Julian Detzel

Julian Detzel was an intern with the Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin. He is pursuing a Masters degree in Politics, Public Administration and Conflict Management at the University of Konstanz in Germany, a program designed to train students to manage complex organizations in the field of post-conflict reconstruction. Last year he spent a term in Norway to study at the University of Oslo and to participate in a project of the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo. During his time there he co-authored a study on power-sharing and peace-building in Liberia. During his internship with GPPi Julian focused on learning processes in UN peace-building efforts, a topic he is interested in pursuing further in his Masters thesis which will be completed in September 2008.

Julian's work experience includes internships and voluntary engagements with NGOs in Germany, Argentina and Bolivia as well as a traineeship with a consultancy in Latvia.