{"id":12680,"date":"2022-07-13T11:05:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T09:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/?post_type=person&#038;p=12680"},"modified":"2022-12-12T14:10:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T13:10:58","slug":"eric-blum","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/person\/eric-blum\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Blum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light alignfull\" style=\"min-height:150px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-light-petroleum-background-color has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">About Eric<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center alignsmall\">Eric Blum has been intern at Das Progressive Zentrum from October-December 2018. After graduating in social sciences he is now pursuing a master&#8217;s degree in Global Studies at Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin. During the course of his studies he spent exchange semesters in South Africa and India. He focuses mostly on social inequality and International Relations and gained first work experience at the AntiDiskriminierungsB\u00fcro K\u00f6ln.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-light-grey-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Posts<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"news-items-wrapper news-view-normal news-count-2\">  <div class=\"news-item\"><div class=\"news-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/cybersecurity-is-european-governance-possible\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/EU-Digital-Challenges-25-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-dpz-blog-thumbnail size-dpz-blog-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"news-info-wrapper\"><h4 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/cybersecurity-is-european-governance-possible\/\">Cybersecurity: is European Governance possible?<\/a><\/h4><div class=\"news-date\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Posted on<\/span> <time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2018-11-19T12:23:00+01:00\">19. November 2018<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-07-13T12:37:36+02:00\">13. July 2022<\/time><\/div><div class=\"news-content\">With Th\u00e9odore Christakis, Christian Daviot, Saskia Esken, Julia Schuetze &amp; Isabel Skierka on EU cybersecurity policy at the French Embassy in Berlin<\/div><div class=\"news-authors\"><a class=\"news-author-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/person\/alban-genty\/\">Alban Genty<\/a>, <a class=\"news-author-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/person\/eric-blum\/\">Eric Blum<\/a>, <a class=\"news-author-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/person\/marie-louise-schlutius\/\">Marie-Louise Schlutius<\/a><\/div><div class=\"news-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/kategorie\/meldung\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/div><\/div><!-- .class=\"news-info-wrapper --><\/div> <\/div><!-- .news-wrapper -->\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div 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