Annika Maurer is an intercultural trainer and peace educator with a background in global studies, intercultural communication, and youth engagement. She is the founder of Intercultural Connections, a youth-focused initiative offering free educational workshops and webinars on intercultural competence, peacebuilding, and sustainable development. Her work centers on fostering inclusive spaces where young people from diverse backgrounds can engage in dialogue, develop 21st-century skills, and connect across cultures.

Annika holds a double and joint Erasmus Mundus Master’s degree in Global Studies and Global History from Ghent University (Belgium) and the University of Vienna (Austria), with a research stay at the University of Yaoundé I (Cameroon). She completed her undergraduate studies in International Cultural and Business Studies at the University of Passau (Germany), alongside a Licenciatura in Intercultural Management from the Universidad del Salvador (Argentina).

Having lived and worked in nine countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe, Annika brings a multilingual and intercultural lens to her work. She is fluent in English, German, Spanish, and French, and conversant in Italian, Dutch, and Portuguese.

She is a certified intercultural trainer with further specialization in diversity, equity and inclusion, decolonial perspectives, and the ethics of AI. Her experience includes work on social and emotional learning, youth engagement, and collective intelligence.