Councillor Biographies
Dr. Katiana Orluc, Middle Eastern expert; visiting professor, Harvard University
Dr. Katiana Orluc is a graduate of the Freie Universitaet, Berlin, she received her Masters from Oxford University and a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence. She has written articles on European identity and the European public sphere with a specific focus on the interwar years. Her broader research interests include crisis prevention and crisis management, in particular in the Middle East. She worked for the European Commission on the reconstruction of Iraq, Palestine and the Middle East Peace Process. In 2005-6 she was Advisor/Special Assistant to James Wolfensohn during his time as envoy for 'the Quartet' of countries seeking to broker a lasting peace in the Middle East. Dr. Orluc is currently a visiting scholar at Harvard University and a political consultant/advisor for Citigroup International. She is also an advisor to and serving on the board of several organizations and foundations: the Wolfensohn Center for Development, Brookings Institution; Countdown 2010, IUCN; One Planet Communities North America; Avaaz.org; the Global Culture Council; Foto+Synthesis; Lebenszeichen; and the Caspian-MiddleEast Consultants.
Watch Katiana Orluc talk about the WFC here
