Anita Ernstorfer

Anita Ernstorfer works independently through her own advisory and research firm Untangle (LLC), based in the US and working globally. As a senior associate with Interpeace’s Advisory Team (IPAT) she is the course director of the effective advising in complex contexts course. Anita brings more than 20 years of international experience to these roles, working in a range of contexts across the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. She specialises in peacebuilding, dialogue and mediation work, conflict sensitivity and systems and complexity approaches. She works with multi-mandate organizations and individuals on portfolio and collective impact strategies, and facilitates change processes at organizational, systems, and personal levels. Anita also advises organizations working on political violence prevention, democracy promotion, and polarization in the United States. Previously, Anita was the Director of the Peacebuilding Effectiveness Practice at Collaborative Learning (CDA), and led various collaborative learning initiatives. She has worked as a conflict prevention and conflict sensitivity adviser with UNDP and UNICEF, and as a program manager with GIZ on Latin America. Anita holds a Master of Arts degree in Political Science and Spanish philology.