Julia Seibert is a policy advisor at GIZ, Bonn. She advises the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) on Education in Crisis and Conflict and on Climate Education. Julia began her career in higher education teaching Modern African History at the American University in Cairo. Prior to her role at GIZ, she has worked as a senior advisor on education for different NGOs with a focus on teacher education, peace education and higher education in the Great Lake Region and Central Africa. As a consultant Julia has years of experience supporting schools and universities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and she continues to work with faith-based schools in DRC and Rwanda on conflict sensitive, climate and gender transformative education.