Gerald Knaus (born 1970[1]) is an Austrian social scientist. He is a co-founder of the think tank European Stability Initiative (ESI).[citation needed]
Early life and education
editKnaus was born in Bramberg am Wildkogel, Austria in 1970. He studied philosophy, political science and economics in Oxford, Brussels and Bologna.[citation needed]
Career
editEuropean Stability Initiative
editIn 1999, Knaus co-founded the European Stability Initiative, a think tank, in Sarajevo. Today, the ESI has offices in Berlin, Brussels, and Vienna.[citation needed]
Policy
editIn 2019, he was appointed by Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Gerd Müller to serve on a commission in charge of drafting recommendations on how to address the causes of displacement and migration.[2]
In 2020 he published the book "Welche Grenzen brauchen wir?" ("What Borders Do We Need?") on the future of asylum and migration policy.[3]
Other activities
edit- Centre for Economic and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM), Member of the Advisory Board[4]
- European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member[5]
References
edit- ^ "Zur Person: Gerald Knaus". Die Welt. 16 March 2017.
- ^ Antwort der Bundesregierung auf die Kleine Anfrage der Abgeordneten Katharina Willkomm, Olaf in der Beek, Stephan Thomae, weiterer Angeordneter und der Fraktion der FDP – Drucksache 19/10966 – Der externe Sachverstand im Geschäftsbereich des Bundesministeriums für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung Deutscher Bundestag, July 11, 2019.
- ^ "Welche Grenzen brauchen wir?". www.piper.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ Advisory Board Centre for Economic and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM).
- ^ Members European Council on Foreign Relations.