Christiane Lammers studied political science, sociology and education and achieved an MA at the University of Bonn. Since 1997 she has been conducting research work for the University of Hagen and has been coordinating the Master of Peace Studies. In 2009 she took up the position as the coordinator of the German Platform for Peaceful Conflict Management – a network of associates, aiming to promote peaceful conflict management. Between 2000 and 2005 she has been a member of the board of the German foundation for peace research. Since 2015 she has been part of the advisory committee civil crisis prevention of the federal government.