Helena van Thiel
Helena van Thiel
Project Assistant

Helena van Thiel joined Europe Jacques Delors as a Project Assistant in March 2024. She supports the team’s work on the greening of the EU trade policy as well as the “GRAPE” (Greening agri-food policy in Europe) project. Previously, she interned at the German development agency (GIZ), where she worked in the private sector cooperation programme.

Helena holds a Dual Bachelor’s Degree in Social and Political Science from Sciences Po and the Freie Universität Berlin. Both at Science Po’s Franco-German campus in Nancy and the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science in Berlin, she specialised in the European Union.

She is fluent in English, German and French.


Publications

From rhetoric to action: Taking stock of the green trade agenda of von der Leyen’s “g...

From rhetoric to action: Taking stock of the green trade agenda of von der Leyen’s “g...

Publication
2 October 2024

News

Restoring trust in democracy amidst an uncertain future

Restoring trust in democracy amidst an uncertain future

News | Blog Post
22 October 2024
EU Trade Agreements as Drivers of Food System Sustainability? Zooming in on Sustainab...

EU Trade Agreements as Drivers of Food System Sustainability? Zooming in on Sustainab...

News | Blog Post
30 July 2024
How does the EU strategic agenda fare from a sustainability perspective?

How does the EU strategic agenda fare from a sustainability perspective?

News
11 July 2024
Re-Thinking Europe Episode 5 - The Green Deal : A European Agenda with Global Impact?

Re-Thinking Europe Episode 5 - The Green Deal : A European Agenda with Global Impact?

News | Podcast
19 June 2024

Media

Events

14 February 2025
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EJD x IDDRI Roundtable

Transforming the food industry to support more sustainable food systems across the EU. Perspectives ...

27 January 2025
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Lunch & Learn at the Sustainable Hub

A few days ahead of the publication of the Competitiveness Compass we held a vibrant lunch & learn s...

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