Jan Quosdorf

Academic Coordinator

Jan Quosdorf is the Aca­demic Co­ordinator of the Arms Control Nego­tiation Academy (ACONA) at Research Depart­ment Inter­national Security, where he focuses on questions of arms control, non­proliferation, and nuclear security.

 

Jan Quosdorf

CV

| Since 2026
Research Associate, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)

| Since 2026
Fellow (2026–2027), HCoC Youth Group on Ballistic Missile Nonproliferation, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS)

| Since 2026
External Consultant, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nonproliferation (VCDNP)

| 2025–2026
Visiting Scholar, Peking University

| 2024 – 2025
Student Research Assistant, Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

| Since 2023
M.A. in Peace and Security Studies, University of Hamburg

| 2023 – 2026
M.A. in International Affairs, King’s College London

| Since 2023
Arms Control Negotiation Academy (ACONA)

| 2022
Visiting Scholar, Tsinghua University

| 2019 – 2022
B.A. in East Asian Studies / Modern China & Political Science, Georg-August University of Göttingen
 

Publications

  • Increasing Accountability and Mitigating Nuclear Weapons Risks to Transition to a World Beyond Nuclear Deterrence
    | 2025
    Kalaicelvan et al. (2025): Increasing Accountability and Mitigating Nuclear Weapons Risks to Transition to a World Beyond Nuclear Deterrence. Future Pathways to a World Beyond Nuclear Deterrence, De-siloing Existential Threats III.
    Publication
  • The Nuclear-Climate Nexus: The Intersection of Climate Change and Nuclear Weapons
    | 2024
    Saadia et al. (2024): The Nuclear-Climate Nexus: The Intersection of Climate Change and Nuclear Weapons, Tackling the Interconnections Between Global Dangers, De-siloing Existential Threats II.
    Publication

  • Tracking the untrackable
    | 2025
    Jan Quosdorf (2025): Tracking the untrackable. How neutrino detectors may threaten submarines, The Broadside, Council on Geostrategy.
    Publication

Further Activities

| September 2026 – Networks for Change: Dis­arma­ment Education in Practice – Panelist, “Vienna Conversation Series,” United Nations Office for Dis­arma­ment Affairs (UNODA), Vienna, Austria

| March 2025 – Neutrino Detectors: Be­tween Nuclear Safe­guards and Security – Panelist, “Stepping Back from the Brink of Nuclear War” Conference, British Pugwash, London, United Kingdom

| February 2024 – Research Impact: A New Understanding of Science for Effective Policy Influence – Panelist, Munich Security Conference 2024, Munich, Germany