Mirjam Schmidt is a Project Manager in CARPO’s Iran-Saudi Dialogue Initiative. She has been working in different dialogue projects in the past years and gained profound experience in the field of cultural dialogue. She conceptualized and moderated the CARPO podcast “Katar 2022 – Mehr als eine WM” together with her colleague Sebastian Sons in the context of the FIFA World Cup 2022. Additionally she moderates the annual CARPO Research Forum.
Before joining CARPO she worked at the Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung) and the International Office Department “European & International Networks” of the University of Bonn. She holds an M.A. in Asian Studies with a focus on Religious Studies from the University of Bonn after finishing her B.A. in International Relations at the Rhein Waal University of Applied Science.
Focus & topics:
Dynamics between religion and the state; Gender and inclusion; Cultural Diplomacy; Qatar and the World Cup 2022.
Selected publications:
& Custers, Desirée (December 2022): Cultural Exchange and the Prospects for Inter-Societal Relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, CARPO / Stimson Brief 23. Available online.
& Gurol, J.; Zumbrägel, T. (March 2021): Reconfigurations in West Asia and North Africa. CARPO Research Forum 2020 – Conference Report, CARPO Study 10. Available online.
