Our team
Dr. Christian Kellermann is the Director of the Nordic Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Stockholm.
Christian Kellermann joined the Nordic Office of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) in 2009. Previously, he worked as a project manager for European economic and social affairs at the FES in Bonn and Berlin. Before joining the FES, he worked as a financial market analyst in Frankfurt and New York. He holds a PhD in political economy and studied political science and economics in Frankfurt. Among his major fields of interest are global financial markets and the future of the welfare state.
All FES publications by Christian Kellermann are available online here.
A selection of other publications is available here.
Valerie Scheib is project coordinator at the Nordic Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Stockholm.
Valerie Scheib joined the FES office in Stockholm in October 2006. She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and Management from the University of Konstanz in Germany. She also studied political science at the University of Uppsala. Valerie has a special interest in Baltic Sea cooperation.
Martin Gemzell is project manager/research associate at the Nordic Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Stockholm
Martin Gemzell joined FES office in Stockholm in 2009. Previously, he served as Asia programme manager at the Olof Palme International Center. He has also worked for the OECD/DAC.
Martin has a Master’s Degree in Political Science from Lund University and also studied at the Master of Science programme at the Stockholm School of Economics, majoring in economics.
He has also studied at the University of Konstanz. Martin has been active in a number of activist initiatives and NGOs. One of his major fields of interest is democracy promotion.

