Agneta M Johannsen has provided her expertise in peacebuilding,
writing and training most recently to InterWorks in 2005/2006 as a
researcher, author and editor for the JICA Handbook for Transition
Assistance. She also developed training materials accompanying the
handbook and co-facilitated the pilot workshop for this book. Now
a professional consultant, she has over 16 years of experience with
humanitarian organizations in the areas of peacebuilding, international
conflict resolution, refugee and displaced persons and inter-ethnic
relations. Working over nine years with WSP International (successor
to the War-torn Societies Project of the United Nations Research Institute
for Social Development) in Geneva, Switzerland, Agneta helped the
organisation grow from a pilot project to a self-standing organisation
through three core functions: as a Research, Lessons and Evaluation
Specialist, a Senior Programme Manager with responsibilities for the
Somali Programme and a Political Affairs/Donor Relations Officer.
Prior to her work with WSP International, Agneta worked on ethnic
conflict and refugee issues for a number of years with an NGO, an
OSCE affiliate and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies, and as a development worker in Namibia. She is
also currently a Psychological Counselor and provides individual and
couples counseling using both Existential and Cognitive-Behavioural
approaches. Combining her interests in International Relations, Psychology
and Anthropology, Agneta’s professional orientation now focuses
on Research, Analysis, and Evaluation of Post-conflict/Crisis Situations,
Cross-cultural Communication and Learning, and Trauma Response. Agneta
holds two master degrees in Psychological Counseling and Anthropology.
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