Marion Hischier

Marion Hischier is a Program Officer in the Mediation Support Team at the ETH Centre for Security Studies (CSS). She is working on various projects within the Culture and Religion in Mediation (CARIM) program – a joint initiative of the CSS and the Peace and Human Rights Division at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). The program aims to support mediation and conflict transformation processes that deal with the religious and cultural dimensions of conflicts. It promotes a non-judgmental, culture- and gender-sensitive approach to the role of religion in conflict. Prior to this, she garnered experience in the Middle East and North Africa Division of the State Secretariat within the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland. Marion holds a master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies and Anthropology of Transnationalism and the State of the University of Bern, Switzerland.