Beirut
Liberia
- German Development Cooperation (GIZ), Monrovia
Luxembourg
- iTunes, Apple
Libya
-
Wintershall Dea
Namibia
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German Development Cooperation (GIZ), Windhoek
The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Center of International Law, University of Amsterdam (Postdoc Researcher and Lecturer), Amsterdam
- ECORYS Research and Consulting
- Grotius Center for International Legal Studies, The Hague
- Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, The Hague
- Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken/Foreign Office, The Hague
- The Hague Institute for Global Justice, The Hague
- University of Maastricht
- University of Amsterdam (Associate Professor at the Department of International and European Law)
- University of Southern Denmark (Associate Professor, Department of Law), Odense
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Mexico
- C230 Consultores (Project Coordinator), Mexico City
Myanmar
- United Nations Development Program (Statistics Specialist)
Nigeria
- German Development Cooperation (GIZ) (Portfolio Manager), Abuja
Poland
- Nursing Needs (UK) Ltd, Krakow Office
Romania
- Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung for Romania, Bucharest
Rwanda
- German Development Cooperation (GIZ) (Young Professional (EZ-Trainee) in the WHO Health Program), Kigali
Russia
- Goethe Institute, Volgograd
- Beiten Burkhardt Attorneys at Law, Moscow
- Remolux Russia GmbH, Moscow
- IFC/World Bank Group (Consultant in the field of Renewable Energy), Moscow
Sweden
- Uppsala University
Switzerland
- Center for Humanitarian Dialogue - Mediation in Armed Conflict, Geneva
- ETH Zurich, Center for Security Studies (Senior Researcher, Nuclear Policy), Zurich
- Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies, Geneva
- Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva
- Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems International (Communications Specialist), Geneva
- HURIDOCS
- International Committee of the Red Cross (Thematic Legal Adviser in the Legal Department), Geneva
- International Labor Organization (ILO), Geneva
- International Organization for Migration, Geneva
- Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva
- Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN, Geneva
- UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Geneva
- UN Environment Finance Initiative
- International Law Department of the DRC at the University of Geneva
- World Economic Forum, Geneva
Senegal
- World Bank Group, Dakar
Serbia
- NIS Gazprom NEFT (Organizational Effectiveness Director), Novi Sad
- Heinrich Böll Foundation, Belgrade
Singapore
- Delta Partners (Strategy Consultant), Singapore
Sudan
- German Development Cooperation (GIZ), El Obeid
South Sudan
- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
South Africa
- National Treasury, Pretoria
Tanzania
- Zanzibar Health Ministry, Overseas Development Institute
Thailand
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Bangkok
- German Development Cooperation (GIZ)
Tunisia
- Heinrich Böll Foundation (project manager for the election observer mission), Tunis
Turkey
- International Labor Organization (ILO), Ankara
USA
- Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey
- Council of the EU, Liaison Office to the UN, New York
- Deloitte Tax LLP, Chicago
- International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C.
- International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPR)
- Lufthansa Systems AG, Miami
- Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN, New York
- United Nations, Office of the UN Secretary-General
- United Nations (Assistant Expert of the Federal Government to the United Nations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations), New York
- United Nations Development Program, New York
- United Nations Office of Legal Affairs
- University of Washington (Fulbright Fellow), Seattle
- World Bank (Consultant in the field of Renewable Energy - Investment Readiness for Renewable Energy (RISE)), Washington
Ukraine
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
United Kingdom
- Anglo American
- Center for the Study of African Economies, Oxford
- Clifford Chance LLP, London
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, London
- German Embassy London (Political Counselor)European Bank for Development and Reconstruction, London
- ECORYS Research and ConsultingHuman Rights Law Centre, Nottingham
- Equality and Human Rights Commission, London
- European Council on Foreign Relations, London
- European Bank for Reconstruction and development
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deriner LLP, London
- TNG Technology Consulting
- International Institute for Strategic Studies, London
- University of St. Andrews (Lecturer in Terrorism Studies)
- University of Oxford
- UNDP Higher Education Project, Oxford
- Xchanging, London
Vietnam
- Representation of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Vietnam
- German Development Cooperation (GIZ)
Zambia
- USAID Education Project (Research and Evaluation)
Employment relationships in Germany
- Access Microfinance Holding AG, Berlin
- Adelphi
- Alliance
- APCO Worldwide (Associate Consultant), Frankfurt a. M. and Berlin
- ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt
- ARD
- Federal Foreign Office (Higher Foreign Service), Berlin
- Axel Springer
- Bayerische Landesbank, Munich
- Bertelsmann AG (Project Manager)
- Bertelsmann Music Group
- BIOCOM AG
- BMW Group
- Boston Consulting Group Germany
- Federal Office for Family Affairs and Civil Society Tasks
- Federal Chancellery (Advisor for the G7 and G20 process in the Sherpa Staff), Berlin
- Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Berlin
- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Bonn & Berlin
- German Federal Armed Forces, Potsdam (Intercultural Mission Advisor)
- Bündnis90/Die Grünen (Executive Officer at the Green Party parliamentary group in Hesse), Wiesbaden
- Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security (Research Associate with a focus on civil security research, security policy), Potsdam
- CirPlus UG
- Daimler AG (Press Officer in Global Business Communications)
- Deloitte & Touche Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (Professional in the R&D and Government Incentives department), Frankfurt a. M.
- Demeter e.V.
- Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH, Berlin (Digitization policy in the quality infrastructure)
- Deutsche Bank AG (Senior Analyst Portfolio and Risk Optimization), Frankfurt a. M.
- Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt a. M.
- Franco-German Institute for Energy Transition, Berlin
- German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
- German Society for International Cooperation
- German Bundestag, Berlin
- German Development Service
- German Development Institute (DIE), Bonn
- Deutsche Telekom AG
- German Radio
- Dresden International University
- Edventurers
- EGL AG
- Effem (MARS Inc.)
- enviaM
- E.ON Ruhrgas AG
- European University of Flensburg (Research Associate in the German-French project Access+)
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), Berlin
- European Defense Agency
- European Central Bank, Frankfurt a.M. (Risk Analyst)
- Advanced Training Academy of the Economy GmbH, Henningsdorf
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
- Frankfurter Jugendring
- Friedrich Ebert Foundation
- German Institute of Global Area Studies (Research Associate), Hamburg
- German Development Cooperation (GIZ)
- Society for Knowledge and Technology Transfer, Leipzig
- Global Banking Development Solutions GbR
- Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi)
- Haus Rissen, hamburg
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (doctoral student at the Department of Ecological Systems Analysis), Leipzig
- Hessian Ministry of the Interior and Sport, Wiesbaden
- Icon-Institute Public Sector GmbH, Cologne
- Institute for Corporate Affairs, Frankfurt/Main
- Institute for Peacekeeping Law and International Humanitarian Law (IFHV), Bochum
- Institute for Organizational Communication GmbH (IFOK), Bensheim
- Institute of Political Science at the Open University of Hagen
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- International Campaign to abolish nuclear weapons (ICAN)
- Intercom Dresden GmbH
- International management consultancy INERCONSULT Dr. Reichel Co. GmbH, Dresden
- iRights.Lab
- invest in visions, Frankfurt a.M.
- KfW Development Bank (Project Manager), Frankfurt a. M.
- Körber Foundation (Program Manager), Berlin
- State Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Saxony
- State Center for Political Education, Dresden
- State parliamentary group of the Greens in Hesse
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- LFS Financial Systems GmbH, Berlin
- Lödige Fördertechnik GmbH, Warburg-Scherfede
- Lufthansa Systems Airline Services GmbH (Managing Director), Frankfurt a.M.
- Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
- MAHLE
- Mayato GmbH, Berlin
- McKinsey & Company, Berlin
- Media Consulta AG
- Mercator College for International Affairs (Fellow), Munich
- M. M. Warburg Bank
- Ministerial offices of the Federal Foreign Office (speechwriter), Berlin
- Network European Movement Germany e.V.
- North German Broadcasting Corporation
- Oakam Software
- oekom Research (Junior Analyst), Munich
- Pleon Kothes Klewes, Munich
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers, Frankfurt a.M.
- :response, Frankfurt
- Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) (Research Associate, Empirical Labor Market and Education Economics), Essen
- Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
- Roland Berger Strategy Consultants (Consultant), Frankfurt and Berlin
- Sächsische Aufbaubank (SAB)
- Saxon State Ministry for Regional Development
- Scholz&Friends Agenda, Berlin
- SPD party executive committee (campaign worker), Berlin
- SPIEGEL ONLINE
- State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf
- 2 Degrees Foundation
- Science and Politics Foundation, Berlin
- Studienfonds OWL e.V., Paderborn
- Systain Consulting GmbH
- Tchibo GmbH, Hamburg
- TeachFirst
- Darmstadt University of Technology
- TUD Dresden University of Technology
- The Corps, Berlin
- TraceTronic
- TU Dresden (Research Associate), Dresden
- TUHH Hamburg (Personal Assistant), Hamburg
- University of Lüneburg
- University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (doctoral student at the Chair of Macroeconomics)
- Vattenfall (Business Development Manager Wind), Berlin
- Varian Medical Systems, Darmstadt
- Verbundnetz Gas AG (VNG), Leipzig
- Wintershall Dea, Kassel & Berlin
- Saxony Economic Development Corporation, Dresden
- Auditing firm Deloitte & Touche GmbH
- Auditing and tax consultancy KPMG
- Central Evaluation and Accreditation Agency (ZevA), Hanover
Self-employment
- Freelance journalism
- Start-up for sustainable travel
- natureplus - International Association for Sustainable Building and Living
No claim to completeness; this overview is merely a selection of the employment relationships of Dresden alumni of "International Relations" to date, insofar as they are known to the ZIS.