Fabian Maximilian Kreuzer holds a bachelor’s degrees in International Affairs and Governance from the University of St. Gallen and in Cultural Sciences from the University of Hagen, as well as a master’s degrees in Sustainable Development from Sciences Po Paris and in International Energy Management and Policy from the Columbia University. He specialized on the influences of energy and natural resources on conflicts and studied these fields at two different international organizations during his Mercator fellowship. Fabian Kreuzer now works as an Associate Expert at the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in Chile.