Hugo von Essen

Analyst and Project Manager

Hugo von Essen is an analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS). 

Areas of expertise:
• Russia-China relations
• South Caucasus
• Ukraine and Russia

Hugo has worked at the OSCE Task Force and previously done an internship at the Department for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Hugo has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Uppsala University, and has also studied Russian, psychology, history of ideas, and law at Uppsala University, Stockholm University, and Saint Petersburg State University.