Alan Z.

Alan Z. is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg, with ongoing roles as a Research Assistant at UMass Boston's John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies and as a Freelance Translator for Human Rights First and Open Society Foundations. Alan Z. has previously served as a Research Assistant at The New School, focusing on social contracts and state-society relations in transitional states of the former Soviet Eurasia and Eastern Europe. Other notable positions include Program Officer at The Human Rights Foundation, Program Associate at the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, and Associate Program Officer at JDC. Academic credentials include a Master of Arts in International Relations and Affairs from The New School and multiple Doctor of Philosophy degrees in International/Global Studies, International Policy Analysis, and Global Governance and Human Security from UMass Boston.