Andrea Johansen, M.A.

Andrea Johansen is a researcher and doctoral candidate at the Chair of Global Governance and Public Policy.
Her research focuses on arms control of dual-use technologies. In her PhD project, she analyzes under which conditions the regulation of dual-use technologies, such as biotechnology or artificial intelligence, succeeds. Her particular interest lies on the role advocacy networks and domestic interest groups play in this context.
Andrea Johansen holds scholarships from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes) and the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt). Additionally, her work is funded by the Marianne-Plehn-Program, which is part of the Elite Network of Bavaria.
Prior to joining LMU, Andrea Johansen worked as a project manager at the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius in Hamburg, one of Germany’s largest not-for-profit-foundations. During her studies, she has gained practical experience as a research assistant and intern at various institutions, including at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik) in Brussels and the German Mission to the UN in New York. She pursued her studies in Political Science, Cultural Studies, and French in Regensburg and Konstanz (Germany), Lyon (France), and Berkeley (US). She holds an M.A. from the University of Konstanz where she completed her M.A. dissertation on discourses about the “Responsibility to Protect” in the Global South.

Summary of the PhD project