Who We Are

Paula is a Project Manager and Research Coordinator at EuroClio, where she also directs the Contested Histories Initiative. She holds a BA in Social and Cultural Anthropology, an Erasmus Mundus MA in European Studies, and a PhD in Sociology and Anthropology. Some of her research interests are the transgenerational transmission of memorial narratives in post-conflict societies, memory activism, and contested pasts.

Marie-Louise co-directs Contested Histories. She previously worked at the Salzburg Global Seminar where she held diverse positions including director of the Holocaust Education & Genocide Prevention program, director of alumni affairs and administrative director and director of development of the IHJR.

Steven Stegers is the Executive Director of EuroClio – European Association of History Educators. At EuroClio, he has developed international projects to enhance history and citizenship education since 2006. He coordinated the development of the award winning Historiana platform.

Lauriane Borsaline Rotté joined as a trainee in September 2024. Lauriane is currently pursuing the “Identity and Integration” track of the European Studies Master’s program at the University of Amsterdam. Her academic and professional interests include culture, history, human rights, decolonial environmental and social justice. She is committed to the transformative potential of responsible history and citizenship education in shaping informed, empathetic, and critically engaged global citizens.

Katria is interested in the intersection of identity and security in the post-Soviet space and the prevention of conflict over issues related to historical memory. She has worked on issues related to security, good governance, and human rights at ARTICLE 19, the OSCE, and the Ukrainian Parliament.

Alice is pursuing a DPhil at the University of Oxford on the role of commemoration in constructing national identity in Ireland. She has a B.A. in International History from the London School of Economics and an MSt. in British History from the University of Oxford, Alice is particularly interested in issues of memory and identity in post-colonial and post-communist societies

Abigail is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford in the Department of Education where her research focuses on how imperial history is taught in school classrooms. Previously, she conducted research on teaching contested histories in South Africa, Northern Ireland and England. She is also a Lecturer in the African Studies Centre at the University of Oxford, where she teaches African history and politics.

Catalina is a journalist from the University of Chile and holds an MA in journalism from the University of Amsterdam. She is pursuing a PhD in journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid on disinformation and transparency. She directs La Pública Chile, a digital media outlet specialising in investigative journalism, which she co-founded in 2020. She has 10 years of experience as an investigative reporter, covering topics related to human rights and democracy.