Sebastian Schäffer is the managing director of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM) in Vienna, Austria, and secretary-general of the Danube Rectors’ Conference (DRC). He is the founder and CEO of Seminars Simulations Consulting (SSC) Europe and an associate fellow at the Future of Europe Programme of the GLOBSEC Policy Institute in Bratislava, Slovakia. Schäffer studied political science, European law and Slavonic studies in Munich and East European Studies in Regensburg, Germany. He is working on reform of European integration and future scenarios for the Eastern Partnership.