Dr.  Anne Holper, Co-Director 
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Dr. Anne Holper, scholar of applied peace and conflict, coach and mediator, is one of the two Co-Directors of the Center for Peace Mediation. 

M.A. in Comparative Literature and German Literature (HU/FU Berlin), PhD in Political Philosophy and Applied Ethics (LMU Munich), with research stays at Renmin University of China, Beijing, as fellow of the Center for Applied Policy Research (CAP). Trained mediator, certified supervisor and coach.

Anne Holper`s research, teaching, consultancy and facilitation work specializes on improving the methods of mediation, dialogue and dilemma management in peace processes and polarized societies. She heads the Tough Choices Cluster of Viadrina, ETH Zurich, swisspeace and Kiev Mohyla Academy and consults the German Foreign Office in the Viadrina Mediation Hub and coaches organizations in conflict and crisis management. Her regional focus is on Ukraine, where she has also supported insider dialogue actors. She is a faculty member of the Viadrina Master Program of Mediation and Conflict Management as well as of the Master of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law LLM. She teaches, amongst others, at the Academy for International Diplomats at the Federal Foreign Office and collaborates with the Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs and the Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Management and Integrated Action of the German Bundestag. 

Areas of Expertise
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Methods and Norms of Peace Mediation and Third Party Intervention; Dialogue in Polarized Societies; Dilemmas and Decision Making in Peace Processes; Russia-Ukraine Conflict; Political Philosophy; Procedural Ethics; Action/Practice Research; Reflective Practice; Supervision and Coaching.

Publications
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Contact

holper[at]europa-uni.de