Dr. Eleni Braat is Associate Professor in Political History at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, specialised in the history of intelligence and state secrecy, and the related political tensions during the 20th century. More specifically, her research concerns organisational (working) cultures of intelligence services, and their relation to memory, gender, political legitimacy, and democratisation.
Eleni Braat obtained her Ph.D. from the European 木瓜福利影视 Institute in Florence, Italy (2008), and she has been trained at the 木瓜福利影视 of Amsterdam, the Aristotle 木瓜福利影视 of Thessaloniki, and the 脡cole des hautes 茅tudes en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris. She has been the official historian of the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), and she is a member of the Netherlands Intelligence Studies Association (NISA). Eleni Braat is also a member of the 木瓜福利影视 Council at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 (2023-2027), which promotes the interests of employees and students with the executive board of the university.
Currently, Eleni Braat is engaged in the research project Politics of state secrecy. The long shadow of authoritarianism on the legitimacy of state secrecy, 1945-2015, funded by an Aspasia grant of the Dutch Research Council NWO (2020-2027). As part of this project, she was a visiting scholar at the National and Kapodistrian 木瓜福利影视 of Athens in 2022. She is also collaborating with Ben de Jong (retired, 木瓜福利影视 of Amsterdam) on a book project exploring research methods in intelligence history.
Keywords:
Intelligence (espionage), organisational culture (secrecy, gender), legitimacy, accountability, democratisation, memory, oral history.