Pia Ulrich studied international and comparative law at the University of Osnabrück, Germany, and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in unified and Italian private law. In 2007, Pia started to work at the European Legal Studies Institute, and, being fluent in German, English and French, became part of the Working Team for the Study Group for a European Civil Code. During that time, Pia also worked as honorary arbitrator for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court in Vienna, Austria, and studied Mandarin Chinese and the Russian language. In August 2011, Pia came to Washington to study at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. Her academic focus is on nuclear nonproliferation. She is currently the Nuclear Nonproliferation Research Assistant at the Partnership for Global Security, and is a candidate for graduation from the M.A. Security Policy Studies program.
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