Brussels Office

IEEP staff includes lawyers and natural and social scientists with experience in several European countries. Our European outlook is reflected in the variety of our backgrounds and languages spoken. We currently have staff from more than a dozen nationalities.

  • Jana Poláková

    Senior Policy Analyst

    +32 (0) 2211 1095

    Specialist subjects:
    EU agriculture, environmental and climate policies, rural development

  • Marianne Kettunen

    Senior Policy Analyst

    +358 40 4854844

    Specialist subjects:
    nature conservation and biodiversity, invasive alien species, ecosystem services and the value of biodiversity, biodiversity and the EU budget

  • Bettina Kretschmer

    Policy Analyst

    +32 (0) 27387478

    Specialist subjects:
    biofuels, bioenergy, renewable energy policy

  • Leonardo Mazza

    Policy Analyst

    +32 (0) 2738 7477

    Specialist subjects:
    biodiversity and nature conservation, environmental economics, environmental policy integration, environmental assessment and evaluation

  • Axel Volkery

    Senior Fellow and Head of the Environmental Governance programme

    +32 (0) 2211 1090

    Specialist subjects:
    environmental governance, policy effectiveness, impact assessment, strategy and scenario development

  • Doreen Fedrigo-Fazio

    Senior Policy Analyst

    +32 (0) 2738 7489

    Specialist subjects:
    environmental governance, natural resources, products and waste policies

  • Kristof Geeraerts

    Senior Policy Analyst

    +32 (0) 2738 7473

    Specialist subjects:
    institutional and strategic EU developments, environmental governance, transposition and implementation of EU directives, environmental liability directive

  • Keti Medarova-Bergstrom

    Senior Policy Analyst

    +32 (0) 2738 7479

    Specialist subjects:
    cohesion policy, EU Budget Review, environmental governance, environmental integration, climate mainstreaming and proofing

  • Raphael Sauter

    Policy Analyst

    +32 (0) 2738 7470

    Specialist subjects:
    environmental governance, EU energy efficiency and renewable energy policy, Carbon capture and storage, Low carbon innovation policies and funding mechanisms

  • Sirini Withana

    Senior Policy Analyst

    +32 (0) 2738 7483

    Specialist subjects:
    EU institutional developments, environmental governance, European strategies

  • Marc Pallemaerts

    Senior Fellow and Head of Global Issues and External Action Programme

    +32 (0) 2738 7471

    Specialist subjects:
    environmental law and governance, public participation, climate change, chemicals and the EU's role in global environmental policy

  • Sandra Mootoosamy

    Senior Administrator, Brussels

    +32 (0) 2738 7482