Kolja Brockmann is a Senior Researcher in SIPRI’s Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Programme. Kolja first joined SIPRI as an EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium Intern and has been working at SIPRI since 2017. Prior to joining SIPRI, Kolja was an Intern with the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) in Frankfurt. He graduated from King’s College London with an MA in Non-Proliferation and International Security.
Kolja conducts research in the fields of export control, non-proliferation and technology governance. He focuses on controls on emerging technologies, in particular Additive Manufacturing (3D-Printing), and intangible transfers of technology (ITT). He has been working on export control compliance in industry, research and academia. In addition, Kolja contributes to the mapping of cooperation and assistance activities relevant to the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in SIPRI’s Arms Trade Treaty database.
Dual-use and arms trade control, export licensing, Arms Trade Treaty, nuclear proliferation, nuclear hedging, CBRN terrorism, Additive Manufacturing/3D-printing, emerging technologies.
East- and South-East Asia, Iran, EU
MA in Non-Proliferation and International Security, King’s College London, UK; BA in International Relations and International Organization, University of Groningen, Netherlands