Prior to research, Jill Philine Blau headed the Department of Globalization and International Politics at the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation. She was also Head of Department at the Gunda-Werner-Institute and a Junior Consultant at the GIZ. She has been on the Board of Trustees for various NGOs such as OWEN – Mobile Academy for gender and peacebuilding and the German Women’s Security Council. Jill Philine Blau holds a Phd in Political Sciences from Free University Berlin; an M.P.P. in Public Policy from the Hertie School and a B.A. in International Relations & Development Studies from the University of Sussex.