Currently, Christina is a Research Affiliate at Queen's University and an adjunct faculty member at the Brussels School of Governance. Previously, she was a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, IDEAS, and Visiting Fellow with the Wilfred Martens Centre for European Studies. She has conducted peace and conflict assessments, social audits, and reports for the ILO, GIZ, European Parliament, and SPARK. She has served as a civil society representative for a working group on the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, contributed to a report on a progressive European foreign policy agenda, and co-wrote policy briefs on development, equity, and inclusion for the Biden-Harris administration as a member of WCAPS. She is Chair of the UN PRME Working Group on Business for Peace, Co-Chair of the International Crisis Group's Ambassador Council, and Co-Founder of the Women in Foreign Policy Turkey Chapter. She is a member of the network for Academic Friends of the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, Hollings Center's working groups on Profits to Peace, Iraq's Foreign Policy and Economic Challenges, and U.S.-Egypt Relations, and a member of the Middle East Research Network on Internal Displacement.
- Speaker, “After the Local Elections: A New Political Landscape in Turkey,” German Marshall Fund of the U.S., 2019, Berlin
- Speaker, “Doing Security Differently: Challenges, Diversity and the New Frontiers,” European Parliament, 2019, Brussels
- Speaker, “Inclusion of Women in Peace Processes,” European Parliament, 2019, Brussels
- Speaker, “Armed Conflict and Forced Migration in the Context of the War in Syria,” Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, 2019, Brussels
- Participant, “Considering a Viable Economic Future for Syria: The Role of Local, Regional and Global Stakeholders,” Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2018, Beirut
- Speaker, “Green Conflict Minerals,” TOPAZ, 2018, Prague
- Speaker, “The Private Sector’s Role in Economic Integration and Social Inclusion of Refugees in Frontline States,” European Parliament, 2018, Brussels
- Speaker, “Private Sector-Peace Nexus in Iraq,” American University, 2018, Washington, DC
- Member, Working Group on “Entrepreneurship, Prosperity, and Liberty in the Arab World,” Liberty Fund, 2018, Marrakesh
- Member, Working Group on “Rendering Young People More Employable: The Role of the Private Sector,” Co-Opinion Network, 2017, Hammamet, Tunisia
- Moderator and Participant, “Profits for Peace,” Hollings Center for International Dialogue, 2017, Dubai