Research associate
Visitor address
S4|22, Room 309
Landwehrstr. 48A
64293 Darmstadt
Contact
elena.dressler@tu-darmstadt.de
Postal address
Dolivostr. 15
64293 Darmstadt
Elena Dressler is a research associate at the chair of “International Relations” headed by Prof. Dr. Markus Lederer. Since 2025, she has been working as a doctoral researcher in the DFG Research Training Group “Standards of Governance.” Her current research focuses on transnational organized crime with a regional focus on Latin America.
Research interests
- Peace and Conflict Studies
- Transnational Organized Crime (TOC)
- Violence
- Democracy
- Latin American Regional Studies
Curriculum Vitae
| Since 04/2025 | Research associate at the Chair of International Relations headed by Prof. Markus Lederer and doctoral researcher in the DFG Research Training Group “Standards of Governance” at Technische Universität Darmstadt and Goethe-University Frankfurt. |
| 10/2021 – 01/2025 | Master of Arts International Studies / Peace and Conflict Studies, Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main, Technische Universität Darmstadt and Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| 08/2021 – 03/2025 | Student research assistant at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), with Prof. Nicole Deitelhoff (until 2023) and Prof. Jonas Wolff (from 2022 onwards). |
| 06/2021 – 03/2022 | Student research assistant at the Chair of International Politics with Prof. Sandra Destradi, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg |
| 10/2018 – 05/2021 | Bachelor of Arts Political Science and Law (Minor), Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main and Universidad Externado de Colombia |
Publications
Journal-Article:
- Dressler, Elena, and Jonas Wolff. 2024. “From Political Instability to ‘Internal Armed Conflict’: Ecuador’s Multiple Crisis.” Revista de Ciencia Política 44 (2): 269.
- Dressler, Elena, and Johannes Plagemann. 2022. “India’s Response to the Pandemic: Populism as an Explanatory Factor.” Die Friedens-Warte 95 (1–2): 17–39.
Book Chapter:
- Jumle, Vihang, Johannes Plagemann, Sandra Destradi, Elena Dressler, Alyssa Santiago und Ronald Schleehauf. 2025. „Populism and the Centralisation of Foreign Policy Decision-Making“. In Cadier, D., Chryssogelos, A., Destradi, S. (Hrsg.): Routledge Handbook of Populism and Foreign Policy. Routledge. ISBN: 9781032540184
Transfer Publications:
- Dressler, Elena, und Wolff, Jonas. 2024. “Von der Insel des Friedens zum Kriegszustand: Hintergründe der Gewalteskalation in Ecuador.” TraCe Policy Brief, 5, Frankfurt/M . DOI: 10.48809/PRIFTraCePB2405