Cornelia C. Walther

Cornelia C. Walther, PhD combines praxis and research. As a humanitarian practitioner, she worked for two decades with UNICEF and the World Food Program in large scale emergencies in West Africa, Asia, and Latin America. As a senior lecturer, coach and researcher, Cornelia collaborates with various universities, including the Center for humanitarian leadership at Deakins University (Australia), Fachhochschule Münster (Germany), University of Palermo (Argentina) and Aix-Marseille’s Law faculty (France). Since 2023 she is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton, where she works on the interplay of human leadership and humane technology; she is also an affiliate of MindCORE, and the Center for Social Norms and Behavioral Dynamics (CSNBD).

Cornelia holds a doctorate in Law and is a certified yoga and meditation teacher. In 2017 she initiated the POZE dynamic (Perspective – Optimization – Zeal – Exposure) in Haiti, which has since grown into a global network of likeminded thinkers and doers around the world. The focus of her work is on social transformation from the inside out, starting with individual aspirations, including the exploration of methodologies that influences people towards wanting to get involved in inclusive social change processes.

Recent books include ‘‘Development, humanitarian action and social welfare’; ‘Humanitarian work, social change and human behavior’; ‘Connection in times of Covid’, ‘Technology, Behavior and Social Change’ and Leadership for Social Change and Development. [Macmillan Palgrave/Springer, New York]. These are available in German via Springer. In her endeavors POZE represents the dynamic that joins the aspiration for change with pragmatic action.

LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/corneliawalther

POZE Website https://www.poze.cc