Birthe Reimers
Organizational Ombuds
birthe-ombuds@mwi.org
Birthe C. Reimers, Ph.D., is the 2023 recipient of the Association for Conflict Resolution’s William J. Kreidler Award for Distinguished Service to Expanding Knowledge in the Field of Conflict Resolution. Birthe is an Ombuds, mediator, coach, and published conflict scholar-practitioner with 18 years of experience in the field. Her most recent article in the JIOA was published in 2024. Birthe earned her Ph.D. in International Conflict Management from Kennesaw State University in 2015 and has been an Ombuds as well as a member of the International Ombuds Association since 2016. Since January 2018, she has been directing the Office of the Ombudsperson at Georgia State University, the largest public university in Georgia. In this role, Birthe serves as a confidential thought partner, conflict coach, and facilitator of challenging conversations for administrators, faculty, staff, students, their family members, and alumni across seven campuses. To support positive transformations at the university, she provides upward feedback to university leadership about systemic challenges as well as trends in the campus climate and organizational culture. Birthe also develops and facilitates conflict management-related workshops to empower and equip participants with key analytical and applied tools to engage in conflict constructively.
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