Susan Bergner is currently pursuing her PhD on African diaspora organizations in International Relations within the Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS)” at the Free University of Berlin. Prior to joining SCRIPTS, she worked as a research associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in the global health research project. She self-identifies as a Black Woman of Color. Throughout her career she has repeatedly engaged with diversity issues, e.g., by participating in a “Europeans of Colour” initiative within her traineeship at the European Commission to raise awareness for the lack of representation of People of Color in EU institutions.