Christoph M. Abels holds the position of Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University Of Potsdam. He also serves as a Guest Researcher at the Center For Adaptive Rationality (Arc).

Beyond his academic roles, Abels is involved with Polis180 e.V., which is described as a grassroots think tank focused on foreign and European policy. Earlier in his career, he worked as a Working Student at Rckt - A Dentsu Creative Company.