Wolfgang Weilharter

Wolfgang Weilharter is the Project Manager for the project "Communal Peace and Conflict Work in Burgenland". His focus is on the implementation of mediation and dialogue processes on the communal level, in the areas of communal politics, housing and neighbourhoods and local coexistence of people of different origins.

Mercedes Corrales

Mercedes Corrales is the Event Support Officer and Junior Project Manager working in the Conflict Resolution Programme. She previously completed a two-year traineeship at the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, following her graduation from the Vienna School of International Studies.

Claudia Hofer

Claudia Hofer is Schlaining Events Coordinator and Project Administrative Officer for peace education and OSCE related trainings.. 

Alba Losert

Alba Losert is the Research Assistant of the ACP's university capacity building project. She worked in capacity building projects for education in Addis Ababa, Ramallah and Accra. Her research focuses on epistemic violence and knowledge production. She studied Political Science and Peace and Conflict Studies. 

Nathan Coyle

Nathan Coyle is the Senior Project Manager for PeaceTech, he is responsible for all our Peace Tech related activities. Nathan has partnered with governments across the globe to enhance their digital outreach efforts. He is a Fellow at The Royal Society of Arts in his native Britain and a writer, contributing to publications such as The Guardian. He has also authored a book called 'Open Data for Everybody: Using Open Data for Social Good' which is available via Routledge, and has conducted various talks on social tech across Europe, including the UN Cyber Hub, OSCE and a TEDx talk.

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Ursula Gamauf-Eberhardt

Ursula Gamauf-Eberhardt is Senior Program Manager for Peace Education and course director of the Summer Academy on OSCE. In addition, she is course director of the Master's Program "Peace & Life Skills Pedagogy" (ACP/PH) and curator of the exhibition "Schlaining & Frieden" in the Peace Castle. She is a member of the UNESCO Advisory Board on Transformative Education. Her thematic focus is on peace education (incl. Global Citizenship education), and peacebuilding.

Susanne J. Györög

Susanne J. Györög is the Senior Project Manager of the training section of the cooperation programme with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence and is in charge of managing the the specialisation courses in the framework of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC). She brings 30 years of experience to the ACP, including some 20 years of field experience in humanitarian aid, post-conflict recovery, security sector reform in complex emergencies as well as peace missions with additional 10 years experience in development and conduct of specialised trainings in the framework of UN and EU peace missions.

Astrid Holzinger

Astrid Holzinger is a Senior Project Manager at the ACP, where she leads the International Civilian Peacebuilding Training Programme and works on various PeaceTech, Environmental Peacebuilding, and conflict resolution projects. She has extensive professional experience with the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the European Union, the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Austrian Ministry of Defence. Her areas of expertise include crisis and conflict management, peacekeeping, environmental peacebuilding, the protection of civilians in armed conflict, and the women, peace and security agenda. Astrid holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Bristol in the UK.

Sophia Stanger

Sophia Stanger is Acting Project Manager and in charge of the project "Capacity Development for Humanitarian Assistance in West Africa". She is also responsible for the Environmental Peacebuilding sector. Sophia Stanger has many years of experience in NGO work, project management and team leadership, for example in the fields of education, humanitarian advocacy and volunteer missions. Her expertise also lies in the intersection of environment/climate and conflict resolution approaches. Sophia Stanger is also a qualified trainer and has completed a mediation training.

Yerivan Pruscha

Yerivan Pruscha is the Project Officer for the International Civilian Peacebuilding Training Program (IPT). In this position she supports various trainings for civilian experts in peace building as well as the organization of events of the ACP in Vienna. She previously worked for AST (Contact Point for people who gained professional qualifications abroad) at the Counselling Centre for Migrants where she was managed for processes of nostrification, administration and migration related topics as well as events. She is a graduate of City, University of London, with a M.A. in International Politics and Human Rights and a graduate from FH Campus Vienna, with a M.A. in Social Economy and Social Work.

Elisabeth Horvath

Elisabeth Horvath is the Finance Manager and accountant in the areas of basic and project financing.

Martina Tader

Martina Tader is Schlaining Office Manager and Finance Manager at the ACP.

Ilse Divosch

Ilse Divosch looks after the office space in Stadtschlaining..

Caitlin Roche

Caitlin Roche is currently interning at the ACP where she supports the organizing team in the preparation and implementation of the Austrian Forum for Peace 2025. She is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Political Science at the University of Vienna, with a focus on international relations and global governance. Caitlin has gained practical experience in political education and environmental advocacy, and has completed an internship at the Autonomous Austrian Women’s Shelters. She is also a youth activist with Amnesty International Austria.

Eva Huber

Eva Huber is Deputy Director of the ACP and lead the ACP´s peacebuilding projects in South Sudan and Sudan. She has a background in political science, African studies, and public international law and more than 10 years of experience working for UN peace operations and agencies as well as NGOs. She has supported peace processes through political liaison, strategic planning, capacity-building, community engagement, and programme coordination and is an expert on the peace process in Colombia.

Adham Hamed

Adham Hamed is Head of Research at the ACP. He is a diplomat and peace and conflict researcher and previously served at the German Foreign Office in Berlin, where he worked as Desk Officer for the Protection of Journalists, Media Makers and Free Speech Defenders in Crises and Conflicts.

Augustin Nicolescou

Augustin Nicolescou serves as co-director of the Herbert C Kelman Institute for Interactive Conflict Transformation, a partner of the ACP. He also contributes to the ACP's research and training activities, with thematic expertise in conflict transformation, dialogue processes, the HDP Nexus, conflict sensitivity and Do-No-Harm and geographic experience in Israel, Palestine, Sri Lanka, Central Asia, and the South Caucasus.