Our People
Our team brings together people of diverse backgrounds and expertise. Learn more about us below.
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Mohamud Hassan Abdi
Logistical and Financial Officer
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Sharif Abukar Ahmed
Project Manager
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Executive Office Mandana Afshar
Innovation Specialist
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Finance Hilal Akrami
Finance Manager
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Sabah Al Nakouzi
Project Assistant
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Yemen Unit Samah Altaher
Junior Project Manager
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Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Shahir Amin
Logistics Officer
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Ali Anan
Lebanon team
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Teresa Isabel Andion-Wessel
Student Assistant
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Michael Arensen
Senior Project Manager
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Finance and Administration Sven Arndt
Director of Administration
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Bakhtiyar Aslanov
Project Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Matthias Auer
Junior Project Manager
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IT and Facility Management Lukas Auer
IT Coordinator
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Conflict Transformation Research Beatrix Austin
Head of Department
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Lara Azzam
Senior Project Manager
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Peace Education Johannes Baader
Student Assistant
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Communications Natalie Baharav
Head of Communications
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Communications Lilian Bankiyan-Monfard
Communications Manager
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Yemen Unit Dalia Barsoum
Head of Unit
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Peace Education Fidel Bartholdy
Project Manager
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Rasmus Bellmer
Project Manager
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Finance Uta Bieber
Finance Manager
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Peace Education Cora Bieß
Editor Online Portal
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Yemen Unit Ronja Birk
Junior Project Manager
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Executive Office Tom Breese
Junior Project Manager
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Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Theresa Breitmaier
Senior Project Manager
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Victoria Cochrane-Buchmüller
Head of Sub-Saharan Africa Unit
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Chris Coulter
Deputy Executive Director
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Claudia Cruz Almeida
Junior Project Manager
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Jan Deeg
Project Manager
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Julian Demmer
Head of Unit Ethiopia
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Kasahun Dender
Senior Programme Coordinator
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Peace Education Nura Detweiler
Project Manager
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Peace Education Anna Dorothea Wunderlich
Junior Project Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Véronique Dudouet
Senior Advisor
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Maria El Sammak
Junior Project Manager
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Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Basir Feda
Head of Unit
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Nadine Francis-Pohle
Project Manager
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Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Janina Gäde
Logistics Officer
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Regional Peace Support Janel B. Galvanek
Head of Department
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Europe Unit Armani Gambaryan
Project Manager
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Rachel Gasser
Senior Advisor
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Amelie Gätjen
Junior Project Manager
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Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Hans-Joachim Giessmann
Director Emeritus
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Executive Office Andrew Gilmour
Executive Director
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Conflict Transformation Research Michaela Glaser
Senior Researcher and Project Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Karin Göldner-Ebenthal
Researcher
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Pascal Grimm
Project Manager
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Berite Gudeta
Dialogue Track Officer
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Christian Gülisch
Head of Unit
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Turkey team Ekrem Güzeldere
Project Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Charlotte Hamm
Researcher and Project Manager
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Yemen Unit Ali Saif Hassan
Yemen Team
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Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Isabel Hoffmann
Junior Project Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Johanna-Maria Hülzer
Junior Project Manager
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Yemen Unit Calum Humphreys
Project Manager
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Finance Michaela Hunger
Finance Manager
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Heidi Huuhtanen
Senior Advisor
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Peace Education Uli Jäger
Head of Department
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Yemen Unit Katharina Jautz
Project Manager
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Peace Education Miriam Kaiser
Junior Project Manager
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Markus Kaistra
Project Manager
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Communications Katie Kamins
Social Media Officer
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Narine Karapetyan
Senior Advisor
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Feras Kheirallah
Senior Programme Manager, Representative – Beirut office
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Europe Unit Izzat Khushbakov
Project Manager
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Mary Kidane
Junior Project Manager
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Finance Anne Kierkegaard
Finance Manager
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Isabel Kleitsch
Conference Coordinator
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Peace Education Anne Kruck
Senior Advisor
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Isabella Lauber
Project Manager
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Human Resources Nino Lawrinenko
HR Generalist
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Monitoring and Evaluation team Maja Leo
Advisor
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Conflict Transformation Research Johanna Lober
Senior Project Manager
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Nike Löble
Project Manager
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Communications Florian Lüdtke
Media and Communications Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Stina Lundström
Associate Researcher
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Hassan Mais
Lebanon team
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Feben Makonnen
Project Officer
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Linda Maurer
Project Manager
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Peace Education Ramzi Merhej
Trainer, Dialogue Support
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Strategic Partnerships Elisabeth Meyer
Strategic Partnerships Manager
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Zainab Mohamed
Project Officer
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Mohammed Moneim
Lebanon Team
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Mir Mubashir
Advisor, Dialogue and Mediation Support
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Peace Education Musa Al Munaizel
Senior Advisor
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Conflict Transformation Research Justin Nader
Student Assistant
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Yemen Unit Rasha Nagi
Project Manager
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Sonja Neuweiler
Senior Advisor
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Peace Education Dagmar Nolden
Senior Project Manager
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Paola Ottomano
Project Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Tilman Papesch
Project Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Evelyn Pauls
Associate Researcher
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Finance Ulrike Pflanz
Head of Unit
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Executive Office Carolin Poeschke
Chief of Staff
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Yemen Unit Kenza Rady
Project Manager
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Alexander Reiffenstuel
Junior Project Manager
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Strategic Partnerships Shirin Reuvers
Head of Strategic Partnerships
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Peace Education Nicole Rieber
Senior Project Manager
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Yemen Unit Joshua Rogers
Senior Project Manager/Advisor
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Thailand team Norbert Ropers
Senior Advisor
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Communications Annett Rößling
Communications Manager
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Executive Office Johanna Sassenrath
Assistant to the Executive Director & Junior Project Manager, The Berlin Moot
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Monitoring and Evaluation team Andreas Schädel
Advisor, Monitoring and Evaluation
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Carla Schraml
Advisor Mediation & Negotiation Support
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Executive Office Sonet Schutte
Assistant to the Executive Office
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Strategic Partnerships Christine Seifert
Strategic Partnerships Manager
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Abass Kassim Sheikh
Senior Project Manager
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Accounting Stephan Sojer
Head of Unit
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Peace Education Laura Steinacher
Project Manager
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Conflict Transformation Research Nina Strumpf
Project Manager
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Arrliya Sugal
Junior Project Manager
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Finance Malte Tepe
Head of Unit
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Afghanistan and Central/South Asia Unit Miriam Trefzer
Project Manager
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Regional Peace Support Barbara Unger
Senior Advisor
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Sub-Saharan Africa Unit Maria Paula Unigarro Alba
Junior Project Manager
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Finance Victor Vigil
Finance Manager
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Finance and Administration Dhari Vij
Conference Manager
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Luxshi Vimalarajah
Senior Mediation Advisor - Track 1-1.5
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Finance and Administration Ronald Wasilenko
Controller
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Peace Education Desiree Wegenast
Student Assistant
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Finance Luiza Weinrich
Finance Manager
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Accounting Anja Wendlinger
Accountant
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Finance and Administration Magdalena Westenhoff
Assistant to the Director of Administration
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Strategic Partnerships Juliette Wiegmann
Capital Campaign Fundraiser
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IT and Facility Management Claus-Dieter Wild
Senior Administrator
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Regional Peace Support Oliver Wils
Head of Department, MENA
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Peace Education Jasmin Wölbl
Junior Project Manager
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Europe Unit Oliver Wolleh
Head of Unit
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Middle East and North Africa Unit Talal Zeidan
Project Manager
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Negotiation and Mediation Support Katerina Zhukova
Coordinator International Trainings
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Conflict Transformation Research Natascha Zupan
Head of the Global Learning Hub for Transitional Justice and Reconciliation
Our Board of Trustees
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Board of trustees Sandra Breka
Member
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Board of trustees Diana Chigas
Member
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Board of trustees Hilde Frafjord Johnson
Member
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Board of trustees Kjell-Åke Nordquist
Member
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Board of trustees Dieter Senghaas
Member
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Board of trustees Christian Sundermann
Member
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Board of trustees Mathias Terheggen
Member
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Board of trustees Johannes Zundel
Chair