Johanna Lichtschlag
Bunker Fellow
Johanna Lichtschlag is a Master’s candidate in Global Human Development at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. Her research focuses on Gulf state aid in the shifting humanitarian and development assistance landscape. Johanna also currently works as a consultant for the World Bank's International Finance Corporation on Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations. Prior to her time at Georgetown, she served as Germany’s Youth Delegate to the United Nations (2022–2023), where she represented youth interests at the 77th UN General Assembly and the 61st Commission on Social Development. Her professional background also includes roles at Plan International, UNICEF Germany, SOS Children’s Villages International, and Kindernothilfe, focusing on children’s rights, youth participation, and humanitarian and development programs in East Africa and the Middle East. Johanna holds a B.A. in International Relations from Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.