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Gerald Knaus (born 1970 [1] ) is an Austrian social scientist. He is a co-founder of the think tank European Stability Initiative (ESI).[ citation needed ]
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Gerald Knaus (born 1970 [1] ) is an Austrian social scientist. He is a co-founder of the think tank European Stability Initiative (ESI).[ citation needed ]
Knaus was born in Bramberg am Wildkogel, Austria in 1970. He studied philosophy, political science and economics in Oxford, Brussels and Bologna.[ citation needed ]
In 1999, Knaus co-founded the European Stability Initiative, a think tank, in Sarajevo. Today, the ESI has offices in Berlin, Brussels, and Vienna.[ citation needed ]
In 2019, he was appointed by Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Gerd Müller to serve on a commission in charge of drafting recommendations on how to address the causes of displacement and migration. [2]
In 2020 he published the book "Welche Grenzen brauchen wir?" ("What Borders Do We Need?") on the future of asylum and migration policy. [3]
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