Education and Work Experience

• Since 09/2021: Freie Universität Berlin, Cluster of Excellence "Contestations of the Liberal Script", Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies, Berlin, Doctoral Researcher
• 10/2019-08/2021: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik/German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin, Research Associate
• 10/2015-06/2019: Freie Universität Berlin, M.A. Political Sciences
• 10/2011-10/2015: Freie Universität Berlin, B.A. Communications and Political Science

Academic Appointments, Scientific Activities & Outreach

• 01/2019-10/2019: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik/German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin, Research Assistant
• 04/2015-10/2018: Freie Universität Berlin, Centre for Transnational Relations, Foreign and Security Policy, Berlin, Student Assistant
• 10/2017-02/2018: European Commission, Directorate-General for international cooperation and development (DG DEVCO, today DG INTPA), Brussels, Trainee

• (African) Diasporas in International Relations
• De-/Post-Colonial Perspectives and Gender in International Relations
• EU Global Policies
• Global Health

• Bergner, S. et al. 2020, ‘Größere Fragilität in Afrika: Gefragt sind Ansätze auf allen Ebenen’, in Lippert, B., Mair, S. and Perthes, V. (eds.) Internationale Politik unter Pandemie-Bedingungen: Tendenzen und Perspektiven für 2021. (SWP-Studie, 26). Berlin, pp. 32–35.
• Bergner, S. and Voss, M. 2020, ‘Deutschland als Akteur in der globalen Gesundheitspolitik’, Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 70(46-47), pp. 41–45.
• Bergner, S. et al. 2020, Upholding the World Health Organization: Next Steps for the EU (SWP-Comment 47).
• Bergner, S. 2020, The EU’s Global Health Crisis Management: Past and Present. Available from: https://www.e-ir.info/2020/04/17/the-eus-global-health-crisis-management-the-past-the-present/

Other outputs/Media:

• Bergner, S. 2023, Anspruchsvoll, aber notwendig: Impulse für die Einbindung afrikanischer Diaspora Gruppen, Joint Futures Blo 22. Available from: https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/mta-joint-futures-22-einbindung-afrikanischer-diaspora-gruppen.
• Bergner, S. 2023, Beyond networking — Afro-diasporic forums as spaces of resistance and worldmaking, SCRIPTS Think Piece, № 15.
• Bergner, S. and Rudolf, M. 2021, ‘Die Rolle Chinas in der Pandemiebewältigung’, SWP-Podcast, 21 June. Available from: https://www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/die-rolle-chinas-in-der-pandemiebewaeltigung.
• Bergner, S. 2021, ‘Die Politikempfehlung: Covid-19-Impfstoffe gerecht verteilen – aber wie?’ SWP-Podcast, 15 March. Available from: https://www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/die-politikempfehlung-covid-19-impfstoffe-gerecht-verteilen-aber-wie.
• Kickbusch, I. and Bergner, S. 2020, Coronavirus in Europe: Who If Not Us?. Available from: https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/coronavirus-europe-who-if-not-us.
• Kickbusch, I. and Bergner, S. 2020, EU: Strongly United for Health—Deeply Divided on the Economy. Available from: https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/eu-strongly-united-health-deeply-divided-economy.
• Kickbusch, I. and Bergner, S. 2020, The Big European Shut Down. Available from: https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/big-european-shut-down.

• Bergner, S., 2021, Podcast zum "Zukunftsforum Europas" Gesundheit. FuturEU Podcast, 22 Nov. Available from: https://www.presseportal.de/pm/159651/5079108.

• Bergner, S. 2021, Interview, Video-Series “Faces of SCRIPTS”, Cluster of Excellence SCRIPTS, 2021. Available from: https://youtu.be/JMfkC1QZ-dM.