Expert - Research Executive Agency, EU Commission - Belgium
(2023-09)
- Collaboratively evaluated the excellence, credibility and impact of multi-million Horizon Europe proposals with focus on technology transfer, capacity building and valorisation of science
Researcher - University of Leeds - UK
(2021-11 - 2025-06)
- Led research and a work package on reproducibility within a Marie Skłodowska-Curie (RecaP) project spanning 23 research institutions and industrial partners in 10 countries
- Administered the stakeholder-driven co-creation of cross-sector regulatory integration pathways across energy, agriculture, waste and industry to enable scalable phosphorus circularity solutions (biomethane production, carbon capture, allotropes for Lithium-Iron-Phosphate batteries, high performance nano-electronics)
- Developed participatory foresight for these technologies by integrating them as technology transfer opportunity financed via EU's mechanism for taxing embedded carbon in imported goods (CBAM)
Assistant to a Member from the civic quota (S&D affiliated) - European Parliament - Belgium
(2018-07 - 2019-06)
- Drafted and secured cross-party support for 100+ amendments to EU legislation across energy, autonomous systems and worker mobility files — contributing directly to the adoption of two legislative acts
- Managed relationships with industry associations, lobbyists and national authorities to develop and advance policy proposals through the inter-institutional process
- Delivered 50+ policy briefings and speeches; organised 30+ public events and two industrial missions to Asia; supported EU-China and EU-ASEAN Delegations
Governance and Political Inclusion Fellow - African Union – EU External Action Service - Belgium
(2017-08 - 2017-12)
- Selected among 7,100+ candidates to program high-level civil society mechanism for the Africa–EU Summit
- Designed a €10M multi-stakeholder funding mechanism under the AU–EU partnership and edited a 90-page governance roadmap presented to senior AU and EU leadership (heads of state)
- Conducted institutional audits across African Union Commission, EEAS, European Council, GIZ and UNESCO to align civil society participation with existing aid frameworks
Researcher - University of Newcastle - UK
(2020-01 - 2020-08)
- Analysed regulatory integration of next-generation DNA sequencing in food safety governance
- Compared decision-making models in EU Food Safety Authority and UN Plant Protection Organisation
Legal Researcher - Joint Institute for Innovation Policy - Belgium
(2017-05 - 2018-10)
- Integrated Austrian and Nigerian intellectual property rights laws into a 300-indicator database for DG GROW of EU Commission
Lecturer in MBA Program - European Education Centre - Myanmar
(2017-03 - 2017-09)
- Designed and delivered postgraduate courses in international trade, international financial institutions and project management
- Assessed assignments to industry executives and supervised applied business case analysis
Liaison Officer - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe - Germany
(2016-12 - 2016-12)
- Managed risk by shadowing the Swedish delegation during the German OSCE chairmanship
Policy Delegate - Asia-Europe Foundation - Singapore
(2016-03 - 2016-07)
- Negotiated policy recommendations for the 6th ASEM Ministers' Summit with delegates from 57 countries
Validation Officer - Democracy in Europe 2025 Movement - Germany
(2016-01 - 2018-12)
- Coordinated and validated expert and citizen policy proposals via online deliberation, contributing to a bottom-up policy Blueprint for Europe's Just Transition
President - Bringing Europeans Together Association - Bulgaria
(2017-01 - 2021-11)
- Led an international NGO delivering EU legislative simulations; secured two grants and institutional support from DG COMM of European Commission
Founder - The European Network of Policy Incubators
(2016-06)
- Built a platform translating circular economy expertise into EU consultations and national Green Deal programs
Official Traineeship of the EU - EU Commission, DG Development Cooperation - Belgium
(2015-03 - 2015-07)
- Supported the Adviser to the Director, contributing to budge cycle coordination and strategic decision-making for West and Central Africa portfolios
- Coordinated budget cycles in high-risk environments, contributed to EU–UNDP SDG negotiations through policy briefs synthesis notes for senior stakeholders, identified performance gaps in aid delivery via KPIs
Researcher - University of Erfurt - Germany
(2013-09 - 2014-04)
- Consultancy project for Transparency International's capacity building efforts in Ukraine, legal analysis of codification for public procurement and conflict of interest, developed pathways to model case studies
