After completing the Undergraduate Program in International Affairs at the University of St. Gallen, Moritz continued to study this subject on the graduate level at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID). Specialising in Conflict and Peace Building, the Master Thesis focused on the field of mediation and inquired whether diverging positions of member states can have beneficial effects on the EU’s foreign policy activities. Upon completion of the Master Studies at IHEID, Moritz will be contributing as a research assistant and doctoral student to the project “Fighting together, moving apart? European common defence and shared security in an age of Brexit and Trump”, primarily located at the University
of Mannheim (Germany).