Deputy Director, Southeast Europe Association (Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft), Munich
Johanna Deimel is Deputy Director of the Southeast Europe Association (Suedosteuropa-Gesellschaft, SOG) in Munich since 1998 from where she has been on temporary leave of absence (February 2008 - March 2010). In 1997 she received her Dr. rer. pol. in Political Sciences, Slavonic Studies and Economics from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich.
At the SOG she organises high level and policy oriented international conferences on Balkan issues and on the Black Sea region. She is specialised in European Union politics and strategies towards Southeastern Europe and the Black Sea region. From February until October 2008 she served as Executive Officer / Chief of Staff at the International Civilian Office in Kosovo. She is an expert for projects related to Kosovo of various organisations. End 2009 she was Senior Expert for InWent and its Kosovo programme.
Publications include: The Balkan Prism. A Retrospective by Policy-Makers and Analysts (co-edited with Wim van Meurs), Munich 2007; Kosovo 2009: Uncertain Future (together with Armando Garcia Schmidt), Spotlight Europe 2009/01, Bertelsmann Foundation. Bertelsmann Transformation Index Bulgaria 2006 and 2008.