Policy Fellow for European Policy and Foreign Policy. Elli studied Political Science, International Relations and Intercultural communications in Tübingen and Kyoto. Wrote her PhD on public opinion and foreign policy decision-making Processes. She was project consultant of the Hessian State Chancellery, researcher at the German Institute for Japanese Studies in Tokyo, and worked for the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik for several years. Her research fields comprise of foreign policy analysis, international relations and decision-making processes in Europe (especially Greece) and Asia (especially Japan, China and Korea).