Celine Dillmann

Céline likes to move things forward and when there are none to move, she will take initiative.

Céline worked with WWF Germany on protected area management and inclusive conservation in the Congo Basin. Previously, she managed peacebuilding projects with Interpeace in Côte d’Ivoire and developed new projects for various donors on Burkina Faso and other West African countries. As a Mercator Fellow for International Affairs she explored approaches to foster dialogue processes and decision-making and worked with WWF Colombia, using participatory modelling with stakeholders from the dairy supply chain to support dialogue between producers and processing actors. Céline has experience with workshop facilitation and games around the globe. While at ETH, she has developed a game on smallholder agriculture in Laos, has used games as a tool for teaching and negotiation for tropical forest management in the Congo Basin as well as for human-wildlife conflicts in Switzerland. In Madagascar she explored farmers’ knowledge on fertility and composting, identifying limiting factors to the uptake of new practices. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Sciences from ETH Zürich.

From environmental protection to peacebuilding – by changing her perspective, she reflects what dialogue may bring about: trust and social cohesion – the foundations for cooperation and collective action.

In her next life, Céline will have her own bakery. Meanwhile, she cheers up office life with the cookies she bakes.