Florian Erdle

Florian is an intern with the SIPRI Military Expenditure and Arms Production Programme.

He is pursuing a Master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomatic Affairs at Bologna University and studies Economics (M.Sc.) at the University of Hagen where he focuses on Econometrics.

Florian holds a B.A in Political Science and Economics from Heidelberg University where he was investigating the possibilities of wars between super powers and the capabilities of militaries and their procurements. He spend the last year of his Bachelor's at Durham University in England.

Prior to joining SIPRI he worked during his studies in the project European Repository for Cyber Incidents (EURepoC) and interned in the office of Christoph Schmid (MP – Member of Defence Committee) in the German Bundestag.

He is a Conflict Researcher for Colombia at the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research.