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Mobile: + 49 1577 259 22 47
Email: graen@lauragraen.de
Skype: lgraen
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Laura Graen
P.O. Box 42 02 11
12062 Berlin
Germany
Education
2004 – 2013: Studies of Cultural Anthropology and Intercultural Communication Studies (M.A.) at Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
M.A. Thesis: Opening Malawi’s Tobacco Black Box (2012)
Work experience
2013 – current: Freelance journalist & tobacco control expert
2004 – current: Policy Advisor for Unfairtobacco
(Policy analysis, research, international networking, campaigning, social media)
2003 – 2004: Volunteer year at Berlin Working Group on Environment and Development (Blue 21 e.V.), Founding of Unfairtobacco
Recent media appearances
February 2016, Deutschlandfunk Nova: Eine Stunde Talk (one hour talk programme about me and my advocacy for the regulation of tobacco industry; German only)
November 2016, Bayern 2: Heat Not Burn – Die Zukunft des Rauchens (programme about e-cigarettes and the tobacco industry, my contribution was a description of tobacco industry marketing strategies; German only)
Membership in professional networks
- Health and Trade Network (HaT; since 2016, board member since 2017)
- Framework Convention Alliance (FCA; since 2008)
- Taskforce Article 17/18 of the FCA (alternative livelihoods to tobacco growing; since 2011)
- Human Rights and Tobacco Control Network (HRTCN; since 2009, board member since 2017-2018)
Scholarships
2006 – 2011: Scholarship of Heinrich Böll Foundation