Dr. Almut Wieland-Karimi
PhD Middle Eastern Studies
MA Oriental Studies
Since 2009
ZIF Executive Director
2006 to 2009
Friedrich Ebert Foundation USA and Canada, Washington D.C., USA
Country Director
2003 to 2005
Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Kabul, Afghanistan
Founding Director
2000 to 2002
Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Bonn and Berlin
Desk Officer, Development Cooperation and Conflict Transformation
1998 to 1999
Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Project Assistant
1994 to 1995
PhD at the Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin
Working Languages
German, English, Farsi, Spanish
Honorary Positions
- Volunteer lecturer, Friedrich Ebert Foundation
- Member of the Advisory Board of the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS)
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College (FüAk)
- Member of the Presidium of the United Nations Association of Germany (UNA)
- Member of the selection committee for the Otto-Hahn-Peacemedal
- Member of the Advisory Board of Stiftung Mercator