Gerhard Mangott is Professor of Political Science with a special focus on international relations and security in the post-Soviet space. He teaches at the Institute for Political Science in Innsbruck and is a lecturer at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna.

Gerhard Mangott’s research focuses on the regime theory of Russia and Ukraine as well as energy security in the oil and gas sector. Topics that are highly topical, making the Eastern Europe expert a much sought-after and popular commentator in the media. Mangott competently and vividly conveys his enormous knowledge of this important world region and paints a multi-layered picture of the former great power and its significance today.

Gerhard Mangott is Scientific Adviser on Post-Soviet Affairs at the Austrian Institute for International Politics. He is also a reviewer for the British Economic and Social Research Council (ERSC), the Volkswagen Foundation, the Jubilee Fund of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB), the Swiss National Fund for the Promotion of Scientific Research and various scientific journals.