Katia Papagianni is Director for Mediation Support and Policy at the Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Centre). In that capacity, she advises HD mediation teams and deploys to support mediation efforts operationally all over the world. She also leads HD’s global thematic work on Environment and Climate, Ceasefires and Security Arrangements, Maritime Security, Gender and Inclusion, and Illicit Economies. Katia oversees HD’s collaboration with Norway on the annual Oslo Forum as well as HD’s work on impact, results and learning. She has also been seconded by the HD Centre to the team of the UN Special Adviser on Yemen as an expert on national dialogue processes. She publishes and lectures regularly on mediation and peacemaking. Prior to joining the HD Centre, she worked in Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Iraq.
