Bettina Haasen

Dr. Bettina Haasen (born 1969) is a German communication scientist and film director. She studied African Languages and Political Sciences and completed her PhD in 2018. She worked in the field of conflict transformation and media in West Africa and The Great Lakes Region (Burundi, Rwanda, DRC) until 2014. Since 2018 she is senior consultant at Synchronize-Consult in strategy-led transformation processes focusing on purpose, vision, organizational development and storytelling. Also a lecturer at the Academy for International Cooperation.

Education and work experience Studied at University of Hamburg (1992–1997) MA in Political Science and African Studies Institute of Oriental and African Languages (INALCO) ERASMUS Grant for studies at INALCO (1994–1995) Political Scientist / Graduation of Magistra Artium (2003–2008) focusing on African Languages (African writing systems) and International Relations The aim of the doctoral thesis was originally to examine a Western-style theory of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu in an African context but got stuck in a military coup, during the Burundian unrest In September 2018, she published her book, Journalismus in Burundi: Erfahrungswelten in Konflikt und Transformation. Lecturer at the Academy for International Cooperation in Bonn, Germany.

Documentary films