SPEAKERS BIOGRAPHIES
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Senator, Dr. Carsten Brosda CHIEF GUEST |
Prof. Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba GUEST OF HONOR Founder / Chairman PLO Lumumba Foundation Advocate of the High Courts of Kenya, member Africa Justice Group (AJG). |
PROFILE/BIO
Larry Macaulay
Larry has been active in the Community Media scene for the past 7 years, advocating for the rights of migrants and refugees inclusion in the media space.
As part of his social responsibility, he founded The Refugee Radio Network project in Hamburg Germany to enhance the voice of refugees and migrants in Europe. Under the Refugee Radio Network project, he has conducted numerous workshops and sensitization programs on the topic 'migrant and the media' across Europe and beyond.
Larry has also created the conference on migration and media awareness(CMMA) a forum for media practitioners, journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists civil societies and people with or without flight and migration experience. Since 2020 Larry is a member of the Board of CMFE – Community Media Forum Europe.
Larry has been active in the Community Media scene for the past 7 years, advocating for the rights of migrants and refugees inclusion in the media space.
As part of his social responsibility, he founded The Refugee Radio Network project in Hamburg Germany to enhance the voice of refugees and migrants in Europe. Under the Refugee Radio Network project, he has conducted numerous workshops and sensitization programs on the topic 'migrant and the media' across Europe and beyond.
Larry has also created the conference on migration and media awareness(CMMA) a forum for media practitioners, journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists civil societies and people with or without flight and migration experience. Since 2020 Larry is a member of the Board of CMFE – Community Media Forum Europe.
Amelie Deuflhard
Amelie Deuflhard is the Artistic Director of Kampnagel (Hamburg), Europe's largest production center for the performing arts. With EcoFavela Lampedusa Nord ,
she initiated a living and action space for refugees in 2014. The project has found its extension on Kampnagel in the meeting place Migrantpolitan.
Amelie Deuflhard was part of the board of four of Theater der Welt 2017 in Hamburg. She is the author and editor of numerous articles and publications such as Spielraum produce. Sophiensaele 1996 - 2006 (2006), People's Palace. Between Activism and Art (2006), or Acting in Art and Society. The art space as a space for refugees (2016) and regularly teaches at universities. For her work she was awarded the Caroline Neuber Prize in 2012 and the Insignia des Chevaliers des Arts et Lettres in 2013. In 2018 she also received the European Cultural Manager of the Year award.
Amelie Deuflhard is the Artistic Director of Kampnagel (Hamburg), Europe's largest production center for the performing arts. With EcoFavela Lampedusa Nord ,
she initiated a living and action space for refugees in 2014. The project has found its extension on Kampnagel in the meeting place Migrantpolitan.
Amelie Deuflhard was part of the board of four of Theater der Welt 2017 in Hamburg. She is the author and editor of numerous articles and publications such as Spielraum produce. Sophiensaele 1996 - 2006 (2006), People's Palace. Between Activism and Art (2006), or Acting in Art and Society. The art space as a space for refugees (2016) and regularly teaches at universities. For her work she was awarded the Caroline Neuber Prize in 2012 and the Insignia des Chevaliers des Arts et Lettres in 2013. In 2018 she also received the European Cultural Manager of the Year award.
Prof. Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba
Prof. PLO Lumumba is the Founder of the PLO Lumumba Foundation and a consultant with
Lumumba and Lumumba Advocates, a member of the Africa Justice Group (AJG). He is an Advocate of
the High Courts of Kenya and Tanganyika and a certified mediator. He is a Fellow of the Institute of
Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya FCPS (K), a Fellow of the Kenya Institute of Management (FKIM) and Honorary Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (FAAS). He is the Chairman of Farafina Investment Group in Monrovia, Liberia and Economic Strategic Growth and Development Initiative for Africa based in Nigeria.
He has authored several books on diverse subjects. With several speeches on diverse subjects delivered
in and outside Africa, Lumumba is recognized as one of the leading public speakers in Africa and the
African in Diaspora. He is the founder of several organizations including the PLO Lumumba Foundation, a charitable organization that has been in operation since 1990. He has also been twice recognized as one of the 100 most influential Africans.
He is an admirer of Patrice Lumumba and Thomas Sankara, the assassinated revolutionary leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burkina Faso, respectively. Lumumba has referred to and quoted them several times in his speeches.
Prof. PLO Lumumba is the Founder of the PLO Lumumba Foundation and a consultant with
Lumumba and Lumumba Advocates, a member of the Africa Justice Group (AJG). He is an Advocate of
the High Courts of Kenya and Tanganyika and a certified mediator. He is a Fellow of the Institute of
Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya FCPS (K), a Fellow of the Kenya Institute of Management (FKIM) and Honorary Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (FAAS). He is the Chairman of Farafina Investment Group in Monrovia, Liberia and Economic Strategic Growth and Development Initiative for Africa based in Nigeria.
He has authored several books on diverse subjects. With several speeches on diverse subjects delivered
in and outside Africa, Lumumba is recognized as one of the leading public speakers in Africa and the
African in Diaspora. He is the founder of several organizations including the PLO Lumumba Foundation, a charitable organization that has been in operation since 1990. He has also been twice recognized as one of the 100 most influential Africans.
He is an admirer of Patrice Lumumba and Thomas Sankara, the assassinated revolutionary leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burkina Faso, respectively. Lumumba has referred to and quoted them several times in his speeches.
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Fathia Elaouni KEYNOTE SPEAKER President standing committee Les Panafricaines & Senior Editor-in-Chief l’antenne de Radio2M Morocco |
Giacomo Zandonini KEYNOTE SPEAKER Freelance Journalist & Researcher working at the intersection of migrations, human trafficking, European policies. |
PROFILE/BIO
Martina Chapman
Martina Chapman is an independent consultant specializing in media literacy policy and strategy development, research and project management.
She is the national coordinator of Media Literacy Ireland and the Be Media Smart campaign on behalf of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.
Martina has worked with organisations such as the Council of Europe, the European Audiovisual Observatory, the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities, the European Broadcasting Union and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, as well as a number of European regulatory bodies, Public Service Media and media institutes.
She has authored and co-authored numerous reports and policy documents relating to MIL topics including the Media Literacy for all. Supporting marginalised groups through community media paper and the Mapping of Media Literacy Practices and Action in EU 28.
As a member of the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on quality journalism in the digital age (MSI-JOQ) she was one of the two researchers and rapporteurs for the report Supporting quality journalism through media and information literacy
Martina is also an Associate of Wagner-Hatfiled and Prior to setting up as a MIL consultant, she was the BBC’s Editor for Media Literacy and she previously held the staff position of Media Literacy Policy Executive for Ofcom.
Martina Chapman is an independent consultant specializing in media literacy policy and strategy development, research and project management.
She is the national coordinator of Media Literacy Ireland and the Be Media Smart campaign on behalf of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.
Martina has worked with organisations such as the Council of Europe, the European Audiovisual Observatory, the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities, the European Broadcasting Union and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, as well as a number of European regulatory bodies, Public Service Media and media institutes.
She has authored and co-authored numerous reports and policy documents relating to MIL topics including the Media Literacy for all. Supporting marginalised groups through community media paper and the Mapping of Media Literacy Practices and Action in EU 28.
As a member of the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on quality journalism in the digital age (MSI-JOQ) she was one of the two researchers and rapporteurs for the report Supporting quality journalism through media and information literacy
Martina is also an Associate of Wagner-Hatfiled and Prior to setting up as a MIL consultant, she was the BBC’s Editor for Media Literacy and she previously held the staff position of Media Literacy Policy Executive for Ofcom.
Shawn Powers
Shawn Powers serves as the U.S. Agency for Global Media’s (USAGM) Chief Strategy Officer, leading its interagency engagement, strategic planning, strategic initiatives, and partnerships with key international stakeholders. Previously Powers served as Executive Director of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. From 2016-2018 he led the Commission’s efforts to understand and utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities in the strategic communication space and helped forge a research and learning agenda and culture among public diplomacy practitioners. He has a Ph.D. from the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California (USC) and was a tenured professor at Georgia State University, where he wrote award-winning book, The Real Cyber War: A Political Economy of Internet Freedom (The University of Illinois Press, 2015). Powers has over 40 publications in academic and mainstream outlets, including The Washington Post, Guardian, and Huffington Post.
Shawn Powers serves as the U.S. Agency for Global Media’s (USAGM) Chief Strategy Officer, leading its interagency engagement, strategic planning, strategic initiatives, and partnerships with key international stakeholders. Previously Powers served as Executive Director of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. From 2016-2018 he led the Commission’s efforts to understand and utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities in the strategic communication space and helped forge a research and learning agenda and culture among public diplomacy practitioners. He has a Ph.D. from the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California (USC) and was a tenured professor at Georgia State University, where he wrote award-winning book, The Real Cyber War: A Political Economy of Internet Freedom (The University of Illinois Press, 2015). Powers has over 40 publications in academic and mainstream outlets, including The Washington Post, Guardian, and Huffington Post.
Fathia Elaouni
Graduated from CFJ (Training Center for Journalists) from Paris, Fathia Elaouni is committed in the media for almost thirty years.
After setting up her own radio station in France, she returned to Morocco to become a journalist at
Medi 1. Senior Editor-in-Chief in charge of all the antenna of Radio 2M, she hosts the show "Bring in the guest", during which it receives many political leaders and all those who are in the news in Morocco and
internationally.
Fathia Elaouni is also the president of the Standing Committee of Pan-African Women, the network of women journalists from Africa initiated by 2M.
This event brought together in 2020, 300 journalists of the 54 countries of the continent on the theme of climate.
Graduated from CFJ (Training Center for Journalists) from Paris, Fathia Elaouni is committed in the media for almost thirty years.
After setting up her own radio station in France, she returned to Morocco to become a journalist at
Medi 1. Senior Editor-in-Chief in charge of all the antenna of Radio 2M, she hosts the show "Bring in the guest", during which it receives many political leaders and all those who are in the news in Morocco and
internationally.
Fathia Elaouni is also the president of the Standing Committee of Pan-African Women, the network of women journalists from Africa initiated by 2M.
This event brought together in 2020, 300 journalists of the 54 countries of the continent on the theme of climate.
Giacomo Zandonini
Giacomo is a Swiss-Italian journalist whose work explored mobility, identities and European policies in the Mediterranean and West Africa. He published for Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Mediapart, Deutsche Welle, The Correspondent, The New Humanitarian and other media outlets. He contributed to investigations highlighting human rights violations, surveillance programmes, corruption and diversion of public funds. He received a Migration Media Award in 2017 and a special mention at the Trues Story Award in 2019. He's a member of Fada Collective - www.fadacollective.com.
Giacomo is a Swiss-Italian journalist whose work explored mobility, identities and European policies in the Mediterranean and West Africa. He published for Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Mediapart, Deutsche Welle, The Correspondent, The New Humanitarian and other media outlets. He contributed to investigations highlighting human rights violations, surveillance programmes, corruption and diversion of public funds. He received a Migration Media Award in 2017 and a special mention at the Trues Story Award in 2019. He's a member of Fada Collective - www.fadacollective.com.
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Nadia Bellardi SESSION CHAIR Media consultant, Transcultural consulting, Expert Group of Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE) Switzerland |
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Alexandre Brutelle SESSION CHAIR Director and Co-Founder at the Environmental Investigative Forum [EIF], Investigative Journalism Project Coordinator at CiFAR. |
Profile/Bio
Birgitte Jallov
Birgitte is the President of Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE) and the founder of EMPOWERHOUSE. A life-long advocate of people’s right to found, define, manage, own and fill their own media, Birgitte has since the early 80s been active in and around community media as a broadcaster, a manager, a midwife, a trainer, a donor, an advocate, an evaluator and an activist in many countries in especially Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. A co-founder of Denmark’s first women’s radio, Birgitte never misses an opportunity to support activities to strengthen women in the media and other public stages. Birgitte holds an MA in Communication.
Birgitte is the President of Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE) and the founder of EMPOWERHOUSE. A life-long advocate of people’s right to found, define, manage, own and fill their own media, Birgitte has since the early 80s been active in and around community media as a broadcaster, a manager, a midwife, a trainer, a donor, an advocate, an evaluator and an activist in many countries in especially Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. A co-founder of Denmark’s first women’s radio, Birgitte never misses an opportunity to support activities to strengthen women in the media and other public stages. Birgitte holds an MA in Communication.
Nadia Bellardi
Nadia works as transcultural media consultant to advance public discourse around migration, inclusion, diversity, Islam and gender issues. As independent expert for the Council of Europe, OSCE and UNESCO she is exploring the impact of technology on journalism and freedom of expression. Since 2018 Nadia is member of the Board of the Swiss Foundation for Radio and Culture SRKS/FSRC. She was Vice President of Community Media Forum Europe from 2008 to 2015 and in the management team of Radio LoRa from 2005 to 2010. She holds a MA Degree with full honours in Political Science from Università Cattolica, Milan and a post-graduate MA Degree in Cultural Mediation from Venice University.
Nadia works as transcultural media consultant to advance public discourse around migration, inclusion, diversity, Islam and gender issues. As independent expert for the Council of Europe, OSCE and UNESCO she is exploring the impact of technology on journalism and freedom of expression. Since 2018 Nadia is member of the Board of the Swiss Foundation for Radio and Culture SRKS/FSRC. She was Vice President of Community Media Forum Europe from 2008 to 2015 and in the management team of Radio LoRa from 2005 to 2010. She holds a MA Degree with full honours in Political Science from Università Cattolica, Milan and a post-graduate MA Degree in Cultural Mediation from Venice University.
Alexandre Brutelle
Alexandre is a freelance investigative journalist and trainer. He is currently a Lead Coordinator at the Environmental Investigative Forum since 2019 and has been an Investigative Program Coordinator for the NGO CiFAR, specialized in Asset Recovery, since 2018.
He has been awarded 4 grants by the Journalism Fund as a team manager since 2018, for cross-border stories in Ghana, Tunisia and Bulgaria, on various environmental issues.
He is also a manager of the Politics Watch criminal database project, in France, since 2017. He started his career as a foreign report in Ukraine and Turkey, from 2014 to 2017.
Alexandre is a freelance investigative journalist and trainer. He is currently a Lead Coordinator at the Environmental Investigative Forum since 2019 and has been an Investigative Program Coordinator for the NGO CiFAR, specialized in Asset Recovery, since 2018.
He has been awarded 4 grants by the Journalism Fund as a team manager since 2018, for cross-border stories in Ghana, Tunisia and Bulgaria, on various environmental issues.
He is also a manager of the Politics Watch criminal database project, in France, since 2017. He started his career as a foreign report in Ukraine and Turkey, from 2014 to 2017.
Susanne Bellinghausen SPEAKER CEO r0g_agency for open culture & critical transformation, Berlin Germany |
Ugochi Anyaka Oluigbo SPEAKER African Environmental Journalist & Film Maker Creator GreenAngleTv |
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Kristof Horvath SPEAKER |
PROFILE/BIO
Susanne Bellinghausen
Susanne Bellinghausen is an architect and co-founder of the r0g_agency, a Berlin-based nonprofit
that works with local organizations to support open knowledge, open technology, and peacebuilding
efforts in the Global South. While running the #defyhatenow project in South Sudan and Uganda
(www.defyhatenow.org), she focused on mitigating online hate speech and misinformation. She is
now the project manager for #MMN – the Migrant Media Network (https://migrantmedia.network/),
which aims to prove reliable information on migration, raise awareness of safer migration options,
and foster social media skills.
Susanne Bellinghausen is an architect and co-founder of the r0g_agency, a Berlin-based nonprofit
that works with local organizations to support open knowledge, open technology, and peacebuilding
efforts in the Global South. While running the #defyhatenow project in South Sudan and Uganda
(www.defyhatenow.org), she focused on mitigating online hate speech and misinformation. She is
now the project manager for #MMN – the Migrant Media Network (https://migrantmedia.network/),
which aims to prove reliable information on migration, raise awareness of safer migration options,
and foster social media skills.
Ugochi Anyaka-Oluigbo
a fellow of the Climate Change Media Partnership and Lancaster University UK –
RECIRCULATE Knowledge Exchange Program, is a news anchor and environmental journalist with experience spanning over a decade in reporting extensively on environmental issues in Nigeria and globally. She has won several journalism awards including the UNEP Young Environmental Journalist 2012, 2019 Green Accord Environmental Award, Italy and UNFCCC CDM-African Radio Contest 2011. She is also a recipient of the Lagos State/UNDP environmental journalism recognition award and 2013 Future Africa Awards in Journalism recognition. She produced and presented Green Angle on Aso Radio and TV Services, Abuja. She also produced and hosted Nigeria’s most popular environmental TV show, Green Angle on TVC News. She has hosted the BBC World Service’s Environmental Radio Programme, Local Warming. Currently, she is a freelance journalist covering environmental issues across Africa and Europe. Ugochi is a Green Media Strategist and an environmental filmmaker.
a fellow of the Climate Change Media Partnership and Lancaster University UK –
RECIRCULATE Knowledge Exchange Program, is a news anchor and environmental journalist with experience spanning over a decade in reporting extensively on environmental issues in Nigeria and globally. She has won several journalism awards including the UNEP Young Environmental Journalist 2012, 2019 Green Accord Environmental Award, Italy and UNFCCC CDM-African Radio Contest 2011. She is also a recipient of the Lagos State/UNDP environmental journalism recognition award and 2013 Future Africa Awards in Journalism recognition. She produced and presented Green Angle on Aso Radio and TV Services, Abuja. She also produced and hosted Nigeria’s most popular environmental TV show, Green Angle on TVC News. She has hosted the BBC World Service’s Environmental Radio Programme, Local Warming. Currently, she is a freelance journalist covering environmental issues across Africa and Europe. Ugochi is a Green Media Strategist and an environmental filmmaker.
Amal Mekki
Amal El Mekki is the editor-in-chief of Innsane, a storytelling platform she founded in May 2020. She is also an award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker, and a trainer/ mentor for Internews and other NGOs.
She focuses on Human Rights and has worked with Tunisian media and international outlets. She is the first Tunisian journalist to win an access of information case against an ministry (the Interior Ministry).
Amal El Mekki is the editor-in-chief of Innsane, a storytelling platform she founded in May 2020. She is also an award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker, and a trainer/ mentor for Internews and other NGOs.
She focuses on Human Rights and has worked with Tunisian media and international outlets. She is the first Tunisian journalist to win an access of information case against an ministry (the Interior Ministry).
Gideon Sarpong
Gideon Sarpong is a policy analyst and media practitioner with a decade of experience in policy, data and investigative journalism. Gideon is a co-founder of iWatch Africa and currently the Head of Policy and News. Gideon is also currently a Policy Leader Fellow at the European University Institute, School of Transnational Governance in Florence, Italy and an Open Internet for Democracy Leader at the National Democratic Institute in Washington DC. Gideon is an alumnus of University of Cape Coast in Ghana and the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning in South Africa with specialization in economics and public policy analysis.
Gideon Sarpong is a policy analyst and media practitioner with a decade of experience in policy, data and investigative journalism. Gideon is a co-founder of iWatch Africa and currently the Head of Policy and News. Gideon is also currently a Policy Leader Fellow at the European University Institute, School of Transnational Governance in Florence, Italy and an Open Internet for Democracy Leader at the National Democratic Institute in Washington DC. Gideon is an alumnus of University of Cape Coast in Ghana and the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning in South Africa with specialization in economics and public policy analysis.
Kristof Horvath
Currently involved with EIF, as a coordinator, organizer and administrative colleague, also taking up freelancing works as a GIS analyst. Previously working for the European Commission at the JRC, and as a project manager for low carbon agricultural projects at the United Nations FAO HQ in Rome.
Currently involved with EIF, as a coordinator, organizer and administrative colleague, also taking up freelancing works as a GIS analyst. Previously working for the European Commission at the JRC, and as a project manager for low carbon agricultural projects at the United Nations FAO HQ in Rome.
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PROFILE/BIO
Mohamed Amjahid
Mohamed Amjahid was born as the son of so-called guest workers in Frankfurt am Main in 1988. He attended school in Morocco until he graduated from high school. He studied political science in Berlin and Cairo and conducted research on various anthropological projects in North Africa. During his studies, he worked as a journalist for taz, Frankfurter Rundschau and Deutschlandfunk. After completing his master's degree, Amjahid worked as a trainee at the Tagesspiegel in Berlin. Afterwards he worked as a political reporter for the weekly newspaper Die Zeit and Zeit Magazin. He is currently working on several new book projects. Anthropologically and journalistically, he focuses on human rights, equality and upheaval in the USA, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. On Twitter he writes under the handle @mamjahid, on Instagram @m_amjahid.
Mohamed Amjahid was born as the son of so-called guest workers in Frankfurt am Main in 1988. He attended school in Morocco until he graduated from high school. He studied political science in Berlin and Cairo and conducted research on various anthropological projects in North Africa. During his studies, he worked as a journalist for taz, Frankfurter Rundschau and Deutschlandfunk. After completing his master's degree, Amjahid worked as a trainee at the Tagesspiegel in Berlin. Afterwards he worked as a political reporter for the weekly newspaper Die Zeit and Zeit Magazin. He is currently working on several new book projects. Anthropologically and journalistically, he focuses on human rights, equality and upheaval in the USA, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. On Twitter he writes under the handle @mamjahid, on Instagram @m_amjahid.
Rufine Nadège Songué
Regional coodinator | Netzwerk medien.vielfalt! → Since March 1, 2021
In charge connecting media producers/groups from the region south-west of GermanyProject coordinator | Interkultureller Verein FAIRBURG e.V. | April 2020 to February 2021
Coordination of the project "Zwischenraum" (safer space for refugees)
Empowerment workshops and cultural events for refugees.Radio Journalist and media trainer | RADIO DREYECKLAND FREIBURG| Since 01.01.2018
MASTER of Art „Literature and Media Studies“ | MARCH 2019 | UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH
BACHELOR of Art „German and English/American Studies“| SEPT. 2016| UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH
Regional coodinator | Netzwerk medien.vielfalt! → Since March 1, 2021
In charge connecting media producers/groups from the region south-west of GermanyProject coordinator | Interkultureller Verein FAIRBURG e.V. | April 2020 to February 2021
Coordination of the project "Zwischenraum" (safer space for refugees)
Empowerment workshops and cultural events for refugees.Radio Journalist and media trainer | RADIO DREYECKLAND FREIBURG| Since 01.01.2018
MASTER of Art „Literature and Media Studies“ | MARCH 2019 | UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH
BACHELOR of Art „German and English/American Studies“| SEPT. 2016| UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH
Lisa Mende
Lisa Mende is a project assistant in the Risk and Resilience Team at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich. Besides her current work on local crisis management, she is interested in immigrant integration at the local level. She holds a MA in European Affairs from Sciences Po Paris and a BA in Politics and Public Administration from the University of Konstanz.
Merlin Flaig
Merlin Flaig works as a networking coordinator for the cooperation project "Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer (FFVT)" at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). He is an alumni of DIE's Postgraduate Programme and he holds a Master's degree in Social Sciences from University of Freiburg and University of Cape Town.
Dr. Lorenz Wiese
Dr. Lorenz Wiese is a networking coordinator within the cooperation project “Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer (FFVT)”, affiliated with the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (CHREN). He received his doctorate on “Refugees welcome? How Germany, Canada, and Australia respond to contemporary migration” in 2019. Before, he completed a Master’s degree in Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz. Beyond that, he was a founder and board member of the non-profit association Café Mondial Konstanz e.V. from 2015 to 2020.
Lisa Mende is a project assistant in the Risk and Resilience Team at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zürich. Besides her current work on local crisis management, she is interested in immigrant integration at the local level. She holds a MA in European Affairs from Sciences Po Paris and a BA in Politics and Public Administration from the University of Konstanz.
Merlin Flaig
Merlin Flaig works as a networking coordinator for the cooperation project "Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer (FFVT)" at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). He is an alumni of DIE's Postgraduate Programme and he holds a Master's degree in Social Sciences from University of Freiburg and University of Cape Town.
Dr. Lorenz Wiese
Dr. Lorenz Wiese is a networking coordinator within the cooperation project “Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer (FFVT)”, affiliated with the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (CHREN). He received his doctorate on “Refugees welcome? How Germany, Canada, and Australia respond to contemporary migration” in 2019. Before, he completed a Master’s degree in Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz. Beyond that, he was a founder and board member of the non-profit association Café Mondial Konstanz e.V. from 2015 to 2020.
