York Albrecht

Research Associate

York Albrecht is a Research Associate in the project RESILIO-ACCESS — Resilience Observatory on the Rule of Law in EU Accession Candidates and re:constitution fellow 2025/26. His research focuses on democracy and democratic resilience, the rule of law, populism and illiberalism.

Experiences

re:constitution Fellow 2025/2026, research project: Black Box Berlaymont: Administrative Coordination within the European Commission and the Nexus between the Rule of Law and the Single Market
Political Science, M.A., Freie Universität Berlin (2023)
Political Science, B.A. Freie Universität Berlin (2020)
Erasmus semester at Stockholm University, Department for Political Science (2019)
Applied Media, B.A., Hochschule Mittweida/die medienakademie Hamburg (2015)

Languages

German
English
Italian
Swedish

York.albrecht@iep-berlin.de

www.linkedin.com/in/york-albrecht-5b7644204/

Projects

#EngagEUrCouncil: Young agenda-setters for Europe

Future of European Integration

Young Germans, Slovenians and Portuguese meet in a virtual think tank gaining knowledge on the priorities of the current Trio EU Council Presidency. They develop political demands for the future of the EU and discuss them with political decision makers.

Berlin Futures – IEP strategy group on German European policy

Germany and Europe

Representatives from politics, science, media and civil society develop recommendations for German European policy in the light of possible future European and international developments.

Reshaping the nexus of Germany's economic diplomacy and democratic backsliding in Hungary and Poland 

Future of European Integration

The “Zeitenwende” is changing not only German foreign policy, but also trade policy. What does this mean for Poland and Hungary in view of their democratic regression? IEP is creating a dialog format for German decision-makers from politics and business.

EUle - Europe learn & engage

Future of European Integration

#EUle is a strategic educational initiative that aims to increase understanding of European issues. The campaign aims to inform people about current events and contexts and motivate them to actively participate in the European debate.

RESILIO – Resilience observatory on the rule of law in Europe

Future of European Integration

Why are some democracies in the EU more resilient to the regressing rule of law than others? IEP will assess the resilience of all 27 member states using a systematic analytical framework in order to deliver counterstrategies to the regression of the rule of law.

RESILIO-ACCESS: Resilience Observatory on the Rule of Law in EU Accession Candidates

Enlargement, Neighbourhood, Central Asia

How resilient is the rule of law in the EU enlargement countries? RESILIO-ACCESS uses an interdisciplinary approach to answer this question and identifies how EU enlargement policy can contribute to resilient democratic structures in the region.

Ungarn neu denken – rethink Hungary

Future of European Integration

The relationship between the EU and Hungary is strained because of the situation regarding the rule of law. What is Germany's role in this after the "Zeitenwende"? The IEP is creating a dialog format for German stakeholders from politics, business and civil society.

Value preferences and political trends in Central and Eastern Europe

Future of European Integration

The consensus on the content and binding nature of European values is increasingly being called into question in the EU. The IEP analyses the causes and effects of this divergence of values in the four Visegrád states as well as Romania and Slovenia.

Yearbook of European Integration

Future of European Integration

How is the EU dealing with current crises? In which direction is European integration heading? What has happened in Brussels and the member states in the last year? The Yearbook of European Integration has been answering these questions annually since 1980.

Publications

The Missing Link in EU Accession: Civil Society Driving Rule of Law and Integration

How to conceptualise rule of law resilience

RESILIO-ACCESS Kick-off Meeting in Skopje

Germany votes, Europe counts: Rule of law

On the future of transatlantic relations – IEP Strategy Group Berlin Futures

Yearbook of European Integration 2024

Study: German companies in Hungary

European elections: IEP colleagues in the media

Introducing #RESILIOtoolbox: the way forward to rule of law resilience

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RESILIO-Study: Country Reports

RESILIO in Berlin: Testing resilience. The rule of law after the EP elections

Spinelli Forum 2024: Alumni Conference

RESILIO in Brussels - Rule of law in EU27: turning crisis into opportunity

RESILIO-Study: What makes the rule of law resilient? Evidence from EU27

The RESILIO Monitor

Hungary and ‘biting intergovernmentalism’, made in Berlin

Policy Paper: Defending liberal democracy

Chronology of the Hungarian Autocratisation

Background paper II: Challenges of dismantling the rule of law in Hungary

Background paper I: The rule of law in Hungary and the role of German politics and business

RESILIO model in a nutshell

RESILIO Advisory Board

Empowered and Involved: Final study on #EngagEUrCouncil

Yearbook of European Integration 2021

Youth ideas for the Portuguese EU Council presidency

Youth ideas for the German EU Council presidency

Presentation of the Policy Paper "Defending Liberal Democracy"

Panel Discussion: “The Missing Link in EU Accession: Civil Society Driving Rule of Law and Integration”

RESILIO in Brussels - Rule of law in EU27: turning crisis into opportunity

RESILIO in Berlin: Testing resilience. The rule of law after EP elections

Rule of law resilience in the EU – beyond legal design

Europe Talks: Young visions for Europe