|  |  | | Dr. Carsten Wieland Born 1971 in Mannheim, southwest Germany Studies History, Political Science, Philosophy and International Relations at Humboldt University in Berlin (Germany), Duke University in North Carolina (USA), and Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi (India). Arabic language studies at the University of Damascus (Syria). Public Policy Management at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. Dissertation on ethnic conflicts and Muslim nation-building in Bosnia and India/Pakistan. Work profile Academia Guest professor for Middle East Studies at the Rosario University in Bogotá and Santiago University in Cali (Colombia) Research Fellow at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. (USA) Speaker at conferences and expert in international media interviews (e.g. ARD-Tagesthemen, Die Zeit, Spiegel-online, Deutschlandfunk, Deutschlandradio, Hessischer Rundfunk, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Südwestrundfunk, Deutsche Welle, Voice of America, Syria TV, Al-Hurra TV, RCN Colombia) Consultancy for the German Foreign Office, US Institute of Peace, Freedom House Advisory Board Member of the Syrian Center for Political & Strategic Studies (SCPSS) (Damascus) Member of the editorial board of Papel Político, Javeriana University, Bogotá (Colombia) Author of a project on moderate Muslims in Syria and Turkey at the Center for Modern Oriental Studies (ZMO) in Berlin Academic foci: Middle East politics and society (esp. Syria), Colombia, nationalism, ethnic conflicts, religion and secularism, peace and conflict studies, business in conflict. Regional expertise: Middle East, South America, Balkans, South Asia. Management and Consulting Senior sales manager with the German Press-Agency (DPA) Political consultant and country representative for Colombia for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Bogotá Consultant and leader of a working group for the government and the Congress of Colombia (reform of parliamentary regulations, elections and other political reforms) International election observer on invitation of the Colombian Government Senior executive at the Goethe Institute (Munich, Cairo, Berlin) Political consultant for the Institute of Organizational Communication (IFOK) (Berlin, Washington D.C.) Journalism Correspondent for the German Press-Agency (DPA) in Tel Aviv, Washington, Colombia, and political correspondent in Hannover Freelance journalist in war-time Sarajevo (Bosnia), South Africa, and India Author of academic and journalistic books President of journalists.network (Berlin) Traineeship (Volontariat) with the German Press-Agency (DPA) IJP scholar of the Latin American exchange program in Colombia (2000) Board member and spokesman of the Young European Federalists (JEF) on federal and state level (Berlin) Board member of the Free Young Press of Baden-Württemberg (Mannheim) | |
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