PD Dr. habil. Julian Bergmann
Department
Inter- and Transnational Cooperation
Function
Senior Researcher
Specialization
Political Science
Work areas
- EU development policy
- EU foreign and security policy
- EU-Africa relations
- EU support for the reconstruction of Ukraine
- Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus
- Conflict prevention and mediation
Regional expertise
- Africa
- Central Asia and Eastern Europe
Responsibilities in education and training
- Senior lecturer („Privatdozent“) at the Institute of Political Science, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Vita
| since 1/2018 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Senior Researcher, Research department "Inter- and transnational cooperation" |
| since 2023 | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Senior lecturer („Privatdozent“) |
| 2023 | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Habilitation („venia legendi“ in Political Science) |
| 5/2017-12/2017 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher in Department "Bi- and Multilateral Development Cooperation" |
| 3/2017 | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz PhD in Political Science, PhD thesis on "Bargaining for Peace, Striving for Stability. A Study on the European Union's Effectiveness as International Mediator" |
| 5/2011-3/2017 | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute of Political Science Researcher, International Politics Unit |
| 8/2009-10/2009 | Federal Foreign Office Intern, Office of the Political Director |
| 10/ 2008-3/2011 | Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen M.A. Peace Research and International Politic |
| 8/2007 - 12/2007 | University of Oslo Study abroad: Political Science and Sociology |
| 10/2005-04/2008 | University of Mannheim B.A. Political Science |
Member of
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Friedens- und Konfliktforschung e.V. (AFK), member of the Christiane Rajewski Prize Committee (2020-2022)
- Academic Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES)
- Member of the management committee (MC) of the COST Action ““EU Foreign Policies Facing New Realities (ENTER)” (2018-2023)
Awards
- Ernst B. Haas Fellowship, European Union Studies Association (EUSA) (2016)
- Jean Monnet Award for EU in Global Dialogue, Best PhD Dissertation, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on "EU in Global Dialogue", TU Darmstadt and JGU Mainz (2017)
Refereed Publications
- Bergmann, Julian (2025)
Deutschland und die Unterstützung des Wiederaufbaus der Ukraine
in: Wolfgang Gieler / Meik Nowak (Hrsg.), Deutschlands Ukraine-Politik: Strategie und Risikoeinschätzung in den Bereichen Entwicklung, Außenbeziehungen und Sicherheit, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 77-87 - Romanyshyn, Iulian / Julian Bergmann (2025)
Preference convergence, functional pressure and supranational entrepreneurship: explaining the launch and design of the EU's military assistance mission to Ukraine
in: European Security, first published 26.05.2025 - Bergmann, Julian (2025)
’We do not see the problem, but agree with your solution’: the European Court of Auditors and the politics of evaluation in EU development policy
in: Journal of European Integration, first published 15.04.2025 - Bergmann, Julian / Ina Friesen / Mark Furness (2025)
EU-Africa cooperation on security, peace and humanitarian aid in the post-Cotonou era: an asymmetric partnership
in: Sophia Price / Mark Langan (eds.), Africa, the EU and the Samoa Agreement: exploring African Agency amid the 'New Scramble', Abingdon: Routledge, 92-110 - Bergmann, Julian / Mark Furness (2024)
Two norms collide: EU policy on fragile and conflict-affected countries
in: JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies, first published 11.09.2024 - Bergmann, Julian / Patrick Müller (2024)
Towards an integrated approach to EU foreign policy? Horizontal spillover across the humanitarian–development and the security–migration interfaces
in: Journal of European Public Policy, first published 26.06.2024 - Bergmann, Julian / Niels Keijzer / Christine Hackenesch (2024)
Blackmailing and identity profiling? The behaviour of populist radical right governments in EU development policy
in: Politics and Governance 12, article 8180 - Bergmann, Julian / Mark Furness (2023)
The EU's approach to fragile states: conflicting norms, practices, and lessons learnt
in: David Carment / Yiagadeesen Samy (eds.), Handbook of Fragile States, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 369-384 - Bergmann, Julian (2023)
Wüstenrose oder Fata Morgana? Die G5 Sahel und ihre Partnerschaft mit der Europäischen Union
in: Johannes Muntschick (Hrsg.), Regionalismus in Afrika und externe Partner, Cham: Springer VS, 143-172 - Bergmann, Julian / Patrick Müller (2023)
Spillover dynamics and inter-institutional interactions between CSDP and AFSJ: moving towards a more joined-up EU external migration policy?
in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 49 (12), 3005-3023 - Bergmann, Julian (2022)
Desert rose or Fata Morgana? The G5 Sahel and its partnership with the European Union
in: Johannes Muntschick (ed.), Regionalism in Africa and external partners, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 127-154 - Plank, Friedrich / Julian Bergmann (2022)
The European Union as a security actor in the Sahel: policy entrapment in EU foreign policy
in: European Review of International Studies 8 (3), 382-412 - Bergmann, Julian (2021)
"Sisters in Peace": analyzing the cooperation between the United Nations and the European Union in peace mediation
in: International Negotiation, 27 (3), 418-447 - Bergmann, Julian / Patrick Müller (2021)
Failing forward in the EU's common security and defense policy: the integration of EU crisis management
in: Journal of European Public Policy 28(10), 1669-1687 - Niemann, Arne / Julian Bergmann (2021)
Theorizing EU external action: a neo-functionalist perspective
in: Gstöhl, Sieglinde / Simon Schunz (Hrsg.), The External Action of the European Union: concepts, approaches, theories: Red Globe Press, 157-172 - Hackenesch, Christine / Julian Bergmann / Jan Orbie (eds.) (2021)
The politicisation of European development policies
in: Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) 59(1), special issue - Hackenesch, Christine / Julian Bergmann / Jan Orbie (2021)
Development policy under fire? The politicization of European external relations
in: Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) 59 (1), 3-19 - Bergmann, Julian / Christine Hackenesch / Daniel Stockemer (2021)
Populist radical right parties in Europe: what impact do they have on development policy?
in: Journal of Common Market Studies 59 (1), 37-52 - Müller, Patrick / Julian Bergmann (2020)
Orchestrating peace in South Sudan: exploring the effectiveness of the European Union's mediation support
in: European Security 29 (2), 149-169 - Bergmann, Julian (2020)
The European Union as international mediator: brokering stability and peace in the neighbourhood
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan - Bergmann, Julian / Sarah Delputte / Niels Keijzer / Joren Verschaeve (2019)
The evolution of the EU's development policy: turning full circle
in: European Foreign Affairs Review 24 (4), 533-554 - Bergmann, Julian (2019)
Testfall Sahelregion: EU-Außenpolitik im Spannungsfeld von Sicherheit, Entwicklung und Migration
in: Political Science Applied - Zeitschrift für angewandte Politikwissenschaft 9/2019, 28-30 - Bergmann, Julian (2019)
Neofunctionalism and EU external policy integration: the case of capacity building in support of security and development (CBSD)
in: Journal of European Public Policy 26(9), 1253-1272 - Niemann, Arne / Toni Haastrup / Julian Bergmann (2018)
Motives, roles, effectiveness, and the future of the EU as an international mediator
in: International Negotiation 23 (2), 319-330 - Bergmann, Julian (2018)
Same table, different menus? A comparison of UN and EU mediation practice in the Kosovo-Serbia conflict
in: International Negotiation 23 (2), 238-257 - Bergmann, Julian / Toni Haastrup / Arne Niemann / Richard Whitman (2018)
Introduction: The EU as international mediator: theoretical and empirical perspectives
in: International Negotiation 23 (2), 157-176 - Bergmann, Julian (2018)
Turning an idea into reality: creating the European Institute of Peace
in: Cooperation and Conflict 53 (3), 375-391 - Bergmann, Julian (2017)
EU-Friedensmediation auf dem Prüfstand: zwischen hohem Anspruch und komplexer Wirklichkeit
in: Peripherie: Politik, Ökonomie, Kultur 37 (148), 412-434 - Bergmann, Julian/ Arne Niemann (2017)
From neo-functional peace to a logic of spillover in EU external policy
published on Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) (online first) - Bergmann, Julian / Arne Niemann (2015)
Theories of European integration
in: Aasne Kalle Aarstad / Edith Jørgensen Drieskens / Erik Knud / Katie Laatikainen / Ben Tonra (eds.), The SAGE handbook of European foreign policy, London: SAGE, 166-182 - Bergmann, Julian / Arne Niemann (2015)
Mediating international conflicts: the European Union as an effective peacemaker?
in: Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) 53 (5), 957-975 - Bergmann, Julian (2014)
Reputation, Glaubwürdigkeit und interventionistischer Verhandlungsstil - Eigenschaften erfolgreicher Friedensstifter? Literaturbericht zu den Bedingungsfaktoren erfolgreicher Mediation
in: Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung 3 (2), 233-263
Non-refereed Publications
- Bergmann, Julian / Benedikt Erforth / Christine Hackenesch / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (2025)
Der Weg zur Neuausrichtung der deutschen Entwicklungspolitik führt über Brüssel
(Policy Brief 21/2025) - Bergmann, Julian (2025)
Warum die EU jetzt auch in der zivilen Unterstützung der Ukraine mehr tun muss
published on table.media, 21.02.2025 - Keijzer, Niels / Julian Bergmann (2024)
Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und Humanitäre Hilfe
in: Werner Weidenfeld / Wolfgang Wessels (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2024, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 373-378 - Desmidt, Sophie / Julian Bergmann / Benedikt Erforth / Sara Gianesello (2024)
Staying engaged as Team Europe in fragile settings
ETTG Collective Report (3/2024), Brüssel: European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) - Bergmann, Julian / Jasmin Lorch (2024)
EU engagement in fragile and conflict-affected states: towards a dedicated strategy
in: Christine Hackenesch / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (eds.), The European Union’s global role in a changing world: challenges and opportunities for the new leadership, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 28-31 - Bergmann, Julian / Miriam Kosmehl / Julia Langbein / Gwendolyn Sasse (2024)
Eine komplexe Aufgabe inmitten des Krieges: Wiederaufbau und EU-Integration der Ukraine miteinander verzahnen
(Policy Brief 16/2024) - Megatrends Afrika (ed.) (2024)
Joint Futures: ideas for Germany’s Africa Policy - Ideen für die deutsche Afrikapolitik
in: Megatrends Africa Working Paper 12 - Бергманн, Джуліан / Міріам Космель / Джулія Лангбайн / Гвендолін Зассе (2024)
Кілька місій у розпал війни: інтеграція зусиль з відновлення та вступу України до ЄС (Ukrainian version of Multiple missions in the midst of war: integrating Ukraine's recovery and EU accession
(Policy Brief 14/2024) - Bergmann, Julian / Miriam Kosmehl / Julia Langbein / Gwendolyn Sasse (2024)
Multiple missions in the midst of war: integrating Ukraine's recovery and EU accession
(Policy Brief 11/2024) - Bergmann, Julian / Benedikt Erforth / Niels Keijzer (2024)
The involvement of the private sector and other non-state actors in EU development policy: current ambitions and directions
in: Sven Grimm / Stephan Klingebiel (eds.), Transnational cooperation – an explorative collection, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability, 17-23 - Caruso, Francesca / Lidet Tadesse Shiferaw / Kawsar Laanani / Marta Driessen / Carola García-Calvo / Rukia Mohamed Bakari / Latyr Tyne / Benedikt Erforth / Julian Bergmann (2024)
Conflict and unconstitutional change of government in Africa: is there still a role for the EU-AU Partnership?
ETTG Collective Report 1/2024, Brüssel: European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) - Keijzer, Niels / Julian Bergmann (2023)
Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und Humanitäre Hilfe
in: Werner Weidenfeld / Wolfgang Wessels (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 339-344 - Bergmann, Julian (2023)
Kohärenz stärken: wie ein integrierter Ansatz in der deutschen Afrikapolitik gelingen kann
published on www.megatrends-afrika.de, Blog Joint Futures 34, 13.12.2023 - Bergmann, Julian (2023)
Heading in the wrong direction? Rethinking the EU's approach to peace and security in Africa
published on www.megatrends-afrika.de, 18.07.2023 - Bergmann, Julian (2023)
Die Europäische Union und der Wiederaufbau der Ukraine - bereit für die Herkulesaufgabe?
in: ifo Schnelldienst 76 (4), 6-9 - Keijzer, Niels / Julian Bergmann (2022)
Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und humanitäre Hilfe
in: Weidenfeld, Werner / Wolfgang Wessels (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2022, Baden-Baden: Nomos - Bergmann, Julian / Iulian Romanyshyn (2022)
Wiederaufbau in der Ukraine: Wie die EU die Ukraine unterstützen sollte
(Policy Brief 8/2022) - Bergmann, Julian / Iulian Romanyshyn (2022)
Rebuilding Ukraine: how the EU should support Ukraine’s reconstruction and recovery
(Policy Brief 6/2022) - Bergmann, Julian / Niels Keijzer (2022)
Afrikas Sicherheit bleibt wichtig
in: E+Z (5/2022), 17 - Bergmann, Julian / Niels Keijzer (2021)
Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und humanitäre Hilfe
in: Werner Weidenfeld / Wolfgang Wessels (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2021, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 331-336 - Panchulidze, Elene / Julian Bergmann (2021)
The new 'Concept on EU Peace Mediation': boosting EU capacities in crisis response and conflict resolution?
in: College of Europe Policy Brief (4.21) - Hackenesch, Christine / Maximilian Högl / Julian Bergmann / Janina, Sturm / Damien Barchiche / Adolf Kloke-Lesch (2021)
Mind the Gap? Sketching the relevance of the 2030 Agenda for the Green Deal and other key EU policies in the context of the COVID-19 crisis
Brussels: European Think Tanks Group ( January 2021) - Bergmann, Julian / Niels Keijzer (2020)
Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und humanitäre Hilfe
in: Werner Weidenfeld / Wolfgang Wessels (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2020, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 345-350 - Bergmann, Julian / Ina Friesen / Christine Hackenesch / Julia Leininger (2020)
Friedenspolitische Kohärenz deutscher Afrikapolitik. Eine Analyse anhand der afrikabezogenen Leitlinien und Strategiepapiere der Bundesregierung
Berlin: Beirat der Bundesregierung Zivile Krisenprävention und Friedensförderung Studienreihe des Beirats (Studie 1) - Keijzer, Niels / Julian Bergmann (2019)
Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
in: Werner Weidenfeld / Wolfgang Wessels / Funda Tekin (Hrsg.), Europa von A bis Z: Springer VS, 1-5 - Bergmann, Julian / Niels Keijzer (2019)
Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und humanitäre Hilfe
in: Werner Weidenfeld / Wolfgang Wessel (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2019, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlags-Gesellschaft, 313-318 - Bergmann, Julian / Niels Keijzer (2019)
Humanitäre Hilfe
in: Werner Weidenfeld / Wolfgang Wessels / Funda Tekin (Hrsg.), Europa von A bis Z, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 1-5 (Online) - Bauer, Steffen / Julian Bergmann / Clara Brandi / Mark Furness / Christine Hackenesch / Niels Keijzer / Gabriela Iacobuta / Julia Leininger / Benjamin Schraven et al. (2019)
An agenda for Europe in the world
Brussels: European Think Tanks Group - Bergmann, Julian / Mark Furness (2019)
Die "Europäische Friedensfazilität": gute Idee mit großen Risiken
published on peacelab.blog, 29.05.2019 - Keijzer, Niels / Julian Bergmann (2019)
Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und Humanitäre Hilfe
in: Werner Weidenfeld / Wolfgang Wessels (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch der Europäischen Integration 2018, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verl.-Ges., 289-294 - Bergmann, Julian / Mark Furness (2018)
Eine Europäische Friedensfazilität könnte einen pragmatischen Beitrag zur Friedensförderung weltweit leisten
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 7/2018) - Koch, Svea / Niels Keijzer / Christine Hackenesch / Julian Bergmann (2018)
Vom Krisenmanagement zu nachhaltiger Entwicklung: Die europäische Entwicklungspolitik im nächsten EU-Budget
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 6/2018) - Koch, Svea / Niels Keijzer / Christine Hackenesch / Julian Bergmann (2018)
From damage control to sustainable development: European development policy under the next EU budget
(Briefing Paper 7/2018) - Furness, Mark / Julian Bergmann (2018)
A European peace facility could make a pragmatic contribution to peacebuilding around the world
(Briefing Paper 6/2018) - Bergmann, Julian (2018)
A bridge over troubled water? The Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) and the security-development nexus in EU external policy
(Discussion Paper 6/2018) - Hackenesch, Christine / Julian Bergmann / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (2018)
EU budget reform: opportunities and challenges for global sustainable development
(Briefing Paper 4/2018) - Hackenesch, Christine / Julian Bergmann / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (2018)
Die Reform des EU-Budgets: Chancen und Herausforderungen für globale nachhaltige Entwicklung
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 3/2018) - Bergmann, Julian (2017)
Initiative zum Kapazitätsaufbau zur Förderung von Sicherheit und Entwicklung (CBSD): „Versicherheitlichung“ der EU-Entwicklungspolitik?
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 19/2017) - Bergmann, Julian (2017)
Capacity Building in Support of Security and Development (CBSD): securitising EU development policy?
(Briefing Paper 24/2017)
Opinion Pieces
- Bergmann, Julian / Niels Keijzer (2025)
Global Europe Instrument: Warum die Idee nicht aufgeht
published on table.media, 24.07.2025 - Bergmann, Julian / Abi Watson (2025)
Time to strengthen the EU's engagement in fragile and conflict-affected states
published on gppi.net, 25.03.2025 - Bergmann, Julian (2025)
Warum die EU jetzt auch in der zivilen Unterstützung der Ukraine mehr tun muss
published on table.media, 21.02.2025 - Bergmann, Julian (2025)
Opinion: Amid US fallout, time for the EU to step up assistance to Ukraine
published on devex.com, 21.02.2025 - Bergmann, Julian (2024)
Mit Entwicklungszusammenarbeit gegen Putin
published on Makronom, 10.06.2024 - Bergmann, Julian (2024)
Supporting Ukraine’s recovery: shrewd geopolitics in times of war
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 10 June 2024 - Bergmann, Julian (2024)
Wiederaufbau als Zeichen an Putin
in: Frankfurter Rundschau, 09.06.2024 - Bergmann, Julian (2024)
The European Union's new Ukraine facility: an important though insufficient step?
published on ettg.eu, 02.04.2024 - Bergmann, Julian (2024)
Support for Ukraine: Europe must step up its efforts
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 26 February 2024 - Bergmann, Julian / Niels Keijzer (2023)
No contradiction: European development policy and geopolitics go hand in hand
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 8 May 2023 - Furness, Mark / Julian Bergmann (2022)
Powerful EU support to Ukraine would defeat Russian war aims
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 9 May 2022 - Bergmann, Julian / Niels Keijzer (2022)
Do not neglect African security
in: D+C (5/2022), 17 - Bergmann, Julian / Niels Keijzer (2022)
Afrikas Sicherheit bleibt wichtig
in: E+Z (5/2022), 17 - Bergmann, Julian / Niels Keijzer (2022)
The war in Ukraine: financial, political and credibility challenges for EU-Africa cooperation on peace and security
published on blogs.die-gdi.de, 23.03.2022 - Erforth, Benedikt / Bergmann, Julian (2022)
Après le retrait de la France, trois changements probables au Mali - et deux options pour la junte
published on theconversation.com, 17.03.2022 - Erforth, Benedikt / Julian Bergmann (2022)
Three likely changes in Mali after France withdraws - and two options for the junta
published on theconversation.com, 13.03.2022 - Bergmann, Julian / Benedikt Erforth (2022)
Four proposals to strengthen Franco-German cooperation on Africa
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 7 February 2022 - Bergmann, Julian / Ina Friesen (2021)
Putting 'Policy Coherence for Peace' at the Heart of the EU's Approach to External Crises and Conflicts
published on ettg.eu, 22.02.2021 - Bergmann, Julian / Christine Hackenesch / Daniel Stockemer (2021)
Populist radical right parties and European development policy: politicising the migration-development nexus?
published on JCMS Blog "Ideas on Europe", 12.01.2021 - Bergmann, Julian / Ina Friesen / Christine Hackenesch / Julia Leininger (2020)
Die friedenspolitische Kohärenz deutscher Afrikapolitik stärken: Anregungen für die Bundesregierung
published on peacelab.blog, 01.12.2020 - Bergmann, Julian (2020)
How the EU and AU should strengthen their cooperation
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 23 November 2020 - Bergmann, Julian / Mark Furness (2020)
Strengthening the EU’s Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding Capabilities
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 5 October 2020 - Hackenesch, Christine / Niels Keijzer / Julian Bergmann (2020)
Germany’s EU Council Presidency faces a monumental task
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 1 July 2020 - Furness, Mark / Julian Bergmann (2019)
How to strengthen the EU as a force for global peace
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (The Current Column of 28 October 2019) - Bergmann, Julian / Toni Haastrup / Arne Niemann / Richard Whitman (2019)
Time for an update: how to revisit the EU's framework for international mediation engagements
published on blogs.lse.ac.uk 10.06.2019 - Bergmann, Julian / Mark Furness (2018)
EU financing for peace and security post 2020 – towards a European Peace Facility (EPF)?
published on European Think Tanks Group (ETTG) March 6, 2018