Camille Vern is a research fellow and PhD candidate at the joint competence network ANCIP, short for African Non-military Conflict Intervention Practices, at Leipzig University. Her research project and PhD focus on the African Union Panel of the Wise and its subsidiary mechanisms, reconstructing the mediation and preventive diplomacy practices of the institution. In early 2024, she was a visiting research fellow at Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and conducted research on the African Union Network of African Women in Conflict Prevention and Mediation and women’s inclusion in formal mediation processes. She is a trained mediator and has worked and studied in France, Germany, Ethiopia and Canada.
