Prof. Dr. Werner Weidenfeld Josef Janning Jürgen Turek Douglas Merrill Sascha Meinert

				Douglas Merrill Center for Applied Policy Research - Research Group on the Global Future, Senior Research Fellow, Ludwig Maximilians University, Germany e-mail: merrilld@mindspring.com Employment Center for Applied Policy Research Research Group on the Global Future, Senior Research Fellow, Munich, Germany, March 1998-Present. Founding member of research group tasked to investigate the social and political consequences of advanced technological changes. Wrote popular and scholarly articles; organized international conferences; supervised assistants. G7 Group - European Strategist. Washington, DC, March 1996-Present. Political and economic analyst responsible for Germany and Russia. Wrote near-term forecasts on bond, equity and foreign exchange markets for daily publication read by international audience of upper-level money managers. Prepared custom research on political and economic events in Germany and Russia. Coordinated with other analysts for prognoses on European Monetary Union. Gave oral presentations for clients, media, and officials. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe - Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Researcher on Media Issues. Warsaw, Poland, 1995. Reported on implementation of participating states' obligations regarding journalists; written report became model for all of ODIHR's 1995 implementation reports. Researched new media in central and eastern Europe. Warsaw Business Journal - Special Projects Designer. Warsaw, Poland, 1995. Project Manager for Taking Stock, the first comprehensive guide to companies traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Croton Institute - Research Assistant. Washington, DC, 1995. Wrote reports and summaries on defense, business, and NATO topics for firm's clients. Translated articles from the German press. Budapest Business Journal - Production Director. Budapest, Hungary, 1994. Responsible for all physical aspects of a weekly English-language business newspaper. Prepared for commercial printing a twenty-four page paper every week. Produced magazine-length project on investment in Hungary. Supervised one assistant. Fulfilled requirements of local and multinational advertisers. Budapest Week - Designer and Book Editor. Budapest, Hungary, 1993-94. Designed pages of weekly general interest English-language newspaper. Wrote book reviews under supervision of arts and entertainment editor. Oxford Review - Editor. Atlanta, Georgia, 1991-93. Oversaw all aspects of a monthly book review published by Oxford Bookstores. Editorial responsibilities included generating story ideas, hiring freelance writers, conducting interviews, writing reviews and advertising copy, and proofreading entire magazine. Responsible for design, pre-press and production elements. TOP Education Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Washington, DC M.A. in German and European Studies, May 1996 Thesis: Intractable Problems The CSCE and the Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh Editor of European Update, a monthly briefing on European affairs published by the students of Georgetown's Center for German and European Studies. Managed staff of five, prepared annual budget, wrote and edited articles. Delegate to University Forum '94, an international seminar parallel to the CSCE Budapest Summit in December, 1994. Drafted Forum's statement on Bosnia The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee B.A. magna cum laude in German (honors) and Political Science (honors), 1990 Phi Beta Kappa, Duggan Award for Outstanding Political Science Student Universität Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany Sommersemester 1989, Fakultäten Germanistik und Politik TOP Skills Fluent German. Reading knowledge of Polish. Professional experience with Macintosh and DOS-based computers. Microsoft Word, Quark XPress, PageMaker, FreeHand, PageMill, PhotoShop, others. TOP
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