Beatrix Austin

Beatrix Austin is Head of Department Conflict Transformation Research at the Berghof Foundation. She manages various work strands, among which the Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation is the longest running flagship publication project. As a researcher, her interests focus on issues of dealing with the past and reconciliation as well as on linking theory and practice in conflict transformation. As a scholar practitioner, she specializes in dialogue facilitation and accompanying transformative learning and reflection processes. Prior to her work with Berghof Foundation, she worked for Search for Common Ground and International Alert, among others. She is a founding member of the Vienna Conflict Management Partners and a member of the training team of the Vienna School of Negotiation. She has worked for Search for Common Ground, International Alert and the Vienna School of Negotiation.