Arend-Jan de Koning

EU Policy Advisor at Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

Utrecht, Netherlands

About

Experience

  • Research Fellow at The Hague Research Institute for Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus & Central Asia
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    As research fellow, I will be joining THRI for the next 6 months to write articles about my academic expertise: the intersection between European integration, security studies, and the EU - Russia relationship.

  • Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland · On-site)
    • Policy Advisor European and International Affairs
      Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

      BNC Coördinator BZK Accounthouder Digitalisering; voorbereiding en deelname Telecomraden, advisering lopende EU wetgevingsonderhandelingen HCEU/REA + MR coördinatie directie MFK coördinator; overzien standpuntbepaling MFK bij BZK en VRO, interdepartementale onderhandelingen voeren IDO’s Duitsland, Spanje en Italië Staatsbezoeken Coördinator

    • Intern European and International Affairs
      Feb 2023 - Aug 2023 · 7 mos

  • Research Assistent at Masaryk University Brno
    Mar 2022 - Oct 2022 · 8 mos

    In this function, I was involved in research on the usage of migration as a technique of hybrid warfare. In particular, we focussed on the case of Belarus and Poland, and the response by the European institutions.

  • Student Member Emergency Funds Committeee at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
    Aug 2019 - Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • President and Commissioner of Intellectual Activities Executive Board at SIB-Groningen | DUNSA
    Sep 2018 - Aug 2019 · 1 yr

    As President, I was responsible for the activities of the Board, and end responsible for all activities organised by and for the association. As Commissioner of Intellectual Activities, I was responsible for organising and coordinating all intellectual activities of the SIB. These included 30 lectures and symposia, 2 election debates, and 2 conferences. This required me to come up with possible future events, invite speakers, and oversee these activities being executed. It also required me to oversee several committees which themselves organise both intellectual and social events.