Miriam Mona leads the Africa Policy Programme at the Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation (VIDC), where her work focuses on African-EU relations, particularly in the areas of peace and security. Her expertise lies at the intersection of gender, peace, and security, with a strong commitment to advancing feminist foreign policy. She is also an affiliated researcher at the European University Institute in Florence and a member of the academic network Re-centering African Subjects and Subjectivities, contributing to critical scholarship on Africa's global engagement and representation.