Sophia Russack

Sophia Russack is a Researcher in the Institutions Unit at CEPS. Her main research interests lay in the fields of EU institutional architecture and decision-making processes, with a particular focus on the European Commission. She covers topics of EU reform and EU treaty revision, as well as the concept of differentiated European integration.

After obtaining her BA in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Frankfurt, she specialised in the field of European affairs. In the course of her Master’s degree programme in European Studies at Maastricht University, she received in-depth instruction in the politics and policies of the European Union as well as in qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Besides her responsibilities at CEPS, Sophia Russack is currently conducting research for a PhD at Maastricht University, where she is investigating the institutional balance between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, in the various modes of differentiated European integration.