Consultation hour
Thursday, 13:30-14:30 or by appointment
Room: PT 3.1.14
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CV
Charlotte Nachtmann is a research assistant and doctoral student at the Chair of International Politics and Transatlantic Relations at the University of Regensburg.
She studied German-french studies at the University of Regensburg and the Université Clermont Auvergne in France. in 2022, she completed her master's degree in democracy studies with a focus on international politics at the University of Regensburg. She then began her doctorate in International Relations. Her dissertation has the working title: "Franco-American Security Relations since 1990". In it, she analyses the elite discourses of French and American security policy against a constructivist theoretical background and aims to explain the ongoing convergences and disruptions of the bilateral relationship. In spring 2026, she undertook a six-week research visit to Paris, where she was hosted by the Institut des Relations Internationales et Stratégiques.
In addition to her dissertation, her research focuses on the EU's common security and defence policy and Franco-German relations.
Charlotte Nachtmann's dissertation project is supported by a doctoral scholarship from the Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft. Since February 2025, she has been a member and author at the Cologne Forum for International Relations and Security Policy (KFIBS), where she participates in the research groups "USA/Transatlantic Relations/NATO" and "Europe/EU". She was also a fellow of the Young Security Conference 2024 and was an assistant professor at the Chair of 19th and 20th Century European History in the winter semester 2023/24 and summer semester 2024.
Research
Main research areas
- French foreign and security policy
- French-American relations and European foreign and security policy
- Transatlantic relations
- Franco-German relations
- Social constructivism and strategic cultural research
Teaching
Introduction to International Politics (basic course) - winter semester 2024/25, winter semester 2025/26
Co-teaching for: An ever closer union? Topics and debates in the history of European integration (basic course) - summer semester 2024
Publications
"Fractured Unity: Understanding Franco-German Tensions in EU Security Policy", 23 May 2024, Fellow article for the Young Security Conference, available at: https://www.youngsecurityconference.com/publications-and-media/fractured-unity (external link, opens in a new window)
"The Battle for Truth. The Dangers of Disinformation for State Sovereignty", Cologne Forum for International Relations and Security Policy, KFIBS Analysis No. 5(4), April 2026, available at: https://kfibs.org/kfibs/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/KFIBS-Analyse_Der_Kampf_um_die_Wahrheit_Charlotte_Nachtmann_KFIBS-Forschungsgruppe_Europa-EU_Nr._5_4_April_2026_Final.pdf (external link, opens in a new window)
Lectures
- "Rethinking Security: Hybrid Threats and German Foreign Policy" - Lecture on 10 November 2025 - Academy for Civic Education Tutzing
- "Rolling the Dice of War - Evaluating Warhammer Tabletop's Capacity to Simulate Modern War Scenarios" - Panel participation "Between Authenticity and Estrangement: Past and Future Realities" on 28 November 2024 - Leibniz ScienceCampus Annual Conference 2024 "Playing War. Simulations, Games, Exercises, and the Representations of Military Force and Violence"