Worked in peace policy and international development for the last 10 years both for the FDFA and NGOs.
Anaël Jambers is a mediator by training and is the managing director of “Trijalog. Mediation and Transformation. GmbH” (www.trijalog.ch). She worked in peace policy and international development for the last 10 years both for the FDFA and NGOs. She has specialised on the role of religion and religious actors in cooperation development and conflict transformation and has accompanied and facilitated dialogue processes with actors from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the Sahel, and North Africa. See for example Mediating the Space: Women and Religion in Morocco or Five tips for Western governments on a religion-sensitive approach to the Prevention of Violent Extremism.
After 10 years of work experience outside the academic world, she is currently writing her dissertation in socio anthropology at the University of Zurich with a focus on the relation of faith, religion, politics, and the state. Additionally, she is an activist for peace and dialogue, and against torture and atrocities. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in social anthropology, bible sciences and political sciences at UZH before completing her Master’s degree in Conflict and Development Studies at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Her Master’s thesis was entitled “Presence Evangelism in the Land of the Pure: A Case Study of the Role of Spirituality in Development Practices”.
