Dr. Annika Hansen

Name: Dr. Annika Hansen
Function: Deputy Head
Team: Team Policy, Partnerships & Innovation

Expertise | Responsibilities

  • Gathering and analysing experiences of civilian experts
  • UN peace operations
  • Digital technology and peace operations
  • Deployment of police in international missions


About

Dr. Annika Hansen has has been the Deputy Team Leader of our Policy, Partnerships & Innovation team since 2025. She joined the former team Analysis at ZIF in 2016 and acted as its head from 2021 to 2024.  

Annika previously worked as political adviser to the UN Police Adviser and ran the Evaluation Team for UN Peacekeeping. She gathered field experience in the European Union Police Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the UN Stabilisation Mission in Libya; she also worked as a consultant for the UN on the issue of digital technologies and peace operations. Annika Hansen began her career in 1996 at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, where she – among other things – advised the Norwegian Government on security and defence policy. She has a PhD and a Master’s Degree in political science and a Master’s Degree in International Law and Diplomacy. 

 

Other Activities

  • Member of the International Advisory Board of the Austrian Centre for Peace