Almut Wieland-Karimi

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Almut Wieland-Karimi (2020)

Almut Wieland-Karimi (* 1965 ) is a German orientalist. She is the managing director of the Center for International Peace Operations in Berlin.

Life

After studying oriental studies at the University of Bonn, Wieland-Karimi wrote her doctoral thesis at the Humboldt University in Berlin on the role of Afghan leaders in Afghanistan. For many years she worked internationally for the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), most recently as head of the country office for the USA and Canada based in Washington, DC. From 2002 to 2005 she set up the foundation's representative office in Kabul (Afghanistan) and initiated numerous programs there to promote civil society and parliamentary structures. Since 2009 she has been the managing director of the Center for International Peace Operations.

Wieland-Karimi is a member of the international advisory board of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the advisory board of the Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS), the leadership academy of the Bundeswehr and the Mercator Foundation . She is also a member of the Presidium of the German Society for the United Nations (DGVN). In addition, Wieland-Karimi is a Liaison Lecturer at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and works as honorary managing director of the Mediothek Afghanistan, a non-governmental organization that promotes media and strengthens community building.

Publications (selection)

  • Balance of interests instead of a petting zoo - Switzerland and Germany's commitment to mediating peace (with David Lanz), in: neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2019.
  • Will eastern Ukraine become a "frozen conflict"? , in: Der Tagesspiegel, 2018.
  • Peace mediation: Germany's ace up its sleeve , in: Preventing crises, managing conflicts, promoting peace. Priorities until 2021 (PeaceLab), 2018.
  • Honesty is required , in Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2018.
  • To convey as long as there is something to convey , in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2017.
  • Real Peace , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2017.
  • Successful conflict transformation: It's all about politics . In: Ischinger / Messner: Germany's new responsibility. The future of German and European foreign, development and security policy , 2007, pp. 348–349.
  • "It's the prevention, stupid!" Building blocks for better German crisis management , in: PeaceLab2016. Thinking ahead about crisis prevention (PeaceLab), 2016.
  • German Tandem for Crisis Prevention: Multilateral Peace Operations and Proactive Peace Policy , in: PeaceLab2016. Thinking ahead about crisis prevention, 2016.
  • Instead of white pigeons , in: DIE ZEIT, No. 28/2016, 2016.
  • The boys are coming , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2015.
  • The chances of the refugee catastrophe, in: IPG - Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft, 2015.
  • Responsibility does not always mean: more Bundeswehr, in: IPG - Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft, 2014.
  • Islamic mysticism in Afghanistan: the structural integration of Sufik into society , Würzburg: Ergon, 1998. [Dissertation]

Web links

Commons : Almut Wieland-Karimi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Center for International Peace Operations, Almut Wieland-Karimi. Retrieved September 28, 2016 .
  2. ^ Website of the Center for International Peace Operations
  3. ↑ Division for Peace Advisory Board | UNITAR. Retrieved February 19, 2020 .
  4. ^ Federal Academy for Security Policy: Advisory Board. June 10, 2013, accessed February 19, 2020 .
  5. ^ Committees - Stiftung Mercator. Retrieved February 19, 2020 .
  6. ^ German Society for the United Nations: Presidium. Retrieved February 19, 2020 .
  7. ↑ http://mediothek-afghanistan.org/
personal data
SURNAME Wieland-Karimi, Almut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1965