Sigrid Gruener is Deputy Executive Director and Programme Director at the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation with a focus on peacebuilding and prevention. She has over 25 years of experience working as a practitioner, trainer, and researcher in the field of development, peacebuilding, and conflict transformation. Prior to joining the Foundation, Sigrid Gruener worked with diverse civil society organisations as an implementing partner to the UN and as a researcher in Iraq, Jordan, Timor Leste, Panama, and the United States. She holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a bachelor’s degree from American University’s School of International Service in Washington D.C in the United States.