Jessica Hendrick
Communications Officer, ECFR
Languages
English, Spanish (intermediate)
Jessica Hendrick is a communications officer at the European Council on Foreign Relations, based in Berlin.
Before joining ECFR, Hendrick was the communications coordinator at the Better Politics Foundation, where she led global campaigns focused on political leadership and democratic innovation. Her background spans digital strategy, media relations and event management, with experience across the non-profit, private and start-up sectors.
Hendrick began her career in public affairs with the US government, including roles at the US embassy in Lima and the US senate. She holds a BA in international studies, and is recognised as a Fulbright semi-finalist and Peace Corps legacy volunteer.
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Trust, anger and the limits of EU democracy promotion
Jessica Hendrick is joined by Morten Bøås to go inside RE-ENGAGE’s fieldwork across six EU candidate countries—revealing what citizens actually trust, why anger matters more than apathy and what Brussels keeps getting wrong about democracy promotion
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The EU’s enlargement reality check
Jessica Hendrick takes over The Neighbourhood to unpack what the EU’s 2025 Enlargement Package reveals about both Brussels’s expectations and life inside the candidate countries
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Civilian resistance in wartime Ukraine
RE-ENGAGE researchers travelled to Kyiv in September 2025 to conduct fieldwork. Vira, a Kyiv based university student and locally trained enumerator, shares her testimony as a voice that speaks from within the conditions that both sustain and constrain the research.
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Completing the Union
Europe’s first Enlargement Forum comes at a moment when accession is no longer just a policy process but a test of trust.
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Moldova’s election: A test of Europe’s credibility
Moldova’s parliamentary election is a barometer of regional democracy. Its outcome could reshape EU enlargement, regional security, and the balance of power with Russia.