Mag. Elke Schraik, MA
Curriculum Vitae
Short Biography
Before joining the Centre for European Integration Research (EIF) as University Assistant in September 2020, Elke Schraik worked as a teaching assistant in a lycée in France for one year during her studies of French and English at the University of Vienna. Afterwards she joined GDF Suez (now Engie), a Belgian-French multinational energy company, to gain some experience in the private sector. Then she started her teaching career in a secondary school (upper cycle), where she focused mainly on interdisciplinary subjects connecting politics, economics, social issues and business.
She holds a Magister degree in French and English, a Master’s degree in Public Relations and Public Affairs and attended courses on global history and political science at the University of Vienna, as well as on political economy and EU studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, at Sciences Po in Paris as well as at the Cambridge Summer Institute.
Her research at the EIF focuses on the European Union's role as a global digital actor, concentrating in particular on the EU's external digital policies towards Africa and the US. Currently she prepares her doctoral thesis under the supervision of Gerda Falkner.
