Maximilian Hartl, M. A.

Maximilian Hartl is a doctoral candidate and has been working as a research associate at the Department of politics at IOS Regensburg since June 2025. His research focuses on the emergence and spread of political narratives surrounding the so-called Foreign Agent Laws. He previously earned an M.A. in Democracy Studies at the University of Regensburg, where he studied Russia's imperial legitimation strategies in its war of aggression against Ukraine. He has international experience in the South Caucasus and was part of the editorial team of the Länderanalysen, assisting the publication of the journals Russian- and Ukrainian Analytical Digest.